Making a Music Video for Ash
February 4, 2010 – 17:38
The first music video I have ever been commissioned for is in the making for these lads, Ash – from Northern Ireland who sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Coincidentally, their new single Neon is the 9th in the series of A-Z featuring 26 singles for each letter in the alphabet. Atom Heart Studio, NY: across the street from Ears.
An Absolute Favourite
January 26, 2010 – 04:26
Seafood Bibimbop at my favourite restaurant in Korean Town, 32nd street.
The Present
January 24, 2010 – 18:16
This book came in as a present from dear Jocelyn on the occasion of my birthday, reminding me that I am a poet in New York. Acknowledgement to friends who took me out and spun my head, thanks to Alan, Ayca, Jen & Hen and Joce for a memorable twist and shout.
Night of Joy
January 21, 2010 – 20:54
It was the first party to take place at the new bar created by Jen & Hen, Night of Joy – opening soon in Brooklyn.
A detail from the ceiling of Night of Joy.
My dears friends, Jennifer Armstrong & Henrietta Paris at the Night of Joy.
Hogging with Space
January 17, 2010 – 22:34
Spacehog kicking it at Webster Hall, New York.
Lovely to see a real band playing, tight as a duck’s arse.
Spacehog drummer Jonny Craig meets fans in the dressing room at Webster Hall.
Vice Interview Shoot
January 13, 2010 – 18:35
The word is getting out. Jeff Blenkinsopp, Alan McSeveney & KiNo at Ears answering to questions about the Tower of Power, all custom analogue processor for the upcoming KiNo Live, New York.
Eric Rohmer! Eric Rohmer! Eric Rohmer!
January 12, 2010 – 01:05
Cinema lost one more of its children today. Eric Rohmer (1920-2010). Thank you for the edification and the big wave.
Albert Maysles
January 7, 2010 – 00:17
‘The best American cameraman’ as father Godard once spoke of him. Albert Maysles, along with his brother David made documentary films classified under Direct Cinema; a school of filmmaking that bears similar traits my school, Cinema Verité, which means Kino-Pravda (Film Truth) in French. The concept was pioneered by Dziga Vertov in the 1920s. Patti Smith’s exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery, New York.
Patti Smith Exhibits
January 6, 2010 – 22:44
