I ain't got no candy for you..

So you know the whole 2000 an Yen thing.. yeah, its been a good year. Im three quarters through the tour with Newcastle, Brighton and Hampstead still to go. It's been so well received ( 4* across the board ) that we're now in talks over the international tour (Tokyo baby !!!).

Its taken every piece of me to get onstage every night to tell this toxic unstageable story. Its broken my body, blown out both knees, shoulders and lower back, leaving me walking like an 80 yr old... and i wouldn't change it for the world. Standing shoulder to shoulder with so many special actors, broken an bruised we scream out into the night like lost boys.



The play is Oscar Wildes Salome produced by Headlong and directed by Jamie Lloyd. Every element is at the forefront of its game, leaving us free to explore every element of our darker psyche to ensure the story is set, emotionally,physically and creatively in a world suitable to that of its biblical roots.





Here's a few reviews to give you a better feel for this experience..

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7126757.ece


http://www.magnet-publishing.co.uk/node/92

http://markronan.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/salome-by-oscar-wilde-richmond-theatre-may-2010/


http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/2010/06/02/salome-6th-week/


If your free, come down to the theatre and see what it all about.


AGENT B

You know nothing of the Old School..

Death of the last Hell raiser,

Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) passed away yesterday, its been a funny ole month, some of my favourites have decided now is the time to shift off the mortal coil, and so be it. If the time was right.

But is the time ever right?

Anyways, Hopper was a mad man of Hollywood, his roles have always been a source of constant inspiration to me as an actor, his fearlessness and devotion to the craft will forever stand as a testament to how this job is done.

Wish he could have seen the show, he would have loved it.

Travel well Sir Hopper..

AGENT B

Long Live the Pig..

" The Pig is dead, long live the Pig "

Paul Gray " The Pig", 1972-2010

Bassist of the metal super power that was Slipknot died a few days ago in a hotel room in Iowa. This came as a massive shock, the group hold such a special place in my heart, true power house musicians who never scrimped on their integrity, Slipknot will forever be the power of 8..

R.I.P brother..

AGENT B

Upside down smile..

The turbulence in Thailand over the last few months has been deeply upsetting. The peaceful protests to the calling for fair leadership have erupted into all out street battles between the Army and the people of this beautiful country. The land of smiles has been flipped on its head.

So heres what their fighting over and where the conflict stands at the moment:


The Red Shirts want to get rid of the current government, headed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was born in Newcastle.

They claim his PAD party should be removed because it came to power after the military forced out the previous government.

Thai troops Thai troops have taken back control of Bangkok's shopping district

They are demanding fresh elections and a new constitution for the country.



The two sides have clashed many times in the past, but the conflict has intensified since the start of 2010.

Although no one has claimed responsibility, anti-government protesters have been blamed for a series of bomb attacks on police and school buildings.

From March until now, the Red Shirts occupied parts of Bangkok city centre including the top shopping district.

A security force of around 50,000 troops was called in to get rid of them.

During one attempt to clear out the protesters, 38 people were killed and 800 injured.

Now troops have stormed the protestors' camp and arrested its main leaders.



My bestfriend lives in the heart of Bangkok and has been filling me in on whats actually going on, its deeply disturbing, i just get a sense the armies been waiting to scratch this itch for quite sometime, the result is well exactly what they wanted. The protesters are now terrorists..

Typical.

The government messed up this time, bringing in the military, has further driven a divide between the people of Thailand and the ruling parties. The Red Shirts will now deal with this as a dictatorship, and if the King is infact in poor health the country will be torn in two due to civil war.



Here's furthur accounts of up to date action:



Downtown Bangkok turned into a flaming battleground today as an army assault toppled the Red Shirt protest leadership, enraging followers who fired grenades and set numerous fires that cloaked the skyline in a black haze.

