tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17741327627696554222024-02-07T06:39:37.777-08:00I Love My FramesI Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-39903227312293921602012-01-23T08:52:00.000-08:002012-01-23T08:52:21.439-08:00Year of the Dragon<br />
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Chinese New Year!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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celebration of the Year of the Dragon and the commencement of the festival,
here are my top 10 favourite dragons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Devious, smooth and terrifying. The Hobbit film is going to be made on the
success of Peter Jackson’s interpretation, but with Benedict Cumberbatch
voicing then I think it will be geekgasm central.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dragons – How many heads! Ok I think he may have been defeated as his many
heads where tangle up ‘maypole’ style but look at all the heads that spew
different energies!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last film and him totally and utterly incredible. Enough said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ridgeback from Harry Potter – Gender ambiguous, bad tempered dragon that added
a new level of fantasy to the Potter Series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Kitty Pryde who, due to overwhelming popularity gained increased role in the
series and even featured in a creature based comic series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dragons Eye – Blast from the past. Perhaps it was based on the fact that I was
young but the final battle between Gorwen had me genuinely scared for his
safety. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an arse to train on the Gameboy but when I had him under my control there was
no stopping us. Gotta Catch ‘Em All.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Story – Giant dog like Luck Dragon. He’s just so cool and friendly what’s not
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Fondly remembered as it made me think that it was possible to have an actual
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New Year!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hope everyone is sticking to their resolutions, after chatting in the office we
realised that we tend to fail so we decided avoid the disappointment by not
setting any. In fact I don’t think I have achieved one since I decided to
become 33% less angry back in 2001! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the New Year comes the January sales and hopefully some amazing bargains. We
are now at a point when further reductions are being added to further tempt you
to part with you Christmas money (or vouchers if grandparents have been
involved). Most of the large retail stores have lowered prices including
Topshop and River Island. I nearly bought next year’s Christmas cards at
Sainsbury’s but realised that I was turning into my mum so I put them back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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order to get the best bargains there are a few tips that you could use:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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main stores will have been picked over as there have been a few weeks of sales
already so it may be worth trying stores in quieter areas. This is easier in
bigger cities but it is worth a shot (obviously you may want to check online
too).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like but the colour isn’t quite right, don’t ignore that bright green top, dye
it a darker colour. Granted there is a tiny bit more work involved but it’s
worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then you could always try a size above or below. Sizing is often a bit hit and
miss so you could get lucky but if not some simple sewing can help make the
item fit perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be on random styles or items. Why not take something that you wouldn’t normally
wear and give it a go, what’s the worst that can happen?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some great sales so make sure you don’t stick to the bigger stores!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these tips will help you jazz up your wardrobe for 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall leave you with the Rizzle Kicks song because it’s amazing!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Leveson Enquiry as I was the Conrad Murray trial. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">With
so many vested interests by so many different people it is fascinating watching
the potential culprits squirm, double back on original statements and attempt
to justify foolish comments. Piers Morgan was on fine form yesterday acting
like a complete fool, comparing himself to a rock star, claiming to remember
the exact content of a conversation but not remembering who said it and stating
that hacking is not immoral. For the record, I really dislike this guy; it
amazes me how he sleeps at night. He is a fame hungry media whore who feeds his
ego by gloating and boasting and then seeming affronted when questioned about
it. His attempt to be liked includes referencing the death of comedian Patrice
O’Neal and referring to him as ‘her’ twice! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">James
Hipwell (former journalist at the Mirror where Morgan was editor) has also
presented his evidence today which contradicts Piers Morgan’s account of
things. Quelle surprise!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">There
is a part of me that wishes he gets found out for the jerk he is so his ego can
take the hit it deserves for his unscrupulous behaviour but if he loses his job
in the US he may end up coming back to the UK. What a dilemma! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">With
more witnesses due it could be an exciting start to 2012 at the enquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Other
things I’m looking forward to in 2012:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Mass
Effect 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Batman
The Dark Knight Rises<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">The
Olympics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">The Avalanches
new album??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Have
a good Christmas and New Year and we shall be back, refreshed and ready to shed
our Christmas weight in January.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">O<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">X<o:p></o:p></span></div>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-66630186029244879492011-12-06T04:28:00.001-08:002011-12-06T04:33:30.998-08:00Cold Weather and X-Factor Finals<br />
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Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
mind is a powerful thing, in the Summer it is difficult to imagine it ever been
cold and as I huddle over the fan heater I wonder what it was like to be warm.
I may also be lamenting the loss of the moustache as a heating aid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I
genuinely enjoy the snow so I’m excited for some snaction (snow action) not to
be confused with snacktion (snack action).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
BBC Song of 2012 long list is out which proves some interesting reading, I need
to have a few more days with some of the acts before I can decide who my
favourite is but the Superbad track from Flux Pavilion and Doctor P is immense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">As
I’ve covered X-Factor once or twice I should probably reference the final which
is this week. Prepare yourself for the hype machine and the fact that it is
totally irrelevant who wins as they will all be pushed to see where money can
be made. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
criteria of what makes someone successful is by no means scientific so no need
to analyse at any depth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Steve
Brookstein<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">G4
(Runners-up). They were on the radio for a bit with some dodgy covers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Shayne
Ward<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Andy
Abraham (Runner-up). He represented England in the Eurovision song contest
(and came last).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Leona
Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lewis (Winner). A couple of really successful albums and making it in the US.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jackson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Runner-up). Now onto their third album. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Murs (Runner-up). Number One album in the charts this week. Stacey Solomon (3<sup>rd</sup>)
and Jedward (6<sup>th</sup>). Both presenting in some capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Matt
Cardle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Direction (3<sup>rd</sup>). Mass hysteria tends to follow them around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Marcus
