Missing the Sunshine . . .

But ready for the Night . . .

The School that pushes the Botton

In between procrastinating and writing an essay, I switched on the tv to find one of my favourite living men, Alain de Botton, presenting a slot on the Culture Show. Questioning the pursuit of knowledge to an individual's happiness, Botton marketed courses at The School of Life in London. With titles such as 'How to Make Love Last', 'How to be Cool' and 'How to Face Death', I was somewhat intrigued after my intial amusement as the institute itself was formulated, and is run by, a few notable writers. £30 seems a small fee to waste a few hours of your life alternatively (rather than buying that crop top you saw last week in that vintage store), get the chance to meet some open-minded people and perhaps retain an objective perspective on what truly motivates and fulfils your existence if you didn't realise yet (even if it does so happen only for a minute) . . . when we're next in London - who knows!
http://www.theschooloflife.com/


Oh and check out the free iMinds app at the moment, which is virtually a verbal wikipedia that you can grab snippets of generalised knowledge whilst on the go.
http://www.iminds.com/pages/about-us

The Deptford Project

Regenerating Deptford with an artsy space for bobos,The Deptford Project makes use of the railway arches adjacent to its revamped train cafe to conduct events such as the hip Barn Dance (02/10/10). Heres a video from said day, made by my friend Jack Otis Barker:

The Deptford Project - Barn Dance from Jack Barker on Vimeo.

Lost in Soundtrack

Oh Lost in Translation soundtrack - we love you.

Preview at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Translation-Various/dp/B0001I1K32

Yet just remember what wikipedia teaches us ... as copied and pasted by myself below:

Missing songs
Several songs featured in the film did not appear on the soundtrack. They are as follows:

"Minuetto" – Dominic Sands
"Love Gun" – Rick James
"Torn Into" – Mount Sims
"She Gets Around" - TV Eyes
"Tomei Tengu BGM" - Takeo Watanabe
"Gumi/Yume-ari" (listed as "Muyu") – Des-Row Union
"The State We're In" – The Chemical Brothers
"Fuck the Pain Away" – Peaches
"Feeling I Get" – The Mary Butterworth Group
"Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66" – Frédéric Chopin
"When Doves Cry" – Patti Smith

Javelin

Whilst in New York I went to Brooklyn Bowl to see Javelin. Covers of hip hop tunes as well as they're own produced favourites, this terrible twosome were Amazing to watch live.

Javelin: C-Town from Jerry Habraken on Vimeo.

Trotting around Apps

I am not sure whether I'm late for the boat on this one, but I have recently been enjoying the free sessions of old and new music as provided by the DAYTROTTER APP! Check out the website if this does so interest you too:
http://www.daytrotter.com/

SO I WENT TO NEW YORK. THIS IS HOW I FELT.

Duck Sauce "Barbra Streisand" from Mr Goldbar on Vimeo.

LIKE
Huge portions, roads, buildings; Babies, yoga freaks, sunkissed beauties hauting Central Park; 24 hr subway. Early September weather! The friendliness of strangers and for people to just to bounce to a bar/club on their own. Mover and shaker vibe - most people seemed to be involved with a band/dj set/blog/producing art. FOOD with the calories pointed out on the menu even in the worst deep fried corners of NY (bagels and cupcakes are immense!). Wasnt as dirty as I thought it'd be . . .

PERHAPS NOT SO MUCH LOVE FOR
Tipping and assumed expectations of tipping from someone with a British accent. Health consciousness that stops one from partaking in the joys of intoxication - I mean I saw drunk at the few clubs we went to, but not the nice merrily tipsy . . . smoking is not viewed as romantically European. WHERE WAS THE HARDCORE DANCERS FOR ELECTRO/DISCO/INDIE?!

Note: any negatives could solely due to the fact we didn't know a genuine New Yorker in the know (of our kind) to show us around - HSBC ads pointed it out and I should've known - LOCAL KNOWLEDGE! Network before one goes.