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Literature judges on the phone. Turns out that
in the last two months, the Palace Waywards
Book Club column has been single-handedly
responsible for a massive revolution in literacy
among the notoriously brain dead demographics of
skateboarder and trendy streetwear shop customer,
and now they want to give us a medal and a cookie
and a special traditional Swedish handjob.
Just kidding. No one has phoned us in weeks. Which
is why we’ve stayed in the house and read the shit
out of a load of amazing COMICS.
Because man alive, good comics are some of the
best books going. And they’re dead easy to read
because they’ve got those talky pictures and that, so
it’s almost like watching telly or something. But in a
book!
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happen to like a lot. Summer Blonde
by Adrian Tomine
4HIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE OUR
&AVOURITE #OMIC "OOK OF !LL
Black Hole 4IME )TS MADE UP OF FOUR SHORT
by Charles Burns STORIES ALL OF THEM ABOUT THE
TWISTED LITTLE LOVE LIVES OF A
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ABOUT FREAKY TEENAGE SEX ALL SHUFFLE SORT OF DEPRESSINGLY
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Smartest Kid on Earth THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY HAUNTING LIVES FROM COFFEE SHOPS AND
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EVER TO HAVE COME OUT OF THE FAMILY HOUSES AND ANONYMOUS
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I nterrupting the production of that ‘difficult second album’
to embark on a series of UK and US dates, on and off paper
may seem like a bit of a stupid idea, but then Canada’s punk
provocateurs have never seemed to adhere to conventional
wisdom. Whether it’s their name, only releasing music via seven
inches for a couple of years, conducting ‘fake’ interviews amongst
themselves, recording a Christmas single featuring, amongst others,
Nelly Furtado, or putting out the fifteen minute epic, potentially
critic-baiting Year Of The Pig they’ve never been interested with
maintaining the status quo. Which is very rare in this day and age.
And long may it continue.
Taking time out from their sound check, singer Damian and guitarist
Mike talked us through all of the essentials, like the direction of
the new album The Chemistry Of Common Life, how they write
and record and why it’s not a good idea to be out of tune and/or
forget lyrics. If that wasn’t enough they also ran by us a love of Pot
Noodles and how not to knock yourself out. The total interview
package basically.
)NTERVIEW $AVID (OPKINS
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$AMIAN 2ECORDINGS BEEN GOING GOOD WERE ABOUT ) CAN HEAR THESE MISTAKES THAT JUST JUMP OUT AT ME
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LYRICS YET SMILING ) HEARD SOME SONGS TODAY FOR ANY MISTAKES 4HIS TIME )M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR COMPLETION 4HE BEST THING LIKExFORGET WORDS LAUGHING 7HEN YOU LISTEN TO THAT
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ABOUT IT WAS )D GET ALL THESE DIFFERENT REPORTS )D CALL RECORD AND THE SONG "AITING 4HE 0UBLIC WE LEFT OUT @AND
IN AND BE LIKE @SOxHOWS EVERYTHING GOING AND THE ITS YOUR FAULT AT THE END 3O ) CRINGE EVERY TIME ) HEAR
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE STUDIO AT DIFFERENT TIMES WOULD THAT PART BECAUSE THERES AN EMPTY SPACE WHERE THERE
HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOW WELL IT WAS OR SHOULD BE WORDS )M LIKE @ARRGGHH ALL IT WOULD HAVE
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ITS GOING AWESOME AND THEN )D SPEAK TO *ONAH OUR !PART FROM THAT FAIRLY MAJOR ONE ARE THERE ANY
DRUMMER AND HES @YEAH WE HAD A BIT OF A FREAK OUT IN OTHER LESSONS THAT YOUVE LEARNT FROM (IDDEN
THE STUDIO TODAY ABOUT GUITAR TUNINGS AND PLAYING OUT OF 7ORLD YOURE DRAWING ON FOR THE NEW ALBUM
TUNE "UT WERE SURVIVING )T FEELS A LOT MORE LAIDBACK $AMIAN 7E KNEW WE WERE GOING TO RECORD IT AT THE
THAN LAST TIME WHEN WE RECORDED (IDDEN 7ORLD "UT SAME STUDIO
THAT COULD BE BECAUSE )VE BARELY BEEN IN THE STUDIO ) -IKE ! BIG PROBLEM FROM THE LAST RECORD WAS WE HAD
MEAN IF ) WAS THERE ) WOULD STRESS EVERYONE OUT A TUNING DISASTER WHERE WE HAD TO RECORD ALL THE GUITAR
9OU SAID YOU HAVENT STARTED WRITING THE LYRICS TRACKS OVER AGAIN )T OBVIOUSLY DIDNT WORK LAUGHING x
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ARE SONGS ON THERE THAT ARE AS OLD AS THE BAND ITSELF TRYING TO ORGANIZE EVERYONES SCHEDULES TO GET THEM
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LAST MINUTE BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE SONGS ON IT WE HAD DIFFERENT SOUNDING RECORD THAT BEING SAID THERES NOT
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DEADLINES *ADE 4REE SAID THAT IF WE WANTED THE RECORD GONNA SAY NOW FOR THE RECORD @NOT AS GOOD AS (IDDEN
TO COME OUT THE YEAR IT CAME OUT IT WOULD HAVE 7ORLD *UST KIDDING BETTER )F YOU LIKED (IDDEN 7ORLD
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WERE IN THE STUDIO AT THE END OF !PRIL PRETTY MUCH LOVE THIS ONE
-IKE 7E WENT TO %NGLAND IN THE MIDDLE AS WELL LAST TIME ) TAKE IT YOU ARENT GOING TO BE PLAYING ANY OF
AND WE WERE APPROVING ART DRAFTS CHECKING OUR EMAIL THESE NEW SONGS ON THIS TOUR
IN THE STUDIO TO PROOF THE ART IT WAS KIND OF MENTAL )TS -IKE 7E MIGHT PLAY ONE
SORT OF A BIT OF THE SAME THING $AMIAN ) WANNA SAY WE HAVE @ONE BUT THERES NO LYRICS
$AMIAN ! BIT OF THE SAME THING MAYBE ITLL FEEL THAT FOR IT EXCEPT THE CHORUS 3O THERELL BE A LOT OF ME TRYING
WAY CLOSER TO IT BUT AT THIS POINT THERES SOME BREATHING OUT WORDS AT THE TIME 7ELL JAM IT OUT HA
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LAST TIME ) BLEW OUT MY VOICE ON TOUR WE GOT HOME AND MOVIE AND YOU GET TO SEE HIS WRITING PROCESS /N THE
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Mike - “Jonah’s mom -IKE 4HE OTHER THING IS THAT THE SONGS ARE A BIT MORE
ACCESSIBLE THAN LAST TIME
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on our toes, she plays PLAY THIS RECORD THAN THE LAST ONE
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PASSAGES /THERWISE PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE @WHAT THE
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AND NO LIKE DUN DUN DUN FOR THREE MINUTES THEN THE
SONG STARTS
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THE NEW ALBUM AND YOUVE GONE IN THE OTHER
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TO RECORD ONE MORE SINGLE CALLED @"ACK 4O 4HE 7OMB
WHICH IS ALREADY WRITTEN AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE OUR
LAST SONG EVER AND THEN WE WERE JUST GOING TO BREAK UP
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THINK WERE GOING TO DO OTHER LONG SONGS THOUGH
)TS GOOD TO NOT PUT ANY PARAMETERS ON IT
9EAH EXACTLY ) DONT THINK WERE FORWARD THINKING OR
INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO HAVE THOSE PARAMETERS )T WAS
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RELATION TO PUNK AND THE HARDCORE SCENE BUT FOR
!ND YOU HAVE THAT DATE AT THE !STORIA WITH !NTI
&LAG AND 'ALLOWS AT THE END OF THIS TOUR 4HATS A Damian - “I love
FUNNY READING A REVIEW OF 9EAR /F 4HE 0IG IN -AXIMUM
2OCK !ND 2OLL WRITTEN BY A GUY THAT WERE FRIENDS WITH
ME AT LEAST YOU NEVER SEEMED TO BE A PART OF IT AND
NEVER SEEMED TO WANT TO BE
PRETTY BIG VENUE FOR YOU TO PLAY
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7EVE STAYED AT HIS HOUSE WEVE PLAYED WITH HIS BAND
AND IT WAS THE MEANEST REVIEW )VE EVER READ )T WAS
9EAH LIKE )M A HARDCORE KID )M STILL STRAIGHT EDGE ) STILL
LOVE PUNK AND ) STILL LOVE HARDCORE "UT ) CANT REALLY THINK
(ALL WHICH BY OUR STANDARDS IS FUCKING HUGE )T WAS
AWESOME THEY WERE FILMING THIS MOVIE WITH US IN IT AND IT love Pot Noodle, I
INCREDIBLE ) DONT GET OFFENDED BY WHAT ANYONE WRITES
BUT THIS WAS DOWNRIGHT OFFENSIVE 3O TO THINK WED
OF A TIME WHEN &UCKED 5P WOULD PLAY AT A SHOW AND WED
BE LIKE @ALL THESE BANDS SOUND THE SAME AND WERE ALL PART
WAS THIS HUGE FIASCO )T WAS PACKED AND IT WAS THE WORST
&UCKED 5P SHOW )VE EVER PLAYED IT WAS IN CRED IBLE )T love kebabs, I love
MADE SOMETHING THAT COULD ELICIT THAT KIND OF REACTION
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4HE BLANKET REVIEWS FOR THE LAST ALBUM WERE
REALLY GOOD THOUGH
THAT ARE LIKE OUR FRIENDS WE PLAY WITH SO WE FEEL WERE
PART OF THIS BIGGER COMMUNITY BUT AS FAR AS SOUND WISE
EVERYTHINGS OUT OF TUNE FOR THE MOST OF SHOW AND THEY HAD
THIS GIANT STROBE LIGHT FOR THE MOVIE THAT THEY COULDNT TURN love Knowing Me
9EAH (IDDEN 7ORLD DID REALLY WELL @CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
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3PIN SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF LAST YEAR 3O