Collins*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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B (4<sup>th</sup>)*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Whatever
happens expect a jump in sales from all guests that appear and some over the
top indoor fireworks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Time
to defrost my feet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">x<o:p></o:p></span></div>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-24077789489662442312011-11-25T10:11:00.001-08:002011-11-25T10:22:52.935-08:00Movember Update and Tanuary<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Hi
Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">So
we approach the end of Movember, and I can’t wait! I feel it is important to
clarify that I think mass fundraising events are great and support them but I’m
ready for December and the inevitable Christmas anarchy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">I am
blessed with a pretty good coverage and density of facial hair so I headed into
Movember with a little bit of confidence, additionally, as a bald man facial decoration helps liven up the blank canvass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and to make matters worse it is pretty difficult to maintain. Trimming has been
a time consuming affair, attempting to get both sides equal in length and girth
is not helped by the fact that faces aren’t symmetrical. So when you relax the
crazy face that you pull in order to trim the moustache accurately, you soon
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normally bike into work so it wasn’t until mid-Movember when I got on the
Underground that I realised how many people were taking part it also dawned on
me how hard it is to pull off a good moustache. Standing on the tube and
looking around, there was a look of acknowledgement from other participants,
the look that says, “I know this isn’t working, I know my partner hates it, I
don’t understand why the tache is a different colour to my hair, the coverage
is uneven and I have aged 20years but Janine from accounts is paying 10p a day
for this”. I think it’s fair to say I cannot work a moustache, unless it is
required for a specific novelty event e.g. being a strongman at an old
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it not make more sense to have a shorter event, 31days is epic, the Olympics
takes place in half that time. I would
also like to propose, for vanities sake a female alternative, Tanuary. This
would involve having a ridiculously over the top fake tan for the whole of
January. At least then the ridicule is shared and the charitable efforts are
doubled!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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x H&M appears to have been a success with the website crashing, people queuing
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animal print images adorning London Underground and H&M stores with media
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collection had been previewed and the vibrant colours and loud patterns will
certainly brighten up the winter wardrobes. In all honesty the woman’s
collection appears much more wearable than the men’s but the tie-in with a high
street chain means that the collections get less opportunity to be ‘diluted’
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are slightly more extravagant/fun but in the era of Lady Gaga creations being
slapped across all media what was once considered ostentatious seems relatively
mundane. It is also good to see another top fashion icon reaching out to a new audience
as opposed to a minor celebrity endorsed range of clothing (The Amy Childs Collection??)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">The entirely crappy Marks&Spencer’s advert that ran during The X-Factor bore all the normal trappings of a festive promo. Apparently women love getting clothes (don’t bother getting her anything she may find useful, get her a bra so you can enjoy it!), only attractive people celebrate Christmas and excessive flaring and smoky effects is what Christmas looks like. Before you get to that point though you will no doubt be enjoying the song by The X-Factor finalists, slow motion panning shots as average singers, dressed in black stare stupidly into space.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I don’t really get what the message is? Are M&S telling me that if you wish hard enough then I could end up on The X-Factor (regardless of talent) or if I wish hard enough then I will be bought some sexy underwear? Regardless of what they are attempting, if you were wishing Frankie would leave X-Factor… wish granted!</span></div>
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is here! It’s colder, darker and wetter and no matter how much we want to
resist it is definitely time to work on the winter fashion (this Halloween being
the exception). In this instance a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"> quick google search will tell you all the trends for the winter so instead of
re-hashing what everyone is saying so below are four things that will get me
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Intellectual property is a precious thing, in a creative industry you want to protect your hard work. We have been confronted by potential clients who don’t value IP and want to see assets prior to paying. This is very frustrating, I’m pretty sure they don’t ask an accountant to do their finances for six months to determine if the will hire them. Anyway, when we do create something you want to protect it as if that thing is successful people will attempt to use that success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we beaver away in Originals HQ it appears that battle lines are being drawn
across the globe, Dr Conrad Murray vs the people, Dr Liam Fox vs media rumours
and smartphone companies vs each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be honest the live feed of the trial of Doctor Conrad Murray has raised
expectations for similar drama when it comes to the UK although it may affect
Jeremy Kyle’s ratings. The media hounding of Dr Liam Fox is interesting if only
for the fact he is doing absolutely nothing to help bury any of the revelations
that keep being unearthed, a novel approach which is enjoyable as it can only
get messier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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biggest fracas appears to be between the technological companies, BlackBerry
are in a pickle as Apple reach for the iClouds. The technological battlefield
is always a dangerous place with Twitter trends giving a real-time feedback for
what the populous are feeling, each vying for the ultimate prize of being
market leader. We doubt the result will be as clear cut as the Blu-Ray vs.
HD-DVD battle but it appears with BlackBerry on the ropes they could be ripe
for a takeover which could throw a cat among the proverbial pigeons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So
sad that Steve Jobs has died, the guy is pretty much a legend for all the
reasons that you are likely to have read about already. It won’t be long until
discussion will turn to how Apple will cope in his absence. It is clear that
Steve Jobs was the talisman for the company and when he was forced out in the 80’s
the company suffered. This situation is different from his previous departure but
it got me thinking about how companies react to the loss of an icon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the vastness of the entertainment industry there are a number of occasions
where the figure head has been lost. In music, Diana Ross left The Supremes and
Michael Jackson left The Jacksons, both groups attempted to continue either
with a replacement or in blissful ignorance but the impact was felt and neither
group repeated the success they’d had with their leads. The death of a singer
normally increases the number of records sold and posthumous releases are
extremely common, with demo tracks re-produced, live tracks bolted into an
album or simply re-packaging existing albums.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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film the biggest case I can think of is when Brandon Lee died before filming
had been completed on ‘The Crow’. Ultimately the film was completed with some
re-writes but this may have not been possible if at the beginning of the shoot.
Alternatives do exist, a computer generated version of Oliver Reed was included
in Gladiator, Liam McIntyre was re-cast as Spartacus after the unfortunate
death of Andy Whitfield and Bob Monkhouse was reanimated for an advert! It
appears that the show really does go on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most recent case is probably the suicide of Alexander McQueen, like Steve Jobs,
he was undoubtedly a genius in his field, creating numerous iconic collections
and being responsible for a number of trends. Perhaps where the differed was in
business acumen, the fashion house was reported to be in considerable debt at
the time of McQueen’s death - the same cannot be said for Apple. The McQueen
