Stuff What We Like: Archive

May 9th

COMMUNITY #15 - EYN

This is a manifesto: EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS HERE Unfortunately modern life has become more complicated that it ought to be. Deciding upon a definitive list of things in life one should seek in order to have ‘Everything You Need’ is a complicated process. As far as I’ve managed to figure out, everything was never intended to be this way. That doesn’t mean that I don’t think we can try pretty hard...

Dec 8th

COMMUNITY #14 - Save The Forest Cafe, Edinburgh

I don’t know enough about The Forest or its history, but through the few experiences I have had with it, I can tell it is a brilliant community-centric space, operating on a uniquely inclusive level. You only have to look back through its event archive to see quite how much it achieves on a regular basis. From writing and craft groups to meditation classes to free/not-for-profit gigs, to a...

Nov 19th

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COMMUNITY #13 - The Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol Instigated by Watershed, coordinated by iShed, and set up in January 2008 - the Pervasive Media Studio is a unique space. It is based entirely on principles of openness: share ideas, collaborate, innovate. Pervasive media is developing fast, and people need to test its limitations, or more worryingly, its stealthy strengths, in an environment...

Nov 19th

Oct 28th

Cardboard Communities!

NNF10 Home Sweet Home

May 6th

COMMUNITY (or ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF LIVING) #12

Video games are not something I claim to know anything about, I haven’t played one since Jazz Jack Rabbit on my huge whirring PC back in 1998 or so. I seem to remember a feeling of intense panic coupled with a fierce determination to do everything in exactly the right way. I didn’t particularly find it that enjoyable, although I did have an odd compulsion to keep trying. Despite my...

May 6th

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Apr 22nd

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STREAM THE NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM ALBUM >>> →

I don’t know how you feel about LCD Soundsystem - personally I’m pretty lukewarm most of the time - but either way you’ll be probably be interested in listening to This Is Happening. It’s streamable in its entirety, and I think I may be warming up a little…

Apr 14th

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COMMUNITY # 11 The Dave Eggers infatuation continues and gathers a terrifying pace.

Apr 13th

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COMMUNITY #10

Last weekend I went to Durham to stay with my spectacular friend Tom, and whilst I was there I met a touring band called Imperial Can. As I found out more about them my respect for them grew and grew. They were part of starting a record label called plan-it-x which hosts a mass of amazing bands, and has been showing us how to say ‘up the punks’ since 1994. So here’s what Chris and Adrienne did...

Apr 8th

We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety, a hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful with our lives. Try to be at peace with yourself and help others share that peace. If you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life. - The Dalai Lama

Mar 10th

Community # 9 Jason Anderson

Where did he come from? The genuine enthusiasm and unashamed joy shown in his live shows is so inspiring. Many people, myself included, are scared to be so unrelentingly encouraging. Here are my favourite bits of this interview just to clear up any misconceptions: What inspires the intense optimism you display at your shows? Friends and life, mostly. Loving both those things. Wanting to make...

Mar 10th

WHY? and Themselves Team Up for New Song: "Canada" →

Thankfully, this is a beautiful track.

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“It sounds okay in theory but too much theorising will break you in the end. Free...”

– Lukas Moodyson, director of Together.

Jan 1st

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Here’s to creativity feeding creativity in a seamless forgotten-to-be-tracked ebb. Here’s to Samamidon and his lovely everything. Download his (awesome) free field-recorded album Home Alone Inside My Head here.

Nov 4th

I Made It With My Own Two Hands

I found a book in my mum’s house which is the single most important discovery of, possibly, my life. I know I say that about a lot of things, but this time it’s not just an instant ecstatic reaction, it’s the genuine knowledge that this book has changed something, that it has influenced how I want to live my life. I know, I know - cut the cheese. Let me show you: The...

Sep 28th

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Sep 21st

Valentin Loellmann →

The best piece of recycled furniture I’ve seen in a while.

Sep 20th

Things Dressed as Other Things

I found those little beauties here. Oh yes. Terrifyingly well produced. Who else but Martha Stewart, god love her.

Sep 17th

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Sep 8th

Kaffe Fassett, Knit Me a Dream

Buy any book by Kaffe Fassett and it will enrich your life.