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MAY BE A BUNCH OF HARDCORE KIDS AT YOUR SHOWS
THERES ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE TOO !S A
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!T WHAT POINT IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS DID
YOU GET A FEELING YOU MAY BE GOING DOWN
) KNEW THE SCALE OF IT BUT A LOT OF MY FRIENDS
UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY HAD BEEN IN COURT
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AND MISSED GETTING SENT DOWN ) BELIEVE IT WAS
entenced to a staggering three years in prison for criminal ORGANIZED 7HAT BETTER DETERRENT THAN TO MAKE
damage, which was later thankfully reduced, graffiti artist AN EXAMPLE OF ME BECAUSE IN THE GRAFF WORLD )M
Thomas ‘Krek’ Dolan talks us through his arrest, his time in KNOWN NOT FOR BEING A HARDCORE ILLEGAL WRITER BUT
prison and the media furore that surrounded his release. Having AS THE GUY WHO WAS DOING THE LOT ,IKE ) WORK
his collar felt for painting trains in Manchester, he was of course guilty WITH THE COUNCIL DOING WORKSHOPS )VE WORKED
of the crime, but the sentence he was given illustrates once again the FOR THE HOME OFFICE AND DONE ART SHOWS ACROSS
shaky status of Britain’s criminal justice system (rapists have received THE COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS 4HE "40 KNEW ALL THIS
more lenient sentences). AND SO KNOWING THAT ALL WRITERS SORT OF KNOW THE
MESSAGE THEY TRIED SENDING OUT WAS NO MATTER
(OW WAS THE LAST YEAR FOR YOU WHAT YOURE DOING BACKGROUND WISE IF YOU PAINT
4HE LAST YEARS FOR ME HAVE BEEN PRETTY CRAZY ILLEGALLY YOURE GOING TO JAIL
HAVING BEEN ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT 3O YOU FELT YOU WERE SINGLED OUT AND MADE
CRIMINAL DAMAGE IN 3EPTEMBER AFTER A AN EXAMPLE OF
RAID AT AM WITH FORENSIC OFFICERS 4HEN AFTER $EFINITELY WE BOTH WERE /UR ORIGINAL SENTENCING
A YEAR ON BAIL AND APPEARANCES IN COURT ) WAS DATE WAS A MONTH BEFORE THE ACTUAL ONE /UR
SENTENCED TO YEARS AND A YEAR !3"/ WHICH ALLOCATED JUDGE HAD TO STEP DOWN THEY SAID
WAS DROPPED TO MONTHS BECAUSE HE HAD A BIASED OPINION ON GRAFF 3O
7HAT LED UP TO YOU BEING CAUGHT ) MEAN INSTEAD WE GET A JUDGE NOTORIOUSLY KNOWN FOR
HOW DID THEY KNOW IT WAS YOU HIS LUDICROUS SENTENCING AND BEING SO OUT OF
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UNDER SURVEILLANCE FOR YEARS THEY SAID THEYD THE BIGGEST GRAFF SENTENCES FOR YEARS AT A TINY
KNOWN WHO ) WAS +2%+ AND 4OM 7HITTAKER DAMAGES COST
-%23 FOR YEARS AND HAD BEEN BUILDING A (OW DID YOU FEEL IN THE DOCK WHEN IT WAS
CASE IN THIS TIME ) KNEW THEY WERE COMING ANNOUNCED
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WE ONCE PAINTED WITH AINT GOING TO PUT YOU IN THERE WITH THEM ) KNEW
(ED GRASSED YOU IT ALL ALONG BUT TO BE HONEST ) COULDNT BELIEVE
)TS A BIT WEIRD AND ) BELIEVE IN HIM BUT SOMEONE IT ) JUST NEVER BELIEVED )D ACTUALLY GO DOWN AND
DID MONTHS TO DATE AFTER THIS CALL THE hBOYSv SUCH A STRETCH WAS MIND BLOWING ) THOUGHT AT
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ASKING ME TO TAG HIS POLICE BOOK AND ASKING LIGHTING WAS GETTING DARKER THEY OPENED THIS SET
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FRONT OF MY PARENTS hTHERES NO WAY )M GONNA A YELLOW SLANTED CORRIDOR TILED WALLS AND FLOORS
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ISNT A PROFESSIONAL WAY OF DOING YOUR JOB .OT ) FELT FUCKED THATS WHEN ) DROPPED IF THERE WAS
TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT RAID MUST A BUTTON TO SAY @YEAH YOUR LIFES OVER ) RECKON )
OF COST THEY HAD TO GO ,IVERPOOL ## TO GET A WOULDVE PUSHED IT
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OF QUESTIONING APPEARANCES IN COURT WHEN WED
PLEADED GUILTY IN QUESTIONING
“If there was a button to say ‘yeah, your life’s
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“We met some funny people and had a laugh,
but 23 hours in a box isn’t great. Neither are
murderers and Paedo’s being your ‘mates’. It
was endless bad shit”
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)NTO ANOTHER ROOM WHERE A WOMAN GAVE ME A
MEDICAL ) COULD HEAR THE ENGINE OF THE SWEAT
PRISON VAN RUNNING YOU KNOW THE ONES ON TELLY A
WHITE VAN WITH THOSE TINY BLACK WINDOWS "EFORE
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) JUST THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET FUCKED BUT ) BASIC THEN LAUGHED AND SAID WE WERE GOING
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ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTED /R IN OTHER WORKING AGAINST HOW ) FELT SO ) DECIDED
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COMPANY OR WERE YOU WORKING WITHIN CERTAIN ENOUGH LITTLE FREELANCE THINGS THAT ) WAS
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LINE WORK WAS AMAZING
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MAJOR ELEMENTS IN YOUR WORK &OR EXAMPLE
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LOOKED IN COMPARISON TO HOW GIRLS ON 46 AND
IN MAGAZINES LOOKED AND TO ME THEY WERE
PERFECT 3O ) GUESS ) JUST WANTED TO MAKE
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THAT LOOKED CLOSER TO THE WAY REAL GIRLS LOOK
7HETHER OR NOT IT COMES ACROSS THAT WAY IS
ANOTHER STORY
+EEPING WITH THE AWFUL @INFLUENCE LINE
OF QUESTIONING WHICH ARTISTS MAGAZINES
IMAGERY BOOKS AND MUSIC DO YOU THINK HAVE
HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT UPON YOUR WORK
!ND HAVE YOU HAD ANY DIFFICULTIES PRODUCING ) NOTICED AT YOUR STUDIO A COUPLE OF
WORK FOR A @CLIENT WHO HAD A SPECIFIC IDEA ANATOMICAL BOOKS 0LAYBOY BOOKS ETC !ND
FOR A GRAPHIC IN MIND WHICH YOU THOUGHT JUST ) ASSUME THIS HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY AS THE
WOULDNT WORK YEARS HAVE PASSED
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FAN OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE WAY THE h) JUST WANT ED
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FOR SOMEBODY IF ) CANT REALLY BACK WHERE
THEY ARE GOING WITH IT 3O IF WE ARENT SEEING
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4HAT ISNT EVEN A REAL "ELLE 3EBASTIAN
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DOWN FOR SKATEBOARDING AND REAL OPEN TO
DIFFERENT IDEAS ART WISE
A HANDFUL FOR MYSELF AND SOME FRIENDS AND
PEOPLE SEEMED TO THINK IT WAS PRETTY COOL 7 HETH ER OR NOT
!ND DID YOU FEEL ANY CRITICISM FROM OTHER
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WELL AT LEAST AMONG THE CROWD THAT LIKES
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ASKING FOR ME TO WORK ON SOMETHING ) USUALLY
JUST STICK TO DOING SKATEBOARD RELATED STUFF
-OST OF IT IS ALL BASED ON EVERYDAY LIFE
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STUPID THINGS MY FRIENDS AND ) ARE INTO ! LOT
REALLY ONLY EVER HEARD POSITIVE THINGS /THER THAN THE SEATBELT GRAPHIC ) MENTIONED OF THE IDEAS ) GET WHILE TRAVELLING SOMEHOW
(OW MUCH OF AN INFLUENCE HAVE CARTOONS WHAT OTHER TOTALLY @COMMERCIAL NON SKATE ) GET A LOT OF IDEAS WHILE IN THE AIR OR ON THE
COMIC BOOKS BEEN ON YOUR WORK &OR ME AFFILIATED WORK HAVE YOU DONE ROAD ) GUESS JUST GETTING OUT OF MY EVERYDAY
AT LEAST MANY OF THE FEMALE FIGURES YOUVE .OT MUCH IN A GOOD LONG TIME BEFORE ) REPETITION AND SEEING NEW PEOPLE PLACES AND
CREATED IN THE PAST REMIND OF %RIC WAS DOING ANYTHING IN SKATEBOARDING ) WAS THINGS JUST GETS THE IDEAS ROLLING
3TANTONS DRAWINGS WORKING FOR A DESIGN FIRM IN -INNESOTA THAT 7HATS GOING ON WITH 4EENAGE 2UNAWAY WE
DID A LOT OF BIG STUFF FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY DONT TEND TO SEE TOO MUCH OF THE STUFF OVER
MOST OF THE STUFF ) DID YOU CAN STILL SEE IN HERE AND ARE THE SQUARE WHEELS GOING TO GO
THE COOKIE AND CRACKER ISLE AT ANY FOOD STORE INTO PRODUCTION
STILL TODAY ) DONT KNOW WHATS GOING ON WITH ITx ITS
! DUMB QUESTION ) KNOW BUT )LL ASK IT JUST KINDA DOING ITS THING 9OU SHOULD BE
ANYWAY (OW DO YOU START FORMULATING ABLE TO FIND IT OVER THERE SOMEWHERE JUST ASK
IDEAS "Y SKETCHING ,ONG PERIODS OF TIME &OS OR (ORSEY IF YOU EVER SEE THEM NOT LIKE
SPENT STARING INTO SPACE 7RITING DOWN THEY SEE MUCH OF THE STUFF EITHER BUT MAYBE
FUNNY SITUATIONSCHARACTERS (OW (ORSEY WILL BE BROKE ENOUGH TO SELL YOU WHAT
HE HAS 4HE SQUARE WHEELS WERE JUST MADE IN
A 2%!, SMALL BATCH SO WHAT WAS MADE IS ALL
THERE IS ) REALLY WANNA MAKE EM FULL SCALE
THO SO ) GUESS KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED
(AVING VISITED THE BAT CAVE STUDIO ASIDE
FROM BEING AMAZED AT HOW MUCH @STUFF YOU
HAVE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PERFECT SET UP FOR YOU
TO WORK FROM (OW DID YOU EVER MANAGE
TO GET HOLD OF THAT PLACE !ND HOW DOES
IT COMPARE TO SOME OF THE PLACES YOUVE
WORKED FROM BEFORE "LOODY (AMMMER
6OLCOM ,IZARD 'IRKS
2AINBOW 'RIP $RESSES $OTS AND 0URPLE 7OMBAT
9EAH ) HAVE A LOT OF STUFFJUNK ITS A PRETTY