brand continues without its founder and amid continued success under a new
Creative Director.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is difficult to find someone within business who has been as iconic as Steve
Jobs. It is arguable that the loss of Bill Gates at his prime as the head of
Microsoft would have created a similar impact but as he now has a limited role
any potential issue is reduced. Perhaps businesses are now designed to prevent
any one person having such a key aspect thus mitigating against their loss. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the long term plans seem a little less bright without Steve Jobs. One thing is
for certain the techniques used in other industries means will not be possible to
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I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-33088800874436868222011-09-30T09:06:00.000-07:002011-09-30T09:27:01.085-07:00Happy Friday<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">It is too hot to write a long blog so I just want to capitalise on the feel good factor with further ‘goodness’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Firstly the weather! Here is a shot of a cheeky little break on the roof of Originals HQ, the flip flops are not standard but it’s too hot for socks (you can use that catchphrase if you wish).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7Wp0uSybDtcBcuauckkncn2rAb97ZD2IjMUQdlfNfPXKqjF5DGlVc6X6XyoC0XTmW3iVIxTa4_i21Qiu0DjpRQ_AaOgrHUQqUW0kr_vFMxD6gbYUoMu8TmeVQY_Z8BvfFi6XA_JU_ZM/s400/068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658188015484548210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">The second thing that cheered me up was another celeb attempting to get their hair back, I know it’s subtle but see if you can spot the difference.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHyq9Cc_06D8bHz_en0hMsy6UjJoxIcUCF7xYmxBuFPUrfjh2PvBpRKVLS1LeLC2K1pAbe3AcFyQp00WuKvHXyexE-jqAO93Ysoo9z2ynAhGwNW1FhelGGpXlgnSWZLZBpYbBAO5DY5g/s400/Jason-Alexander-Hair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187302655237106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Brownie points to those who spotted the before and after shot.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Thirdly is a very funny clip from Celebrity Juice, the final shot is amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span ><iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XEz9UkpZ5Ic?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Finally, I have only just seen <a href="http://failbook.failblog.org/">Failbook</a> but I think it could be the funniest site I’ve ever seen. Keep it bookmarked in case the sunny weather doesn’t last throughout Winter!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Have a great weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">X<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-68240432429427540472011-09-23T08:19:00.000-07:002011-10-05T03:01:35.824-07:00A slice of London Fashion Week<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Autumn/Winter 2011 Collection by Louise Gray makes us smile a lot. The collection has an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ feel mixed with some 60’s chic. If nothing else we want one of the head pieces so we can bring our packed lunch in to Originals HQ in style.</span></div>
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I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-53795156569061171282011-09-06T02:55:00.000-07:002011-09-06T03:03:16.991-07:00Originals Production Process<p class="MsoNormal">Hey Everyone,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Last week I provided an insight into the Originals creative design process; the next phase is production which is a much trickier beast.<br /></p> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Century Gothic"; panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} p.MsoCaption, li.MsoCaption, div.MsoCaption {mso-style-next:Normal; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; color:#4F81BD; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniR51io3rHoHUP4dpiazIN0vhEm0jk6mzqeds6tsvFNYP4Ftofq1nix-Xwtbe3fWOz1DcR3FT2jQvxuck7a8aOE9Zs8ocVZqS_kWfyRqfLFkIKPwJZywsa55v-nXHoYy6OufHLygRgJI/s1600/productiontricksy1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniR51io3rHoHUP4dpiazIN0vhEm0jk6mzqeds6tsvFNYP4Ftofq1nix-Xwtbe3fWOz1DcR3FT2jQvxuck7a8aOE9Zs8ocVZqS_kWfyRqfLFkIKPwJZywsa55v-nXHoYy6OufHLygRgJI/s400/productiontricksy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649184382080267634" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center; font-family:arial;" align="center"><span style="Century Gothic";font-size:85%;color:windowtext;" >Figure </span><span style="Century Gothic";font-size:85%;color:windowtext;" ><span style="mso-no-proof:yes">1</span></span><span style="Century Gothic";font-size:85%;color:windowtext;" >: Production can be tricksy</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Like many things in life (e.g. delays on public transportation, queuing at the Post Office etc) we become frustrated when we are no longer in control of a situation and through production we relinquish much of the control. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The first step of production is liaison with the factory. It normally helps if you have existing experience with the factory especially if you are using one from another country, in our case the factory is based in China. Research in to the factory is essential to ensure that the processes that are used and the conditions of the workers is in line with your own corporate and social responsibilities. After receiving the drawings there may be some deliberation, if there is a tricky element to the design. A round of negotiations is normally undertaken to ensure that the cost is suitable for all parties, timescales are agreed and any late fees and terms and conditions are also stated. It is then a case of sorting invoices, purchase orders and payments are made. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then the waiting game begins.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It is always important to receive regular updates during production, ensuring that pre-production samples are received on time prior to the large order being delivered. There are still a number of elements that can go wrong, the freight forwarder can be troublesome, the factory may be late or samples are incorrect. There are many things out of control and planning will only go so far. Business relationships and your ability to handle these ‘curve balls’ is the key to minimising any impact, especially if you have a customer waiting for goods.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">There is always a sense of relief when the items are correct, on time and all funds are cleared and at that point you can have a therapeutic cup of tea and start the process again!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a viral to cheer you up on a wet Tuesday afternoon</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjckqAU8IkM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjckqAU8IkM</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">O</p> <p class="MsoNormal">x<a name="_GoBack"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-6972707938057874932011-08-25T10:01:00.000-07:002011-08-25T10:11:38.113-07:00Originals Design Process<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">In the midst of some new artwork going up in the office (I did insist on a dog poster and some Justice League of America) it has been a busy old time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">We are currently working on some new concepts and as ever, creative meetings are an excellent opportunity to debate. We do not believe in violence and if tensions rise too much then action is taken.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ExD358kFW0X_i-dnjr7mYUbhoSLzMNwjPLveE4B6MyBbyyJfIkb-5Rsnq2Hv-2XjLIxW8euYZTEJGheR5NmJmApYSI5ySMEVlsMSrtfIO8rjRBAaQW6blVvmBcLqvVB0XYia7UTr-00/s400/Gladiators_off1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644841085021041858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 226px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Figure </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "><span>1</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">: Dispute settling, Gladiators style</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">
<br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">The design process in Originals HQ is a pretty enjoyable experience. <span> </span>We clear some wall and table space, get some food in and start working through what worked previously, lessons learned and successes. We then get together a trend and mood area to determine the direction which we want to take. This may involve tearing out articles from magazines, pinning up sketches/doodles that have accumulated on our desks and stills from recent fashion shows and music events. Any tex</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">tures, colour samples or items we just bloody well like, will also be added into the mix.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div>
