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Name: David
Country: United Kingdom
Metro: London
Gender: Male
Interests: Noire films. Novels. Skateboarding. Travel. Das Politiks. Abstract illustration art.Coffee style conversations. Existentialist. HC punk.Abstract Hip Hop.Blood-clot Drum & Bass rewinds.Grime.Indie. Dubstep.Freestyle photography Home Dj'ing in my room. Exitmusik.com. Anarchitecture. Cleaning Toilets. ODP
Expertise: illegal Broadcast & Rioting
Occupation: Prose works
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Member Since:
9/6/2003
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| Que Passe ¿All good in Barceleno! I have been here for a few days now and just been enjoying the sun & all teh late night parties whilst soaking the beautiful historial cultural sites of this city. I have not had much sleep and been surving on expresso in the local cafes just off La Rambla. There are bare skate spots everywhere and again like HONG KONG I am wishing I brought my board!!! damm!! Anyway this is probably one of the nicest festivals I have been thus far. www.sonar.es Still have a few days! | | |
| Weekends in London has lately been about recovering from the hard work which I love doing but is just a lot going on my hands at the moment. Fridays tend to be with some work mates winding down where I would sometimes end up at some Jungle/dNb/dub-2-step/grime nite for its normal Friday sessions. Last friday night I just relaxed and waited till midnight to Skpe with Amus. My saturday was spend sleeping and doing some house duties where i ended up sessioning some old 12"s of mine. I managed to go to new cross for an estate party. Yeah, not house party, nor bloc party, or squat rave party. This was an estate of about 14 buildings where they had 2 sound systems where all the locals were raving it up to dubstep/jungle/breaks etc. yeah this was a co-operation collection where liked minded people would live in the same area. Very interesting set up and one that was the first i have seen in the UK. Very interestin and not depressing like other estates as there were nice gardens around it done by the locals. Very Hippy anarcho student vibe if you can imange. Sunday was spend skateboarding around London bridge for a really chill session on my board. Really enjoyed it where I ended up at a BBQ at my mates place down the road. a brief summary of my weekend. However I am feeling a little empty as Amus is not here. Really wished she was here! for now I will deal with Skpe!! ha ha ha ha.
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My trip to the old Cathay.
I bought my ticket in London Prior to my departure to HK. I wished I kept a day to day diary of what I had done as I felt I did so much within 10 days. I blame my laziness for that nevertheless.
For most of the 10 days I spent with Amus, going to places around N.T, exploring little villages, a mini trip to Macau, eating at (in)famous spots of HK, taking long walks around HK, Kowloon.
  
My stay for the 10 days was along Robinson Rd around midlevels. An area very close to central where the hub of HK's crazy financial 3 tier system seems to work in such a small space. On every main street, one would find little cornors of alley ways serving some of the nicest food and drinks in scenes which have not changed for at least 20 years. I was very glad to have met up with Darren (Dubwise) to do a set near the Lan kwai area. Heavy Dubstep to Jump Up dnb !!! it did make me very energetic! It was strange just hanging out with him around HK as it felt like BHC days but in a very unfamilar terriorty. HK's success is due to the many Scottish mercants known as Tai Pans gave way to one of Asia's major financial hub. Till to this day there is an air of of this legacy that remains when walks around the many selected street names of old Scottish family names. HK's heart beats to commercialism in ways that the local chinese seem to share something very similar with their Scottish counter parts. Hard work & prudence.
There was this G.O.D muesem/shop near Kowloon Tong which presented a little history of the nostaglic side of HK. For some reason it reminded me a little of growing up in S'pore, though not quite it!
Overall I feel HK is such an unsual fastinating place of a cocktail of East meets west. If anything I feel there is still a lot more to discover of the new Cathay!
  
The 2nd photo is this series, I wanted to skate. Next time I will bring my board along and quickly session this before I get kicked out by some security guard. This Building is owned by Swire group. I wonder what it would be liked to work for them? Till then, till my next HK trip!
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| Madlipif are Londoning it tomorrow. Madlip is playing tomorrow at Fabric!! yeah should be amazing! I was just listening to some Madvillain tunes just today! Anyway I am dying for a skate! some good skatespots I have seen which has inspired me! I have finally skated my local Victoria park spot. its alright for a local spot, but i would not travel half way around London for that. as for the new spots , there will be another time ! Its now about midnight and i can't sleep. Midnight walk??
http://divisioneast.com/videos/shortandsweet.mov
Nice a little skate video I found. I guess I am liking this cause it has a Flying Lotus sound track!! nice!
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