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EVERYTHING ) NEED TO WORK AND LIVE )M NOT
SURE HOW WE GOT THAT SPOT MY WAREHOUSE
MATE 'EORGE HE DOES A LOT OF THE ART AT
26#! HOOKED IT UP BEFORE ) MOVED DOWN
THERE /NCE ) GOT DOWN TO THE /# WE JUST
BUILT IT OUT IN THERE AND MADE ALL THE DESKS
AND LIGHT TABLES AND ALL THAT )TS NOT TOO FAR
OFF FROM ANYWHERE ELSE ) HAVE WORKED ITS
ALWAYS BEEN LOW BUDGET WAREHOUSE SPACE
ALMOST ALWAYS )M INTO IT THE SPACE TO DO
WHAT YOU WANT MAKE A HUGE MESS AND NO
WORRIES
)S THE PAD AND PEN STILL THE STARTING POINT
FOR ALL YOUR WORK OR HAS THE COMPUTER BEGAN
TO START TO REPLACE IT ) MEAN DO YOU STILL
PREDOMINANTLY HAND DRAWSKETCH STUFF AND
THEN SCAN IT AND WORK ON IT FROM THERE
&ULLY IT ALL STARTS THERE FOR ME 4HE
COMPUTER WONT EVER REPLACE IT EVEN IF )
DO AN ILLUSTRATION ON THE COMPUTER )
ALWAYS WORK OFF A PENCIL SKETCH THAT ) SCAN
AND TRACE OVER 4HE COMPUTER IS JUST A TOOL
FOR THE MOST PART
7ITH ALL OF THE DESIGN AND GRAPHIC WORK YOU
HAVE TO GET THROUGH DO YOU STILL GET A CHANCE
TO PAINT MUCH
0LENTY BUT ) REALLY ENJOY DESIGN AND GRAPHIC
WORK 3O FOR THE MOST PART ALL THE WORK )
DO IS THE SAME AS PAINTING ) WOULD DO FOR
FUN ANYHOW 4HE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE IS
THAT THE PAINTINGS ) DO ARENT AS EASY TO USE $O YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC WHILE YOURE $EAD &EELINGS
FOR @WORK RELATED STUFF ITS JUST EASIER TO WORKING OR DO YOU TRY TO AVOID HAVING ANY
MANIPULATE COMPUTER GRAPHICS TO MAKE THEM
FIT BOARDS AND WHEELS THAN IT IS TO MESS WITH
DISTRACTIONS
5SUALLY MUSIC IS ON BUT THERE IS NO AVOIDING h- OS T OF THE S TUFF
THE COMPOSURE OF A PAINTING TO MAKE IT FIT
SOMETHING
DISTRACTIONS REALLY ) MEAN A LOT OF THE TIME
ITS A GHOST TOWN IN OUR WAREHOUSE BUT THESE ) DID Y OU C AN S TILL
DAYS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE CRASHING THERE
WATCHING VIDEOS OR PLAYING .INTENDO OR DOING S EE IN THE C OOKIE
WHATEVER IT IS THEY DO "UT DISTRACTIONS ARE
GOOD SOMETIMES ITS NICE TO BREAK UP THE AND C R AC KER IS LE
@WORK UNLESS ITS DEADLINE CRUNCH TIME
7ALK US THROUGH IN PAINSTAKING DETAIL AN AT AN Y FOOD S TOR E
AVERAGE WORKING DAY IN THE STUDIO
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UP AROUND AM CHECK SOME EMAIL MAKE
S TILL TODAY v
A FEW PHONE CALLS 3PEND A FEW HOURS TRYING
TO GET A LITTLE WORK DONE THERE IS USUALLY A
BIKE RIDE TO THE BEACH IN THERE SOMEWHERE
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE A TRIP
OR THREE TO FOR SOME CANDY OR SOME
POP AND WORK A BIT MORE 3KATEBOARDING
HOPEFULLY ONCE ITS DARK OUTSIDE AND THEN
THE REST OF THE NIGHT INTO THE NEXT MORNING
IS SPENT WORKING .OT MUCH TO IT NO
EXCITEMENT INVOLVED AT ALL THATS FOR SURE
3UPERFISHAL -ERMAID
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!ND DO YOU THINK ITS EASIER TO BECOME
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DISTRACTED WORKING FROM HOME RATHER THAN IF
YOU HAD TO BE IN AN @OFFICE TO WORK
)N SOME WAYS YES AND IN OTHERS NO )N AN
OFFICE YOU KIND OF HAVE THE FEAR OF YOUR BOSS
BUSTING YOU SLACKING OFF SO YOU MIGHT TRY TO
STAY A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED BUT AT HOME IF YOU
DONT STAY ON TRACK THERE IS NOBODY TO COME
DOWN ON YOU 0LUS WORKING AT HOME YOUR
FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE AROUND AND WILL
ALWAYS BE TALKING ABOUT GOING SKATEBOARDING
OR TO THE BEACH AND ITS HARD TO SIT AT THE
DRAWING TABLE WHEN YOU KNOW FUN SHIT IS
HAPPENING
$O YOU HAVE ANY OF YOU WORK INKED ONTO
YOUR SKIN
9EAH A LITTLE NOT SO MUCH ME GETTING A
TATTOO OF SOME ART ) DID THAT ) LIKE MORE
ALONG THE LINES OF IF THERE IS A TATTOO ) WANT
AND ) COULD JUST AS WELL DRAW IT -OST OF
THAT STUFF ) HAVE IS MORE ABOUT THE IDEA THAN
IT IS THE ART ANYHOW
,OOKING BACK THROUGH ALL THE WORK YOUVE
DONE UP TO THIS POINT IS THERE ONE PARTICULAR
PIECE SERIES OF WORK OR SPECIFIC PROJECT
WHICH YOURE PARTICULARLY PROUD OR FOND OF
FOR WHATEVER REASON %NJOI "OARD 3ERIES
) DID A SERIES FOR %NJOI A WHILE BACK THAT
) THOUGHT TURNED OUT PRETTY NICE BUT ASIDE
FROM ME KINDA LIKING THE GRAPHICS WHICH IS
RARE )M REAL HYPED ON %NJOI AND HAD BEEN
TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM FOR A REAL
LONG TIME 3O THE FACT THAT IT FINALLY CAME
TOGETHER AND ) DIDNT HATE THE END PRODUCT
MAKES IT ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PROJECTS
$RAWING UPON YOUR EXPERIENCES WHAT ADVICE
IF ANY WOULD YOU GIVE TO ASPIRING ARTISTS
ILLUSTRATORS JUST STARTING OUT
!T THIS POINT IN SKATEBOARDING ) DONT THINK
THERE IS MUCH ADVICE ) COULD GIVE ANYONE
THAT THEY WOULDNT HAVE ALREADY FIGURED OUT
4HERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH COMPANIES THESE
DAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW ITS JUST A
MATTER OF GETTING YOUR ART OUT THERE ) GUESS ! N D FI N A L L Y 4OP FOUR FILMS ,AST GIG YOU WENT TO
7HAT UPCOMING WORK DO YOU HAVE BOOKED IN S O M E Q U I C K
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FOR THE REST OF !ND BEYOND THAT DO QUESTIONSx 3UMMER AND #HOPPER ,AST BOOK YOU READ
YOU HAVE ANY ELABORATE PLANS FOR A CLOTHING 4OP FOUR BANDS +ING $ORK
EMPIRE GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPANY ETC $ILLINGER SOUNDER "ELLE 3EBASTIAN ,AST ALBUM YOU BOUGHT !LBUM
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!ND ) HAVE TO ASK ARE YOU STILL (ORKEY +ELLY 4UMSTALL AND 3EAN #LIVER 7HO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE PLAY YOU IN A
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(A
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NEAR AS MUCH AS ) WOULD LIKE TO BUT WHENEVER 3ALAMANDER AND THE 2AINBOW "ANKS )F YOUR STUDIO WAS ON FIRE WHICH ONE ITEM
) GET THE CHANCE p 4OP FOUR WOMEN YOUD LOVE TO POSE FOR YOUR WOULD YOU HAVE TO TAKE WITH YOU AND WHY
OWN PERSONAL LIFE
DRAWING CLASS 4HE .EWT CUS HES MY BEST FRIEND IN THE
4HORA "IRCH 3ARA 2UEx UH ) CANT REALLY WHOLE WIDE WORLD
THINK OF ANY OTHERS AND THOSE WOULD HAVE 7HICH THREE FAMOUS PEOPLE ALIVE OR DEAD
TO BE FROM A WHILE BACK BEFORE THEY GOT WOULD YOU INVITE FOR DINNER AND WHY
THIN )M BEING TOLD )M NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER
&IRST TIME YOU FIGURED ILLUSTRATION WOULD BE THAT
A VIABLE CAREER 7HAT SONG WOULD YOU HAVE PLAYING AT YOUR
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IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT WE PAY A HOMAGE OF SORTS TO OUR 7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD 7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD
FAVOURITE STEROID
FUELLED ONE
DIMENSIONAL BLUBBERING KILLING 0OLITICIANS CANT BE TRUSTED AND DEFINITELY NEVER TRUST A MERCENARY 2USSIANS ARE BAD AND THE MUJAHADEEN @FREEDOM FIGHTERS ARE GOOD
MACHINE 7INNING THE WAR OF THE BODY
BUILDING ACTION HERO ORATORS WHO WEARS MIRRORED SUNGLASSES #HOPPER PILOTS DONT HAVE ANY 4HE CINEMATIC 2USSIAN ARMY IS LARGELY INCAPABLE OF WALKING THEY
HANDS DOWN AGAINST ALL OF !RNIES NON
DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS IN CLOTHES WITH SLEEVES ON 4HE 6IETNAMESE HELD ON TO !MERICAN 0/7S HAVE TO RELY ON BEING FLOWN EVERYWHERE BY HELICOPTER )T IS VERY
THE S THOUGH AS BOYS WE WERE DRAWN TO THE FORBIDDEN COMIC BOOK AS THE !MERICANS DIDNT PAY THE AGREE REPARATIONS AFTER THE WAR BRIGHT IN !FGHANISTAN EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND EVEN
VIOLENCE )D NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT AS THE INTELLIGENT SENSITIVE ADULTS &ICTIONAL 6IET #ONG JAILERS ARE QUITE PRUDISH WHEN IT COMES TO MALE IN CAVES !RMOURERS IN 0AKISTAN ALSO CARRY AN EXTENSIVE RANGE
WEVE GROWN UP TO BE THAT WED STILL WANT TO SEE ANY OF THE OLD FILMS LET NUDITY AS THEY COVER UP 2AMBOS TACKLE BEFORE SUBMERGING HIM NECK OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS !LL !FGHAN MEN TALK IN RIDDLES METAPHOR AND
ALONE THE POSITIVELY GERIATRIC @3LY WHEELS OUT THE OLD WARHORSE FOR SOME DEEP IN A SLURRY PIT 2USSIAN MILITARY ADVISORS ARE INDEED FASHION ANECDOTES AND ALL 2USSIANS HAVE FACIAL HAIR 2USSIAN MILITARY UNITS
RETIREMENT CASH LAST FILM REBELS 3TEPHEN "ERKOFF AND HIS BAND OF MERRY MEN PREFERRING BLUEY ARE STILL THROWING FASHION CAUTION TO THE WIND IN WEARING GREEN
GREY COMBAT FATIGUES THAN SAY GREEN ONES FOR THE VERY GREEN JUNGLE UNIFORMS THIS TIME AS OPPOSED TO THE OBVIOUS YELLOW OR BROWN OF THE
"UT WE AND *OHN * HAVE HISTORY SO IGNORING OUR HEAD HEARTS A MAJOR ENVIRONMENT OF 6IETNAM !ND ELECTRIFIED MATTRESS SPRINGS ARENT FUN DESERT THEYRE FLYING AROUND IN
CINEMA CHAIN AND THE CONCERNS OF MANY OTHER SENTIENT BEINGS WE GUILTILY
WENT TO THE CINEMA TO SEE THE LATEST FILM AS SOON AS WE GRUDGINGLY BUT 7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT 2AMBO 7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT 2AMBO
