VBS News: Teenage Riot

On 24 November 2010, while students across England staged walkouts in protest to cuts in education funding, a few thousand in London attempted to march on Parliament. Unfortunately, since they destroyed the Tory headquarters two weeks ago, the police weren’t about to let them reach Parliament, so instead they kettled thousands of stoned, angry hippies and excited sixth formers into a small space and let them destroy that instead. The crowd were kept there for over nine hours.

VBS.tv were there to film it, check out the video here.

Diplo - The Producers: Episode 3

If you don't know who Diplo is, where have you been? Actually you may recognize him from the new Blackberry adverts. He is now one of the world’s most sought after producers (with the likes of M.I.A and Snoop Dogg on his CV) finally meets his hero Lee Scratch Perry for the first time, culminating in the improvised collaboration between the two at Notting Hill Carnival. Watch the video here courtesy of VBS.tv and Vice.

http://www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/the-producers--2/the-producers-episode-3-diplo

After Hours Athletes - Manchester 30th November

PUMA and VICE bring you The After Hours Athletics: a night of games, late night revelry and DJs, with hosts, our dear friends, The House of Hot Breath.

The Deaf Institute30 November8pm - 12pm

Clique DJs,Gold Teeth DJs, On the 30th November After Hours Athletes come to Manchester for another night of games, music and booze, hosted by the very hilarious House of Hot Breath. See below for a taster of what is in store...

SIAMESE TWIN POOL - Two athletes don their specially contructed boiler suits, with two usable arms and three legs, and work as a team to shoot pool.

TABLE MULTIBALL FOOTBALL - This is table football but with a furious addition. Instead of one ball, a whole bucket of balls is dumped in and the game lasts until all the balls have been scored.

CARDIOKE - The concept is simple: sing karaoke on the crosstrainer. There’s a calorie counter attached and whoever burns the most calories is the winner. Can you beat the record: 54.7 calories to Iron Maiden's Run To The Hills. If you can your prize will involve 5,000 calories.

THE HANDBAG HEAVYWEIGHTS - Two ladies stand together back to back, each holding out a handbag filled with something heavy, at arms length. This is a test of strength and stamina: whoever drops their arm first is the loser.

THE PIZZAFACE CHALLENGE - This is a re-work of the classic cereal box game, using a stack of six pizzas. Each athlete has to bend down and pick up a piece of pizza without using their hands. After each round a pizza box is taken off the stack and it gets lower. People have been known to take their clothes off during this event.

Click here for more info and to sign up for the event.

Photography - Part One

Right, It seems about time i actually use this blog for what it was originally intended for, and that was a showcase for some of my photography. At present im missing a great deal negatives and digital images. These are a few that i managed to get onto the internet before the fateful end of my Dell's life and the moving of house. If you have any questions, please ask.

Calling All Artists Update

So, I've been getting a lot of emails and whatnot regarding the last post. I have looked at all your art and I like a lot of it. I haven't replied to each of you individually yet because quite frankly i did not expect such a large number of replies, but i promise i will when Ive selected a few to fill the next few months. In the time being, the first artist who will be featured is a young lady by the name of Hayley Goodsell. I'll be doing the profile/post at some point very soon, so if you cant wait till then, have a little search for her on google.

Also, in the time leading up to the first artist profile. I shall be profiling my own work in a couple of posts, so keep your eyes peeled ladies and gentlewomen for some photography coming your way.

Calling all artists

Calling all artists. I decided to do some good and what with my interest in art being that i am one and knowing how difficult it is to get just a tiny bit of press and whatnot, i have decided to help out my fellow man somewhat. Every month i would like to do an artist profile on an up and coming artist currently working, anywhere in the world. Whether you are a Classical painter, photographer, sculptor, audio visual artist, graphic art, interactive artist, animation, mixed media, whatever your forte is i would like to do a profile on you and your art. I think it will start as a once a month sort of thing.

So please can you apply to asakusa119@gmail.com , with examples of work, brief history, university's/art school attended, exhibitions held. You know the usual. I'll have a flick through everything, and if i like anything you could be featured on here, - The K Drip. Read in over 35 countries and has many thousands of visitors every month it could be a good opportunity.

Don't worry, if you are a sea lion like my buddy at the top, that's cool.

Please email me at - asakusa119@gmail.com with subject heading 'Calling all artists'. First artist will be featured towards the end of November.

The X Factor

Why people watch this show i don't think i will ever understand. Ive never been a fan of shit reality TV such as the x factor, the apprentice, big brother etc etc.

The only reality TV Ive ever enjoyed was a show called 'Something About Miriam' first broardcast on Sky One in 2004. It was a reality dating show where six male contestants battled it out to date 21yr old Mexican model Miriam. Only to find out at the very end she was actually born a man and currently still had a penis. I believe it ruined many lives, especially the winner who was serving in the marines. But it sure made me laugh.

Anyway, last years X Factor Christmas single took a beating when an anti establishment and anti X Factor single was launched. Notably Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name. I was bombarded with Facebook groups and whatnot begging me to join and buy the single. Something i find somewhat ironic given that the most important part of the song is the lyric 'Fuck you, i wont do what you tell me'. Nether the less it peaked at number 1 and kept the X Factor single off the top spot, whoever he was. I think a similar thing happened the year before with Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen although this failed to delight the nation quite like the Che Guevara fans did. I never liked the dirty communist anyway, but thats a different story.

Bearing all this in mind, there is a particular song i think we should strive for Christmas no 1 this year. I think everyone should start to panic buy it when the x factor single is released, its really a cracker.

Slutty Cunt Getting Ploughed By The Dead - by Funeral Rape.

Oh, also, don't even get me started on Cheryl Cole, shes a disgusting human tramp and i'd willingly watch her get pelted with coconuts in the throat repeatedly by the masked magician in a petrol station forecourt on the outskirts of Basingstoke with his nob hanging out.

Old Spice, - Best Advert Ever

If you do not know what this man, or this advert is about then i am afraid you have been missing something for most of your life. Not that i ever really liked Old Spice, or stacked topless black guys, but this makes me want to smell like a man, and not a lady. Best Advert Ever.

Halloween

For this years Halloween i shall be hitting the streets dressed as this. Fuck zombies its all about weird Japanese creatures from the underworld. Don't ask me what it is, i don't know. Thanks to Claire for finding this marvel delight of unparalleled proportions.