Little White Lies Magazine

My brother showed me this ace bi-monthly film magazine called Little White Lies: Truth & Movies, which reviews recent films and industry news, but in a unique way. It's laid out in chapters and the graphic design is amazing, feels more like a book than a mag. It contains covers and pages of film prints that are brilliantly and originally drawn. Their aim is to 'reshape the way films are debated'.

A yearly subscription is £20 for 6 issues, or £4 for an individual issue. They also sell their cover artwork as prints on their website.

Richard Swarbrick's Animation

I really like the style of animation this guy does. He's got two videos up on Youtube, one being of Gareth Bale's amazing solo effort against Inter Milan and the other is from the first El Clasico this season where Barcelona beat Real Madrid 5-0. Nice music as well. This must have taken him ages...

HBO order a third and fourth season of The Ricky Gervais Show

The animated show that brings to life the orginal podcasts/audiobooks of Karl, Ricky and Steve will have a third and fourth season. The good news is that, according to Ricky, the fourth season will consist almost entirely of previously unheard discussions and interviews. Including an 'army podcast' that was never released...

The Playground

The Playground is an online media site, or webzine, that covers the latest events and news from the world of music, fashion, art, and film. Though not the typical maintstream content you'll find everywhere else, so no reviews of The Fast and the Furious 5 unfortunately. Here are a couple of short pieces I contributed to the music section.

A review of Dorian Concept's EP 'Her Tears Taste Like Pears'

CSLSX: A short 'have you heard?' piece on the collective group based in Philadelphia,

Blackbird Blackbird: Another short 'have you heard?' piece promoting new artist Blackbird Blackbird aka. Mikey Sanders, who has used sites like soundcloud and hype machine to create an impressive following.

Check out The Playground if you get a chance as (my amateurish writing aside) there's a lot of good, interesting articles on there.

IdeasTap

IdeasTap is a creative networking website that allows you to create a profile and upload portfolios of your work. A wide range of people use the site to upload their work, varying from writers, artists, graphic designers, photographers, advertising creatives, and many, many other disciplines.

IdeasTap also lists the latest jobs in these creative industries and offers users the chance to participate in set briefs such as this one, with incentives including cash prizes, funding, and of course recognition. The website also has the latest events around the country on offer, such as exhibitons, performances or workshops.

Definitely worth getting involved with.

Cool T-shirt Designs.

Check out these brilliant t-shirts my friend Joe Stone has designed. You can buy 'Sad Balloon' from http://joecity.spreadshirt.co.uk/  and vote for 'My Heart's In The Right Place' at threadless.com.

Karl's been to Alaska

I saw on  Ricky's blog that Karl has just come back from his first trip on the second series of An Idiot Abroad, Alaska being the destination. Here's what Ricky has said on the subject:

"Karl got back from Alaska today. It was the first trip of An Idiot Abroad 2 : The Bucket List. He's not happy. It's not what he expected at all. Still too late now. He signed the contract and cashed the cheque. What a fucking twonk. Why did he trust us again? I have the angriest message saved on my phone. Really. He's so angry, and sick and tired that... it's hilarious."
  
Sounds like Ricky and Steve have stitched up Karl, in spite of Karl getting to choose the destinations in this series. I can't wait for this.

p.s. the audio clip of Karl's phone call rant to Ricky is also now up on Ricky's blog. He does not sound happy.