gilbert & george.

finally managed to pick up a copy of Gilbert & George's Jack Freak Pictures published last summer. the book documents all 153 of the Jack Freak Pictures produced in 2008 - the largest single group of pictures the artists have ever created. for me they are still two of the most fascinating people in the art world today. highly recommended.

joker.

went to see joker last night. he absolutely killed it - such a sick set. can't wait for his album to drop later this year, as well as big boy collaborations with Skream, TC & Dam Funk in the pipeline. not bad for a 20 year old from Bristol.

please buy this for me.

Sophnet 2010 Spring/Summer 3 Layer Two Tone Mountain Parka.

the selby at ryu akashi's office.

the latest installment of Todd Selby's highly popular 'in your place' feature takes place at Tatsuhiko "Ryu" Akashi's (Medicom CEO) Tokyo office. Features some great shots of his badass toy collection. that 10000% Fendi be@rbick is insane!

check it out here.

pre-order todd's first book The Selby Is In Your Place here.

fish tank.

arrived this morning. my number 2 of 2009, such a great film. can't wait to revisit it.

some things from today.

walked past the 'God's Own Junkyard' exhibition being set up at the top of Carnaby Street. from what I understand its one guys hugeee collection of neon signs (apparently one of the biggest in the world) on display for one week only. looked pretty good. read more about it here.

cheeky iced coffee.

got some more cheapo dvds at fopp.

also picked up the Original Fake Spring/Summer 2010 catalogue at Dover Street Market. some of the new tee's are awesome. much better than last season.

oh and the new issue of Monocle.

pop life.

yesterday i had to do some filming around the Tate for a uni project i'm working on, so i thought while i was there it would be a good idea to check out the Pop Life exhibition one last time as it all comes to an end on monday. i was most excited about revisiting the replica Keith Haring Pop Shop and all the Murakami stuff, and it blew me away all over again. however, one of the things i was most curious about was what had been done about the Richard Prince Brooke Shields piece. if you don't remember, due to legal advice, the Tate pulled the controversial Richard Prince 'photograph of a photograph' featuring a 10 year old Brooke Shields posing naked in the bath the night before the exhibition was set to start.

read more about it about it here.

see the image here.

i was at the exhibition on the opening day, and the Richard Prince room of the exhibition had been sectioned off, and every single copy of the museum catalogue had been removed from the gift shop. upon returning yesterday, the Prince room was now open, however it featured a very different photograph of Brooke Shields taken much much later in the actresses life of her posing bikini-clad next to a motorcycle. bit of a cop out it you ask me - it should be all or nothin'.. however, much more to my surprise was that the catalogue was back on sale (at a very reasonable price might I add), so of course I had to have one. after much speculation of what they might of done, e.g. reprint the whole thing without the image, rip out every page with the image on etc. it turns out the Tate opted for the sticker option as you can see below.

i haven't tried removing it as i have a feeling that its one of those mean stickers whereby if you try to remove it, the whole page will go with it, and we definitely do not want that. still, quite an interesting end to quite an interesting story. peace.

burrrrr.

so Gucci Mane is back in prison - i saw this as the perfect opportunity to catch up on his ridiculously prolific output from 2009 - which to my knowledge is 6 mixtapes (including the three-in-one-day Cold War series) and one very good studio album The State VS Radric Davis. However, just when i thought i was safe - Diplo drops Free Gucci (The Best of the Cold War Mixtapes), an awesome compilation of Gucci remixes from the likes of Flying Lotus, Zomby, Brodinski and of course Diplo himself. available now for free download courtesy of Mad Decent. link here. enjoy.

thirst.

today i braved the icy roads to head into Leicester Square with TK to see the latest film from Korean master Park Chan Wook - Thirst (trailer here). The film, which we managed to catch at the wonderful Prince Charles Cinema, was amazing - a really fresh take on a the somewhat tired vampire story. stunning visuals, great performances and extremely dark humour - everything i've come to expect from Mr.Wook. it's films like this that are the reason why Korea really is running things in the asian cinema world these days. we then grabbed a bite to east at Misato and i picked up Chungking Express and some Woody Allen DVDs at fopp. here are some visuals for your pleasure:

snowtime.

finally got to wear this:

it was good.

some recent pick ups.

currently listening to.

new year. new camera. new blog.

woop woop.