Wounded Knee Remembered
by Charles Redner
Tears frozen on lovely faces
owners’ of harden-hearts
slaughter a Nation’s promise.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wounded Knee trivia, poem
Trivia: Michael Blake told me that reading Brown’s, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” was his inspiration to write “Dances with Wolves.” Brown borrowed his title from a poem, “American Names” by Stephen Vincent Benet.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
One of the best riders you've ever seen
Tyler Johnson
(He also gives a damn good tour of Seattle for the best spots to hit - in our latest Issue 004 City Guide.)
Here.
Monday, December 19, 2011
An insight into artistic neighbourhoods in the US, Episode 7 shows Wyndwood by the wonderful Martha Cooper.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
DOTMOV 2011 | AUSTRALIA!
SHIFT's DOTMOV digital film festival's first screening 'down under' in the usually sunny city of Melbourne, had a very wet start! A torrential downpour of rain that however, did not deter an excited audience.
The wonderfully unique posters seen around Melbourne are thanks to printing at Dawn Press, who specialise in risograph 4-barrel printing.
And good news! The 11 finalist films will be screened throughout the months of December, January and February at various times and dates on the Fed Square Big Screen. Pull up a deckchair with some friends and enjoy!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Trailer Trash Tracys
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Here at Champ, we've been fans of Trailer Trash Tracys for some time now.
Based in East London, their music is what I would describe as walking through Amsterdam on shrooms. Uh. Yeah. You'll love it.
.TTT.
They've recently released their first video clip to 'You Wish You Were Red'.
Google that one, here is our favourite : Candy Girl.
(more DIY / cut and paste clips? yes please)
Jose Parla
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Concord Project
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A new video from Jose Parla, made by Sarah Keenlyside. Jose made the works in Brooklyn, and installed them in Toronto, Canada, after almost a year of work.
Enjoy - The Concord Project.
Lana Del Ray
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VIDEO GAMES
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She's the it-girl of the moment, and rightly so.
Not only gorgeous, Lana Del Ray can sing.
We're also loving her DIY videos-clips (the parts of Del Ray are shot by her sister on her laptop as she held it up). In 'Video Games' Paz de la Huerta features (even if it is just her stumbling drunk) and we love her.
Both girls have so much sass.
There is a great interview with Miss Del Ray in the latest issue of WONDERLAND, by Hanna Hanra.
LIVINCOOL 3rd Anniversary!!
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It has been 3 years since the fashion website started - and they've come a hellofa long way!
Congratulations LivinCool!
PS. I am so jealous of the places you have visited!!!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
A Perfect Blend
By Charles Redner
Van Morrison wails,
daisy petals wave.
Warm rays ride a swift breeze
brushing along receptive skin.
Music on nature’s canvass
paints a sunny, cool and content creature—
a perfect blend.
Van Morrison wails,
daisy petals wave.
Maroon cousins wink
mustard centers ablaze.Warm rays ride a swift breeze
brushing along receptive skin.
Music on nature’s canvass
paints a sunny, cool and content creature—
a perfect blend.
Monday, December 5, 2011
REAL GOLD TURNS 5!!!
In the winter of 2006, a group of friends came together to found Real Gold, in the hope of supporting the people and ideas that they were passionate about.
Real Gold's first public appearance was DJing for an Animal Collective after-party below an S&M club, before hosting their first event 'A Large Party' in December 2006 at the Wallis Gallery space in Hackney Wick, featuring Young Turks, Merok Records, producer Martin Cole (RIP), Jack Penate and NTS Radio founder Mr Wonderful.
The subsequent years saw a series of club nights (The International Amalgamation of Champions, Rich History & Cough / Cool) and early shows featuring the best new music including Actress, Adele, Bok Bok, Bullion, Dels, Emmy The Great, Florence and the Machine, Fucked Up, Gwilym Gold, The Horrors, How To Dress Well, Jamie XX, Joy Orbison, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, New Look, Sampha and the Shining. Combined with often being the first of our contemporaries to host nights at some of London's more original and infamous venues, Time Out called us "saviours of London nightlife."
The shows paved a way for a series of t-shirt releases including a Young Turks collaboration and Warzone homage, the Train Chronicles debut record and music videos for A.R.E Weapons and Enchante. In Christmas 2007 we opened up a temporary store off Carnaby Street with stylists Avigail Claire and Damian Collins' label Silver Spoon Attire. We made a move into print and publishing in 2008 with the launch of cult satirical magazine FUN, internationally distributed for free, and Real Gold members Ben Freeman and Ben Rayner launching Ditto Press and Rayner Books respectively.
In 2010, having already put on nights at its previous incarnation as Dalston's Pier One Nightspot, Real Gold opened its first bar, The Alibi.
Real Gold family have exhibited at the Barbican, ICA, the RCA, and in Hoorn, New York, Paris, L.A and Tokyo, as well as hosting openings for the Hannah Barry Gallery's 'Optimism: The Art of Our Time' (2008) and the Bold Tendencies sculpture exhibition (2011).
It's been five years since we started.
We're having a party to mark this start.
Please come and join us to celebrate.
Real Gold's first public appearance was DJing for an Animal Collective after-party below an S&M club, before hosting their first event 'A Large Party' in December 2006 at the Wallis Gallery space in Hackney Wick, featuring Young Turks, Merok Records, producer Martin Cole (RIP), Jack Penate and NTS Radio founder Mr Wonderful.