EXCITEDLY COULD !ND IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE MOST BRUTAL AND GENUINELY (ES A KEEN ARCHER HE LOVES PARACHUTING SAILING AND THE ODD SPOT "UDDHISM IS NOW THE RELIGION OF HIS CHOICE PROBABLY AS A RESULT OF
HORRIFYING 2AMBO MOVIE YET )D URGE YOU TO ITS JUST AS DUMB AS THE OF AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY PROVEN BY THE ACCOMPLISHED WAY HE LOADS THE THIRTY SECOND THEOLOGICAL DEBATE HE HAD WITH HIS LOVE INTEREST IN
OTHERS YOU REMBERE FONDLY BUT WITH THE VOLUME AND SPECIAL EFFECTS THE FILM INTO HIS SPYCAM (E HAS WON A LOT OF MEDALS AND BLACK IS THE PREVIOUS FILM AND IT IS EVIDENTLY PHILOSOPHICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH
TURNED ALL THE FUCK UP TO ELEVEN AS IT WERE 7ITH THE FESTIVAL OF HIGH DEFINITELY HIS COLOUR AS HE SUITS THE CURLY MULLET (E DOESNT LIKE EXTREME VIOLENCE (E CAN NOW TURN HIS HAND TO A SPOT OF GILDING
IMPACT FLESH MUTILATION AND AMPUTATION COMING TO A GLORIOUSLY STUPID PIRATES AND HE CAN SEEMINGLY CARRY MILLIONS OF ARROWS IN HIS QUIVER ALONG WITH CAUTERISING FLESH WOUNDS AND IS ALSO QUITE THE EQUESTRIAN
CLIMAX WITH ALMOST TEN MINUTES OF THE CAMERA CUTTING BETWEEN 3LY GIVEN HALF THE CHANCE (E ALWAYS SEEMS TO LOSE HIS SHIRT
GURNING AND SCREAMING @AHHHGGGGHHH WHILE GUNNING DOWN "URMESE ,OVE INTEREST WITH THE ONLY FEMALE CHARACTER
SOLDIERS FROM A JEEP MOUNTED WITH A HIGH CALIBRE MACHINE GUN ITS A ! MILD FLIRTATION ON THE RIVERBOAT WITH 6IETNAMESE GUIDE #O ,OVE INTEREST WITH THE ONLY FEMALE CHARACTER
FITTING END TO AN UTTERLY LUDICROUS QUARTET OF FILMS CULMINATES IN HER OFFER OF A JADE BUDDHA FOR GOOD LUCK 4HEN LATER .O CHANCE HES TOO BUSY SAVING HIS MENTOR AND ONLY FRIEND
THEY HAVE A BIT OF A SMOOCH AND HE ALLUDES TO A HAPPY EVER AFTER 4RAUTMAN BUT HE IS STILL ROCKING THAT JADE "UDDHA SO THERES EVERY
(UMAN BEINGS ARENT ALWAYS BEASTS OF REASON AND THE 2AMBO FILMS ARE HOOK
UP IN !MERICA 7HEN SHES PREDICTABLY SHOT A MINUTE LATER AND CHANCE HES PINING FOR THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY STROKE WAS RIDDLED WITH
OF COURSE SILLY FUTILE AND WE KNOW WE REALLY SHOULDNT LIKE THEM BUT JUST DIES HIS SUBSEQUENT RAMPAGE IS ALL THE MORE VIGOROUS !HHH BULLETS AND DIED
LIKE &RISBEES BINGE DRINKING AND SKATEBOARDING WE JUST DO
2IDICULOUS WEAPONS ANDOR LETHAL BUT DAFT KILLING 2IDICULOUS WEAPONS ANDOR LETHAL BUT DAFT KILLING 2!-"/
7ORDS $AVID (OPKINS TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES
)LLUSTRATION 2OB -ATHIESON !LONG WITH HIS NECK SNAPPING BARE HANDS AND THE BIG KNIFE THE 3LIM PICKINGS ON THE STUPID WEAPONS FRONT THIS TIME ROUND WITH 7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD
CARBON FIBRE BOW IS PUT TO GOOD EFFECT IN TANDEM WITH THE EXPLOSIVE THE BIG HUNTING KNIFE AND BLOODY BOW STILL IN TOW SO ITS THROWING 4HE "URMESE MILITARY ARE VERY VERY BAD 7ALKING INTO A RICE PADDY
POINTY BITS HE ATTACHES TO THE ARROWS AND LETS NOT FORGET HIS USE OF DAGGERS PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND IS BOUND TO END IN TEARS ANDOR EXPLODING LIMBS 4HE "URMESE
THE ODD BLAZING HAY STACK HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS ALL THE WAY "UT THERES THE ODD ONE SEE BELOW MILITARY DONT HAVE A SINGLE PLANE OR HELICOPTER WITH WHICH TO BOMB
2AMBO -ERCENARIES ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE WITH AN IRON
CLAD
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!GAIN ITS @6IETNAM HEAVY ON ACCOUNT OF THE @PLOT AND 2AMBO -ENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING IN CONVERSATION BUT TONED DOWN IN DIVERSE #HRISTIAN CHARITIES ARE VERY NICE AND NOT AT ALL CREEPY
7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD OBVIOUSLY BANGS ON ABOUT IT BUT IF THAT WERENT ENOUGH 4RAUTMAN AND FAVOUR OF TALK OF 2AMBO BEING TRUE TO HIS NATURE @COMING FULL CIRCLE ,INKING INTO ALL THE OTHER FILMS OUR PRINCIPAL GUY IN THIS ONE IS A BIT
!MERICA COULD HAVE WON THE 6IETNAM 7AR GIVEN A BIT MORE THE DOUBLE CROSSING -URDOCK CHARACTER HARP ON ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT BLAH BLAH BLAH OF A CHIMNEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FAGS MAYBE THATS WHY 2AMBO
TIME (ITCHHIKING IN !MERICA IN THE S WASNT FUN 3HOWERING DURING THEIR "RUT AFTERSHAVE HEAVY ALTERCATIONS WANTS TO %84%2-).!4% HIM HEADBAND WEARING TUBBY $ALEK STYLE
WITH A HIGH
PRESSURE FIRE HOSE ISNT FUN EITHER 6IETNAM VETERANS %LABORATE DEMISE OF PRINCIPAL BAD GUY 2AMBOS OBVIOUSLY A NON
SMOKER
WERENT TREATED VERY WELL WHEN THEY RETURNED AFTER THE WAR 4HE %LABORATE DEMISE OF PRINCIPAL BAD GUYS 4HE FAT 2USSIAN SIDEKICK IS HUNG THEM BLOWN UP BY A GRENADE AND
.ATIONAL 'UARD ARE INCOMPETENT CANVAS SACKING SMOCK TOPS ARE 4HE 6IETNAMESE PRISON CAMP COLONEL IS BLASTED INTO SMITHEREENS THE TANK VERSUS HELICOPTER HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE 7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT 2AMBO
APPARENTLY ALL WEATHER AND BLASTING HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS FROM A - COURTESY OF AN EXPLOSIVE ARROW TO THE GRILL THE 2USSIAN MEATHEAD 2USSIAN GENERAL IS SO UTTERLY STUPID IT NEARLY COMES FULL CIRCLE AND (ES REALLY GOOD AT CATCHING SNAKES "UT DOESNT ENJOY IT (ES
MACHINE GUN IN A TOWN CENTRE WONT HARM ANY INNOCENT BYSTANDERS GETS LOBBED OUT OF A HELICOPTER AND "ERKOFFS ,T #OLONEL 0ODOVSKY BECOMES CLEVER LEARNT TO KEEP HIS SHIRT ON 3INCE LIVING IN !SIA HES BECOME VERY
WHATSOEVER .OT A ONE CHARACTER IS VAPORIZED BY A ROCKET THROUGH HIS WINDSCREEN VERY GRUMPY A BIT PLUMP AROUND THE GILLS AND NOW HAS A SPOT OF
1UOTES GREY HAIR !DDING TO HIS LIST OF CONSIDERABLE TALENTS HE CAN NOW
7HAT WE @LEARN ABOUT 2AMBO 1UOTES !FTER BEING ASKED WHO HE IS BY THE NASTY 2USSIAN DUDE 2AMBO WRESTLE COMPETENTLY WITH IRONMONGERY AS HE MANAGES TO BANG OUT
(E IS SCARED OF BOTH THE DARK RATS AND HAVING A SHAVE BUT LOVES 2AMBO n h9OU KNOW THERES MORE ME OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW WHERE REPLIES WITH h9OUR WORST NIGHTMAREv A PERFECTLY FORMED PROPELLER TO FIX HIS BOAT AND A FRESH MACHETE
&ORT "RAGG AND COOKING WILD BOAR AL FRESCO !ND WHILE HE CANT GET THEY ARE &IND EM /R )LL FIND YOUv STYLE KNIFE AS HE SEEMS TO HAVE LOST HIS CLASSIC CUTTING IMPLEMENT
A JOB AS A VALET PARKER ALONG WITH HIS GASTRONOMIC SKILLS HE CAN ALSO 2AMBO n h4O SURVIVE WAR YOU HAVE TO BECOME WARv 2AMBO HAS A DAD WHICH MEANS HE WAS BORN AND NOT JUST MODELLED
CREATE BESPOKE OUTFITS OUT OF SACKS AND IS A DAB HAND WITH A NEEDLE OUT OF SUNBURNT MEAT !ND HE STILL DOESNT LIKE PIRATES ESPECIALLY IF
AND COTTON (ES QUITE THE DOMESTIC GODDESS THEYRE WEARING MORE THAN ONE WATCH ANDOR SMOKING 4HAT TYPE
END UP DEAD
,OVE INTEREST WITH THE ONLY FEMALE CHARACTER
.OT AN OPTION IN THE OPENING FILM HES FAR TOO BUSY BEING PERSECUTED ,OVE INTEREST WITH THE ONLY FEMALE CHARACTER
AND MAKING LIKE A HOMICIDAL 3QUIRREL .UTKINS IN THE WOODS 3TRAIGHT OFF THE BAT THERES SEXUAL CHEMISTRY A PLENTY BETWEEN THE
PODGY 2AMBO AND #HRISTIAN MISSIONARY 3ARAH -ILLER AS SHE TRIES
2IDICULOUS WEAPONS ANDOR LETHAL BUT DAFT KILLING TO CONVINCE HIM TO SAIL THEM TO "URMA (OWEVER THE PROSPECT OF
TECHNIQUES SOME SEXY TIME IS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY IT BEING A 2AMBO FILM AND
%VEN THOUGH THE LUDICROUSLY LARGE SERRATED HUNTING KNIFE MADE ITS THERE BEING A BODYCOUNT OF TO REACH BEFORE THE CREDITS
DEBUT HERE THE SPIKY STICK AND EVEN MORE RUDIMENTARY WEAPONS ARE
PUT TO GOOD USE "EING HUNTED DOWN BY BAD COPS IN A HELICOPTER 2IDICULOUS WEAPONS ANDOR LETHAL BUT DAFT KILLING
INTENT ON YOUR DEMISE 'RAB A ROCK TECHNIQUES
)TS STRICTLY ROOTS THIS TIME AROUND WITH THE HOME MADE BLADE
6IETNAM FLASHBACKS AND GUNS OF VARIOUS SORTS BUT WHEN 2AMBO RIPS OUT A "URMESE
!SIDE FROM THE FILM ITSELF BEING A SOPHISTICATED AHEM TREATISE COMMANDERS THROAT WITH HIS BARE HANDS YOU KNOW THE
AGAINST THE TREATMENT OF RETURNING 6IETNAM VETS &IRST "LOOD IS SCREENWRITERS DID A FIST PUMP AND MAYBE EVEN A HIGH FIVE
PEPPERED WITH 2AMBOS REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
AND THE INEXPLICABLY IMMACULATELY TURNED OUT #OLONEL 4RAUTMAN RE
6IETNAM FLASHBACKS
ITERATES THE CASE IN POINT THROUGHOUT 4HERES A FANTASTIC MONTAGE OF ALL THE PAST BLUBBERINGS ABOUT
6IETNAM WHICH HAVE FEATURED IN ALL THE FILMS PACKAGED NEATLY UP
%LABORATE DEMISE OF PRINCIPAL BAD GUY IN A DREAM SEQUENCE SO 2AMBO
NOVICES CAN BEGIN TO FATHOM THE
4HOUGH HE DOESNT ACTUALLY DIE THE FILM IS UNBELIEVABLY LOW ON DEPTH OF THIS MANS AGONY )TS STUPID BUT BRILLIANT AT THE SAME TIME
FATALITIES UBER BAD SMALL TOWN COP 4EASLE PLAYED BY "RIAN $ENNEHY ) ACTUALLY WANT TO CHEER WHEN IT STARTED
DOES HAVE TO WEAR -INDERS SHEEPSKIN FOR THE DURATION OF THE FILM
AND ENDS THE MOVIE WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN HIS LEGS AND A BIT OF A %LABORATE DEMISE OF PRINCIPAL BAD GUY
SORE BACK 3ADLY THE MAIN "URMESE DUDE IS DESPATCHED WITH NOTHING MORE
THAN A KNIFE )TS BACK TO BASICS WITH THIS FILM BUT IN A -%'!