<br /></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">At this point there will be very few (if any) limitations placed on the concept design. The team then starts to put concepts together. With music on in the background and healthy snacks we will create a range of concepts. The saturation point comes when we look at the work and originality is no longer seen.</span></p></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span> </span>The most important step occurs next when we stick the ideas up take a step back. There will be all manner of designs on the wall. They will range from serious tat to potentially great.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUyRh3ObuFcxzxUzCjCic9dOZWdWRcAldGtSg969Cb5EuV2BR4oE0zpnpha396XX_p_ZVdkwtj34uJNo1_F2Df1ytHkDDLOw6kSKhAlqx1Ul2zScY9E4s7SMVp1lVo_y-DGDS1-TxYTM/s400/winston-modcloth-glasses-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644841082521331362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div>
<br /></div></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Figure </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "><span>2</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">: The dog glasses concept was vetoed.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">These ideas will get chance to ‘breath’ and we will not make any decisions until we have had time to assess over the following days. The questionable concepts may be tweaked and become contenders and strong concepts may be problematic from a manufacturing process perspective and will lose Brownie points.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFh-EDIjpoZXJtbDGD4FuNM5JzY8Tna5tVwmI_e4H9hyphenhyphenLdt3Kt28Z76qwe3XsjSAU6l62NsG8SbgPGIktnMiynAeYPU71UqtLEOkVfI3BTynfyNfRQQrMWOLucrc9n8pPfagpqfB7Mapg/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644841081002316146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 286px; " /></div><div></div><div></div></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Figure </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "><span>3</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">: Brownie points are key to progressing a concept.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-no-proof:yes">We will then have a powow and finalise which designs we will be developed as technical drawings. The decision may be based on materials, production processes, lead times, potential job profitability and belief in the design.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNChQ26uIZqucnO8hDIsnqz88mrcfiiEA_ZGhrJWcRiLjBeZMj-aXgl37uJAGijdj_SLmpUfhgitDuHCdqsbbOvSw1zlTOvhr6eIURuf03_BReroaMAvG3a5m2glYf-hIhiTIVh9cYKlM/s400/001c0071-0000-0000-0000-000000000000_9aa40227-8dcc-4b6f-8005-bba88c13b1ba_20101003185534_X_FACTOR_DANNII_AND_NATALIE_10+%255B320x200%255D.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644841076028349794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></span></div><p class="MsoCaption" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Figure </span><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"><span style="'mso-element:field-begin'"></span><span style="'mso-spacerun:yes'"> </span>SEQ Figure \* ARABIC <span style="'mso-element:"></span></span><![endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "><span>4</span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"><span style="'mso-element:field-end'"></span></span><![endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">: Final design selection process.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Depending on the intended user there may be some tweaking and engineering required to ensure that the designs are not only comfortable but fit accordingly!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The next bit tends to be the tricky bit… production!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Insert your own dramatic cliff-hanger music and I will be back tomorrow to finish the tale!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-20536411175565146602011-08-18T06:46:00.000-07:002011-08-18T08:01:00.940-07:00A-level Thanks From Jason Donovan<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Firstly congratulations to those celebrating successful A-level and AS-level results. Even if you didn’t get what you want there are lots of other avenues available, so no need to panic! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Whether it’s clearing, re-sitting, gap years, University preparation, switching to an apprenticeship or looking forward to the second year of A-levels enjoy the rest of Summer (responsibly, of course). I won’t regale/bore you with the Original Teams tales from results day, it’s just enough to say relief was the overriding emotion.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">In light of the celebratory occasion I saw this advert and felt it may be appropriate. I can’t think of a better gift to someone then a tailored ‘Thank You’ from Jason Donovan.</span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><iframe width="600" height="422" src="http://thankyouthankyou.co.uk/no-auto.php?source=goviral&cw=1007343&pID=51553&location_url=ilovemyframes.blogspot.com &psid=game" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no"></iframe></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Have fun tonight!!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">O</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">x</span></p><p></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-56872153489739936662011-08-12T04:22:00.000-07:002011-08-12T05:20:28.536-07:00Riot Review<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I hope everyone is safe and sound after the recent craziness. Fingers crossed that looting, rioting and general ridiculousness has now stopped. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I think the media has pretty much covered all angles including but not limited to, shock, terror, hope and retribution. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The political posturing is now in full flow with key figures putting in face time on the streets, blaming each other, trying to sound united but not too united as then it lessens all the sniping and childish bickering that usually takes place. E-petitions are slightly flawed at this point as it is a knee-jerk reaction as opposed to a considered opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">For us at Originals HQ we were gutted to see so many of the things we are involved in being attacked and I don’t just mean the opticians, music stores and clothes shops that were trashed but also the scapegoating of certain demographics. The reasons for the trouble are a little bit beyond our analysis at Originals HQ but as the first wave of convictions are processed we see that it’s not quite as simple as the media points out. A teacher, the daughter of a millionaire, a chef and a postman have all been arrested which paints a slightly different picture to the one painted at certain points during the media coverage. The media is always quick to gain ‘expert’ opinion (for example Paul Gambaccini was wheeled out to discuss the death of Amy Winehouse. Whaaaat!) but until the facts are known then it is wrong to make sweeping statements about demographics. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">It is impressive to see the willingness for communities and others to gather and support each other whether through the <a href="http://www.riotcleanup.com/">Riot Cleanup</a> website or donations of money, clothing and other items to local centres.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Let’s hope that all remains calm and amongst all the drama here are some lighter notes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Poor journalism:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xdjr64bBosg?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Umbrella fail:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p39ULW_xzUE?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Boris getting heckled:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nYR0ufasciQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">And genuine hostility between two rivals on Newsnight:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2LpPym_4wc8?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I don’t think we will be tackling the economic crisis so hopefully things will be a bit lighter next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-72640463814936944082011-08-04T09:06:00.000-07:002011-08-04T09:16:49.674-07:00Vintage at Southbank Review and New Superman<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The slightly cooler (and wetter) weather has cleared my head so it’s time to write a blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The Originals Team celebrated the wedding of one of its members at the weekend and it was a successful day. It’s always good to catch up with people and it was especially nice to see We Love Vintage make an appearance after dashing over from the Goodwood at Southbank Centre. Good effort!! <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Unfortunately the reports I’ve heard from the Festival are not great, this seems based on the ticket prices and the organisation of the areas within the Royal Festival Hall. The free areas and stalls seem to have gone down well and were busy for most of the day which shows that Vintage is still thriving. Perhaps attempting to create a Festival atmosphere within a large hall needs a re-think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I started by writing about Spiderman and the ridiculous amount of coverage associated with the fact he is ‘bi-racial’, in this case his parents are black and Hispanic. I think I need to say congratulations to the marketing and press departments, but I’m not sure where the news is. Instead there is a new Superman image, how exciting!