OMG THIS IS...

Incredible, amazing, uncomfortable, nerve wracking, sexy, funny, beautiful, brilliant and oh man add what you will. You have to watch this. Wow.

Twenty strangers kiss for the first time

"What was your name again?"

BOY - MUTUAL FRIENDS

I bought this album last year after a recommend, it's really good too, so now you have a recommend as well. They're two girls, one from Germany and one from Switzerland. Just spotted this video clip over on reddit of their set in Boston last year. The singer is overwhelmed to realise the crowd knows the words and is singing along. This must have been and it sure looks like it was, an awesome moment for her. So your feel good moment for today is... 

THE HOOD # 247

Snapped this wall a few weeks back. It's underneath Connections in Northbridge.

Details

YE OLDE BEAUFORT ST

I do loves me a little then and now action...

THIS PAST WEEK

All of this happened...

I've been getting up kinda early

I've been suffering with these views

I've been surrounded by spinifex

I've met a few Moths

And I've run out of honey

GDANSK CATS

Our holidaying Stavanger correspondent Antony, has just sent this through from Gdańsk, Poland.

Cool Cat, Fat Cat and Business Cat? Maybe Smooth Cat.

BACK AT WORK

Spending some quality time up in the Pilbara digging in a few caves. Unfortunately this view, which I am forced to endure every day, is somewhat hard on the eyes, but we all have to make sacrifices don't we...

the view

stacks on

where once there was honey

where once there were swallows

STAVANGER # 4

Our Norwegian street art correspondent, Antony, has come through with the goods this week. An awesome collaborative wall on Sandsgata St, Stavanger, by a group of artists whose names I sadly don't know...

THE HOOD # 256

Details from Tim Rollin's piece in Grand Lane...

GO THE HENGE

Liana bounced the bejeebus out of the Stonehenge bouncy castle down at the Supreme Court Gardens today. It's an installation for the festival of Perth by Jeremy Deller titled 'Sacrilege'. Massive fun...

apologies for the background distortion, best viewed with sound off

no human sacrifice

UNASHAMEDLY SO

I have a confession to make, I am unashamedly a massive U2 fan. Since a friend introduced me to their Boy album in the summer of 1980 (He DJ'd on the then university radio station RTRFM and was playing the album before anyone had even really heard of them here) I have been a fan. I connected with their music as only an 18 year old can connect with music. Full of anger, angst and admiration. I'll admit that I no longer rush to get their latest offering, but get it I do. Including this new song, check out this quite amazing clip, full screen it and crank it...

Actually up until about 10 years ago I think I pretty well matched Bono's haircuts as they happened. From 80's mullet to 90's ponytail through to late 90's early 2000 shaved number 1. But that's for another pictorial story... one day... maybe... not.

ANOTHER THEN AND NOW

Spotted this pic from the 1940's on twitter earlier tonight and the street sign got me thinking. W 40th st and 6th, my girl and I stayed on that street in January this year. Two blocks west, between 7th and 8th. I remember the corner in the picture really well because Bryant park is diagonally opposite and we spotted some cool art on a wall in a building that is now pretty much behind where the photographer is standing as he took this pic. So we paid a visit to google maps and this is the result...

It's a little hard to get the exact same spot on google maps but this is pretty good

The things to note are :

• Firstly the old street light (left in top pic and right in bottom one) it's the same pole still today. 
• Then look further down the street in the top pic and you see the two buildings middle frame, one white building in the front and a red brick with a white top few floors at the rear. That's them directly above the front white truck in the bottom pic, left side of street way down there. 
• Thirdly check the two buildings either side of the corner on the very left of the top pic. They're both still there in the bottom pic just above the rear white semi truck.
• Sadly Tip Top Lunches is no more.

Coincidentally I took a photo of an abandoned salami roll (as you do) on that corner in almost the exact spot the original photographer was standing.

and here's a pic of the art we spotted on that corner (as mentioned above)

This is probably hell boring to anyone reading this but it's stupidly cool to me because... New York and I was there.

Sidenote, headline on newspaper that guy is holding says "Nazi Army Only 70 Miles From Paris"

WILD LOVE CANNOT BE CONTAINED

Toni Dawn, strap in and hold on, you about to get some wild loves that can't be broke...

spotted in Northbridge today

GOODBYE LITTLE PARRY ST

The developers have moved in and one of Perth's best walls for graff and streetart is now lost. It's how it goes, new walls will appear to replace it, but it's a bit sad really. This wall has had some awesome pieces on it in the past.

So I've grabbed some snaps of the final pieces to grace the Little Parry St wall...

DAVEY DANCE STILL BE DANCING

I still love this guy. I doubt I will grow tired of this concept. Some cool tunes in this selection too...

Chose this one because, you know, Sphinx.

Featuring the track "Wildcat" by Ratatat

His latest vid

Featuring the track "I'm Good I'm Gone" by Lykke Li

And an old fav

Featuring the track "You got to Funkifize" by Tower of Power

THE NATIONAL @ THE BELVOIR AMPHITHEATRE

The National played the Belvoir Amphitheatre last night. Such an awesome and relaxed venue. I really liked The National before this gig and now I really really like The National. Great show and Matt Berninger is a most awesome showman. Pretty sure he destroyed at least 20 microphones through his habit of throwing them away in anger at the end of each song. Plus anyone who's cool enough to circle the amphitheatre and then slide back to the stage via the moshpit is okay by me.

Starting to fill up

How many amphitheatres do you know with trees growing in the centre of them?