Using live ammunition, troops dispersed thousands of anti-government protesters who had been camped in the capital's premier shopping and residential district for weeks. Four protesters and an Italian news photographer were killed in the ensuing gunbattles and about 60 wounded.



After Red Shirt leaders gave themselves up to police, rioters set fires at the Stock Exchange, several banks, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, the high-end Central World shopping mall and a cinema complex that collapsed.

The government declared a nighttime curfew in Bangkok, and said army operations would continue through the night. An announcement signed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and broadcast on television said nobody in the capital was allowed out of their homes from 8pm until 6am unless they have permission from authorities.



Protesters also turned their rage on the local media, which they have accused of pro-government coverage. They attacked the offices of state-run Channel 3, setting fire to cars outside and puncturing water pipes that flooded the building.

Cabinet minister Satit Vongnongteay described the chaos as anticipated "aftershocks."
"There are violent-prone protesters who remain angry," Satit told a news conference.

Lets see what happens, my heart is with those who have laid down their lives for what they believe.

This is the face of the enemy:




AGENT B

Feed Your Head..

To all my regular's just a little note, I've recently started writing for www.feedyourhead3d.com, There you will find much more of AGENT B's life style interests an world awareness programs. Information about what's really going on in fashion subcultures, underground literature, Music from the vault and the future splashed with some tribal marinade and smoked with bonfires of Rhythm.

I've joined up with fellow ghost writer Agent White Hawk, busting a combination attack rating 40HK (big up your chest www.inkfetish.co.uk) fatality In The Face.

Don't worry i will be keeping this blog running an up to date, this is my playground..


Boom


AGENT B

The duality of self..

When the routine bites hard
and ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways,
taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again

Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again

Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings exposed
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just can't function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again

http://www.myspace.com/elenalegakismusic


AGENT B

Eagle eye'd..

AGENT B

The wheel..

It's my belief that history is a wheel. "Inconsistency is my very essence" -says the wheel- "Rise up on my spokes if you like, but don't complain when you are cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it is also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away". - Borthieus

AGENT B

One too many mornings..

And a thousand miles, behind.

AGENT B

Scalp Dem..

AGENT B

The shouting men..

THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY JUST TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE

Football and comedy fans will experience plenty of laugh-out-loud moments in The Shouting Men, a brand new British comedy film from co-writers and stars Matt Daniel-Baker and Warren Llambias and director Steve Kelly. Also starring Dudley Sutton, Vyelle Croom, Tony Denham, Craig Fairbrass, weather girl and TV presenter Lara Lewington and featuring cameo appearances from a variety of well-known faces from the football world including England football legends John Barnes and Peter Beardsley, the film chronicles the uproarious misadventures of a group of football supporters during a cross-country “away day” weekend to watch their beloved team play in the quarter finals of the FA Cup.

An amiable British comedy about a totally mismatched group of characters, brought together by football in the way that only football can do, The Shouting Men perfectly captures the inane but hilarious banter of footie fans and if you’re fed up with football films always being about football violence this is a welcome and very funny look at the lighter side of the beautiful game – a real comedy for real football fans.

And just in case you were wondering, the film’s rather apt title comes from the Latin phrase “domus clamantium” – or “home of the shouting men” – Gillingham FC’s club motto and a traditional epithet associated with the town of Gillingham.

The Shouting Men (cert. tbc) is released by Kaleidoscope Entertainment and will open at selected UK cinemas on 5th March 2010.

http://www.purplerogue.com/shouting.html#

AGENT B

Headway..

AGENT B

Either you see it or you dont..

" Have you seen him "




www.feedyourhead3d.com


AGENT B

Motionsickness..

Rocking your mothers headboard

AGENT B

Material Girl..

A young fashion designer battles her evil ex-boss, a sexy but devilish business partner and snobby fashionistas as she strives to get her big break in work and love in Material Girl a new six-part romantic comedy. Its Aired on BBC 1, January the 14th, 8-9pm.

