By DispleasedEskimo.
"This is the final piece for my AS art course, a flipbook made entirely out of biro pens. It's something like 2100 pages long, and about 50 jotter books. I'd say I worked on and off it for roughly 3 weeks.
Song is French Cancan by Jaques Offenbach.
Luckily, here at 22gl... WE. ARE. MEN.
I went along and it was a really good night- she plays with a seven piece band and has so much energy. It's also a great venue. I highly recommend heading down there, she plays tonight and there's one more gig next week on Thursday 18th February at Favela Chic near Old Street.
Tiger beer have got a new free app for the iphone - includes a pretty addictive little 'drag your finger across the screen to drive the tuk tuk' game that's worth a go. If only you could win real beer for getting the highest score.
It also feature a nice Augmented Reality element for a guide to China town with reviews written by Dazed and Confused. Very handy as it's sometimes difficult to tell the good places from the bad.
22GL are being paid in beer for this post. No seriously. We are.
Tesco is a repeat offender for Design Wank this week. First up are sweet potatoes that they have individually wrapped in cellophane. The fact that they have their own skin which was DESIGNED BY NATURE to protect them seems to have passed the big wigs at Tesco by.
Second up is this ingenious little offer whereby the item is actually cheaper when bought individually than when bought on the offer.
"Oh you were thinking of buying just one were you?"
"yes"
"But two are on offer"
"I see. But I don't actually save any money by buying two"
"Two is ALWAYS better than one don't you know"
"But I only need one"
"Buy TWO mother fucker. It's on offer"
"Okay"
Having lived in both Hackney and Islington for the past four years it's always good to find new things to do - loads of good venues that are waiting to be discovered are here. Just came across a nice website called Liveatyourlocal that has things to do - music, film, art, design, comedy and poetry. Definitely worth signing up to for
How amazingly cool is this?!! You say Hello Kitty is for girls only? well, if i see a chick holding this piece of accessory... ill be shitting my pants. I do like the 'i love you' on the blade tho, makes your death not so gruesome.
And so it begins...
Remember how WWII started? Well not started, but escalated; you know friends of friends thing. Behold the US as it constantly antagonizes all other superpowers: Here is the story
The plants are taking over....
