Category Archives: Just Runnings

Babylon Your Queendom Is Falling….

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Paul Brad

In December 2011, following the turbulent Dudus Coke affair, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller aka Sister P was re-elected Prime Minister of Jamaica and declared their intention to sever the link to the “Mother Country” and become a Republic… … Continue reading →

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MORE MADNESS… ALPHABET CITY, CUT CREATIVE, SEMI-PERMANENT & CONCH RECORDS… Aotearoa No 5 – The final runnings!

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Paul Brad

ALPHABET CITY is run by native New Yorker Erin who specialises in pre-digital printing and  runs an early evening letter writing group. Erin is old skool and upon our arrival at the work-shop she and Swifty enthusiastically talked TYPE! They … Continue reading →

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MY TOP SUMMMER READ FOR 60s COUNTER CULTURE & MUSIC HEADZ….

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

Back in 2006 Serpents Tail published Joe Boyd’s universally acclaimed  ‘White Bicyles’ . Its title was inspired by the Dutch Provos communal bicyles in 60s  Amsterdam and the 1967 underground hit by Tomorrow, and if a recall correctly Maximus Reinhardt … Continue reading →

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SEVENTY TWO HOURS OF LO-FI MADNESS…. Aoteara Runnings No. 4

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

7AM Tuesday morning… Da Bei Qigong under the eaves of a building in Myers park. When it rains it Aukland it rains. Things were about to get busy! The PIYN project was scheduled to kick off at Bizdojo at 10.30am … Continue reading →

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HIGH TIMES IN AUKLAND… Aotearoa Runnings… Part 3

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

Singapore – Sydney – Auckland…. gotta  say,  the aerial view of Sydney was pretty impressive… all those inlets and coves lined with yachts… life-style is undoubtedly king. It’s clearly changed  a lot since the Tolpuddle martyrs were transported there, given … Continue reading →

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Mid-day Musings a trip to Aotearoa… Singapore… Part. 2

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Paul Brad

Swift and I touched down in Singapore at six in the evening.  It’s was a welcome one night  stop-over on our way to Aukland and intended to ensure we arrived at our destination ready to roll. Stepping out of the … Continue reading →

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LAST CALL! FEEL FLOWS @ the Bayeux

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Paul Brad

If you’re a Camden Town Jazz Cafe regular or a late night  Soho wanderer you might well have come across a camera totin’ Siobhan Bradshaw.  After studying fine art at St. Martins she traded in painting and drawing for an … Continue reading →

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BUSTIN’ BOUNDARIES…. A RIDDIMIC CATCH UP. & A FEW TREATS…. Part .1

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Paul Brad

Greetings… time for a little catch up… been sitting on a bunch tunes and waiting to an opportunity to fling a few words on each on-line. So, as I’m deeply frustrated with the constantly engaged tone at HM Revenue & … Continue reading →

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FLIP THE SCRIPT… now online.

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Paul Brad

Kingsley Davis’ has just launched his  new website with news, videos, shopping and a selection of B&W prints now available. The man himself is totally chuffed with the result and to mark the launch Kings has got another signed copy … Continue reading →

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Jamaica50: Babylon Your Queendom is falling….

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Paul Brad

Since Big Ben struck midnight on New Year’s eve and the South Bank lit up large in anticipation of the Olympics on the East-side, it seems that Jamaica has thrown up a daily dose of evocative bass-ical vibrations into this … Continue reading →

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