I gave an interview to a nice chap called Sean for this new local podcast a couple of weeks ago. They play Videosyncratic and 12x12, and I talk about my music (it’s the first time I’ve done that in a while!). Give it a listen, and if you’re local to Oxford/Swindon/Faringdon spread the word - they’re nice guys just starting out and it could become... - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
Independent publishing poses a trade-off: in exchange for editorial integrity and full control of the creative process, I lack the entrenched support network or promotional budgets of traditional houses. For the past two years, my readers have been all the marketing department that I have. If you like what you read, I humbly encourage you to tell... - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
No matter how much you shout “Challenge me!” at your stereo, it’s not going to oblige if you keep putting Coldplay CDs in it. - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
The best cure for bad internet is making your own thing that is not a response to another thing but building your own whatever. - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
doublesunscreen: Fresh out of our studio, here’s the result of collaboration #1, with Adam Gnade: Americana cyclops & gold lotus flowers on indigo supersoft tees, and Adam’s latest novella ‘California’ screen printed from start to finish, with wooden, gold leafed, hand-bound, hand-numbered covers. Thanks to all of you who bought them, we’re really... - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
We need to have everyone feel the vulnerability that public criticism creates, and to get better at talking about the things that other people make. We need to learn how to create in public and critique socially. Both thicker skin and more eloquent, considerate, and helpful tongues are necessary when finding the tact to evaluate the work in a... - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
Woke up early this morning and read this again. It’s brilliant. If you haven’t read it, go and get it from the Dark Mountain Project website. - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...
Fuck ‘significance’ if it always has to mean impactful on a large scale. Give me 50 people whose lives are changed over 500 whose time is filled, any day. - http://tumblr.ihatemornings.com/post...