Unknown Celeb of the week - Daniel Johnston

Daniel diagnosed with bipolar disorder has led a very varied and interesting life, a normal average day does not
seem to exist for this man, some say a genius others a fool.His first recordings where done using a faithful tape
recorder,but little did Daniel know he could tape the original and create many copies of the original, so instead each album he
created might have featured the same songs as another album of the same name but each song was different in small ways.
Daniel being a huge comic book fan uses alot of the old American comic book heroes in his themes,which to me is quit appealing
being another comic fan.This man has played with the great from Sonic Youth to Jad Fair,and has been sited as an influence
by many of the greats like David bowie,Kurt Cobain,Eddy Vedder,Henry Rollins and the list goes on.

For me I had heard of Daniel before his film "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" ,but that film really exposed me to him
and I found a love for the classic "walking the cow" which even my little brother knows word for word, Some very catchy
songs mixed in with common and interesting themes and hidden harmony,He has some hits but Personally I Believe he also has many a miss,
His concerts seems to be a mix, Each different and the audience not knowing what to expect from each show.

His life seems very interesting and how he goes about his music, "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" is a very interesting watch but for me
could be very depressing at times. Check out the video of "Walking the cow" from his show in Dublin Down Below and check out his film.

Unknown Celeb Of the week - GG Allin

The man,the myth,the legend- I think people like to remember the Myth Of GG Allin when they think of his activites,when really he was a scumbag as he used to say himself in his vile,shock and horror lyrics.Shouting into the mic drunk and high he was more a symbol than a musician.Many looked to him thinking he "never sold out to the corporate man" which is true but really it was because he couldnt sell out.
A man of such high ethics who used to beat his fans,Shit and piss on them, What a legend. Standing at the front of a GG Allin show meant usually going home black and blue, For years I knew this and there where of course the legends of his final hours which where caught on tape,in which in shits and pisses himself,beats up the fans and also beats himself,standing naked with what many believe is the smallest recorded penis worldwide (maybe this caused some of that rage.)oh what dignity he had in those final hours, when the owner of the venue GG Allin is playing comes to shut this shitfest down, GG throws his bag at him and kicks out a window and smashes the place up, I'm taking it GG didnt do many shows by this carry on!
So onward and upward as GG takes to the streets covered in shit,blood and piss, with about fifty angry GG fans who want to hear more, throwing bottles and breaking windows ie rebelling.A taxi is pulled over as a Shit,blood and piss covered GG is piled in, with all the fuse of the half assed riot on the street and a man covered in crap, the taxi driver removes GG and his inner circle of morons.GG as he continues down the road seems to grow clothes as he goes,he ends up with a jacket and a half ripper boxer shorts covering his shame.
Later that night GG was found dead in his hotel room, he died of an overdose, being honest if I just had the day he had I might have done the same,but being honest I think I would have not taken a thing as having those final hours as my last hours on earth would be too much of a joke and a disgrace.
GG Allen we hail you !

Watch below the final show and riot of GG Allen.

Joy Division

At last Control is coming to a cinema near you, the film about Joy Division and Ian Curtis was long in the making and in my opinion well a well deserved topic.The Trailer looks very majestic,rich with volume and texture being shot in Black and white really seems to bring it out.I hope the full story is shown and not a one sided view as the director is meant to have been a friend of Ian Curtis,Either was many will go see it and live in the myth created for us on screen.I hope to see this at some point but doubt I will see a sign of it in Limerick anytime soon.
Take a look at the trailer -

Apple will improve your life

Through out my life I have never had a love of the brands, wearing a runners with a Nike Swoosh and paying some extra bucks for the swoosh never got me, very little of what I own have any brand showing or are produced by any well know brand, except one - Apple.

Apple are strange, they make me hate myself for actually respecting and liking the company!

what a great company ! About a year and a half ago I bought a second hand G4 iBook as I have an extra set of paw's who keeps pawing my HP Laptop.That was all well and good until getting some use off the Mac, that's where it all went apple shaped .