1UOTES ,/5$ /2'9 /& 6)/,%.#% TYPE WAY
2AMBO n h)N TOWN YOURE THE LAW OUT HERE ITS ME $ONT PUSH IT
$ONT PUSH IT OR )LL GIVE YOU A WAR YOU WONT BELIEVEv 1UOTES
4RAUTMAN n h) DIDNT COME TO RESCUE 2AMBO FROM YOU ) CAME HERE TO 2AMBO n h,IVE FOR NOTHING/R DIE FOR SOMETHING9OUR #ALLv
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first got interested in shooting boxing after training a little bit myself, just to stay fit. As I spent more time around the gym, I noticed
the speed, skill, determination and quiet humility of the boxers who train hard everyday – they earned my respect. I started to see
them on the same level as I see skating: some were stylish, some were more powerful, others were brash and loud, the whole range of
personalities began to show itself to me. So, naturally I became interested in it and wanted to photograph it.
At first it wasn’t easy, as I had to take my time to get to know the forms of boxing, and what looks good in a photo, as well as earning
the trust of the boxers I was shooting. Generally speaking though – many of them like to have their picture taken. As I spent time in the
gyms and clubs, I became more specifically interested in the amateurs, and in particular the strong family connections that were present at
many of the events: father and son teams, brothers, fathers with daughters and cousins and aunts and uncles and so on. Most of the photos
were shot in East LA, so there is a really strong Latino pride coming through. They are passionate about boxing, and about “Familia”. I
am about to complete a booklet with all the photos I gathered during this time, and I hope to continue shooting boxing into the future.
Like skateboarding, which is my first true passion in photography, boxing holds a certain exciting and mysterious element for me. It can be
lonesome, painful, challenging and dangerous, yet it can also be incredibly rewarding and humbling. These are a small sample from some
amateur events, Golden Gloves trials and various gyms in the East LA area. Enjoy - Mike O’Meally
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THE SUSHI VINEGAR AND QUICKLY BROUGHT DOWN TO ROOM WERE NO RESTRICTIONS NO SUSHI MASTER ARTFULLY ARRANGING
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IT 7HEN THIS FAILED ) TOOK THE WHOLE BATCH OUT ON PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE LIKE AN
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CHOPPING OF THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE ROLLS WENT QUITE OFF THE REVOLUTION ITS TOO LABORIOUS AND WILL ALWAYS JUST
STRAIGHT FORWARD CUCUMBER CRABSTICKS OMELETTE AND A BE A BAD COPY OF WHAT YOU CAN GET IN A PROPER SUSHI
PICKLED *APANESE RADISH THAT SMELLED LIKE OLD PEOPLE ALL PLACE /NLY THE MOST SUSHI OBSESSED DINGBATS WILL
IN NICE STRIPS IN DIFFERENT BOWLS "UT AFTER THE SUCCESS BE SEEN DOING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS ) KNOW THAT IF )
WITH THE RICE IT WAS ALL SUDDENLY FALLING APART (AVING EVER SHOULD TRY THIS ABSURDITY AGAIN ) WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE
FIVE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE ROLLS EACH NEEDING ABOUT ! COUPLE OF ROLLS AS NEATLY MADE AS ) POSSIBLY CAN
TWO OR THREE ROLLS TO GET IT RIGHT MEANT WE HAD BLOWN PERHAPS EVEN ON A NICE PLATE 4HATS IT SOPHISTICATED
ALMOST ALL THE RICE AND WERE LEFT WITH A SHITLOAD OF AND CONTROLLED "UT TO BE HONEST ) THINK )LL BE BRINGING
ROLLS ) ALSO CUT THE FISH WAY TOO THICK MAKING EATING IT UP MY KIDS ON BOILED COD AND POTATOES
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TOOK AGES AND PEOPLE WERE STARVING SO BY THE TIME )F YOURE PLANNING TO GIVE SUSHI A GO YOURSELF ) HIGHLY
WE WERE READY TO SIT DOWN TO EAT WE ALL BECAME RECOMMEND BUYING A BOOK OR GOING TO A COURSE OR
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YOUTHS OF THE NATION ARE GETTING READY TO EXERCISE ON AND SUSHI WAS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD *APAN COULD PRONOUNCE 'ETTING THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS AND LET IT COOL DOWN TO ROOM TEMPERATURE
THEIR GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO GET AS DRUNK AND DISORDERLY FOR SUSHI MEANS YOU HAVE TO TRACK DOWN A SPECIALIST
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BOARDS OVERFLOWING WITH PIECES OF SUSHI 4HERE ARE KNOWLEDGE ) NEEDED SOMEONE TO TEACH ME FLAVOURED VERSION OF OXO CUBES AND ENDED UP USING
ALSO CANS OF 3TELLA SPLATTERS OF SOY SAUCE SCATTERINGS ABOUT A TEASPOON OF IT "UT APART FROM THE ROLLING MATS 2INSE THE RICE THOROUGHLY 7HEN YOU THINK YOUVE
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UP ON BOILED COD AND POTATOES )N MY HOME TOWN BRICKS WASHED PAST THE WINDOWS GIVING ME A SNEAKY AND SOY SAUCE NEEDED TO SEE ME TO THE END OF MY POT AND FILL UP WITH THE WATER MAKING SURE THERES
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)VE CONSIDERED SUSHI SCARY AND WEIRD )T DISGUSTED THE DEDICATED THE SUBTLE WAYS OF MAKING SUSHI IN THE SELF
DESTRUCTIVE MASOCHIST TURNED ON BY FOOD POISONING THE LID ON FOR ANOTHER MINUTES
ME ) FELT CRAZY AND SOPHISTICATED THE FIRST TIME ) TRIED COMFORT OF HER OWN HOUSE (ER KITCHEN WAS MASSIVE TAKE THE TIME TO FIND A PROPER SUPPLIER OF FRESH FISH 4IP THE RICE INTO SOME SORT OF LARGE CONTAINER
IT LIKE SOME SORT OF CULINARY MADMAN TASTING FOOD FROM AND SMELLED OF VINEGAR !ROUND A BIG TABLE SIX OTHER "EFRIEND A FISHERMAN IF YOU HAVE TO ) GOT MY FISH FROM AND ADD © OF YOUR SUSHI VINEGAR 5SING A WOODEN
ANOTHER PLANET !ND ) HATED IT ) THOUGHT IT TASTED LIKE #AUCASIAN SUSHI FANS HAD ASSEMBLED TO GET TO GRIPS @3TEVE (ATT IN )SLINGTON WHICH .IGEL 3LATER CLAIMS TO BE SPATULA OR SOMETHING FOLD THE VINEGAR INTO THE RICE
SOMETHING ) SHOULDNT BE EATING
SOMETHING THAT WOULD WITH THIS SKILL WHICH APPARENTLY TAKES A FULL YEARS TO ONE OF THE BEST FISHMONGERS IN ,ONDON 4HEY TOLD ME CAREFULLY YOU DON WANT TO SMASH THE GRAINS 4HE TRICK
MAKE ME VIOLENTLY SICK "UT AS WITH ALL GOOD THINGS PERFECT )N FOUR HOURS WE LEARNED AMONGST OTHER THINGS THEY WERENT STRANGERS TO GETTING CUSTOMERS BUYING FISH HERE IS ALSO TO QUICKLY BRING THE RICE DOWN TO ROOM
IN LIFE ) HAD TO KEEP AT IT TO ACQUIRE AN ADDICTION FOR HOW TO MAKE SUSHI RICE -AKI ROLLS *APANESE OMELETTE FOR MAKING SUSHI ) GOT SOME TUNA SALMON AND A SHINY TEMPERATURE )F YOU HAVE AN ELECTRICAL FAN GREAT )F
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POUND STERLING WORTH OF FISH
WHICH NOT TAKE IT OUTSIDE OR FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO COOL IT
PROCLAIMED THAT IF HE HAD TO CHOOSE JUST ONE THING TO YOUR FINGERS 0ERSONALLY ) DONT CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT TURNED OUT TO BE TWICE AS MUCH AS ) NEEDED QUICKLY WHILE YOU MIX IN THE REST OF THE VINEGAR
EAT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 3USHI THE @RITUAL OF SUSHI 7ORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT HOW YOU 4HE RICE IS FINISHED WHEN IT HAS REACHED ROOM
'OOD CALL ) SAY 3USHI WHEN PROPERLY MADE IS SO FRESH HOLD THE CHOPSTICKS OR IN WHICH DIRECTION YOU STIR YOUR "ACK HOME ) UNPACKED ALL THE INGREDIENTS MOST OF TEMPERATURE AND ALL THE VINEGAR IS MIXED IN 4HIS WILL
IT LEAVES ME IN A BAFFLED AWE HOW THE HELL SOMEONE GREEN TEA AND YOU VERY QUICKLY BECOME A @TWAT THEM SPORTING LABELS WITH CHILDISH CARTOON CHARACTERS TAKE ABOUT MINUTES 4HE RICE SHOULD BE STICKY AND
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nitially finding Nordic-based notoriety
with his hometown experimental rock band
Chloroform, Norway’s John Erik Kaada has
gradually transitioned from full-time boiler
suited spazz rocker to solo vocalist, classical
composer and award winning film music maker.
