Taking a break

from blogging.

Getting way too busy in life and nobody likes to read a blog that is never updated.

I'm reading more books, talking to more people and living life a little. Then I will return.

Ciao for now.



Thanks to SCOOTER LAFORGE for the photography.

I <3 the Barras

No sarcastic tone here. Its raw, real and you won't see any yuppies.



Photos on flickr...

Glasgow has such an amazing history...I can't quite believe this is Sauchiehall Street in the 1950s...not a drunken student in sight!



There is a great Channel 4 documentary on 80s band Scheme from Easterhouse...its worth checking out. Pre-tracksuits hitting the streets.



x

Those were the days...

A classic look, pre-surgery, hip-hop producers and struggling for credibility. There’s a greatest hits out end of 09…hope it’s a career spanning one. None of this hard candy pish!



Looking forward to the Marcus Leatherdale edition of ONE Magazine out next week. Marcus was an iconic photographer from the late 70s downtown art scene of NY and took his excellent shot of M in 1983…




Styled by Marcus…pose by Marcus…vision by Marcus – Obv. Before she developed her own.


www.IamONE.co.uk
www.marcusleatherdale.com

Family Album

My mother showing the bride up in a white suit.



Love you mum xox

New Tattoo

End of Exams...

Graduation in a matter of months....

Its Summer...

Can only mean one thing - I want a new tattoo. I'm thinking a skull-tat to go with my newly shaved head.




Thoughts...

(Photo courtesy of our fave lookbook friend: causemepainagynessdeyn.blogspot.com)

Americas Next Top TrannyI

I hate Tv. Despite over 500 billion channels on offer, the quality standard has dropped below belief (Personally I only have a freeview box)...I gotta say BBC 4 is phenomenal. They had a jazz season the past few months and it was probably the best music show I've seen in at least 5 years.

Anyway...the reason I'm writing this is to say I usually go online to watch shows I like. ANTM is one I tend to entertain myself with. The other day...trying to avoid studying...I gave myself a not deserved break and watch ANTM. The phone rang half way though and I had to pause it. When I returned, this is the scene that greeted me.



I literally laughed out loud...Tyra at her best.

xox

Love SHINE on NyLon!

Love Shine in Nylon Magazine. I <3 these guys, to East Village Gold:

Love Shine Boutique
East 6th St near Ave A

www.loveshinenyc.com

Paul Smith

I've always been ambivalent to the Paul Smith fan club. I kinna felt his clothes to be too childlike to be believable, but the fashion tides have turned and you know what, I am desperate for a Paul Smith Classic Suit.







This summer he will be seriously influential in the UK city streets.



<3

Maripol

Maripol, the creative director of Fiorucci and Madonna's ripped wedding dress, rubber bangle look in the mid-80s...is a ledgend.



She is also a polaroid photographer...and my obsession with Polaroid is never ending. So much though, that skint and penniless living in NYC I managed to talk round the manager of Anna Sui in Soho to get her Maripolarama book half price!



I must've bought the book about a year ago now, but it gives me endless pleasure. It has been my bed side companion ever since...thank you for the inspiration.













www.maripolitan.com

xox

When you grace me with your cold shoulder...

It's all about the shoulder, and it has been for months.

I love it.













xox

Le procès bleu

I want it.

Deconstruction

Finally got around to taking photos of some of my paintings and drawings.

Go to my FLICKR if you wanna see them.

The quality of the pics are a bit shoddy but you get the drift.

Gemma got a negative scanner for her birthday and did these pics. I think they turned out really well...thnx Gemgems.

Brownie Box negative 5

Brownie Box negative 5
Originally uploaded by J-Daniel

These were from 120 film left in a Brownie Box camera I picked up at a stall in Grassmarket, Edinburgh, last summer. I just developed it.

I love the surprise of film generally, but these were a full surprise as I was not the photographer. I love the idea of seeing into someones world through the lens. A couple came out quite well.

Jump In Magazine

Jump In Magazine recently asked me to contribute to their new blog. I'm crazy busy at the mo...so its short, and sweet!

x

Lissy's Boy

I bloody love Lissy Trullie right now.



She's La Roux's American Twin with Chrissie Hynde's voice & attitude.

mwah

Vivienne Westwood and the saga with Peaches Geldoff

Now I know I'm among good company when I say, Peaches Geldoff can be such a twat!

Now honey I know it ain't your fault. I'm sending you good vibes, but please can you stop trying so hard to be cool and actually respect yourself.

This leads me to express my undying love for Viv. You HAVE to watch this video. She hits the nail on the head.

Peaches: "What message would you give to NYLON readers?"
Vivienne: "Read Books!"



Hahaha, I LOVE YOU!!!!

x

(I still love magazines. Thats not the point!)

Better with Age...

Not Whiskey...

Dazed and Confused. You keep getting better and better.



x

Love Afair with the Magazine

"My madam tears the magazine,
She doesn’t know the value of it,
It’s useless to her,
But the magazine contains vast knowledge."

- Pushkar Bisht





I love magazines. There can be no lie. I have bookshelves filled with them: I-D / Pop / GQ Style / BUTT / The Face / Nylon / Misbehave / Lula / Plastique / Wonderland / New York Style / Focus / Anthem / Vogue / L'Officiel Hommes / Dazed and Confused....the list goes on (and they are a bitch to move so it is proof of my love).

Some newly aquired titles include Mixte March edition and Encens Raf Simons special, purchased in Colette (see previous blog and Flickr entries) last month.



However, these have not stolen my heart yet. However, two new titles are well on their way to doing so, I present the new titles in my life...

Dot Dot Dot



"Since its conception in 2000 DDD has immatured into a jocuserious fanzine-journal-orphanage based on true stories deeply concerned with art-design-music-language-literature-architecture and uptight optipessimistic stoppy/revelatory ghostwriting by friendly spirits mapping b-sides and out-takes pushing for a resolution in bleak midwinter through late summer with local and general aesthetics wound on an ever tightening coil." - DDD, 2009

Adbusters



http://www.adbusters.org/

Le Journal, Je t'adore!

x

Lookbook Paris

Posted some new pics on Lookbook from my travels.




http://lookbook.nu/look/89948-Train-to-Paris





http://lookbook.nu/look/92928-He-Said-the-Air-was-Better-in-Paris

Studio Shoot

Studio Shoot 1
Originally uploaded by J-Daniel

I just posted a bunch of outakes from the shoot with Gemma Burke. Can I just say Gemma, you fucking rock. We just did a shoot on Wednesday out in the snow...which within 2 hours turned into blazing sun. Glasgow was treating us well, as the final shots turned out amazingly. I'll be posting these soon.

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P.s. Currently loving: HEARTS REVOLUTION - C.Y.O.A