I wrote this list on Monday while traveling back to Leicester on the train. It is a list of everything I need to do for my final major project plus a little drawing of how it makes me feel.....I'm not a happy bunny at the prospect of spending the next 19 days chained to my laptop. On the upside it is only 19 days and after that I will be FREE!
MP3 Release was bought forward 24 hours to today. Made me happy. In fact finding out that a new album was due out made my week. On second listen of the album and I'm thinking that its going to be a grower much like In Rainbows was.
Put up the new video so you get to see Thom York at his weird bendy best. Kinda weird. But that's always to be expected.
These are a few things from my last project. I know it's been a while coming, but crazy busy doesn't quite cover how distracted I've been in the last few weeks. The high top design is based loosely around my earlier experiments with paper, focusing on manipulating materials and making something a bit more 'street' and Supra-like. Yet another mens wear project (wooo!)
Have been asked to do a few extra variations on it by a careers lady who spoke to us yesterday, lots of words like 'online portfolio', 'CV', 'interview technique', and 'Job' were mentioned with far too much emphasis on how soon all this would start kicking off for my liking.
Just a Dissertation and Final Major Project left now. Feeling the fear!
Another opportunity to make a post about this design. It has been picked as one of six designs from my class to be displayed at the Moda exhibition in February, which is MASSIVELY exciting for all of us.
Moda is basically a big footwear trade show that will, hopefully, give us all a little extra exposure to those who will be giving us jobs in a few months time (that's the idea anyway)
I'm in the process of making a fashion men'shigh top at the moment and will crash some pictures of that up once its done, the mock up is looking kinda cool at the moment and hopefully the final will be better.
In other news a very lovely guy called Mr. Hare posted one of my photos on his blog the other day, this shouldn't be big news except that Mr. Hare makes shoes like thismrhare.co.uk/purestform
January. The XX. I was still massivly overplaying the XX's album. VCR remains one of my all time favourite tracks.
Febuary. Mt Eden. I stumbled on this track while doing a little extreme procrastination on youtube, needless to say i got fairly obsessed with the album for about 3 weeks and now cant stomach it.
March. Burial. Untrue. The end of winter was a time for a massive Burial revival. I'd had the albums for ages but didn't quite 'get it' till this point.
April. The Logic of Chance. Easter was all about these guys.
May. Sun Giant.
June. Cosmogramma. This is a quality album, if you dont have it get it.
July. High Scores. For chilled out summer times.
August. Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. I heard Uffie first when I was about 17 so when I heard she finaly had an album out I went a bit nuts. I love this album in the way a dieter likes cake, I fucking love it but I kinda dont want to. Its hard to explain.
September. The Rogue EP. I was all about the Correspondents after seeing them play Bestival. They are INCREADIBLE live.
October. Maxinquay. Discovered this album after reading a random review of Tricky's newest release online and thought I woud start out at the beginning, this is a lovely spacy trip hop album.
November. When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence. Nothing better than a bit of dirty techno for Autumn
December. Based on a True Story. Finally got round to listening to these guys after downloading them months before. Quality.
Special mention also goes to :
I played this remix incessently through most of last winter as well as Ellie Gouldings album, I brutaly overplayed it and have been recovering ever since.
So I'm still not 100% convinced about how these guys look from the front or the side (just a little bit too blah) but the back view sells it. Loving the little flash of colour. I'd me happy if I saw that little flash of bright red or yellow peeking out from under a pair of nicely taperd or slim cut casual trousers or jeans, gotta have a rolled cuff though.