Reaching a wider European audience, initially with
his solo debut, the genre-defying sample mish-
mash ‘Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable
Time’, and then the critically acclaimed ‘Romances’
collaboration, with former Faith No More man
Mike Patton, each subsequent Kaada release,
whether it be solo or soundtrack, have cemented )F YOU COULD START OFF BY TALKING ME THROUGH HOW AND WHY
his reputation as one of the most thought YOU STARTED MAKING MUSIC AND WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS WERE
provoking and inventive musicians and composers AT THE VERY BEGINNING
out there. )T WAS A NEVER A CHOICE)VE PLAYED MUSIC ALL MY LIFE ITS NOT
LIKE MAKING A DECISION ) DONT FEEL LIKE A MUSICIAN YET )TS JUST
After some speculative text messaging a meeting SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE AND ITS KINDA STRANGE BECAUSE )VE ALWAYS
was wangled in Norway’s capital city Oslo, early FELT THAT ) WOULD SOMEDAY NEED TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO EARN MY
afternoon on New Year’s Eve of all things and at MONEY !ND THEN SUDDENLY THE WHEEL STARTS SPINNING AND ITS STILL
Kaada’s home (a privilege hitherto unbestowed on GOING ON AND ITS LIKE @MMM SHIT MAYBE ) AM A MUSICIAN )VE BEEN
any journalists he tells me). While preparations LIVING FROM MUSIC FOR FIFTEEN YEARS OR SO NOW AND ) STILL CANT GET
for the big night were in full swing downstairs USED TO IT LAUGHING "UT THE THING THAT KEEPS EVERYTHING GOING IS
in the Kaada family home, we retired upstairs to THE FILM MUSIC WHICH IS GOING BETTER AND BETTER
the bespoke laminate-veneered studio for coffee )VE SEEN A COUPLE OF FILMS YOUVE WORKED ON LIKE (AWAII
and a lengthy, and surprisingly friendly talk /SLO AND %GGS AND )M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
revolving around getting old, musical aspirations, THIS NEW (AMER FILM YOUVE SOUND TRACKED CALLED /(ORTEN
remembrances and the intricacies of composition.
9OU SHOULD SEE IT ITS REALLY NICE )M REALLY PROUD OF THAT MOVIE 7E
HAD LOTS OF TIME AND ITS SO NICE TO BE DUMPED INTO A PASSAGELIKE
)NTERVIEW $AVID (OPKINS THE DIRECTOR "ENT (AMER HES GOT THIS UNIVERSE HIS OWN PLACE AND
K A A D A
)LLUSTRATION &RENCH YOU JUST JUMP IN AND YOU GET SO MUCH FOR FREE KIND OF 9OU DONT
HAVE TO CREATE SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH YOU JUST JUMP INTO HIS WORLD
) REALLY ENJOYED DOING THAT MOVIE
4YPICALLY WITH MOST SOUNDTRACK WORK DO YOU WORK TO RUSHES
OR CLIPS OF THE FILM OR JUST THE BASIC CONCEPT
)M IN A VERY LUCKY POSITION NOW BECAUSE EVERYBODY KIND OF KNOWS
THAT ) DONT DO MOVIES WHERE )M ) DONT GET INVOLVED VERY EARLY
4HATS AN ENVIABLE SITUATION TO BE IN
9EAH BECAUSE IF YOU DO A MOVIE LIKEFOR INSTANCE IN .OVEMBER THEY
CALLED ABOUT THIS @DREAM FILM MY FIRST (OLLYWOOD OFFER YOU KNOW
! ")' PRODUCTION WITH A MUSIC BUDGET OF MILLIONS OF .ORWEGIAN
+RONES BUT ) HAD TO GET ALL THE MUSIC IN TWO MONTHS ) WAS LIKE @OH
NOOO ) REALLY WANTED TO DO IT YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO IT BUT TO MAKE
IT REALLY GOOD IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE THE MUSIC
9OUD END UP DILUTING YOUR IDEAS FOR THE MUSIC
9EAH YEAH ,ATER NOBODY CARES IF YOU ONLY HAD TWO MONTHS
/BVIOUSLY YOURE MEASURED ON THE END PRODUCT
3O IT DOESNT MATTER ) HAD TO SAY NO TO THAT MOVIEAND )M STILL
THINKING ABOUT IT EVERY DAY LAUGHING 9OU KNOW A TWO MILLION
BUDGET )T WAS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE OUT A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND
ALL THAT IT WASNT ALL FOR ME THAT MONEY 4HATS THE PROBLEM WITH
MAKING MUSIC FOR SMALLER MOVIES YOU CANT AFFORD ORCHESTRAS
/F COURSE
"UT THATS MY POSITION NOW ) NEED TO HAVE TIME )TS NOT THAT
IMPORTANT TO MAKE MONEY FROM THIS ) CAN CHOOSE !ND TO DO
MOVIES WITH DIRECTORS LIKE (AMER THEY HAVE SOMETHING A NICHE )
LIKE THOSE MOVIES
!S YOU MENTION WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS SUCH A
UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW MUST MAKE YOUR JOB SO MUCH MORE
EASIER AND MORE ENJOYABLE
)T IS AND YOURE MORE PROUD OF IT BECAUSE IF YOU GO INTO A ROMANTIC
COMEDY THING THEN YOU HAVE A FORMULA THAT YOU HATE IN THE
BEGINNING !NYWAY THIS FILM MUSIC THING ) SEE IT AS MY DAYTIME JOB
KIND OF THING 4HATS WHAT ) DO TO LEARN STUFF AND TO EARN MONEY
!ND THEN ) RELEASE ALBUMS AND GO ON TOUR ITS NOTYOU DONT EARN
MONEY FROM GOING TO THE STATES ON TOUR YOU LOSE MONEY 4HE FILM
MUSIC IS MY PLATFORM 7HEN ) HAVE TEN MUSICIANS THAT ARE PLAYING
ON A MOVIE THEN )LL BE OH BY THE WAY )M WORKING ON AN ALBUM
4HEYVE ALREADY BEEN PAID TO BE HERE SO ITS POSITIVE FOR ME 4HE
NICEST THING IS BEING ABLE TO MAKE MUSIC AND NOT HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING ELSE )M KIND OF WAITING FOR IT TO STOP
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4HERES A PROBLEM BY DOING THOSE BIG FILMS COMMERCIALS 3OMEWHERE
OR ANYTHING THE THING IS THAT YOU END UP) DISLIKE THE WHOLE !ND FOR FILM MUSIC THATS A HUGE ADVANTAGE
ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY MONEY PEOPLE INVOLVED /BVIOUSLY YOUD BE LOST WITHOUT SOME KNOWLEDGE OF HOW
TOO MANY PRODUCERS AND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OPINION ABOUT MUSIC TO WRITE FOR STRINGS ETC
9OU LOSE YOUR SOUL YOU HAVE TO MAKE MUSIC THAT THIS AND THIS 9OU CANT MAKE MUSIC FOR A MOVIE WITH THREE CHORDS 9OU CAN
PRODUCER LIKES /F COURSE ) DO WANT TO DO BIGGER MOVIESIT JUST PROBABLY DO A GREAT SONG BUT NOT A FIFTY MINUTE FILM SCORE
GETS HARDER BUT THERES MORE MONEY MORE PRESTIGE EVERYTHING IS 9OUVE COME FULL CIRCLE IN A WAY
MORE TENSE 9ES ITS NICE NOT TO FEEL ALL THOSE YEARS PRACTISING WERE WASTED
) REMEMBER SPEAKING TO *AMES FROM 9O ,A 4ENGO -OVING ON WHAT DOES HOLD IN STORE FOR YOU
ABOUT PRODUCING MUSIC FOR FILM AND HE MENTIONED HOW )LL BE TAKING A BREAK )VE HAD FOUR MAJOR MOVIES IN THIS YEAR ;=
HE LOATHED THE @SOUNDTRACKS TO 1UENTIN 4ARANTINOS WHICH IS THREE MOVIES TOO MUCH )TS A NEW SITUATION NOW BECAUSE
FILMS DISMISSING THEM AS ESSENTIALLY MIX TAPES NOT )VE HAD THIS GOAL FOR MANY YEARS TO PAY BACK MY DEBT FOR THIS
SOUNDTRACKS #OULD YOU ENVISAGE PRODUCING SOMETHING APARTMENT AND THE STUDIO AND ALL THIS EQUIPMENT AND )M STARTING FREE CONCERTS IN 'ERMANY WITH #HLOROFORM AND ) WAS JUST SO TIRED
LIKE THAT WHERE YOU SELECT EXISTING PIECES OF MUSIC AND TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL NOW .OW ) FEEL ) CAN GO ON TOUR AGAIN OF PLAYING IN THOSE CLUBS AND THE BACKSTAGE AND EVERYTHING 9OU
PUT THEM TOGETHER RATHER THAN CREATING AN ORIGINAL SCORE ANDITS REALLY OPEN )N -AY ) WENT ON TOUR WITH A STRING ORCHESTRA KNOW YOU JUST SIT ON SOME COUCH AND THERES JUST A FLORA OF STRANGE
"UT YOU DO THAT ITS A PART OF MY JOB )F YOU WANT OTHER SONGS IN WITH SINGERS AND PERCUSSIONISTS AROUND 4HE .ETHERLANDS ) PLAYED CREATURES THE AURA THE SMELL AND EVERYTHING 3O ) DECIDED IN
THERE THEY HAVE TO BE INTERCONNECTED WITH MY STUFF YOU HAVE TO PIANO AND IT WAS JUST SO FANTASTIC IN THE MIDDLE OF A REAL ORCHESTRA )D TAKE IT EASIER WHEN IT COMES TO TOURING ) MUST HAVE DONE
DO THAT ) SOMETIMES HAVE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO OTHER BANDS IN AGAIN )VE STARTED TO WRITE NOTES AGAIN COMPOSITIONS ) LIKE TO TWENTY CONCERTS ALL IN ALL WHICH ISNT MUCH
OTHER COUNTRIES AND PAY FOR THE USE OF THEIR SONGS 4HERES THIS COMPOSE AGAIN WITH PEN AND PAPER NOT WITH ;NODDING AT THE TWIN 4HERE MUST BE A POINT FOR EVERYONE HOWEVER ROCK AND