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">It is pretty standard, as a geek, to review the costume. It’s not easy to see all parts but I’ve had a bash, see the Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill versions below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJr7rGAxnmXgbu5_KmqkALHmBXizUOxgWwyU6yY6T3zloPUv0eO2F_hAqyGKebyLUQ_fg_1lQAPkfyIrHOyNgbxduEmqyuKZRPGcjisqqSqzb1Nj-gJNNUQb94cAGGhHnhFN2S8H7duU/s400/Supermen.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 189px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637033400499499986" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I think that there are aspects in both the old costumes referenced in the new one. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Cape Attachment – It appears the cape attaches in a similar way to that of the Reeve costume. Although, the attachment on Cavill’s costume more closely resembles Thor’s costume from earlier in the summer. Either way I think it looks better to than Rouths’<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Cape Colour and Length – Although Cavill is half crouching it does look as long, if not longer than the Routh version. A long cape always seems a bit impractical but we’ll have to wait to see the full length. The colour of the cape and the suit itself follows the trend of recent comic book movies by removing the “cartoony” vibrant colours. I don’t mind the “edgier” darker colours but I’m sure the diehard fans will be less than impressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The ‘S’ Shield – Consists of a raised emblem like Rouths version but thankfully has been increased in size to match that of the Reeves version. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Belt – Although it’s difficult to see, I am taking a punt on the belt being similar to Rouths. I just hope they don’t try and over egg the belt as there’s no real need.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I like the first look, although I think I’m just excited for more live action Superman! There is still time for the suit to be changed depending on feedback and we still need to see a classic Superman pose. Until then, I shall remain cautiously optimistic!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">x<o:p></o:p></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-82648966742028107492011-07-29T07:11:00.000-07:002011-07-29T07:26:47.106-07:00Vintage at Southbank Centre<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Been a hectic week with a wedding in the office (not literally, it’s on Saturday) and the blogs have fallen slightly by the wayside, apologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">It’s a pretty big weekend for fashion with <a href="http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vintage-at-southbank-centre">Vintage at Southbank Centre</a> taking place. With food, drink, music and fashion from the 1920’s all the way through the 1980’s there should be a little something for everyone. Last year the festival was held at Goodwood and it was an amazing success and initial reports suggest that the Wayne Hemmingway fronted event is on course for another great year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">If the idea of catching Adam Ant and Sandie Shaw isn’t enough for you then we recommend you go check out <a href="http://we-love-vintage.com/">We Love Vintage</a> in Marquee 28. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Here’s a sneak peek at what’s on offer!<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJezCLMwe7pDRk-oDzQa7y-FoHcq0z8uxmAay8GuVNkJpTLJlBxsvERVDyZ0W7VoDSY5jmhF1GdHMlT7o9KnvK1Vmzcxgh-WWAGZvuIRrfNni7d2YhyGGaqSwKEgzkW9-tBJf37bEBcE/s400/My+HipstaPrint+2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634777312818284722" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXlo5aE7zOZYtoRgOwpe3rIPzZNQ_t17n5UkLzuc0PaIM_6_pbwnC9t5L_jCol6OTQQbLZGN-hC0wpD49lQ57o5jsoux_1mGJD-qb-1CJrkT8cPS2hoiKe_KRbl2a0CqmlFC-iQRcGA8/s400/My+HipstaPrint+1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634777306096962146" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9v_GNYcTcSsksjR-M4Hry2gK7AHk4HF2E6JPyXg_07iO_OgKuWTi-5gD-mntkwdZLS7b1CykgM_E17LzndXenv8dh9rrM2iwgjoYHbaa05UE6Qu3LR9-OnmjfJafxznHUPOh4CVMi50/s400/My+HipstaPrint+0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634777308205951026" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Have a great weekend and I’ll be back on Monday after some wedding frivolities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">X<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-35166476959646142272011-07-22T07:31:00.000-07:002011-07-22T07:49:29.180-07:00Mercury Prize Nominees: My Musings<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I’ve had a listen to all the entries for the Barclaycard Mecury Prize. As I was listening I realised I was listening for two things, what I like and who do I think will win. Regular readers will now that I enjoy a bit of Adele but I think the commercial success of the album may be held her against her. I think the same can be said of Tinie Tempah, great album but I just don’t get the feeling that the judges will go for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">On a personal level some of the albums are a bit maudlin I understand that a lot of people like to show emotion through lyrics and the music but it is exhausting listening to sometimes. It meant that Katy B and Tinie Tempah stand out due to the up-tempo nature of the music. The level of production is also notable with Elbow’s orchestral and choral arrangements adding to Guy Garvey’s haunting voice and beautiful lyrics. However, Seldom Seen Kid won in 2008 so I can’t see them winning.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The counterpoint to the mainstream albums is Gwilym Simcock and Ghostpoet, both offering something different from each other and the other nominees. Personally I struggled with Ghostpoet but I don’t think it’s really the type of music that you listen to in the middle of the day. I find myself having to listen really hard to marry the lyrics to the music and in the end I was exhausted as opposed to enjoying the music. Gwilym Simcock hits a soft spot for me because I love a bit of piano action but it may be a little too leftfield for the judges.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I really don’t want to do Metronomy a disservice but I can’t help but hear Mystery Jets when I listen to them, this sullied my enjoyment a wee bit. I would be very surprised if they win. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Everything Everything have produced a good, fun album which I don’t think will win but it’s well worth a listen.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I think my favourite track that I listened too was by Anna Calvi and it’s called Desire. The other tracks were strong too so I think she is in with a good shout.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The collaboration between King Creosote and Jon Hopkins is interesting as I didn’t dislike it I just couldn’t see when I would ever listen to it. The fact there were only seven tracks on the album did make me feel a bit for the artists who had the more traditional number. I think that this has an outside chance purely on the basis I don’t think it has a chance.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">James Blake and PJ Harvey are the final contenders. PJ Harvey has won once and been runner up a few times too, so there is no doubt that she writes some quality music. I think that as well written and beautiful the music is I can’t see it winning and I’m afraid it’s not for me. James Blake has had a good year performing at Glastonbury (Jimmy enjoyed it) and releasing his first studio album. Limit to Your Love is standout and his voice betrays his 21years. I can see this winning but again it is not an album that you want to stick on if you want to get your housework done or power through a load of work in the office.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">So, where does that leave us… I think the winner will be Anna Calvi!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I shall leave you with a video that we will be attempting to replicate at an upcoming Original team members wedding!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_chmqHMlqzc?