It seems out of place but the old city of London feels autumnal these days. I even had a mild chill despite wearing a jacket when waiting on the platform for the tube this morning. In a strange way it was comforting; good ol’ gray and glum England.
After a number of months of a hazy transition out of one old shell into a brand new shell, some clarity was found in regards to where my world of design was heading. The old hat that I was part of, The Wax Museum, is no longer and I have gone on my own to start anew under a more personal moniker: JJD Works. I thought about how to condense over 10 years of work under a number of different names and guises into something that was to-the-point and conveniently accessible, as well as being really easy to update as my track record tends to filled with eons of site neglect when the classification of editing gets anywhere out of the realm of “fast” and “lazy”.
I’m also happy to announce, at least in a pre-liminary form, that Savage Furs are going to be debuting the live show in September. The date and venue are set but just banging out the details right now so announcements will come soon. Thanks go out to Del Jae and Chris Flatline for spending numerous hours in a cramped Limehouse rehearsal room working out the musical points and maxing out a very small PA.
Finally, there’s been word buzzing around about the Texan video artist (just straight up artist?) Tommy Boy and curiousity led me to a mix he recently did with Vice Magazine. I highly recommend it; a wide variety of outsider electronic music from now and then, including Houston-based Indian Jewelry, who are quite good. You can find this mix here.
