Photo Diary 2010 | Day 181

Hölick | Sweden
Seagull on the rock.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 180

Kuggorarna | Sweden
The little red shed. Fisk?

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 179

Hölick | Sweden
Walk along the beach.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 178

Hölick | Sweden
Linus has worms - we think.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 177

Hölick | Sweden
Peek-a-boo, the l see you!

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 176

Hölick | Sweden
The woods.The water and throwing of stones.Peter.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 175

Hölick | Sweden
Today we arrived at the Emanuelson's summer house in beautiful Hölick.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 174

Västerås | Sweden
Arrived in Sweden for a two holiday - Båtyxg Street rocks!

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 173

Liverpool Street, East London | EC1
Dirty calls.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 172

City Road, EC1 | East London
Eye of the pigeon.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 171

Shoreditch, E1 | East London
London architecture.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 170

Brick Lane, E1 | East London
Shit London?

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 169

Bayswater, W2 | West London
Everyone seems to know the score, they've seen it all before
They just know, they're so sure
That England's gonna throw it away, gonna blow it away
But I know they can play,
'Cause I remember...

Three lions on a shirt.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 168

Royal Oak Station, W2 | West London
Made in Great Britain.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 167

Moorgate Tube Station, EC2 | East London
The poster looks right back.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 166

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
Two little things that I love about summer time - the smell of freshly cut grass and seeing bees clumsily jump from flower to flower.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 165

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
You what??

Film: Dogtooth

Okay - It seems quirky and strange.... and I'm very intrigued.

"I hope you kids have bad influences and develop bad personalities."

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 164

Queensway, W2 | West London
Rusty American muscle.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 163

Chelsea, SW1 | South West London
England vs USA. I don't wanna talk about it.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 162

Old Street, EC2 | East London
Old hats with old attitude.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 161

East Village, EC2 | East London
I went to Netsky's album launch at East Village this evening. Having never heard him DJ before I wasn't sure what to expect. It's safe to say that I wasn't disappointed, especially as he dropped a handful of heavy tracks from his new album.

I even managed to get a portrait of Netsky himself. Reach for the lasers, safe as fuck!

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 160

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
Pay here... or somewhere else.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 159

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
Concrete flowers

M.I.A - 'Born Free'

This isn't exactly new but M.I.A's Born Free music video has been playing on my mind for a while. 

I watched this 9-minute video a few weeks ago and it has gradually made me feel uneasy about myself.

It struck me how blasé our society is with the slaughtering of people as long the landscape it takes place in isn’t familiar to us. Perhaps it’s because we have become desensitised to the genocide of people depicted as 'the others'? From the mass murders in Burma to Darfur, from Rwanda to Palestine - It’s almost as if it has become acceptable, the norm.

However, when put in a context we identify, ‘the others’ become people we empathise with and provokes us think. – How the fuck can we allow this to happen?

Suddenly everything I do has become insignificant, especially this blog. Hmm… I have some thinking to do.

UPDATE: I should have mentioned that it gets very graphic towards the end. Although I recommend it's watched in its entirety because it's nicely directed and has an interesting plot.

M.I.A's new album Maya is on 13th July 2010. Get it from 7digital.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 158

Paddington, W2 | West London
I took a wrong turn whilst cycling home and stumbled across a couple of pretty signs and sights.

Netsky - 'Netsky'

Drum & Bass heads brace yourselves - Netsky dropped his debut album and it's shit hot!

Over the past year he's had a few tracks flying about, most notably Memory Lane on Hospital Record's compilation album Sick Music 2. It had me feeling Netsky could be good but this album has convinced me without a doubt. Netsky is fucking brilliant!

I look forward to skanking out to a number of these tracks in clubs over the summer.

Buy it at 7digital

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 157

The Thatched House - Hammersmith, W6 | West London
A Sunday roast in a beer garden with live music... lovely!

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 156

Hampstead Heath, NW3 | North West London
Spent the sunny day in Hampstead Heath. I love the park here - so much to do and so much to explore!

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 155

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
This is...

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 154

Bayswater, W2 | West London
I'm finally consuming non-Pret foods.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 153

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
My shoes as I stand.

Photo Diary 2010 | Day 152

Shoreditch, EC2 | East London
The recession infection.