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> Dryden Goodwin's 2008 Cast Monograph.

www.drydengoodwin.com/cast.htm

The Cool Camping Guide to Festivals...

is out now! Featuring some of my photographs from last year's Antic Banquet Festival...yay!

Read about and buy the book here>>

my fellow south londoners

illustrations by Tom Humberstone

Another Drumz friend attempting to change our perceptions of the world, is Lower End Spasm's Dan Hancox (aka the preacher man due to the parallels between him and Nathan Barley's Dan Ashcroft character), who along with his artist buddy Tom Humberstone has admirably self-published a book of their quest to document the run-up to the U.S Presidential Election.

Having randomly bumped into Dan on Balham High Street today, I only just got my copy, but managed to get it signed as a reminder not to burn it this winter when I have no money to heat my flat because of the credit crunch. Jokes. Thanks to the longness of the 249 bus to Palace on a Saturday I've read a few chapters already and can confidentally recommend it to anyone interested in U.S politics or simply, the musings of 2 funny young blokes from London on what sounds like a very, interesting, comical and slightly terrifying adventure. Failing that, it also falls into the much loved category of 'Book with Pictures,' with Humberstone's beautiful illustrations giving it an unbelievably graphic novel quality. Much respect to Dan and Tom for ingenuity and creativity.

To BUY the book and/or read the blog which led to the creation of the book go to:

http://www.myfellowamericans2008.com/

The Art of Losing Things

Lost 2006:

3 phones (stolen)

-"Please leave a message after the tone"
-"Hello george, this is george. Please can you start chaining your mobile to your neck."

1 Camera (during Jamie Woon gig @ Cargo, East LDN) see here

- Photos of Woon gig (@ Cargo, East LDN)
- Photos of Diff'rent Strokes 2nd birthday party (@ Plan B, Brixton the night before)
- An inspiring 17 year old called Maja Jamba (@ Malc Fest, Catford, the weekend before)

Lighters
Socks
Pens

A silver bracelet from Mum (lost whilst carrying a snare drum up a hill in Palace, we'd had an argument the same day.)

Another silver bracelet, a gift from a travelling friend.
Vintage pink leather belt (whereabouts known so therefore a loan to Lost?)

A friend (via telephone). Hopefully also a loan to Lost

A spangley black scarf (a tent at the Secret Garden Party)

A brown paper book of love letters, notes and sketches (Notting Hill Carnival)

White Woollen hat (somewhere in Marseille)

Found 2006:

2 pairs of gold and turquoise Puma's, perfect fit, very comfy. worn on many a dancefloor (last flat in Tulse Hill)

A tenner, put towards a wild/sketchy night at the 414 bar (pavement in Brixton)

Lighters
Socks
Pens (standard)

Pebbles, reminders of people and places (Brighton, Central London)

A strip of negatives (Tulse Hill)

A plastic bead bracelet (South Norwood)

Red Chair that sits in bedroom (found in garden)

Books:

Baby-book with a few pages filled in.
A collection of Hans Christian Anderson stories
"Wet Wet Wet Photo book" (Crystal Palace)

A Silver bracelet pretty much identical to the one from the travelling friend (Train, East Croydon-Victoria).

An Oyster Card with credit (Night bus home from Cargo gig where camera and phone were stolen)

Pink dress (Battersea)

Friends, old and new (dancefloors, kitchens, fields, parks, buses, trains, cars, vans, tents, sofa's)

Swings and roundabouts (Clapham Common).

Don't be scared it's only Street Art

Due to the recent acquisition of the Street Logo's book by Tristian Manco (thanks to Ms M and Mr Andy) my head's been deep in the world of street art. Manco (who also brought us Stencil Graffiti) has put together a brilliant and informed collection of the eclectic styles of street art and mentions everything from Stickers to Freeforms.
Artists particularly worth a mention are the literally cutting edge Swoon who cuts out intricate paper characters and pastes them up on New York's surfaces and one of my all time favourites, UK's Adam Neate who in a true protest against Art as a commodity, leaves his one off canvases around the streets for passers-by to either ignore or pick up. I'm still waiting to come across one of his works, in the meantime, I'll have to settle for his very cool website www.adamneate.co.uk Street Logo's is an interesting insight into both the evolution of Street Art and it's possible future. It's out now in shops and definitely worth investing in.





Shouts to my friend Night Ryder who passed on a link to a superb graffiti site called Wooster Collective which appears to act as a newsroom for International graffiti -tirelessly adding information about new works and actions to it's vast archives. The particular link that was passed was a post about one of Banksy's latest political protests in Brighton. The photo above right is a Banksy piece I found in 2001 whilst wandering around Soho.