Set in the bustling, creative hotbed of London's Brick Lane, Leonora Crichlow (Being Human, Sugar Rush) plays Ali Redcliffe, who sets out to make a name for herself as a fashion designer, in the only way she knows how, through sheer hard work and talent.

But scheming Davina Bailey, played by Dervla Kirwan (Doctor Who), is the designer of the moment – the woman that every hot star wants to be dressed by – and she isn't about to give up her crown as queen of fashion.

Ali's trump card might just be Marco, played by Michael Landes (Love Soup), a mercurial and brilliant business partner, who wants to make Ali a star.

At the heart of the show is Ali, impetuous, feisty, neurotic, a total mess in her personal life but extraordinarily talented in her professional life as a fashion designer, mid-twenties, single, fiercely loyal to her tightly-knit group of friends, Alex, Mimi and Lydia.

Alex (Nick Blood) is Ali's flatmate and best friend from college, but also a designer at Ali's key rival, Davina Bailey; Mimi (Ingrid Oliver) is the wannabe stylist at a leading fashion magazine, and almost as intuitive and brilliant as Ali; and Lydia (Anna Brewster) the model with a face like an angel and the voice of a navvy.

Ali's love life is equally up in the air, after a difficult break-up she starts seeing the almost-too-good-to-be-true (but gorgeous) Chris (OT Fagbenle). But will the sexual tension with her and her business partner, Marco, threaten her new relationship?

Orlando (Vyelle Croom) is The new blood at Davina Bailey, pipping Ali to the position in Episode 1, the pair never quite see eye to eye after that. Falling for Alex, Orlando's aligence is never quite clear leaving the way open to conflicting interests within this twisted fashion microcosm.

It is these friendships and relationships, the ups and downs, solidarity, extraordinary chemistry and their entwined destinies that are the fabric of Material Girl.

Material Girl is inspired by Fashion Babylon, written by Imogen Edwards-Jones

AGENT B

Enter the Sandman..

The alternative Jazz/Crooner group Morphine made a name for themselves on public and college radio during the mid-nineties with their self described "low-rock". The three piece formed in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1989 and derived it's sound with an unusual combination of instruments. Lead singer Mark Sandman combined his baritone, crooner voice with a custom two string bass guitar which he played with a slide. Dana Colley, the bands co-founder primary played the baritone saxophone, sometimes combined with a soprano or tenor sax which he played simultaneously.

Morphine released 5 studio albums as well as several B-sides and live compilations. The last Morphine studio album, The Night, was released after Sandman's death in 1999 of a heart attack on stage at age 46.

I was kind of a dreamy child - a Curious George baby. As a child, people told me they thought I'd grow up to be a poet. You have to wonder what kind of kid someone would say that to." - Mark Sandman







AGENT B

2000 and Yen..

"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money." - Geoffrey Beene

"Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things." - Eric Butterworth

Time to get the Goodies..

AGENT B

Wisdom of the Crow Tribe..

"The Wolves Within"

An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.

I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.

But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times." He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.

But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger,for his anger will change nothing.

Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."

The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?"

The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."



AGENT B

The way she goes..

Today I watched a Robin Red Breast being torn asunder by our cat, casually he sauntered in laid out the bird before me on the tiled floor, a gift. As i looked into the Robins eyes, I saw myself.

With the natural order of things being what they are the cat was just doing what it was programmed to do, survival of the fittest, keeping the balance. Even in the jaws of fate the Robin seemed so at peace with what was to be his final journey. I knew at any given point I could have freed him, yet I didn't.

For it was a symbol. A symbol of what has been and what is to be. At this time of year one reflects on the journey thus far and usually we drink and eat too much to somehow make it seem worth while. The Hope through Sufferance that the next year will bring about a change in our luck, a change in our ultimate fate.

As I watched him take his final breath before the jaws of fate clamped down for last time, i could only hear one song in my head, i closed my eyes and with a nod of my head in salute, sent him off in my heart back into the cycle of life.