The subsequent years saw a series of club nights (The International Amalgamation of Champions, Rich History & Cough / Cool) and early shows featuring the best new music including Actress, Adele, Bok Bok, Bullion, Dels, Emmy The Great, Florence and the Machine, Fucked Up, Gwilym Gold, The Horrors, How To Dress Well, Jamie XX, Joy Orbison, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, New Look, Sampha and the Shining. Combined with often being the first of our contemporaries to host nights at some of London's more original and infamous venues, Time Out called us "saviours of London nightlife."
The shows paved a way for a series of t-shirt releases including a Young Turks collaboration and Warzone homage, the Train Chronicles debut record and music videos for A.R.E Weapons and Enchante. In Christmas 2007 we opened up a temporary store off Carnaby Street with stylists Avigail Claire and Damian Collins' label Silver Spoon Attire. We made a move into print and publishing in 2008 with the launch of cult satirical magazine FUN, internationally distributed for free, and Real Gold members Ben Freeman and Ben Rayner launching Ditto Press and Rayner Books respectively.
In 2010, having already put on nights at its previous incarnation as Dalston's Pier One Nightspot, Real Gold opened its first bar, The Alibi.
Real Gold family have exhibited at the Barbican, ICA, the RCA, and in Hoorn, New York, Paris, L.A and Tokyo, as well as hosting openings for the Hannah Barry Gallery's 'Optimism: The Art of Our Time' (2008) and the Bold Tendencies sculpture exhibition (2011).
It's been five years since we started.
We're having a party to mark this start.
Please come and join us to celebrate.
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They have quite a few birthday gigs going on, but I think we'll be hitting up the strip club (no stripping on Saturdays tho!). Should be fun.
Check out their website, for more info on their other two events.
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Birthday Soiree Feast Extravaganza at Brunswick House Cafe
10th December
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Friends and Fam Party at Peckham Hotel
17th December
Emmanuelle Goutal
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One of the budding graphic designers based in London, Emmanuelle Goutal's enthusiastic style is infectious.
Serious about her work, her latest project titled 'Looking At The Page' - examined how a page can move beyond its passive role as a carrier.
We describe her as budding, as she has just finished her MA at LCC (with a Distinction none-the-less), and will showcase her work in a group show titled Sincerely Yours, held in the East End.
Student work is usually quite mundane and basic, and here I find their work surprisingly inspirational.
The future of graphic design looks good.
MUST READ
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NOVEMBER / DECEMBER
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+ Inventory Magazine Issue 5 +
+ The Albion Issue 4 +
+ Dazed and Confused 20th Anniversary Issue +
+DAZED 20th Anniversary Book +
+ mono kulture .15 + REPRINT
Clean in design, featuring long articles on their chosen features - Inventory is definitely worth collecting. Even though we, (atleast London) are in the middle of the heritage/workwear obsession, this has always been Inventory's steez and they still prove to be ahead of the game. They've even got an Inventory store in Vancouver, Canada - stocking what they believe are the best products/clothes around. Expect to see any of those items in East London households and East Londoners alike.
The best BMX magazine out there, The Albion features not only mind-blowing images, but also really great interviews. The whole magazine is run by actual BMXers who live and breathe it. Best of all it is still an independent publication. How?! We featured The Albion in our 'Recommended Reading' section of Champ Issue 004 - for a reason. Start reading and collecting these- believe it or not they're free...
Dazed has been around for 20 years? Wow. Time flies. But lucky for us they've also created 'Making It Up As We Go Along' with their favourite features and photoshoots of the past 2 decades.
We usually favour i-D, but we have a soft spot for Dazed as it pushed publishing boundaries in its early years, and had a solid cast of contributors who have now gone on to do great things - such as Katie Grand and Rankin.
We also love the title, 'Making It Up As We Go Along' ... sounds just like us.
If you haven't seen Taryn Simon's latest body of work at the Tate Modern, get yourself over there as soon as you can (it's free to enter too). Berlin-based Mono Kultur have reprinted Issue 003 and Issue 15 from their archives where they focussed on Simon's work. At just 35, she is really one of a kind. We continue to praise her work, one of the most remarkable photographers of our time.
Mono Kultur is another magazine to keep a look out for. Usually a5 in size, each issue focusses on a particular designer, artist, photographer, creator. We featured them in Issue 002. Time for a re-read.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
This Saturday in Melbourne.
SHIFT: DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2011
Pull up a deckchair and get into SHIFT DOTMOV films on the Big Screen.
aiming to discover unknown talented creators and provide an opportunity to show their works.
11 finalists were selected from 208 submissions from 18 countries this year, coming from a panel of creative judges including award-winning Directors-Collective Motion Theory and Tokyo Graphic Designer Hideki Inaba, to NY-based Creative Director David Lindermann.
innovation in digital films worldwide, experience DOTMOV under the moonlight in Melbourne's own Federation Square.
DOTMOV is being screened across 12 cities internationally in the month of December and early 2012, for full dates see http://www.shift.jp.org/en
Sponsored by: SHIFT, Ala Champfest Magazine, Dawn Press
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Luis Urrea in San Diego
San Diego (LaJolla), Friday, Dec. 2, Warwick’s Bookstore could hold no more. Packed house listen to Luis Alberto Urrea talk about his newest novel, “Queen of America” (A stand-alone sequel to Hummingbird’s Daughter). I arrived late and had difficulty getting in the door. Much love and hugs all around.
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