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- A journey to the heart of hard core UK Jazz dance! Blogspot dedicated to Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove’s ‘From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz:- A history Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene.
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- Ian Bone Esoteric anarchistic poliical runnings & tings
- If you are into your "garms" this is the lick! Mr. Jason Jules is The Man when it comes to Style & Pattern.
- IGNORANCE the truth, wealth is not money, it is so much more than money. Kevin D Blanch rants on the nuclear fuckin’ nightmare (“Fuckushima”) and stuff!
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Tag Archives: Swifty
#SNC98 – Back On The Block but SOLD OUT! All gone!
#SNC98 – Back On The Block but SOLD OUT! All gone! Firstly, apologise to all the peeps who check out this on-line journal as there’s been very few… hmmmm, Zero!…posts over the past period. Basically, I – along with Ian … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Deep stuff, Urban runnings...
Tagged #SNC98, Elza Soares, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Greg Tate, magazines, Nerija, print, Straight No Chaser, Swifty
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GOOD NEWS! SWIFTY POISED TO GO ‘FULL CIRCLE’!
SWIFTY joins forces with Rob Swain at Gamma Proforma to produce Full Circle – a retrospective book of his “typo-grafix” from the Eighties to now. Even if you’ve never heard of Swifty you can bet your life you’ve seen or … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Full Circle, Futura, Gamma Proforma, Gillles Peterson, Graphic Design, James Lavelle, Mo Wax, Mode 2, Neville Brody, Robi Walters, Street Art, Studio Babylon, Swifty, Talkin' Loud
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SCREAM PRINT at FORMANS SMOKEHOUSE GALLERY
SCREAM PRINT at FORMANS SMOKEHOUSE GALLERY. After a little detour that skirted Victoria Park and with a little help from Gina Southgate’s ipad we finally we eventually found our way beneath the AI2 and arrived at the Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Urban runnings...
Tagged Art, David Apps, Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, Hackney Wick, Ian Bailery, Lynn Blackburn, Mo Wax, Scream Print, Screen Printing, Sound System, Swifty
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Nothern Soul meets Stereophonic-Supply
Nothern Soul meets Stereophonic-Supply As Swifty and myself originally hail from the industrial North and had our own respective experiences of the Northern Soul scene we decided to design a tee which tips a nod to those who’ve kept the … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Elaine Constantine, Keep The Faith, Mods, northern soul, Swifty, www.stereophonic-supply.co
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Stereophonic-Supply goes LIVE!
Just a short note to give a headz-up to Swifty and the I-self’s latest venture – http://www.stereophonic-supply.co. Building on what we were doing with Straight No Chaser magazine the initial aim of this project is to go digging in the … Continue reading
Babylon Your Queendom Is Falling….
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
MORE MADNESS… ALPHABET CITY, CUT CREATIVE, SEMI-PERMANENT & CONCH RECORDS… Aotearoa No 5 – The final runnings!
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
SEVENTY TWO HOURS OF LO-FI MADNESS…. Aoteara Runnings No. 4
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
Posted in Just Runnings, Urban runnings...
Tagged Aukland PIYN, Bill Brewster, Bizdojo, British Council, Conch Records, Cut Collective, DJ: EMP, From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz, George Booker, George FM, Maori, Recloose, SAE Institute, Sniffing Glue, Snowboy, Straight No Chaser, Swifty, The Yoots
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HIGH TIMES IN AUKLAND… Aotearoa Runnings… Part 3
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
Pre Dawn scribblings on a trip to Aotearoa… this is Part 1… Nuff more to come!
It’s 3.15 am. I’ve been off the digital radar for the past ten days. Swifty and I were working on a couple of British Council funded projects in Aukland, New Zealand aka Aotearoa. Arrived back in London town yesterday. Got … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Follytricks!, Urban runnings...
Tagged Aotearoa, Aukland, Blackpool, British Council, Conch, Cut Collective, David Hockney, Doze Green, Fracking, Gasland, Josh Fox, LatinAotearoa, Swifty
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