MUSIC CHOICE FOR DECEMBER - BAGPIPE JAZZ SPECIAL AND A LITTLE ACCORDIAN

Track 1: Bagpipe Blues - Rufus Harley
Track 2: Scotch & Soul - Rufus Harley
Track 3: Sweaters - Laurie Anderson ft Rufus Harley 
Track 4: La Paloma - E. Balise

FRIDAY DEC 21st - IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT AND I FEEL FINE

According to the Mayan calendar anyway.
It's come to my attention that with some people this Mayan prophecy/prediction is being taken seriously. For anyone worried, don't be. I'll see you back here on Saturday 22nd December.

JUST A GREAT TV ADVERT

FREE OMAR ALFONSO COMBITO

Omar Alfonso Combito was arrested on 2nd October 2011 and is detained in La Modelo Prison, Bogota, accused of "rebellion". He is an active member of FECODE, the Colombian teachers' trade union and the director of the Santana Ramos Education Centre. For the full story and petition to release him click on links below poster.
http://www.ictu.ie/globalsolidarity/actions/omaralfonsocombito.html
http://www.justiceforcolombia.org/campaigns/omar-combita/

CHILLIN

GREAT STREET ART SAMPLE - BUT NOT BANKSY - I THINK

MUSIC CHOICE FOR NOVEMBER

Track 1. On My Radio - The Selecter
Track 2. Night Boat to Cairo - Madness
Track 3. Engine 54 - The Ethiopians
Track 4. Dat - Pluto Shervington

DISNEY BUYS STAR WARS FRANCHISE

SALVADOREAN PAINTER CARLOS CANAS

"Sumpul"  described as the Salvadorean Guernica. In reaction to the 1980 massacre at the Sumpul River in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

STAND WITH WALMART STRIKERS ON BLACK FRIDAY

PETITION FOR WALMART WORKERS

More info at:
http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/black-friday/petitions/respect-your-employees-right-to-speak-out

SOME EXAMPLES OF TYPOGRAPHIC BASED DESIGN

BEST AD AROUND AT THE MOMENT

Still doesn't make me want to drink Southern Comfort.

BEAUTIFUL ABSTRACT WORK BY ESTONIAN/IRISH ARTIST JAANIKA TALTS

'My Immortal' You can see more of Jaanika's work at http://www.jaanikatalts.com/

NYKA MORAL - SPANISH ARTIST LIVING IN IRELAND

'Abstact Nature'



















You can see more of Nyka's work at http://www.nykamoral.com/home.html

POST ELECTION SPECIAL - A MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Vermin Supreme

HOW DECREPIT IS YOUR CAT? HOW DECREPIT ARE YOU?

cat years

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - MARK FIORE SELECTION

MUTANTS IN MEGA CITY ONE - THE FINK BROTHERS

The Fink Brothers aka Suggs and Chas from Madness

NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO - MADNESS

Silly hats, silly dancing, silly video - a classic! And somebody's dog running around on set.

KIWI! - GREAT LITTLE ANIMATED SHORT - 33 MILLION HITS ON YOUTUBE

MUSIC CHOICE FOR OCTOBER

Track 1. Alabama Jubilee - Robert Crumb ( on banjo) and the Cheap Suit Serenaders.
Track 2. I'm Gonna Get It -  Cheap Suit Serenaders
Track 3. There aint half been some clever bastards - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Track 4. Wang Dang Doodle - Howlin' Wolf

SMILE - CREEPY LITTLE SHORT FROM ISRAEL- FOR HALLOWEEN

MYSTERIOUS STRANGER - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Based on Mark Twain's novel, supposedly banned from childrens' TV. Its not exactly a comedy fest.

THE LEGEND OF DB COOPER

Check out the full story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper  Someone should make a movie of this.

THE GERMAN - WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY NICK RYAN

Film short funded by Irish Film Board

PATHS OF HATE - ANIMATED SHORT ON A SIMILAR THEME

Directed by Damian Nenow

CHILEAN STREET ART - COLECTIVO BRIGADA RAMONA PARRA MURAL

EFRAIN MALO CARICATURES - SOME OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN

See more of Efrain's work here http://www.facebook.com/efrain.malo

MARTIN ROWSON WORK FOR THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER UK

MARTIN ROWSON

AMBULANCE CHASER

You stumble out of a bar at 2am and crash out in the gutter. Someone calls an ambulance and this turns up. Oh yeah! "Mister, Mister can I please ride up front?"

JESUS IN THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

I don't know if this is faked up but if it's for real I will pay big money for a copy of this colouring book.

IT CAME FROM A LAND BEYOND SFX

On the left is a still from the movie 'Creature from the Haunted Sea', on the right is Cookie Monster from Sesame Street....can you see where I'm going with this?

........now which is scarier? To be fair it was directed by Roger Corman so its all a bit tongue in cheek. Movie goers however were slightly disappointed. Justified I think when you consider the movie poster.......

CHRISTINE O'DONNELL AD

Christine O'Donnell, Republican candidate in the previous election responds to comments that she dabbled in witchcraft. Take a look and then see parody below.

CHRISTINE O'DONNELL

Bit old now but still funny......

JOHN GERRARD VIDEO INSTALLATION

In "Oil Stick Work", the simulated character Angelo Martinez paints one portion of this barn, a portrayal of a structure found in the panhandle region of Oklahoma, with an oil stick crayon six days a week. It takes the whole day, from dawn till dusk, to complete this action. Working on this schedule, Martinez will complete the task of painting the entire structure in within thirty years – in 2038, after which he will no longer come to work, and the artwork will go on existing as a “finished piece.”  In the words of the artist, ‘as a silhouette in the landscape. 
This is best seen on the website below.
http://www.johngerrard.net/oil_stick_work.html

SOUNDING VISUAL - EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO AND MUSIC COMBINATIONS

A mixture of experimental music and imagery from Irish artist Maura McDonnell.   http://www.soundingvisual.com/index.htm

CYRIAK ANIMATION

THIS IS NO TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC

FINAL ONE - YOU'LL NEVER EAT LAMB AGAIN

Check out his website: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/

SLIGHTLY WEIRD MUSIC SAMPLER 1

Best with headphones and loud!

"ONE DAY SON, YOU TOO, WILL BE IN THERAPY!"

ARKWARD FAMILY PHOTOS.
Didn't find this gem on this site but they've got some cracking ones. 
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com

MORE THERAPY??!!

What can you say? Except it's from the same website.

HAPPY TO SEE ME??

"Hellllllloooooooooo ladies!!" Same website.

MISSING LINK

Proof, as if proof were needed that we are all descended from Rodney.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/13/new-monkey-species-congo-lesula

SOMEBODY STOP THAT DECK CHAIR!

Saw this on QI. Powered only by wind.  http://www.strandbeest.com/

CATS MELODJAN TITLE INTRO

DYLAN TITLE INTRO

Dylan Kirby is on 2 weeks work experience with me. Bit of t-shirt design, animation,

video-editing etc. This is a little intro he put together for me for this blog.

DYLAN'S ANIMATION WITH MUSIC