- December 15, 2004
- Posted by Marc
Favorites Things of 2004 - Part 3
Today’s “Favorites of 2004”
come to you from Darius Jones in New York (recently back from London),
Mysterious Al (in London), Dom from Stickernation in Amsterdam, Chad from Kid
Robot it New York, JAKe in London, and Kid Acne, also in London.
Favorite Event of 2004:
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Darius Jones (Artist): “Encierro” The Running of the
Bulls,
. Although centuries old, it was a
new experience to me in 2004.
Mysterious
Al (artist): My god, it was without doubt the ‘Hollywood The Remix’ show,
along with my entire trip to NYC this summer. Finally getting to meet some
really cool artists for the first time (Magmo, Jet + Rubble) as well as catching
up with friends (TLP, Galo, Skewville etc.) Plus staying in
heights! No doors! It
was dope.
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href="http://www.stickernation.net/">Dom (Stickernation): An unofficial
opening of the new Beat13 Gallery
space in
followed by Roots Manuva & MC Pitman
next door with lots of cheap vodka. Followed by the Worst Hangover of 2004 the
next day!!
Chad
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DUNNY SHOW, and lastly Dooley-0 and Stezo reuniting on stage for the first time
in over 15 years at an FriendsOfSound event.
Kid Acne (artist/dj): The night when i done an exhibition
with She One, Picasso, Quentin Blake and Rembrant in Sheffield; meeting Quentin
Blake, drinking the free wine and then a barrel of Pale Rider beer round Will-
da-beast’s house for his birthday and going to ‘Lights Down Low’ above the Ice
Rink before passing out round Lisa’s.
JAKe (artist): Being in
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with my girlfriend.Favorite Artist of 2004:
Darius: Charlie Parker, always.
Mysterious Al: Damn, this question comes around all the time. There
has to be a joint first place of
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href="http://www.mrjago.com/">Mr Jago. Still un-defeated champions in my
book.
Dom: It has
to be F*ck Your
Crew. Just the quantity, quality & sheer variety of work being put out by
them is inspiring. Follow the link for some of the action.
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: devilrobots, bringing heat
always.
Kid Acne: Infinite Livez
Jake: ZEEL
Favorite
New Artist of 2004 (an artist who you did not know of last
year):
Darius: Gordon Matta Clarke (*** note from
- Gordon
Matta Clarke is fuckin’ amazing!)
Mysterious Al: Neck
Face. I’m sorry. I just love his shit.
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Dom: I got to know the
work and person that is Ezba. Totally
rocking it in
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Kid Acne: Mods, VOL Crew from
Jake: Ryohei
Yanagihara. He’s not new but I’ve only just discovered him.
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Favorite
Single Piece of Art in 2004:
Darius: Pixel Phil’s
version of the
Mysterious Al: It has to be this piece I saw for sale on the street near the
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Dom: I can’t put it
down to one piece… Anything seen in the streets of
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: Favorite Single Piece of “performance”
Art in 2004: w as “the president” again
Kid Acne: The T-Rex
piece he did with the bricks flying out of it opposite The Highway pub down
Pitsmoor.
Jake: Pinky’s “Mexican” piece. Seeing him rock
the full wall under pressure in 40 minutes without breaking a
sweat.
Favorite New Product of
2004:
Darius: Kinder Bueno hazelnut chocolates.
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Mysterious Al:
Ummm, is gmail a product? I love it! I can fit a gazillion e-mails, with vicious
spam filters, and have all my messages grouped by conversation! It’s dope!
(Thanks for hooking me up, Marc!)
Dom: My tougher than
leather 12” iBook which goes with me everywhere. It’s so tiny & I can’t live
without her!
Chad
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: banquette chair (made from recycled stuffed animals) by the campana
bros of
Kid Acne:
Barbour Double Twist
Jake: “Enough Apes Already” vinyl figure ( i’m
biased)
Favorite CD/Song
of 2004:
Darius: “Right Thur”-Chingy.
Mysterious Al: Anything by MF DOOM. 2004 was really his year with five full
albums released His latest, Mm Food is good, but my favorite was Viktor Vaughn.
Shit is out there.
Dom: After much searching I
finally got my hands on a copy of Way Back Home by the The Jazz Crusaders. Best song of 2004 and all
time!!
Kid Acne: MF Doom - ‘Hoe Cakes’
Jake: “Hey Ya” by
Outkast
Favorite “Moment” (memory) of 2004:
Darius: Riding the Eurostar beneath the Straight of
Mysterious Al:
Our Finders Keepers show in
Dom: Setting up
tak!TAK! as a proper company and moving into tak!TAK! Towers in
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Kid Acne: Sniffing poppers dancing to Death Ragga in an indoor car-park full
of dry ice with nothing but the strobe light on.
Jake: Never you
mind.
Favorite Toy of 2004:
Darius: Most toys I like.
Mysterious Al:
Airgoose. Sorry. Had to say it (He got me last year).
Dom: I got bought this for my birthday which totally blew me away! Check
Chewbacca’s hands out… total wookie thuggery!
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: frank kozik labbits! visionaire issue
44!
Kid Acne: Double Intruder
Jake: The one with the shitty handstyle that keeps tagging my door, ho, ho.
Favorite Website of
2004:
Darius: The
Mysterious Al: Audioscrobbler is
great. It logs everything you listen to in itunes and shows you other users who
have simillar musical tastes. You end up getting into some seriously cool bands
that you’d never otherwise hear of. Really cool.
Dom: Ach - I
see the web all day and browse a zillion websites. I always use the BBC website
just to keep my ear to the ground on a lot of things. (I think I said BBC last
year… ooops!)
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Kid Acne: Ass Tracker
Jake: http://www.turntablelab.com/ or http://www.rthq.com/
What do you most want for Christmas?
Darius: Peace of mind and a flat to myself and a paycheck.
Mysterious Al: I have everything I could ever need. If someone offered me a
pair of 30” Apple HD displays, I’d be very happy, though! 
Dom: Endless turkey sandwiches. Yum.
Chad
Kid Acne: A pigeon
stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a chicken, stuffed inside a goose, well
cooked with roast veg.
Jake: To catch up with
people I don’t see all year.
What is your
New Year’s wish?
Darius: That tomorrow
will always be better than today.
Mysterious Al: To keep
on producing successful work, to travel more and make new friends, to paint
more, to grow a beard.
Dom: That we keep
meeting nice people who like to share their art with everybody and keeps our
journeys interesting and the streets vibrant. This simple pleasure makes up for
all the shit in the world.
Chad
Kid Acne: To avoid as
many dick heads as possible next year.
Jake: Health and
happiness for you and yours, and me and mine.
How
will you be spending the Holidays this year? /What will you be doing on New
Years Eve?
Darius: With my Grandma in
Mysterious Al: I’m traveling to
Dom: Back home with my giant sized family and then off to
Chad
Kid Acne: Having lock-in’s in The Unicorn with
my friends from school, getting drunk and DJing at a party in an old recording
studio down the red light district in
Jake: For the holidays,
getting inebriated in