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Have a good weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">X<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-56389981817695992302011-07-21T06:26:00.000-07:002011-07-21T06:52:13.989-07:00Sci-fi Styling<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I’m currently working my way through the Mercury Prize nominations so I can’t give a fair comment on this point but I should have finished by tomorrow so I shall offer my musings then.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">For today I wanted to show a little bit of my geek prowess. Triggered by the coverage of the end of the 30-year shuttle program, I started thinking about space, science-fiction and its impact upon the present-day products, fashion etc. Now I don’t want to dwell on the technicalities, I’m pretty sure that research and development done by NASA has filtered onto the high street. I want to look how science fiction e.g. 70’s TV shows/films have resulted in style and product development that is now in use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Let’s kick things off with some Star Wars disco music and then read on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span ><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dWRWYYt47RI?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I want to start with a couple of obvious examples the PADD that was used in Star Trek: The Next Generation (and subsequent series) has obviously inspired the ipad and consequently the Kindle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6TNXFdAMxz0jeG2q7GO2OggYW2OWWmajnSQaDb5fmN7lUZIervMGYaS9GH0EB-S2dfXzyh-EYCyp83QzVZxo4LVE6HSLBLB3AG0kquOPuTX2xdxEoMJ-Hky6ig8VStoCd6BrSWIxgg0/s400/Padds.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 142px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797409463924306" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Below is a screen cap from Star Trek: Voyager with some of the crew using a tricorder. In effect, a tricorder is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">mainly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "> used to increase the pace of an episode. So when a team lands on a planet they scan all types of stuff and all of a sudden the crew know the exact location of the bad guys and can find a solution (all within the 44min runtime of the show). My point is the tricorder scans objects you know nothing about and presents you with information. This is now possible through Google goggles and the use of QR codes.</span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAfWQn6m5wWopI2_1XJjAPUmSZnfX7icl63bxBCKjttEJQxHx8JwuoEDNFWI49RNSoN1cWiz1sZKcwDzOdDMK-vhnvCbdEi83OI02pmMNaOv5FQm3DumBXyb8uvFNsVze9w_y_ozr8fU/s400/Tricorders.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797751478400066" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Not all advancements are cool. Below you have Lieutenant Uhura looking amazing while she interprets communications from, well whoever she wants (hopefully not phone hacking). Not all users can look this good though as hands free communication device is now used mainly by idiots who walk around thinking that they are riding the crest of the technological wave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC7-7UgNZ4GC6LPI_mfJTTsjsWI6U4nwtbjrk16evRku0JRpqD2IZSuNDJMzBNsy2LrYrvrKkIIY0PrqAwdlxffCGHsbmfsitbGIgPMXCDvjbai66M5FtoWzlPbGIedaPIUua9bXgAMk/s400/Bluetooth.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 154px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797382030058114" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Fashion has also been influenced by sci-fi with varying degrees of success. Firstly let’s have a fail. Fern Britton doing a Princess Leia, granted she could have attempted the ‘Return of the Jedi’ bikini which would have been a shambles but the dress was not a great idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvva9H3PL7LZX8PM3Xgw7lv_wyKMuCebXHywXv34_joNS99ZMxWDSc515HTW9zrgOC2MhKBv9IUaPqc2ta5IHaopgCqZN9ZA4-5t-X2HngSWvvnwBayHJoOf7Tl012TYsI-h654VlXbnY/s400/Leia.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797403657803106" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Secondly we look at an amazing film, Fifth Element. Not exactly quotable (Leeloo Dallas, multi-pass) but the Jean Paul Gaultier costume design is iconic. Mila Jovovic looks incredible too. Rihanna (or her stylist) obviously appreciated the style and adopted it for the 2009 American Music Awards. Excellent work all round.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW1HtV7iH-8-hSGoeMl8T18RdIZscahHKGr1RaFFVGfw81jzD8K0tE97sz-QGUpE5tgoT9OQ4_6erkIuXSXa3GQ2mQICroIpvsJ0qtFD8S8Hu1v0Yz-dVu6yKwl-CkMGds2z7fLVyf2Q/s400/Fifth.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797396254628802" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">We would be in error not to mention Lady Gaga, the easiest parallel to draw is Locutus of Borg (Star Trek: Nest Generation) and her outfit from the Alejandro video.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09ev64swtnbysa1hlhbp2rMIANbN5qAmRrTH0sZKUaMaSuV5i-Z9uQk0c122_2h9W40F7eFi-Hr97jUUZS69M8qZt6qwS5_urlLiyEspjtr9j5h-3AcOGWK9BbLsJS25rw74evDlGsdc/s400/Borg.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 149px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797392477832130" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">It just goes to show that fashion really does take inspiration from all places as with all things in life there will be some successes and fails but I'm just glad that geekdom is a source at all! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">If the trend continues I’d like to see where we are in 20years time perhaps we’ll be adopting trends and styles that shows are championing now. If so, I would like a giant boxing robot from Real Steel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvrn7Y8Nr18sx8bt7KyCUu-a4ZnZDFnopYVHV8MxGeHlIwWpAgWnGkHUzE3UAKI3p1qsbVU-lAndv-eVNpc2hXyrO59LNZrIjete9Nv6fcne1cjifyPBLxcq16USI_DtJxNDCesZoCdo/s400/Real+Steel.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797743274836658" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I’m going to sign off with a cute piece of artwork of R2-D2 doing a Banksy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIcZ8jq4PLetG3AvcW-XVnQh8dvabIBTFIOETqYiyGevn4xFVVKg_CPKG61YXA0VB6TrSLPD_G1tuz7oXbieRHi5N8ghNwB2rqk6Yrjo78P20JICJhNWsUHw8c8wYCkKuEIby58xXvp8/s400/tumblr_lev955U6gU1qzxzwwo1_500.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631797753703275122" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Back Soon<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-16184792835553312782011-07-19T07:39:00.000-07:002011-07-19T07:59:33.356-07:00Originals On Tour - Tallinn, Estonia<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">So we had an extra-curricular activity recently which involved us playing on a cricket tour against the Estonian national team. In the process of the weekend we wore some pretty fetching outfits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Me and Paul looking dapper before the first match (which we lost heavily).<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCvLUKc8ebZWeOZW_chnMu7lkYZ5MhIV2fQE4PeGvkxPAVs75XPvBCtbla_TxEIetsmLLIE1OhC-UMAv9zISUup9dyblojLLjoTjNeLFKJ_Q_46EG06iY4c8GKR-A7xHFaeVm2qNOmRk/s400/Originals+1.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075211827562946" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Me rocking a bowtie as Tallinn deserves maximum effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpIAd4mI5mVFY1xbZ5_WAxjdpl8-VTU8ruACw5jbvAvDDz7HohBc6M8iSCWsi9TKuoBfLbyd1v9jX1UUk3ArxSUNg2zrPbubpGDsTgoCh7JWwCE1G3NJGGWgvTCIZ1gCAKiv_xn_C8jg/s400/Originals+2.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075217389121490" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Always enjoy a little bit of street art.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBhHoEDMGz6X4EQLgrz-b3E-QDGST5ihnK7t74fXnFimUU90gut2OllabRTLyAjYjeQsv8p_Yhhyphenhyphenh8QXqJwLhdSumtsQR-MSo4qENKx1F3NkZTKjRKBjWvBeA4JwRIBtKKEasL5C3rdo/s400/Originals+3.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075220367995922" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAMeJw2irhsy9xHBkfnWnFH5VOBoiI6bY-kV5g9kWp2jC_s31OFIXZvzee-DSxED-YVd7MdiIi8TW0nBQ-P2rjPh-kDBSZcOWSNlLJbdYBzzMmTIyF2yppGC0tEwujDmRMIhAhW9W9_8/s400/Originals+4.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075226616759698" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I do like my animals so here are a selection of Tallinns finest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCsLp82IUAeaKSzY65_fUYEH31Eoqepe1JLU6aiKFkskofzXFH5gOAGSfOJpPRund0MSQnrZZFikknbCrVUseaEwh86W_UKvt0MU3JPQY2Kv-tLyvq0K9cYf90kzccR1EMLbOW7XTeFo/s400/Originals+7.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075453559750050" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lw9skbe6KjT2DAVSimdL3hGaugqfKlzjPrg5xDi2bGIZsA4l5mVb7Nfm20zlh-xvtZOVbAkjbPRjpH3GjQ4q9QGRu5j-Y1HOMiiYquLWRSuhmLUrJtQriuN0gmm9gxQFg4gTPlGOnDQ/s400/Originals+6.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075449499127202" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mG6cruGa033ZaAUf20ehgMCjgGMS-g5zaqXidOj5UN8jA1qrgOY-3NNtBcyvyHlyFsL_CZE1oGPN7JDD4yjjg2vFPgG8CDIa7ROnTtclu_zLXaZFiW0vgA9N-E3TA-YgJorPAz2sQFU/s400/Originals+5.