Saturday, 31 July 2010
Mr Solo Dolo
Sunday, 30 May 2010
NOW PLAYING!
Once again Wavves
Newcomer Best Coast
LCD Soundsystem's amazing third album
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Cycling!
Yesterday Clare and I went for a ride to Broughty Ferry. Despite the idyllic picture above it was typical Scotland and a bit breezy so we didn't stay at the sea for long. Ended up heading along to Willows coffee shop and having some tasty food and people watching which was quite funny. Watching all these old people dressed up to the nines just to go for a cup of tea was pretty hilarious. Some of them had on some awesome outfits and special mention goes to the 80-ish year old woman in the full tartan outfit. It was ballin!In other notes I fucking love my MacBook Pro. Chilling in Starbucks writing this just now and it is a dream to work on. My friend Nigel told me the trackpad would change my life and he was right. No idea how to go back to a regular trackpad after using these gesture controls.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
if I was better at finding the right words to say, I wouldn't need to write
The other thing in my head is this laptop I'm typing on now. Our time together is running out. In 9 days time I will be the recipient of a MacBook Pro. It will be shiny and quick and sexy as hell but in all honesty........this is my computer. I have had it for years. My bro gave me it when it had a hardware fault and the company gave him a free upgrade. I nurtured it, repaired it got it working. It has been everywhere with me. To all the rollerblading comps. It has made songs, edits, browsed typed and been used by many many a person who has visited my flat. I still swear it has one of the best keyboards i have ever used. Sure it crashes all the fucking time. It takes 5-7 goes to start up. Sometimes forgets it has hardware installed and gets hot as fuck but surely this is character. Isn't the little quirks we have as humans what makes us love each other? Maybe I love this laptop. I feel like I'm dumping a lover for a younger skinnier model. This laptop will forever have a place in my heart and I wont throw it out. Maybe it has something to do with the fact it has a StússyxHeineken sticker on it. Maybe.
Also why is there no good rap albums anymore? Tha Carter III doesnt count. Blueprint 3 doesn't count. Kid Cudi's debut album isn't really rap and more an experimental indie album. All the hip hop albums i listened too are old albums. Listening to Sage Francis "Personal Journals" and Atmosphere "The Lucy Ford E.P.s" get me so excited about hip hop but then i remember that very few things have excited me since. cLOUDDEAD are amazing but finished. Why? is getting closer to indie. Deep Puddle Dynamics never did a second album. Themselves at least released a mixtape. Maybe i should start rapping so I can release an album I like. Who wants to do the beats?
Looking forward to a few things, firstly going to see my Dad. Highlight of my year and also the worst. Being with him makes me so happy but the 8 hour train ride back home is so depressing because I know it will be a long time till I see him again. We get so close when we are together and every year we break down a few more walls and get that bit closer but when I leave it knocks us back again. 2 steps forward 1 step back. One day our lives will bring us to a place where we are closer both emotionally and physically. It will happen.
The second thing? Clare and I looking for a flat. In September if all goes to plan.
I hope it does.
"openquotes
Saturday, 10 April 2010
I know.....
I know we are friends. We spend time together. Posting funny pictures and the such but I feel like I'm neglecting you. I'm sorry but from now on it will change. I will show you the love you deserve. I may even give you a facelift.
Love
"Open Quotes (Paul)
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
THE WORLDS MOST IMPORTANT TV SHOW!
Chaz Sands Invitational Trailer from Simon Mulvaney on Vimeo.
From Matt Dearden:
During the course of planning last years Chaz Sands Invitational we set out to make it the best contest we could.
One of our main goals was to make a TV show for the event, and we did just that. Rampworx and Extreme TV partnered to bring you one of the biggest pieces of promotion Rollerblading has had in a very long time, “The Chaz Sands Invitational” TV show.
This is a 1 hour long show on Extreme TV (Sky Channel 419 + Virgin Media Channel 527) which will be broadcasting on Saturday 13th March 2010 at 8pm in the UK! (rest of world to follow, it’s being translated)
This involved a lot of sleepless nights and hard work from everyone involved and we hope you like the finished product, until then please watch the trailer and tune in on March 13th!!!
I would like to thank everyone that helped to make this project possible and put up with my constant nagging. All of the companies that flew riders out, the sponsors, the staff, the volunteers, all the riders, the lawyers, the artist, the camera men, the audio techs and to every single person that attended the event! Huge thanks goes out to Simon Mulvaney for giving up sleep to meet deadlines.
See you all on April 30th at Ramwprox for the next one!


