A couple of months ago the wife mentioned to me she’d seen Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall cook some pigs’ cheeks on his River Cottage show. I’m always up for a culinary challenge so I went down to my local butchers to see if I could source some. That proved to be a little trickier than I thought. It transpired that obscure meat cuts like this weren’t available as they are reserved for restaurants and aren’t generally for sale to the general public (due to low demand I guess). So I had to …

I’ve never turned down the opportunity to watch an old kung fu film, so when Shao Lin yu Wu Dang dropped through the letterbox today it went straight into the DVD player … and it didn’t fail to disappoint. It’s got all the key elements; bad dubbing, shocking acting, blinding fight scenes, avenging of family death, your style is weak … but best of all, it’s been sampled left, right & center. Check this clip.

Used in Dopestyle, ‘You Must Think First’ on Ganja Records Vol. 3. Great to see the …

Does anyone have a photo of this piece I did? There were quite a few people painting that day, but I didn’t have a camera with me so I have no shots of anything that was painted. Original photo or good resolution scan would be very much appreciated.

I was browsing through some of my old tube flicks and stumbled across these. Some 2002 (ish) dirty inside stains on the tubes. Check them all out in glorious hi-res on flickr. I’ll have a root around over the next few days to see if I can find some more.
Happy New Year everyone.

Spent the day ripping my way through some old TDK’s and amongst the Westwood shows I found this documentary I taped off Radio 4 way back in 1991. It features interviews with MC Mell’O’, Monie Love & the journalist Malu Halasa. Enjoy.

The audio is hosted by Sound Lantern. It’s the first time I’ve used this service (it’s like a youtube for audio). If you have any problems with playback, please drop me a line.