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631075237303188482" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">That’s all for now, be back later in the week.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">O</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-65167919704068955882011-07-06T06:40:00.000-07:002011-07-06T06:49:53.597-07:00Summer Highs and Media Lows<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Having major issues with my computer today which has made me a wee bit grumpy, this may be reflected in the content of my blog. Fair warning.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I want to start with some positives, firstly, the amount of colour that people are wearing at the minute is great. I remember getting the tube over the winter and it did appear that many people were mourning the loss of the sun as the colours were sombre and styles were practical. The changing of the seasons has changed the attitudes and the summer wardrobes are being accessed. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Highlights I have witnessed whilst biking around town include brightly chinos (men and women) and animal print jumps suits (just women). A few pics below, not mine though as I can’t bike and take photo’s at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBKb992Acs7p4xi-25KvvR45aRdWFSYkbjZZYp_vkv7nDk4Qsj4dQ_TuwCg7p0JzLcZFu6ur4_uNw0NBpLQZ1Vc9KEuD7yI40tzYwW6FqaKj8-q77qFG9jGX7JvHWbIpKKbN0SedCHeQ/s400/chino.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234404898012530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBA6Z3nAiKBhfIMzZCSkcq0usNiq2eZ5lkB1W0uJvzpqc1GjlkUE-pyjCXvuBhyV3m9cLEsRNwOyX2HKKI8rDWHhY_7nspWLeguRNVHZuLWnA0V4FPx-tGfsMGYy8QJy59ZmPqaTGrbks/s400/jumpsuit.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234419208560434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I also re-discovered an old tune the other day that I thought I would share. It popped on in the office and there was some proper Cheshire cat grins all round.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span ><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YQQokcoOzeY?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Something that is bugging me at the minute is the media. I am aware of the slight irony in complaining about media via social media but I’ll explain my points. I checked out a website the other day and apparently two ‘stars’ of The Only Way is Essex, who each recently had new nose jobs have split up. If you dropped your coffee because of the news, I’m sorry, I should have warned you in advance. Why is this news? Why am I being told this? Does anyone really care? I will, obviously not be aware of all the factors in this equation but it appears that this show and other ‘star’ shows e.g. Katona, Price, Hilton, Kardashian... have the sole purpose of telling us things that we don’t need to know. It also doesn’t help that they are so heavily scripted that it’s not even reality. So these people are acting at being themselves for the entertainment of the public. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The main factor is money, but where does it come from? Katona was supported (they paid for her house) by her management agency as she is bankrupt. They then make their money by filming her life and selling it to the TV stations who can then sell the advertising slots. The ‘stars’ also cash in via exclusive magazine deals, which inevitably will mislead you with a headline and then show some pictures of the ‘star’ in a new manufactured situation, more non-information. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Then there is the beautiful situation of an agency being responsible for a number of the ‘stars’ who then have relationships which breakdown when a new book/show/product is released. I feel like I’m watching the most ridiculous puppet show in the world and I’m paying via my time and consequently my anger. Which of course brings me on to my role, if I care so little why am I reading and writing about it? I do hate myself for it, I am justifying it by believing that I can stop other people from being taken in these non-celebs so that they eventually disappear and TV stations can focus on spending time, money and other resource on better TV, real actors and quality journalism. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I am partly to blame for the existence of such ‘stars’ as I do look at the websites in the hope that I will find something that interests me e.g. new film trailers, festival info etc. By using these sites they have an increased number of site visits, the site becomes popular and they require more information to satiate the world’s desire for more information. There can’t be that many things happening at any one time so other stories are required and the ‘stars’ are there to fill the void. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">At least in this case the damage is limited to extending or creating an undeserved celebrity status. The desire to satisfy national media is somewhat different and the actions are ultimately (and allegedly) more perverse. The phone hacking situation that has been rumbling along for a while has exploded. Very few eyebrows were raised when a few MP’s and celebrities had their phones hacked. Perhaps it was because they got a large payout or perhaps it was the fact we (the public) believe that as they are public figures that we owned them anyway. However, the new allegations of hacking of the publics’ phones whilst they are undergoing turmoil are causing uproar. In some cases police investigations may have been compromised. Other (read as ‘the competitors’) media response will increase the pressure against News International For example, here is a screenshot from the homepage of News International newspaper ‘The Sun’ and here are the homepages of other news outlets. It may be tricky to see, but suffice to say 'The Sun' doesn't seem to think the story is high priority. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CYlZMa96RUQqn0C0cOHuHL2b0QkCtky-zb0OJwdzjZ_lX9O6ltVWK7mlYbStVwWWsDc6X5H6_MPzcyZLhsPB20V7e5D8qjbyVO9HbrW8Ns02lF1y0UfKR79FeeonKV6aKDcyHN7w0Pg/s400/sun+news+page+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234411332107314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pW2KpSO0ypBJ0i9HN3J4SfPP0uQO638dsxxuLgAQl8-D6ojKDhnbps1ACb_0NTldhwl-bR58XAELvDTBehRmsfg_USCPk6hMOu-D3htBX63DCb1B6B_7_76_ECLUlGrGrkUwiR-hF3k/s400/news+pages+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234663970261074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Whilst all this happens, the editor at the time Rebekah Brooks undertakes some ‘Matrix Style’ bullet dodging. The idea that the editor was unaware of the actions of the staff is beyond ridiculous but perhaps I am looking for a scapegoat, ignorance is not an excuse. I think worse revelations and allegations will appear shortly so it may get a bit messy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I have ended up ranting more than I expected, whoops. I do feel like I’ve gathered my thoughts so brace your selves for a succinct conclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The actions of the press and other media to meet the requirements of the public have changed due to the advent of the internet. As we search for up-to-date coverage, new stories and further information we have created a demand that the media has not been able to meet without taking part in questionable actions. In some cases this results in the generation of ‘stars’ and exploits manufactured situations. In other cases this results in plagiarism, illegal phone hacking and contempt of court. In my case I think I am more annoyed by the fact that I feel that media has enough power to consume my time on things that are so obviously banal. This means that I need to be better at resisting such stories and/or need to accept that the make-believe lives of people of limited ability are interesting enough to warrant time in the public domain.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">In order to lighten the mood and as a thanks for reading here is a picture of a pug surfing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMbh5Xns4_dqpEW64OiKi999JaRIaeNDjnxl61VqijvaCiSMwgI0HkkPyz39wNubX3DpGJqEZtSKVDdHy3LbfI68B2xl7bqeSAr2AVCmZjDKkzD2BlJU1sfTjM0JXMZWFx9mQK90oTCk/s400/beach+pug.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626234397935788066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-1351401575121404352011-07-04T09:08:00.000-07:002011-07-04T09:37:17.125-07:00Originals On Tour<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The last week saw the Originals Team take a little time off so it was a bit quiet on the blog front last week. We are now back so here are a few of the pics from our excursions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jimmy ventured to Glastonbury to sample </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">the delights of pitching in the wet (that sounds a bit saucy but it really wasn’t).Highlights included the Wu-Tang Clan, Tinie Tempah and The Chemical Brothers. Jessie J failed to impress, I think that the broken foot was to blame so we won’t hold it against her. Jimmy had the privilege of meeting and having some facial hair chat with the big man himself Michael Eavis!