I'm in Japan!

As it says on the tin I'm in Japan, three months of travelling through remote across the four main islands in search of lost villages and towns.  Places where aging and depopulation has left small communities to slowly fade away.

I'm posting images on my site so if interested head over to www.samseager.co.uk and check out the 'Japan Section'

Sam
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Visions Of Trees

I'm currently watching the totally bonkers Snakes On A Plane and editing pictures of Visions Of Trees, check out their awesome tunes HERE.

We had an amazing day last Saturday enjoying the spring sun on Wimbledon Common, face paints, fireworks and a bottle of Hot Damn : )

Rock & Rollin with Semi Precious Weapons

Damn these guys were fun on Friday night, the venue felt half empty until they sucked everyone towards the stage and unleashed some serious rock & roll moves.  Great times!

Friday Fun...

Praise be it's Friday, my brain has bascially melted and I'm er going to watch Lady Gaga. 

Here's a shot that's in this months Fly mag of Ellie Goulding's last day in the studio.  the producer mentioned that this was an upgrade, most of the record was made in his mum's house and it smelled of cat pee. cat pee!

and here's a random office, very box fresh...

and here's a shot from opening night of the gaga tour in Manchester, it was nuts!

Oh! Inverted World March 18th - Viva La Club Maraca!!!!!

Hot off the press is the latest flyer I've laid up for Oh Inverted World, and the last one before I head to Japan for three months on 23rd March.  Like OMFG!  It's a bit mexican day of the dead and based on scan from an old Graphis (think from about 1966).  Seriously Old Graphis annuals are the most amazing cultural time warps, if anyone has any they want to sell let me know.  The few I have were being chucked at work and I rescued them from the tip.

OIW 18th March will be a massive party, there's sets from Slow Moving Millie, Ivan Ink Pen's first full band set and a mystery awesome headline act. wowzers.

The Maccabees _ NME Show / Brixton Academy

Amazing venue, amazing band but the lights were soooooo low! I'm not talking atmosphere low, it was darkness! 

 

Old Contax _ Michael Jackson Shrine

I spent yesterday evening doing my normal Sunday thang, scanning in photos and watching a film (A Prophet - visceral, intense and strangely beautiful).

Had totally forgotten about these, some late night photos of an impromptu Michael Jackson shrine outside the London theatre where Thriller was playing.  Was instantly struck by the sense of time and place I got from looking at them, it was a hot muggy summers evening, full of fun and heading home when we came upon this.  I liked his music and all but felt so disconnected from the sense of loss some people so obviously felt.

Anyway 6months too late here's some shots...

Frisbee Fred Morrison RIP

Imagine inventing the frisbee?  Finding a cake tin, throwing it around on a beach and then selling the idea to a company called Wham-O, it's brilliant!

Fred Morrison passed away today age 90, throw some frisbee love around this weekend.

The last tree

I hope I haven't gone mad! but I just couldn't get enough of the Xmas trees camped out on the streets of London, here's the last one.  Well until December anyway.

wtf...vol2.

Tunisia - Summer 08 

Southfields, London - Summer 09

Archway, London - Summer 09

Ivan Ink & Pen

I spent last Saturday holed up in Herne Hill with Ivan Ink and Pen, his house was photograph heaven for me, all ramshackle, random and faded with a liberal scattering of artefacts and ephemera. 

Check out his music www.myspace.com/ivaninkpen 

OIW FEb 11th @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

Haven't had a chance to design a new OIW flyer for while so settled down with huge mug of peppermint tea last night and got sophisticated ; )  It'll be an amazing show, come along!

myspace.com/officialsecretsact / myspace.com/magicandfur / myspace.com/thegoodnatured / ohinvertedworld.co.uk

The Plot Thickens...

Location: Smugglers Way, Wandsworth.
Date: 16th Jan 2010.

Deep undercover on the search of evil masterminds our agent found this evidence, there's a worldwide plot.  FACT!

Lonely Christmas Trees

Whether standing proud or sagging and stumpy, be they noble, torn, twisted, dumped in piles, lacking needles, retaining baubles and even upside down...  Spare a thought for those lonely Christmas Trees.  Gone from our streets until another January comes around.