King's disciples

Michael Jackson ft Justin Timberlake and Clipse - Billie Jean (studiogypsy remix)

This is my musical response to the remixes that latch onto the 25th anniversary re-release of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', the biggest selling album of all time. Kanye West's version of 'Billie Jean' and will.i.am's remix of 'The girl is mine' are passable efforts mostly because the respective producers are wise enough to get out of the way of the musical juggernaut of the 80s. When the producers decide to try to recreate the Santana new-school-meets-old-school vibe in 'Wanna be startin' something' (Akon) and 'Beat it' (Fergie via will.i.am) the results are what you expect: even 25 years on Jackson's electric vocals remind you why he was the king, and why Akon and Fergie will be remembered only as mere bumfarts from the colon of commercial pop.

lotus + dragonflies

three of my favourite things are moons, lotuses and dragonflies. i drew the original sketch for this three years ago, but it took last christmas for me to cut it out of purple vinyl and stick it on my sliding door.

leaves

i drew the first of these leaves five years ago. i love fluid lines.

Music dump: vomit 2, opus 2

Some music for your ears - download via zshare (which does have some annoying pop-ups and ads now...poo)

Dave and Wim - Chega de Saudade (a lovely Tom Jobim bossa nova)

Jackson Five feat Boyz II Men, Ne-yo, Syleena Johnson and Kanye West - I want you back (So sick) - a Studiogypsy remix by Dave.

Credit to Yotam Hatzvi on youtube who has another track which uses the Kanye sample over the Neyo beat, which I "appropriated".

Enjoy!

Dave's dangly bits: vomit 1, opus 1

Made for J, Sept 04 07