Archives: June 2008

• Writer Daze Gets Free

  June 27, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Glaswegian draughtsman and now ex-graffiti writer Gary Shields (better known as the guy who spray-painted “Daze” on trains and got jailed for it) had his jail sentence quashed today!
  Shields’ 28-month sentence- for causing “£270,000″ worth of damage through his painting-spree- sparked debate here and abroad for being “over harsh”, and subsequent press attention no doubt [...]

  
  



• Lone: Notts Beatmaker on New LP

  June 23, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Depending on where you’re at, Lemuria can either be a hypothetical “lost world” once situated between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, a fictional location from the Marvel Universe, or a Cybertronian ship from Transformers.
  With his new album “Lemurian”, Nottingham hip-hop producer Lone is clearly pulling inspiration from abstract places, and its dirty-tropical off-beat instrumental pieces [...]

  
  



• Firefox 3 Goes Live, Breaks Record- Worth the Hype?

  June 20, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  Yesterday I was one of eight million people who downloaded Mozilla Firefox 3, a software release so hyped up you’d think that Steve Jobs had whipped it out of his pants.
  The open-source rival to Microsoft’s loathed Internet Explorer holds runner-up spot in the browser wars, commanding roughly 18.4% of internet users round the world, compared [...]

  
  



• Parklife: Sunday at West End Festival

  June 17, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Glaswegians lounge in the sun at Kelvingrove Park on Sunday after Mardis Gras, part of the West End Festival. Photo: Ron Reid.
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  West End Festival

  
  



• Culture Waves: Michael Fordham’s Book of Surfing

  June 16, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  INSIDE “THE BOOK OF SURFING” BY MICHAEL FORDHAM. BANTAM PRESS, ISBN: 0593060733.
  It was the discovery of vintage surf mags stashed amongst copies of Playboy that drove a teenage Michael Fordham to his obsession with stalking the sea on a board, in quest of the perfect wave.
  Twenty years on, his The Book of Surfing- out today [...]

  
  



• Milk Matters: Design Comp, £1000 Prize

  June 11, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Mmm, milk! With the exception of the lactose-intolerant, who doesn’t love the white stuff? Well the folks over at Cravendale are inviting the contemporary design vanguard to submit their visions of the humble milk bottle, but for future generations; and have offered a first prize of £1000 to the designer who is selected by their [...]

  
  



• LuckyUs: Glasgow Crew SMASH XLR8R Podcast

  June 4, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Audio: Hudson Mohawke: “Trade Off”, from the Temple Of Breaks Compilation.
  If you’ve been reading Earz Mag for a minute you’ll know we have a fondness for LuckyMe, the Glasgow-based band of avant-garde beatmakers, designers and such. Well they’ve just completely obliterated the podcast over at XLR8R with a tasty selection of mostly in-house tracks, remixes [...]

  
  



• Art: Ashley Brossart

  June 3, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Ashley Brossart is a 21 year old artist from Lousiville in Kentucky.
  Through applying paint onto canvas I create an abundance of information through color, texture and form; reflecting the information overload experienced while standing in the middle of a crowd of people or being engulfed in good conversation. I then sift through and select areas [...]