When I was a kid there was nothing better than managing to catch a glimpse of a Beastie Boy video. Everything about them was so f***ing cool. Effortless style and confidence in what they were doing. I just want to know what happened to this kind of act? How come it doesn’t exist anymore?

I’ve just been researching their music for a video we’re shooting for one of my shows and I came across some great old vids, so wanted to share with anybody that happens to read my blog!

Wow, I’m really dropping the ball on my blogging frequency! In fairness I’ve been pretty busy producing ‘Russell Howard’s Good News‘ for BBC3 and also ‘Mouth To Mouth‘ also for BBC3… Needless to say, it’s been a very busy end to 2009!

Anyway, I’ve seen so much good stuff on the internet that has inspired me that I thought I’d post a few links of things I’ve seen in the hope that anybody sniffing around here doesn’t think I’m just some creepy Michael Jackson fan (yes my last blog post was more ‘emo’ than an episode of ‘One Tree Hill’).

So to kick off, I’ve just seen a beautiful animation by Andersen M Studio. I’m a huge fan of making things textured, hand made even. There is always something warm about images that look like they have been crafted by hand.

Some things have just made me laugh… Proper belly laugh.

Until the next blog… Adieu!

I am a life long MJ fan. Still very saddened by the loss of such an influential artist to not only the world, but on a very personal level, myself. Being a child of the 80’s I very much caught the MJ bug from as early as I can remember, watching his videos and listening to his music until I knew every nuance of every line of every song and dance move. I was so truly affected by everything he did, that it genuinely inspired me to do what I do today; which is make TV programmes with what I hope is the same quest for entertainment and energy that he had.

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss him, and miss the fact that I’ll never get to see what he might have done over the next many years. He was an icon. He  still is an icon. I can’t wait to have kids and hopefully pass on that same pure joy and excitement that watching MJ perform had for me. He was one in a million.

Here he is at his ultimate best. Moonwalkers – Smooth Criminal. I still catch my self holding my breath and twitching on the beat with his every move. He may be gone, but somewhere in me, he is still very much alive.

Sorry for this slightly personal rant. It may come across corny and it may seem a tad embarrassing to read… But it’s my blog, so deal with it

I truly wish they had made a feature out of Halo. Having seen District 9 (directed by Neil Blomkamp) I can only imagine what he would have done with this material.

You can never have enough Hall & Oats in your life.

I love this music video that Mark Webb shot during filming of ‘(500) Days Of Summer’. What a great way to promote the film whilst obviously having a ball making it!

Having just finished shooting a series written by the very talented Mr Karl Minns (he paid me to write that). I just revisited a pilot he wrote that never picked up a commission on BBC3 and I think it could definitely do with being revisited.

Enjoy.

Very clever Youtube video. Some hardcore editing going on here… Very impressed!