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  • 2008 - because it’s better late than never

  • This image from New Years is a good indication of what all of 2008 was like.

    Favourite Music

    Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill
    Nagisa Ni Te - Yosuga
    Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace
    AMT - Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness
    Fennesz - Black Sea
    The Bug - London Bridge
    High Dependency Unit - Metamathics
    Andrew Coltrane - Gongs Of Violence
    Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness
    Kazuki Tomokawa - Blue Water, Red Water
    Les Rallizes Denudes - Eve Night
    Fabulous Diamonds - S/T
    Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
    Pentemple
    Pagan Hellfire - Solidarity
    Vajra - Live
    Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Modern Life
    Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
    Soiushou No Fune - Prayer for Chibi
    Islaja - blaze mountain recordings
    Birchville Cat Motel - Gunpowder Temple of Heaven
    Earth – The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull
    The Drones – Havilah
    Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna
    Andrew WK - The Japan Covers

    Best Gigs

    Japanese New Music Festival - Ruins / Acid Mothers Temple SWR / Akaten  @ Namba Bears, Osaka
    Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO @ Club Goodman, Tokyo
    Otomo Yoshihide @ Shinjuku Pitt Inn, Tokyo
    Joanna Newsom & Sydney Symphony Orchestra @ Sydney Opera House
    Chris Corsano @ Yvonne Ruve
    Jay Reatard @ Annandale
    Bumcreek / Chromedome / Knitted Abyss / Onani / Orodruin / Pagan Dawn / Polyfox / xNOBBQx @ Louie’s

    Best Movies

    Wall-E
    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
    There Will Be Blood
    Fears of the Dark
    The Fall

    Favourite Fonts

    Soho - Seb Lester
    Mister K - Julia Sysmäläinen
    Serrano - Kris Sowersby
    Compendium - Ale Paul
    Museo & Museo Sans - Jos Buivenga
    Bree - TypeTogether
    BLACK SLABBATH - You Work For Them

    Other Highlights

    Going to japan and buying underwear from a vending machine
    Leaving the west & moving in with the Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys
    Creating my first typeface & graduating from b design (Visual Communication) with minimal effort
    Winning an AGDA award & National Youthweek (DesignIT)
    Passin’ out at 1 AM on New Years
    NEGLECTIN’ THIS DAMN BLOG
    GETTIN’ MY SHIT TOGETHER


  • Inspiration, Uncategorized, process, reflection, sex, visual identity, work // 2 Comments // 10:56 pm 01-27-09