Archives: October 2007

• Winner for Logo Contest Announced

  October 31, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Our quest to find a new logo for EARZ-MAG.com has ended! We had a huge response to our appeal for underground design talent on Myspace to redesign our logo; and when Swiss graphic designer Forbach Mathias, a.k.a ‘Fichtre’, shot this magical colour-infused logo at our inbox it wasn’t hard to imagine it basking proudly [...]

  
  



• Write a novel this November

  October 26, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Online literary-wannabes listen up. With November just over the horizon, it’s that time of year again when thousands, yes thousands, of everyday people who would never write a 50,000 word novel in 30 short days, do exactly that. It’s National Novel Writing Month! Less a foray into the art of writing, more a “literary marathon”, [...]

  
  



• HYP? Put on A-Track + DJ Medhi

  October 24, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  By putting on high-grade DJs like Kentaro and Kid 606 on a Thursday night, Hows Your Party? (HYP?) are giving some much needed resuscitation to the Glasgow club scene. Held weekly at the Sub Club in Jamaica Street in the city centre, this Thursday’s HYP? has special guests A-Track and DJ Medhi [...]

  
  



• Madlib ‘Live in India’ Tees

  October 22, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Turntable Lab has these dope new tees for fans of avant garde hip-hop sampladelica pioneer Madlib, and the third installment in his Beat Konducta series: “Live in India”.
  Live in India is out now on Stones Throw, the renowned home of MF Doom, J Dilla, PB Wolf and others, and these colorful tees are available [...]

  
  



• Music: Diane Cluck Interview

  October 22, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 3 Comments
  

  Music: “1/2 a Million Miles From Home” from Oh Vanille / Ova Nil
  Diane Cluck has been sampled by Prefuse 73, described by Devendra Banhart as his “favorite singer-songwriter in all of New York City”, and lauded by music fans, critics and contemporaries alike for her rootsy folk abractations and spellbinding performances.
  I caught [...]

  
  



• Illustration by Andrei Robu

  October 20, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Check out these works by Rome, Italy, Bucharest, Romania based illustrator cum graphic designer Andrei Robu. Robu is a self-confessed “multidisciplinary designer, (ex tattoo artist, don’t call me for that anymore), a(nd) street artist from time to time…”, whose incredible art ranges from sublime contemporary work to politically charged pieces. His lengthy corporate CV includes [...]

  
  



• Mr Scruff @ the QMU, this Sat

  October 19, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Need a pick-me-up? Just don’t want to come down? No bother, because Britain’s most funky tea-drinker (and also acclaimed producer and DJ legend) Mr Scruff is in town this weekend! The certified partycore DJ will be rocking a house of full of bevvied students and hipsters at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow’s west [...]

  
  



• New Book of Radiohead Art

  October 18, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  Stanley Donwood has released a new book called “Dead Children Playing“, which chronicles his iconic artwork with the band Radiohead. Donwood has created the sleeve artwork for the band since their album “The Bends” in 1995, including the new pay-what-you-like “In Rainbows”. The book features all of Donwood and his enigmatic partner Dr Tchock’s paintings [...]

  
  



• The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival

  October 17, 2007 · Words: Andy Sharp · 0 Comments
  

  This unique event brings together a wide range of films from outdoor adventure enthusiasts and film makers along with a range of speakers to give presentations on their experiences and views on many topics surrounding the world of outdoor adventure. Growing further in popularity every year this year’s line up includes a packed program of [...]

  
  



• Jeremiah Ketner presents: Source Material

  October 17, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Artwork from Source Material, by Nick Deakin
  Jeremiah Ketner says: “I am very excited to introduce a group show that I curated at Gardenfresh Gallery in Chicago, Opening Friday October 19th. There is a fantastic lineup of artist from all over the country and the UK, pumping out some of the finest works to covet [...]

  
  

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