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Having listened to this album three times already this morning, just thought I’d let y’all know where I’m at. The best way to run anyone over in your Rolls. A pertinent and mildly terrifying message to children from Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim was excellent. That is all. In the words of Mr Alexander Sanders. A little while ago our chum Mike Page did this video for the lovely Mat Riviere, and I think both song and video are pretty impressive. Mat’s got a record ‘Follow Your Heart’ out on Brainlove next year, so seek it out. Last Thursday Mike shot a video for the band me and Mat are in together (also confusingly named Follow Your Heart).
Also involved was his little jib friend, constructed out of bits of Mecano and some other weird crap. I look forward to seeing the results, which may or may not coincide with the completion of the album we’ve been recording for a while… 
While I had the camera out today, I thought I’d take the opportunity to document the beginning of an accidental collection. These are both packets of those foul Scandinavian salty liquorice pastilles; the Salmiak was given to me years ago, and due to the fact I thought the packet was quite pretty, has sat on my shelf ever since. But wait, what’s this aesthetically KICKING THE SHIT OUT THE “SUPER” SALMIAK? My chum Grace brought these back from Iceland for me, and they’re surely the best looking sweets in the world. Go ahead, prove me wrong. 
Double Exposure. 
Perhaps in a similar vein to my last post, this collaboration between Ujin Lee and Tom Edwards is pretty sweet. 
I came across the work of Syoin Kajii a long while ago, but promptly forgot his name and have been kicking myself ever since. However, upon seeing one of Asako Narahisho’s lovely seascapes on Matthew Buchanan’s blog today I was reminded of it, and after a long and absurdly phrased Google search I finally found out his name again. This is a mixed blessing - I can once again look at his rather breathtaking pictures, but now feel compelled to part with well-earned cash for his book NAMI, which this series is from. A Buddhist monk who lives on Sado Island, Kajii photographed waves off the local coast, often spending upward of five hours in the water waiting for the right shot. His doubtless wrinkled prune-like dermal side effects, our aesthetic gain. I am greatly stoked about the impending occurrence of a Dieter Rams exhibition at the Design Museum, beginning on the 18th of November. It’s nice to see Rams becoming more fashionable recently, outside of all the inevitable Apple/Jonathan Ive comparisons. Not only are his ten principles an enduringly useful guide, but his work is a beautiful testament to clarity. His optimistic rather than austere take on functionalism is a valuable lesson to designers in a time where mass communication can encourage noisy, attention-competitive work. Anyway, enough of the silly design sound-bites, just go, alright? Yes. That’s right. A logo by one of the greatest designers of the twentieth century is being dropped in favour of a “designer” typing out the word “Yale”.
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