Dive into the archives.
- Interview with an Infernal Machine
Cleaning out my garage at the weekend I came across lots of crap from my past, including this rather OTT interview I carried out with Joe Coleman many years ago, published in Headpress magazine! I’m rather embarrassed by my terrible writing, but it might interest or amuse a few people out there.
So this was a [...]
- The Sound of Attenborough
A while ago I was lucky enough to take part in a daylong workshop about wildlife sound recording by Chris Watson, the brilliant sound recordist behind many of the best nature documentaries you see on TV. For instance, you can hear his work in shows like Life in the Undergrowth and The Life of Birds. [...]
- Eyjafjallajökull, filmmaking and Sigur Ros
This is Youtube footage of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupting earlier this year. Iceland is such a volcanic island, it really doesn’t seem surprising that it comes to life every now and again. And I just wanted to tell you how i let nature play its part in my super 8 film ‘Vid Spilum Endalaust’ [...]
- Mark Pawson’s Viking Hord
I just found this old postcard made by Mark Pawson, badgemaker, gocco expert, artist, morrisey look-a-like and general all round good guy. On the reverse the card reads ‘C’mon vikings let’s go party’, and it’s a gocco print of an afternoon of booze and fun at Mark’s house. I’m there on the bottom right of [...]
- Les Folies de Jayne County
This was the flyer to our first ever ‘Les Folies..’ and this is a pic of me with the fabulous Jayne County…
…. subject of a current film project of mine. If you don’t know about her, you should. And you will. Because the film looks like its going to be something quite different to your [...]
- Branchage Poster Boy!
Strange days indeed with volcanic clouds, super sunsets and a surprising image on the Branchage Film Festival holding page….
(taken at last years festival by filmmaker Jamie Johnson)
- I Hate the NME
I don’t right now actually hate the NME as they are exclusively running the video i made for Veronica Falls.. you can see it by clicking here
- Found Love with an Indie Band..
.. sigh… yet again…
When we had that snowy spell some weeks ago, I spent a fun (but freezing!) afternoon on Hampstead Heath with new darlings of the indie scene, Veronica Falls, and with no budget and less time we managed to knock together a bouncy pop video for their new single ‘Found Love in a [...]
- Rankin, Jefferson Hack and Me
Recently while throwing lots of old books and magazine out, I came across a copy of a magazine from a dim and distant episode in my life. For a few issues, I was Film Editor of Dazed and Confused. I ended up getting in a row with Jefferson about something really stupid and minor and [...]
- Meeting Dr Gaz
Time passes so swiftly but it must be about 2 years ago that I ventured down to Brighton with film maker Ben Rivers and archivist William Fowler of the BFI to spend a lovely day interviewing an inspirational figure for all three of us – a filmmaker so underground he has become one of Britain’s [...]