For there is only, Sufferance through Hope.



The king's taken back the throne
The useless seed is sown
When they say they're cutting off the phone
I'll tell 'em you're not home

No place to hide
You were fighting as a soldier on their side
You're still a soldier in your mind
Though nothing's on the line

You say it's money that we need
As if we're only mouths to feed
I know no matter what you say
There are some debts you'll never pay

Working for the church
While your family dies
You take what they give you
And you keep it inside
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"

I can taste the fear
Gonna lift me up and take me out of here
Don't wanna fight, don't wanna die
Just wanna hear you cry

Who's gonna throw the very first stone?
Oh! Who's gonna reset the bone?
Walking with your head in a sling
Wanna hear the soldier sing

Working for the Church
While my family dies
Your little baby sister's
Gonna lose her mind
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"

I can taste your fear
It's gonna lift you up and take you out of here
And the bone shall never heal
I care not if you kneel

We can't find you now
But they're gonna get their money back somehow
And when you finally disappear
We'll just say that you were never here

Been working for the church
While your life falls apart
Singing hallelujah with the fear in your heart
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"

AGENT B

Wolves an Avatars..

Has anyone else noticed that Avatar has worrying similarities to Dances with Wolves, it cost $300.000.000 to make and despite a horrific waste of money in re: global economic climate, I loved every second. Yeah i know, Indigenous life loving nomads with bows and stones fighting Mankinds's inability to curb his desire for absolute power through mass destruction and greed

right up my alley i hear you say

But its sentiment hit a real chord with me even though a similar chord was hit by Kevin Costner in the original,

(no but really, its the same story. Naughty Cameron, that's a bad boy!).



Strange how as a species, our drive to become ever closer to the machine and all the glories it promises has driven us like cattle to the big cities of promise, on mass we've lost touch with our primal selves. This ever increasing lack of control we've developed on all levels is worrying, its almost like we're slowly but surely going into a global coma. Soon we'll evolve into nothing more then reality television wage slave androids sponsored by Tesco. Unbiasedly used for market research poles, unlicensed product testing and overall general life expectancy ROI statistics for global advertising conglomerates...wait.

When was the last time you touched the earth, felt the contours of a leaf or smelt and felt the sea mist on your face on a crisp winter morning.

Get some Sun on your face.

AGENT B

Blu Blu..

Italian street artist Blu Blu has been ahead of the game re: stop animation street art for a few years now. His unique style can only be described as urban organic sprawl. Utilising every nook and cranny his creatures breathe life into dead spaces bringing with them a unique stories. Morphing into interiors and exteriors, they climb large buildings and crawl over park benches before disappearing down manholes. His rich narrative of paint will leave an indelible print on the pages of modern street art history. Well at least it should do. Oh yeah and did i say..

Banksy take some notes and while your doing that, go fuck yourself.









http://www.blublu.org

AGENT B

Berlusconi - In The Face

One of the worlds most corrupt public figures, Berlusconi Prime Minister of Italy, literally took it in the face today, is this a sign of the times ?, a sign of things to come for those leading we the people into further despair. As a global consciousness, are we going to slowly start rising up to the words:

" Im a human being goddamn it my life has value"




We shall see

AGENT B

Chasing the Status..

Nobody likes a cheat, nobody except lets say the cheat. Mista Bishi recently single handily brought an entire line of artists into dispute. Djing in its own right is a dying art. There are computer software that pretty much beat matches for you, c.d's have replaced the vinyl the list goes on. But the one thing you try to hold onto is at least the Dj is earning his money, at least hes actually mixing....

Well

Mista Bishi while supposedly mixing a 2hr set was filmed without his knowledge, during this film it was clear to see he wasn't in fact Djing he was in fact, texting on the phone, and twiddling with nobs on his mixer, which were switched off. That's right.

A pre-mix C.D.


Here you can see the cdj is infact turned off.