NEW MOVIE -ANNEN SOM ELSKET 9NGVE 4HE -AN 7HO ,OVED %VA -AC SCREENS OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER= )M IN A PERIOD NOW WHERE ) ROLL THEY STILL WANT TO BE WHERE IT DOES BECOME A CHORE
AND THERES LOTS OF MUSIC FROM AND ) HAD TO MAKE CALLS TO REALLY LIKE WRITING NOTES AGAIN AND MY NEXT PIECE IS WRITTEN FOR ONE TOURING THE SAME SMALL CLUBS
2OXETTE AND AHHH ERMM) DONT REMEMBER )TS A PART OF THE JOB HUNDRED SINGERS AND FIVE BASS CLARINETS )TS SO MUCH FUN YOU JUST )TS ALSO THAT THE REALITY HAS STRUCK DOWN ON ALL OF US 9OU USED
SMILING TO HIMSELF DELIVER A BUNCH OF NOTES AND THEN YOU JUST GO AWAY -AYBE ITS TO WORK AND TOUR TO SELL ALBUMS BUT THAT WHOLE ISSUE HAS GONE
) CANT IMAGINE YOU ON THE PHONE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO BECAUSE )M GETTING OLD) DONT KNOW ,IKE IN WE DID FOUR AS NOBODYS SELLING ALBUMS ANYMORE )T WAS SO FRUSTRATING WED
USE SONGS SOMEHOW GO TO THESE SMALL 'ERMAN TOWNS AND EVERYBODY KNEW THE LYRICS
)TS ACTUALLY EASIER FOR ME AS )M A COMPOSER AT LEAST TO DO IT ) CAN EVERYBODY AND WE HADNT SOLD /.% ALBUM THERE &IVE HUNDRED
JUST ASK THEM FROM AN ARTISTS POINT OF VIEW LOOK )VE CHOSEN THIS PEOPLE ARE JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SINGING AND YOU KNOW THAT
SONG BECAUSE OF THIS AND THIS ITS JUST A PHONE CALL AND ITS NOT MY YOU HADNT SOLD ANY ALBUMS 4HATS THE GOOD THING WITH WRITING
MONEY )M USING CLASSICAL MUSIC IT STILL FEELS A LITTLE BIT SAFE OR CONTROLLED !NYWAY )
3O WHAT DOES AN AVERAGE WORKING DAY FOR +AADA INVOLVE THINK ONE OF THE MOTIVATIONS FOR GOING ON LONG ROCK AND ROLL TOURS
)TS VERY ONOFF 7HEN ) GO ON TOUR ITS A SUPER SOCIAL THING WITH HAS GONE AWAY AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE LIFE AND LOVE TO BE IN
FOUR MEN IN A BUS AND YOU MEET LOTS OF PEOPLE AND ITS VERY A SMALL CAR ) LIKE IT BUT SMALLER AND SMALLER
INTENSE 4HEN YOU GO ON STAGE AND YOU JUMP AROUND THEN YOU 3O ITLL BE ONE OFF SHOWS OR FESTIVAL APPEARANCES NOW
CARRY EQUIPMENT AND THEN ON AGAIN 4HEN ) HAVE THIS OTHER 4HE PLAN NOW IS THAT )M GOING TO START TO DO SOLO SHOWS AGAIN )VE
ISOLATED WORLD DONE A FEW NOT TOO MANY IN .ORWAY ) HAVENT DONE ANY CONCERTS
4WO LIVES IN A WAY WITH +AADA IN .ORWAY FOR TWO YEARS 4HE SOLO STUFF ITS JUST SO
"UT ) NEED THEM BOTH ) DONT HAVE ANYTHING IN BETWEEN ) DONT GO SCARY BECAUSE YOURE ALONE ON STAGE AND EVERYTHING HAS TO WORK
TO CAFES SMILING 9OU CANT HIDE
"EING IN YOUR BOILER SUIT JUMPING AROUND AND FREAKING 9OURE ON YOUR OWN
OUT WITH #HLOROFORM IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE STUDIOUS 9OURE ON YOUR OWN 3O THATS ONE OF THE THINGS )M GOING TO DO
COMPOSER AT HOME LABOURING ON A STRING SECTION )VE BEEN INVITED TO REALLY NICE GIGS AND TOURS ESPECIALLY IN THE
3OMETIMES ITS REALLY NICE TO JUST GET ON STAGE AND PREEN ABOUT STATES AND *APAN BECAUSE ) HAVE A LABEL IN *APAN THEY REALLY LIKE
9OU AND THE REST OF #HLOROFORM ARE ORIGINALLY FROM THE IT AND THEYRE ALWAYS @LETS TRY AND GET YOU OVER HERE ALL THE TIME
SOUTH OF .ORWAY 3TAVANGER RIGHT 7EVE BEEN THERE AND ITS BEEN GREAT BUT ITS BEEN AN ECONOMICAL
9ES DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN 3TAVANGER DISASTER TO BRING OVER A BAND 9OU HAVE TO FLY FIVE MEN OVER THERE
) DO ACTUALLY -Y FRIEND SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS GROWING WITH LOTS OF INSTRUMENTS AND SOMETIMES PAY FOR HOTELS !ND THE
UP AS A TEENAGER THE ONLY THING THERE WAS TO DO WAS @HANG STATES THE LAST TIME WE WERE ON TOUR OVER THERE ) HAD TO PAY FOR
OUT AT THE BUS STOP WORK PERMITS FOR THE MUSICIANS "UT WITH THE SOLO THING IT WOULD
(A HA HA ) THINK ITS GOOD WHEN YOURE FROM THE OUTSIDE FROM BE SO MUCH EASIER TO GO ) GUESS THATS A GOAL TO GET MY SOLO ACT
3TAVANGER OR "ERGENWHEN YOURE YOUNG YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER AND GO WITH THAT ONE )T WILL BE LESS STRESS AND LESS CARRYING
TO STRIVE FOR 9OU THINK THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN /SLO EQUIPMENT WELL SEE ) HAVE THE NEW +AADA ALBUM NEARLY READY
EARNING A LOT OF MONEY AND THEN YOU WORK HARD TO GET TO A LEVEL AND WHEN ) RELEASE IT ) WANT TO GO ON TOUR ) WANT TO HAVE THE LIVE
TO MAYBE MOVE HERE SOMEDAY "UT WHEN YOU ARE HERE REALITY PACKAGE READY !NDALSO ) WANT TO STUDY ELECTRONICS
CATCHES UP WITH YOU AND YOURE KINDA LIKE @ARGGHH YOU KNOW WHAT 7ELL LOOKING AT ALL THIS AUDIO EQUIPMENT ITD LOOKS LIKE ITD
) MEAN BE A HANDY THING TO LEARN
.ORWAY DOES SEEM LIKE AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO LIVE BUT )M PLANNING TO TAKE EXAMS IN ELECTRONICS )M SPENDING ALL DAY JUST
QUITE A FEW .ORWEGIANS ) KNOW WERE DESPERATE TO LEAVE 7HAT WERE YOUR INITIAL INROADS INTO MUSIC READING SOLDERING AND MAKING STUFF
@THE BUBBLE AS IT WERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO SEE AND 5P TO EIGHTEEN MY DREAM WAS TO BE A CLASSICAL PIANIST IT WAS TOO ) SUPPOSE ITS JUST ANOTHER SKILL YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR
WORK IN THE WIDER WORLD HARD FOR ME ) PRACTISED AND PRACTISED 4HEN SUDDENLY THE REALITY REPERTOIRE
) THINK ITS NICE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE ITS EASIER TO GET AN STRUCK ) DONT KNOW A COMBINATION THATTHAT IT WOULDNT BE A NICE )TS RELATED TO WHAT ) DO BUT IT KIND OF GETS AWAY FROM THE WHOLE
OVERVIEW ) KNOW ALL THE MUSICIANS THAT ARE WORKING PROFESSIONALLY DAYTIME JOB OR A COOL JOB ) LISTENED TO ALL KINDS OF METAL AND ALL MUSIC THING WHICH IS NICE -OST OF THE STUFF YOU SEE HERE )VE
HERE IN /SLO WHEREAS IN ,ONDON THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY (ERE YOU KINDS OF MUSIC AFTER ) FOUND THAT ) MOVED TO 4HE -ANHATTAN 3CHOOL MODIFIED OR ADDED STUFF TO
CAN KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYBODY "UT ) ALSO HAVE THE SAME THING ) /F -USIC IN .EW 9ORK THEN ) MOVED BACK HERE 9EAH ITS STRANGE
HAVE A VERY STRONG URGE TO GO TRAVELLING ) NEED TO GO AWAY ONCE AND NOW )M COMPOSING ) DONT KNOW WHERE THAT STARTED 9OU START KAADANO
PER SECOND MONTH OR SOMETHING )F ) DONT ) JUST GET VERY RESTLESS TO WRITE MUSIC FOR BANDS AND THEN IT JUST GETS MORE AND MORE MYSPACECOMKAADA
4HAT CLASSICAL EXPERIENCE MUST HAVE PROVED USEFUL AS HAS
)D IMAGINE THE BREADTH OF DIFFERENT FILMS YOUVE BEEN ASKED
TO WORK ON 9OU SURELY MUST PICK THINGS UP OR DEVELOP NEW
WAYS OF WORKING AS THE BUDGETS MUSICIANS AND THEMES
CHANGE FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE NEXT
4RUE /NE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT )VE DISCOVERED NOW IS THAT ) KIND
OF PICK UP THINGS THAT ) PLAYED TWENTY YEARS AGO 7HEN )M WRITING
MUSIC NOW ) CAN SOMETIMES HEAR CHORD PROGRESSIONS OR ELEMENTS “ Yo u c a n ’ t m a k e m u s i c
FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC THAT POPS UP IN MY OWN MUSIC 7HEN ) WAS
NINETEENTWENTY ) JUST TOTALLY REJECTED THE CLASSICAL WORLD ) HATED IT for a movie with three
) JUST THOUGHT OLD CLASSICAL MUSIC WAS BULLSHIT BECAUSE YOU JUST GET
ENOUGH !LSO PROBABLY BECAUSE ) SOMEHOW FELT THAT ) HAD KINDA LOST c h o r d s . Yo u c a n
IN THAT GAME YOU KNOW "UT NOW TEN YEARS AFTER )M STARTING TO
COMPOSE CLASSICAL MUSIC BECAUSE ITS IN THE SYSTEM SOMEWHERE probably do a g reat song,
but not a fifty-minute
film score”
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7HAT IS YOUR EARLIEST RECOLLECTION OF HAVING TO FIGHT
)TS PROBABLY IN SCHOOL ) MEAN ) USED TO FIGHT WITH MY BROTHERS IN “I think you just have to
THE CRIB ALL THE TIME BUT ) REMEMBER WE WERE PLAYING BASKETBALL AND
THIS GUY PISSED ME OFF ) THINK HE ACTUALLY PUSHED ME SO ) GRABBED love to fight, you have to
"* 0%..