Sep 8th

Community #8 Dave Eggers

Ok SO I finally got round to reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and you know what, I am elated! I have emerged, bleary eyed, with a smile on my face. Oh I had real wrangles with you, Eggers. I tussled with you for months (or possibly weeks) over this (The stapler? Come on!). But I think, at the end of the day, this was my own fault. I didn’t want to like you. I admit it. I...

Sep 6th

these lights are meaningful

Here’s something I want to do in my new flat, completely rip-off Ingo Maurer’s beautiful light installation - Lacrime del Pescatore (which I hope actually does translate as ‘tears of the fisherman’ as sketchy internet sources tell me). Immitation is a form of flattery, immitation is a form of flattery. (Oh, woe is un-creative me.)

Aug 7th

I Like Tord Boontje

When I have a house of my own and some money of my own I’ll buy a piece of furniture designed by Tord Boontje. Look at that, it’s a wardrobe! That crazy bastard. He designed a series of pieces for Bisazza Mosaico, in which he used mosaic to represent pixelated digital images. Here’s what he says about it. “When I look at mosaic patterns, I am immediately reminded of a...

Aug 7th

brainloverecords: FYH is the lead track...

Aug 6th

COMMUNITY #7 Collectivism

COLECTIVISM IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A PHILOSOPHY THAT/ STRESSES INDIVIDUAL UNIFICATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF/ A COLECTIVE, RATHER THAN THE IMPORTANCE OF SEPARATE / INDIVIDUALS. COLECTIVISM FOCUS’S ON INTEGRATION / AND TRANSMUTATION, AND SEEK TO GIVE A PRIORITY / TO HOLISTIC STRIVINGS OVER INDIVIDUAL WHIMS. / THE VIEW IS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL IS GREATER / THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS....

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Jul 7th

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SOMETHING GOOD'S CHUMS WOULD LIKE YOUR VOTE FOR... →

Unit 5 has been nominated for some crazy National Lottery award money shiz, which you can vote for if you wish. Unit 5 is a number of things; there are artist’s studios there, a rehearsal space for two bands (Balaclava Kid and Dad and Follow Your Heart), and a project space, pictured above, for concerts, exhibitions, and in the photograph up there, a photoshoot for Fever Fever’s new...

Jun 23rd

baggy, loose-fitting, unrestricting, flowing,...

This summer I will mostly be wearing it loose, thick and embellished vis a vis Nick Drake or loose, flyaway and white like DINOSAURUXIA Style slips, not style tips.

Jun 12th

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GUNZ DON'T KILL PEOPLE, LAZERS DO →

Today’s important discovery: Major Lazer are streaming the entirety of their forthcoming album Gunz Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do, out on June 16th, on Myspace. And it’s sodding great. Major Lazer is apparently a commando who fights vampires and zombies and has a rocket powered skateboard. Or Diplo and Switch and a bunch of vocalists. You decide which.

Jun 11th

Jun 10th

Let's all watch Ish Marquez.

If you loved him last November, or if you missed him the first time round this is the perfect opportunity to catch him in yet another of Norwich’s crypts. Ish is an incredibly energetic performer, and such a great guy. Just look at that poster, it’s got a big fish on it. Who could say no? Go and show your support to this fantastic man, please. Thank you.

Jun 10th

COMMUNITY #6 ON. Gallery

This is brilliant !!!!!!!

Jun 9th

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COMMUNITY #4 Anarchy

As I follow my idea of community into unknown territory, I keep coming across the idea of anarchy. The word may conjure images of drum kits and guitars getting smashed up, but it is an idea/way of life I don’t completely understand yet, but am very keen to learn about. It seems to make so much sense. You may already be an anarchist. “It’s true. If your idea of healthy human...

Jun 6th

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ANY DAY NOW...

Not so long ago an artists studio and exhibition space Stew came into existence in Norwich, and we’re all very glad it has, thank you very much. It’s housed in the old handbag factory on Fishergate, and features studios upstairs, a massive workspace for large progects, and a bloody great exhibition space at the front. The first group show by members who have studio space there -...

May 27th