It wasn't an isolated situation, Chase and Status also were recorded without their knowledge and for the first 15-20 mins they didn't switch the cd in their mixer once, the pair were also guilty of twiddling nobs in the event the audience thought they were mixing. That's right, you pay £20 to get into a club to see your favorite Dj's doing their thing, except, their not doing a damn thing except take your money and stick on pre-mix c.d's. These guys get in excess of £1200 a night for a set.



Which in the end begs the question, how many other Dj's are doing this.

Torches and nooses at the ready, its a witch hunt boys.



AGENT B

Inkfetish..

Here's an exciting new project from Inkfetish featuring at the Barbican in London, here's an excert from his new website which is chock full of new work from the hottest new talent on the scene.

"For the majority of last month, I’ve been working alongside music producer ‘Mikey J’ on a really exciting project in conjunction with what I can only describe as an urban dance version of ‘The Pied Piper’ which deputed earlier this year at The Barbican to critical acclaim.



This December It’s back and I’ve been brought on board to recreate 12 illustrations/paintings to feature in a new audio/visual soundtrack that acts as a prequel to the ‘Pied Piper’ entitled ‘Rat’s Lair’. Confused? I was too at first but it’s shaping up to be a really interesting cross media project, and the first time I’ve been involved in producing sequential artwork since my comic ‘No Strings’ back in 2005.

I’m looking forward to sharing what I’ve been up to and can let you now know that I’ll be exhibiting the works to coincide with the opening night of the play on the 11th of December. The work will be on display along with a big mural painted by myself in the main foyer on the Ground floor until December 22nd."



www.inkfetish.co.uk


AGENT B

R.A.T.M for Xmas number 1

Fed up of Simon Cowell's latest karaoke act being Christmas No.1?

Me too... So who's up for a mass-purchase of the track 'KILLING IN THE NAME' from December 13th (DON'T BUY IT YET!) as a protest to the X-Factor monotony?

AGAIN DON'T BUY IT YET!
NO, REALLY DON'T BUY IT YET. IT WON'T COUNT!

In response to supporters' comments we have set up a just giving page DONATE TO SHELTER - http://www.justgiving.com/ratm4xmas

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2228594104#/group.php?v=info&gid=2228594104





AGENT B

Watery Icecream..

AGENT B

رهایی

To the Students and Citizens of Persia, the true state, i stand in heart and mind with you on the streets of Tehran. Through the bullets and gas of hate, the unbreakable spirit of freedom against the oppressors will rise triumphant. How long do they think the whitewashed mind control state will supress the spirit of such a bold people. May the words and actions of the people overthrow the doctrines of hate and suppression. They may clamp down on communication, they may halt all mobile phones/internet but the veil of archaiac hate mongering can only hold an entire nation in place for so long, and as always, the blood of the bright and the beautiful will pave the way for social reform and subsiquent overthrow of such a regressive hate machine.



Restitution the only solution the armed response of an entire nation.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad you and your facade of a goverments time of judgement is at hand and the people will be there to deal that judgement.

Revolution Action.





AGENT B

Wonderland..

Maybe its because i'm seeing through time right now but this is awesome

AGENT B

Society of the Spectacal..

The Situationist movement originated from a small band of avante-garde artists and intellectuals influenced by Dada, Surrealism and Lettrism. The post-war Lettrist International, which sought to fuse poetry and music and transform the urban landscape, was a direct forerunner of the group who founded the magazine 'Situationiste Internationale' in 1957. At first, they were principally concerned with the "suppression of art", that is to say, they wished like the Dadaists and the Surrealists before them to supersede the categorization of art and culture as separate activities and to transform them into part of everyday life.

At first, the movement was mainly made up of artists, of whom Asger Jorn was the most prominent. From 1962, the Situationists increasingly applied their critique not only in culture but to all aspects of capitalist society. Guy Debord emerged as the most important figure.

