Banksy on holiday in the USA

Looks like Banksy is on a busman's holiday in the Deep South of the USA.

After stopping for a while in New Orleans (pre hurricane)...






...he's now leaving a graffiti trail near Birmingham, Alabama which has a fine old pop at the KKK.




Links and story via the Wooster collective - one of the best street art sites around

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James Yorkston's Black Cab Session at the Green Man Festival

I like the Black Cab Sessions. I like James Yorkston. I also like the Green Man Festival. But I'm glad I didn't go this year as the weather looked shocking.

This is near enough. (Doesn't seem to load a screen so press play to watch it)

Becks, music and digital stuff

I meant to blog about today's Measurement camp, last month's holiday, and all sorts of other fine stuff, but instead got totally waylaid in musical tomfoolery.

Firstly, the Becks live studio. They emailed me. I was interested. I clicked. And I spent a good hour just mucking around on various tracks until I did this pared-back Roisin Murphy mix. I defy anyone who likes music not to spend some time on it too.

And I would encourage more brands to put these sorts of easy-mash-up-games online. (My previous favourite was a DJing beatboxing dog. Sad but true - but worth a play)

As a brand, Becks seem to have got their music sponsorship and online stuff (through Dare?) pretty sorted.

Thanks to Becks Fusions I won tickets to see Massive Attack, Santogold and United Visual Artists (who I think are amazing - totally loved their recent exhibition outside the South Bank) and various others in Manchester this weekend. Exciting stuff. I suppose that entering that comp is how I got on their email list. But to be honest I don't care.

Does the music and online stuff make me feel better about Becks as a brand? Yes, indeed. Especially when coupled with their art sponsorship too. Will it make me drink more of the stuff? Maybe.

Will it make me do their water, barley, hops, yeast dance like these fine people? No.