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE4z5H8gQE3IHpuewUSbUumHrvElqP5Hh8s31XP5MJK7kcyxd2QJ8ECe4AS2IX1Viy7qmUrwM2epFxEOt-nKFbkTs33Y4teJ0kPCxruUViAKCyV2ZQH0GgihH5IqSLr1dIhXacQy5fcA/s400/atpyramid2.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625532194743283890" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Group Hug</span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwApj7zXr8tcEoPJOb1Nbg9bnYDgsx7YUsc1QRUx4wFnV6loqAh6_8wyWBWpqZ3qzDQi-5f0fTMNu0rNqNqpFE3nRVCqKNWz-pfNJyTevkeJ1K4CcEbENAL9Qp5-y-mX6UUZzehJgJVo/s400/flags.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625532199508966514" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Random Flag Action<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qiX4s4aI1sKtgkISH9E-mWcB0I3uAM1YXYGgwHaZYHekbmjPdZkhsadFsst2CSmcf8TFhMm0Ai8aLNTXG6W7_zQFd1-nDVgkzDNa-aLJ5KDUh-o7M-iafA0o284AO1hoF-W-pLi5Hh4/s400/the+stones.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625532216269046018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">King of the Castle</span></div><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNcYhxFUC0BbRBoJMnPPQ87-7KyBXBhMf4PogKc707HXMDXPUB0mJdrjRyN8EKpOAI8R1PSfq-oNQqjv9xS_Mi4DSidGEKSQQYY6xrWH9lbzuQJQ2bXpv5hvezthcIvQ9M-W67G0h-t8/s400/prancingaround.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625532202347048818" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Lord of the Dance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Next stop is the London Festivals!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Unlike Jimmy I had the pleasure of visiting the South of France for some beach/food/chilling action. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; "> fashion and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">music news from Nice is as follows:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Fashion – Ok, so I feel like I should quantify this next section. I am fair skinned, there isn’t much between me Casper the friendly ghost (see below), so due to being fair skinned I have avoided the sun since I was young.</span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OejSk02TlHZfaTSRGq3Lh3gTvNsExMhMzuavFxTr3mv9UlWt19av7ObBwiJ36Dyw156zVOUoh2Hb1bWjdOFh9kynSPMy0GeFz9Va4JHhw_ccT21WE5WyuWSs0afdE99zuAuIPVmytk0/s400/Beach+Time.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625532218680923250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 400px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Consequently I haven’t been to the beach in a while, my expectation was that there would be a lot of cool, well dressed beach folk, I was mistaken. There were a lot of banana hammocks on show and plenty of topless-ness too. I can safely say that the beach fashion articles in all the magazines are currently being ignored for the sake of comfort and nudity. My new saying when it comes to beach clothing is “If you don’t cover it, cream it”. There were some women looking like they had two very tan, leather handbags attached to their chests.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Music – In general, the sprinkling of French music we heard was ok. As with any country you go to there will be some good and some bad. One obvious point is that the budget for French music videos is significantly lower than UK and US counterparts. There were some pretty poor performances but I did see a bit of Ben L’oncle Soul on Taratata, he pretty much owned Pigeon John on this but I enjoyed it, on the whole.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><object id="iLyROoaf2vSd" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://sll.kewego.com/swf/p3/epix.swf" width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashVars" value="language_code=fr&playerKey=919173dd863e&skinKey=fd2ce6ea2765&sig=iLyROoaf2vSd&autostart=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://sll.kewego.com/swf/p3/epix.swf"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><video id="kewego_HTML5_iLyROoaf2vSd" poster="http://api.kewego.com/video/getHTML5Thumbnail/?playerKey=919173dd863e&sig=iLyROoaf2vSd" controls="true" height="300" width="400" preload="none"><source src="http://api.kewego.com/video/getHTML5Stream/?playerKey=919173dd863e&sig=iLyROoaf2vSd" type="video/mp4" width="400" height="300"></video></object></span></p><div style="width: 400px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://video.mytaratata.com/video/iLyROoaf2vSd.html">PIGEON JOHN / BEN L'ONCLE SOUL : I got a woman - MYTARATATA.COM</a><br />TARATATA N°390 (Tour. le 13/06/2011 / Diff. France 4 le 28/06/11 & France 2 le 01/07/11)</span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">I won’t bore you with any other details but suffice to say it was a great trip to Nice.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I’ll keep my eyes peeled for some interesting stories and I shall report back later in the week.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774132762769655422.post-14125702074015266702011-06-22T04:48:00.000-07:002011-06-22T05:15:46.657-07:00Glastonbury Guide Part 2<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; ">Hi Everyone,</span></div> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Are you ready for part 2, good because here it comes…</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Drink and food – Dry goods, no glass and drinks that don’t need cooling are best for the tent. This means you can fill your boots in the tent (helping reduce costs) before heading to the main areas and sampling the wares on the many food stalls etc. Obviously we only endorse responsible drinking but we favoured red wine for the tent and a vodka and coke in a plastic bottle for when we walked about using any of the bars as and where required.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; ">Planning – There are too many bands to see them all that is a fact. If you’re in a group then there will be some negotiating if your tastes don’t match up. Get the guide (comes free in the intro bag) and spend a bit of time looking at who is on your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">MUST</b> list. There may also be clashes with two of your bands playing at the same time. I sacrificed Arcade Fire one year and I’m still not over it. The guide and map are essential and will help you work out when you need to leave one area to get to the other in time.</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Toilet – Guys are generally better set than girls in this area. The toilet traps are generally fine and there is a level of understanding between everyone. You are all pissing and shitting in a big hole in the ground so get over it and get on with it. It will smell, especially in warm weather and it gets worse along the weekend as they fill. They tend to be quieter in the morning and smell less too. For tent activities then Travel Johns will prevent the long trek in the night. Pissing up the side of the tent is a bit risky as you may get confused and piss up your own tent so be careful.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-no-proof:yes"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Clothing – Layers are essential you can always throw a water jacket over and you’re golden. Wellies are required, you can buy some there but if they sell out, good luck with that. Keep a dry set of clothes for in the tent so if you do get back you won’t have to be wet in the tent.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-no-proof:yes"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Sunglasses have a dual bonus of protection against the sun and hiding any rough looking eyes, see below.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-no-proof:yes"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ieYjMPmH8YpxmjvdFa_UNTM0AqjcZI8YJcLd5-Y0IruynYH5v4p2rr2UcMUqeyRyaffPAysUI7hz7IYvTc9tP1coydyCRdBPrWIbZK1IrWqzaiLWrfdgBT6g-QgGL_nbnnqDcA5Q0nQ/s400/niok.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621015648910655970" /></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:"Century Gothic""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; ">Fun-Tastic – Outside of the bands you really want to see check out all the areas at least once. Some only kick into action when the bands finish. It’s all about meeting random people and seeing some random things too!! Remember you have forked out a shed loud of money and regardless of the potential mudpacks it is not spa facility. Get a few hours’ sleep, take some paracetamol and water to fend of hangovers and enjoy all the incredible bands, cafes, bars and other experiences. You should come back with at least one band that you have ‘discovered‘ and can wax lyrical about to your mates. It is entirely pointless whether the band are actually any good as your opinion was formed after too many drinks.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"">So there are our musings the atmosphere is incredible soak it all up and I shall post on who we think will rock your Glastonbury tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"">O<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"">x<o:p></o:p></span></p>I Love My Frameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00463446432173449390noreply@blogger.com1