The Situationists rediscovered the history of the anarchist movement, particularly during the period of the First International, and drew inspiration from Spain, Kronstadt, and the Makhnovists. They described the USSR as a capitalist bureaucracy, and advocated workers' councils. But they were not entirely anarchist in orientation and retained elements of Marxism, especially through Henri Lefebvre's critique of the alienation of everyday life. They believed that the revolutionary movement in advanced capitalist countries should be led by an "enlarged proletariat" which would include the majority of waged laborers. In addition, although they claimed to want neither disciples nor a leadership, they remained an elitist vanguard group who dealt with differences by expelling the dissenting minority. They looked to a world-wide proletarian revolution to bring about the maximum pleasure.

http://www.artmovements.co.uk

AGENT B

The Irrepressibles..

I first saw this band in 2007, they were at the time a 5 peice i believe. A dear friend had invited me for a night of baroque magic and wonder. I was moved to tears actual tears. So emotively Jamie dances around the notes, the voice flutters up and down the scale effortlessly. Its the first time in a long time i can truely in my humblest opinion say, a star is born.

Their sound is described as Baroque shock but i'd add, sensual, raw, powerful, spontanous and visually they live up to the definitions. Extravagant costumes with wonderfully magical themes, inventive use of space and circus, light and shadow, exterior and interior.. they have become their sound. Masters at work.

Here are a few of my favorite videos, they are beautifully shot and are classic examples of the vision, style, and collaboration of sound they are responsible for.

Judge for yourself

Find out more on their homepage:

http://www.myspace.com/theirrepressibles


AGENT B

Truckers delight..

Pure 16 bit magic

AGENT B

Im just not having it..

Shot by Corbis

Let the wealthy and great roll in splendour and state
I envy them not I declare it
I eat my own Lamb
My Chickens and Ham
I shear my own Fleece and i wear it
I have Lawns, I have Bowers
I have Fruits, I have Flowers
The Lark is my morning alarmer
So jolly boys now
Here's God speed the Plough
Long life and success to the Farmer

I found this on my mug today and it made me laugh, but i think alot of you agree, theres alot to be said about living off the land and having a simplier kind of life. Not that im saying living off the land is easy, its back breaking work but at least its honest and homely.

Lets move to the country and leave this ole highway behind.

Back to basics and community values.

Bonfires and shit.



AGENT B

Glorify your Creation..

What you've made crooked you can't make straight, it's the price that you gotta pay.


William-Adolphe Bouguereau

And you've paid it over and over my brother, my sister.. now is the time of the Letting Go, we must all find it in ourselves to let go of our transgressions and failures in this life and the past. We must learn the lessons and find their meanings, for they are all but a gift and this life but a dream, a ride if you will.


Hell to me is the act of forgetting how to stand, forgetting how to find your feet in the quicksand of the immediate. The human mind is a twisted maze of systemic emotion, relating to every part of your body, ultimately controlling your every action. Emotion based on environmental shifts in comfortability. The reality of the uncontrollable elements, elements that shape our journey on this planet.


Herrad von Landsberg

Hope Sufferance is the standard we all carry and we are all guilty of letting it slip. But there isn't and never can be a reason for us to let our Fear out weigh our love. Love for self, love for our global neighbor and Love for this gift of a life we live, Live being the operative word.

Live

We get one chance at this

one chance to experience the grace of the soul.


Dante's rings of Hell


Inner Love
Inner Strength
Inner Peace
Honesty and Harmony

This the mantra i had tattooed to myself to remind me of the strength and focus that can an be found in Inner Fortitude. Recently i let my mind become clouded with despair subsequently forgetting my code of Honor, my Armour for the sticks and stones of misfortune.



Not that I'm here to preach my personal take on the current global emotional breakdown, but i think we are all reverberating with the same energies, we are in a sense all feeling the same weights and lifts, we need to focus and heal.

Rise up my friends

This is our life.

AGENT B