The iBook, although about two to three years older than my HP could run programs faster, smoother and without crashing, it took a short while to get used to using the Mac , but after that the only problem was who was going to use it, My Brother is young and could never get around the window's operating system and the endless faults ,crashing and crashing, (I'm crying) so he Begain to use the Mac alot which was the reason I had bought it , but then I also wanted to use the Mac, so began the war for the "good one". It amazing but so far I have not come across any problems on the Mac other than the screen is very small compared to my 17 " wide screen HP.The Software works and does what it is meant to do with ease and its all done with such style and finesse like a ballerina, its funny but sometimes I step back and think "this is the way it should actually be" , it makes sence and works. Since having the iBook, i have had my brand new HP taken away twice and right now it is acting up like a bold child who will get a broken screen, at this point i think some of the damage with the HP has be done by my endless, clicking and banging, sounds mad but my laptop helped me discover my temper and also give me a huge lack of patience.I am afraid if I ever had to work around another HP would I actually destroy it by my Raging Karma alone.Going around to other peoples homes and seeing the windows problems brings a smile to my face as it reminds me of the Mac and how it has actually improved my life.But the Mac has it's drawn backs which are a huge lack of games, but the best does come to Mac (eventually!) and there's plenty of shareware games going .In general I haven't had any bad experience with Apple , except for awhile having a dislike of iTunes and their store,Until I discovered about getting free audio books, music and pod casts.The mac seems more expensive than most other computers but you are paying so you don't have to pay in the future whether that be paying for repairs or for anger management.also do not forget the Mac also comes with the some of the greatest software going,which you will actually use and enjoy.If you are planing to buy a new computer any time soon please check out the apple site and do some research and save yourself the hassle with windows and the other devils.

Alot of the mac users go to far treating the mac as something to be elitist about which it isn't, as anyone can buy and use a mac.The mac does have a certain style to it which other computers lack in software and hardware, and alot of style fan's would go for alone, being honest I don't like the style of the hardware too much, but the software makes it an easy and pleasurable experience.Windows Vista has taken many many ideas from the Mac OS and why not? , sure its ripping off in away but it works and anything that helps the current windows users is a good thing but if you want the best go Mac!

The eight secrets that make Apple No 1 - http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=398&blogid=2

Louie Theroux

Louie Theroux, A Genius, with his intresting and unique view on situation and his subjects,he asks the unaskable and becomes apart of the subject to the point of many of the subjects later believing Louie to be their friend or relative, The endless great quotes and warm friendly humour makes his shows a pleasure to watch and its not like he is digging for dirt on his subjects but he actually seems to be showing them as they are and i don't know how, its like he is part of the actually subjects friends or family interacting with them in a day to day way, i think this is a huge part of the entertainment his show presents, lets get down to the jelly babies- http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Louie+Theroux here's a few hours of a very enjoyable show with Louie Theroux being friend and relative ! yet again another win for Google Video !

Papercraft \0/

Heyi Kid ! I finally after alot of dicking about got my printer , I went for a Canon, ip1800 which was quite cheap at about fifty five yo-yo's , I got mine in Dunne's and the boldness and convenience cost me an extra four to the pocket, but Argus has alot of good printers going cheap , But what ever you do beware, ink cartridges are the true evil, its the cartridges the company updates and not the printer's so in a few month's getting ink will be harder than finding My Bloody Valentine's first few recording's on vinyl.A great tool for checking out the Canon Printer's is http://www.yourprint.canon-europe.com/ which actually sends you a free print from the selected printer.So far I have been printing many a papercraft , here's a few great sites to add to the list - http://www.toypaper.co.uk/ and also http://3eyedbear.com/

Papercraft

PaperCraft - It's something I have had an intrest in for quite abit as I always liked model's and the related stick, But this was something better, It was free and anyone could make a model, all that was required was paper and someone nice enough to print the page for you.

Having been making card Building's for other Games for years, this was the natural progression.

I think in PaperCraft it is becoming an art style in its' self, some of the amazing model's made from paper and glue would shock you.

My favourite's would have to be the amazing working Record player as a huge record fan I gotta makes me one of these ! http://www.simonelvins.com/paper_record.html

Hard to believe it actually produces any sound but check out the word's and understand the science.

Second up for me would have to be another love of mine turned paper - The paper camera http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/l_dirkon_02.html which also work's, theres quite a few of these camera's floating about and some of the designs are outstanding, still no Lomo though !

If your like me (that mean's not good at PaperCraft!) and want to begin on something fun, simple and stylish what better place to start only on Ben's SpeakerDog's !

These guys are simple, fun and also some really nice idea's in there too, check it out - http://www.bentheillustrator.com/speakerdog.html , Currently I am creating a SpeakerDog of my own, using one of the blank Template's, Hopefully showing a collage of Limericks Building's and site's, mixed up till they are not even acknowledged as buildings! But he also excepts submission's for the series's, so get making !!

Hopefully I have show a few good papercraft's and given the urge to go ,create, there's PaperCraft of everything you could possible image so keep searching.