HIS BRACES IN FRONT OF HIS FACE ) JERKED HIM LIKE TEN TIMES AND THEN )
HIT HIM ) WAS SO EXITED ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED ) RAN TO THE BACK
OF THE GYM AND THREW UP
want it”
(OW DID THAT EVOLVE WHEN DID YOU FIRST START TO TRAIN TO
FIGHT
) STARTED *UJITSU AT YEARS OLD THEN ) TRAINED SPECIFICALLY FOR MIXED
MARTIAL ARTS AT BUT ) WAS ALWAYS INTO BOXING FROM LIKE (OW DO YOU COPE WITH FEAR !ND DOES IT STILL PLAY A PART IN
YEARS OLD ) HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE YOUR FIGHTS TODAY
7HY WOULD YOU START SOMETHING LIKE THAT -Y FEAR IS NEVER OF AN OPPONENT IT IS A FEAR OF NOT PERFORMING UP TO
7ELL IT WAS THIS 4AEKWONDO INSTRUCTOR CALLED 4OM +ALLOS (E MOVED MY EXPECTATIONS ) LIKE LIVING WITH PRESSURE NOW ) THINK IF YOU PUT
IN ON OUR STREET ABOUT HOUSES DOWN FROM MY FATHERS (E WOULD PRESSURE ON ME IT MAKES ME FIGHT TEN TIMES BETTER
ALWAYS SEE US AS KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE BOXING AND STUFF ) MEAN #AN YOU DESCRIBE A TYPICAL PRE
FIGHT TRAINING DAY
HE WAS DONE TEACHING 4AEKWONDO BUT HE HAD TAKEN A COUPLE OF /N THE DAY OF THE FIGHT ) BASICALLY WAKE UP AND ) TRY AND PUT AS
LESSONS WITH THE 'RACIES ;THE FOUNDING FAMILY OF "RAZILIAN *UJITSU= MUCH FOOD IN MY BODY AS ) CAN ) EAT AND EAT AND EAT AND THEN
) THINK HE JUST WANTED SOME PEOPLE TO WRESTLE WITH 3O HE TOLD MY WHEN ) GET TO THE ARENA ) HIT THE MITTS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE GRAPPLE
FATHER TO SEND SOME KIDS DOWN TO THE 2EC CENTRE 7E WERE ALL LIKE WITH SOMEONE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE THEN ) SLAP MYSELF IN THE FACE FOR
@WE DONT WANNA WASTE OUR TIME BUT HE KEPT HASSLING MY DAD UNTIL ABOUT MINUTES
MY DAD SAID @LOOK JUST GO DOWN THERE ONE TIME SO THIS GUY LEAVES 7HAT QUALITIES DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO BEING A GOOD FIGHTER
ME ALONE 3O ) WENT THE GUY CHOKED ME OUT ARM LOCKED ME AND ) THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE TO FIGHT YOU HAVE TO WANT IT AND THEN
THAT WAS IT ) WAS HOOKED YOU WILL BECOME A GREAT FIGHTER
7OULD YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE A NATURAL ABILITY AS A FIGHTER OR )F YOU HADNT FOUND PROFESSIONAL FIGHTING WHERE DO YOU
HAVE YOU WORKED HARD TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY THINK YOU WOULD BE NOW
) DONT KNOW IF ) HAVE A NATURAL ABILITY ) MEAN OTHER PEOPLE TELL ME ) )D BE AT THE BEACH DRINKING BEER AND MY DAD WOULD HAVE BEEN
DO BUT TO ME IT JUST FEELS LIKE )M WORKING REAL HARD TRYING TO PULL ME AWAY SAYING @DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE
#AN YOU REMEMBER THE FEELINGS YOU HAD IN THE RUN UP TO 7HEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THE BEST ALL ROUND FIGHTERS IN THE
YOUR FIRST #AGE FIGHT WORLD THROWING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE AT YOU WITHIN THE
7ELL ) HAD ONE WHEN ) WAS EIGHTEEN BUT THEN ) DIDNT FIGHT FOR CONFINES OF A CAGE HOW DO YOU KEEP COMPOSURE
YEARS ) JUST STUCK TO *UJITSU BUT ) REMEMBER GOING TO THE 5&# AND ) KEEP COMPOSURE BY WAITING ) THINK @RIGHT YOURE DOING ALL THIS TO
THINKING @WELL HERE IT IS ITS TIME TO FIND OUT IF ) AM MORE THAN A ME WAIT TILL ) GET MY CHANCE THEN JUST SEE WHAT )M GOING TO DO TO
STREET FIGHTER IF ) REALLY AM ONE OF THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD YOU
4HAT WAS MY FAVOURITE FIGHT )T WAS KINDA LIKE LOSING MY VIRGINITY 7HAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE
SPORT
)F YOU WANNA GET INTO -IXED -ARTIAL !RTS THERE ARE THREE PARTS
THERES GRAPPLING THERES TAKE DOWNS AND THERES STRIKING *UST FIND
OUT WHICH ONE YOU LOVE THE MOST AND GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN IN THAT
AREA !FTER YOURE DONE GO AND ADD THE OTHER TWO IN *UST MAKE
SURE YOU LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING p
U
ltimate Fighting or MMA (mixed martial arts) has risen like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes of the bare-
knuckle brutality of the early 90’s and rapidly emerged as one of the fastest growing sports in history. The initial
comparisons to ‘human cockfighting’ have fallen away to be replaced by some of the most technically advanced and
dedicated athletes the world has ever seen.
Sure there may be the occasional trickle of claret and a sporadic broken or dislocated something or other, but when you
look at the stats, of only one death within the sport (at an un-licensed fight in the Ukraine) and compare that to the eleven
people that die on average from boxing every year, I think we have a clear winner.
In our endless search to bring you the best of the best we travelled to San Diego where we met up the UFC’s lightweight
world champion, Hawaii’s BJ ‘The Prodigy’ Penn. Quiet and slightly nervy his demeanour is confusing. It’s hard to picture
this slight, round faced man single-handedly dispatching a who’s who list of opponents from arguably the toughest sport in
the world, but then again you don’t get ears like that from typing.
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“When I moved
down to London
to do my MA at
Saint Martins
I got really
homesick and
patriotic for
Scotland and my
work became
an outlet for me
to feel closer to
home”
Left: RRS Discovery Below: Origami Landscape Above: Here & Now forest
@3UZY 1 AND THE /WLS IS A GREAT NAME (OW DID
YOU COME TO CHOOSE IT AND HAVE YOU ALWAYS HAD
A PASSION FOR OWLS
-Y BEST FRIEND AT SCHOOL WAS CALLED 3UZANNE SO IT WAS
3UZE AND 3UZE TO DIFFERENTIATE ) JUST STARTED GETTING
CALLED 3UZY 1AND IT KIND OF STUCK -Y WORK HAS ALWAYS
REFERENCED PLACES ) HAVE BEEN TO AND THE OWL COMES
FROM ROUND ABOUT THE TIME ) WENT TO 0ARIS -Y FRIEND
AND ) WERE LOOKING FOR SOME NEW &RENCH WORDS TO USE
ON OUR TRIP AND WE CAME ACROSS THE WORD @CHOUETTE
WHICH MY SCHOOL &RENCH VOCABULARY BOOK SAID MEANT
@COOL 7E LATER FOUND OUT IT ALSO MEANT @OWL WHICH WE
FOUND PRETTY AMUSING AND SO THE OWL KIND OF BECAME
THE FIST REOCCURRING ELEMENT WITHIN MY WORK
9OU WORK IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEDIA
DRAWING $ SCREEN PRINTING AND DIGITAL 7HAT
DO YOU GET FROM WORKING ACROSS EACH DIFFERENT
DISCIPLINE $O THEY FEED EACH OTHER
%ACH PROCESS ) USE WITHIN MY WORK INFORMS THE NEXT
4HE $ MODELS ) MAKE COME FROM SHAPES WITHIN MY
DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ) ALSO MAKE MODELS OUT
OF PAPER WITH MY PRINTS AND DRAWINGS ON WHICH ) THEN
RE
DRAW OR PHOTOGRAPH -Y STYLE OF DRAWING HAS VERY
MUCH BEEN INFLUENCED BY SCREEN PRINTING AND PRODUCING
@POSITIVE ARTWORK WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR PRINTING 4HATS
WHY A LOT OF MY DRAWINGS TEND TO BE BLACK AND WHITE
BECAUSE THEY WILL USUALLY END UP AS A SCREEN PRINT
EITHER ON PAPER OR TEXTILES
9OU SAY YOU ARE INFLUENCED BY YOUR NATIVE
3COTLAND HOW DOES THAT MANIFEST ITSELF IN YOUR
WORK AND WHAT DO YOU FIND MOST INSPIRING ABOUT
THE PLACE
) HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN GEOGRAPHY AND
LANDSCAPES AND ) THINK THIS PROBABLY COMES FROM
HOLIDAYING A LOT IN THE 3COTTISH (IGHLANDS -Y FAMILY ARE
ALL REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT NATURE ESPECIALLY BIRDS AND
PLANTS AND ) GUESS THAT RUBBED OFF ON ME TOO 7HEN )
GO HOME ) ALWAYS TRY AND GET UP TO THE HILLS ) JUST FIND IT
REALLY INSPIRING AND LOVE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BUILT
S
UP ENVIRONMENT OF ,ONDON LIFE AND THE SPARSENESS OF
usie Wright, more commonly known as Suzy Q and The Owls, began BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLANDS 7HEN ) MOVED
her artistic endeavours in her native Edinburgh at the College of Art. DOWN TO ,ONDON TO DO MY -! AT 3AINT -ARTINS ) GOT
She went on to do an MA at Central St. Martins College where she is REALLY HOMESICK AND PATRIOTIC FOR 3COTLAND AND MY WORK
currently an artist in residence as a printmaker. Her work incorporates BECAME AN OUTLET FOR ME TO FEEL CLOSER TO HOME AND
illustration, 3D paper sculpture, printmaking and of course owls, blending all CREATE MY OWN WILDERNESS FROM WITHIN THE CITY
mediums to create a distinctive fusion, a cross-pollination exploring urban and 9OU ARE ORIGINALLY FROM %DINBURGH BUT ARE NOW
rural landscapes. BASED IN ,ONDON
HOW DO THE CITIES COMPARE
AND IS BEING BASED IN ,ONDON MORE CONDUCIVE TO
)NTERVIEW *O 7ATERHOUSE WORKING COMMERCIALLY AS AN ARTIST
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Left: Barn Owl Far left Top: Honey Bee Landscape Above: Map
%DINBURGH IS AN AMAZING CITY ITS SO DIFFERENT FROM 4HE OLD 3HOREDITCH IS AN INTERESTING SPACE THERE ISNT ) DREW OUT THE DESIGN FROM A MODEL MY BROTHER HAD ALL ABOUT THE STREET WHERE THE SHOP IS LOCATED 6ICTORIA
,ONDON AND ITS NICE TO HAVE THE CONTRAST OF THE TWO MUCH ACTUAL WALL SPACE BUT THERE ARE FOUR MIRRORED HAD FOR YEARS AND MADE A NEW PATTERN TO REPLACE 3TREET IN %DINBURGH AND ELEMENTS FROM THE ARTWORK
4HERE ARE SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON IN WALLS WHICH ) WANTED TO INCORPORATE IN THE SHOW AS THE FEATHERS AND THEN SCREEN PRINTED THE DESIGN ON FROM THE WINDOW DISPLAYS ) HAD MADE 6IXY GAVE ME
%DINBURGH LIKE !NALOGUE BOOKS WHICH IS MY FAVOURITE MOST PEOPLE DONT USE THEM ) SCREEN PRINTED DIRECTLY CARD )T TOOK FOREVER TO CUT OUT ALL THE TINY PIECES FREE REIGN TO DO THE ILLUSTRATIONS SO IT KIND OF BECAME A
BOOKSHOP ITS RUN BY 2USSELL AND *ULIE WHO REALLY ONTO THEM ) ALSO MADE AN INSTALLATION FOR ONE OF AND GLUE THEM ALL TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT ORDER BUT THEY CONTEMPORARY 3COTTISH BRAND BECAUSE THATS WHERE MY
SUPPORT ALL THE ARTISTS THEY WORK WITH ,ONDON HAS SUCH THE WINDOWS FROM MY MODEL TREESMOUNTAINS MADE LOOKED AMAZING IN THE END ) THINK THAT SPARKED MY INTERESTS LIE 4HERE IS A FLAGSHIP STORE IN %DINBURGH NOW
A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF LIKEMINDED CREATIVE PEOPLE FROM SILK SCREENED BALSA WOOD PERSPEX AND PAPER INTEREST IN PAPER SCULPTURES AND PLAYING AROUND WITH WHICH IS LIKE WALKING INTO ONE OF MY SKETCHBOOKS
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ELEMENT SKATEBOARDS AND THE MOUNTAIN
the mountain is known for it’s stunning t-shirt graphics depicting nature and wild animals. element teamed up with the mountain to display some of their
best known art works on skateboard decks. in addition to the decks we released two double-label t-shirts which are hand dyed and are ekotex certified
(free from chemicals that harm your body) from the new hampshire headquarters of the mountain.
WWW.ELEMENTSKATEBOARDS.COM
GSM EUROPE +33 (0)5 58 700 700
TKC (HARDGOODS) PH: 0870 870 0150
EMAIL: SALES@TKCSALES.CO.UK
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