The Concorde arrives in Oshkosh in the 1980’s.

Space was a key, emerging, theme of the Independents day as we toured the city of Birmingham. Starting with A Fierce Hello (a venue less festival), moving to Stans Cafe vast factory space through to the re developed spaces of MAC and finally The Custard Factory.

In terms of space I have history here.

Increasingly one of my frustrations as Director of Phoenix was a sense that all the exciting, innovative work I was beginning to see emerge was moving to public spaces, found spaces and site specific locations. Art Centres – set up in the late 70’s as the alternative, experimental and community based spaces – had become the establishment. The very spaces that had once incubated young and emerging artists were being rejected for the danger of the public space.

Another twin pressure was continuing to affect us. Stand still grants and increased building costs was – year and year – impacting negatively on programming budgets. Perversely this often had a positive impact – more residencies, more work with artists in different ways (as a CP Creative Agent for example) increased partnerships with other organisations and venues. But there was no hiding the fact that pressure on budgets was making experimentation more and more difficult. Our turnover would be in the region of £750,000 – but less than 10% of that was spent on live programming. You couldn’t help but ask is that effective?

Needless to say I’m aware of the irony of the fact that when putting out tours myself, by my very nature, I turn to the small-medium circuit for opportunities! I’m also very aware that the Independents is being run by BAC – an arts centre whose mission is to invent the future of theatre. (One of my absolute objectives about being on the independents programme is to understand more and get inside the BAC ethos and way of doing things!)

But for a while now I’ve been thinking about what was the best model to help support, develop and provide access to emerging innovative arts practice of the future. So in a way what we saw in Birmingham today was three potential models – none of them new – but seeing them all in the space of 24 hours left plenty of food for thought.

First up then the festival. We came into contact with two – the music based Supersonic (see www.capsule.org.uk) and – of course – FIERCE (www.fiercetv.co.uk). Both are driven by passionate people (and in the case of FIERCE an equally passionate board). Not tied by a venue they look for great ideas which capture the imagination and which they can help to happen/develop in whatever space seems appropriate. But festivals can be transient things – unlike venues they have no year round presence so its interesting to hear the new AD’s (Laura McDermott and Harun Morrison)of FIERCE talk of focusing activity on a series of weekends throughout the year.

Then there was the artist led space – in this case Stans Cafe (www.stanscafe.co.uk) Factory space (but you could also mention www.metro-boulot-Dodo.com ’s new ish space in Leicester or projects like Slack Space in Colchester – iheartslackspace.blogspot.com). . Low on facilities, high on space and industrial memories. Its all very La Boheme – shiver for your art! Whilst we were there two young groups were busy rehearsing in different spaces whilst James (the 39th most influential person in Birmingham!!) talked of the different ways they had been able to use the space. – for experimentation, development, sharing and performance.

Finally we saw a radically re-invented MAC. Not the Apples and Pear scheme of Will Alsopp but a ‘central slab’ driven through the middle of the original site to link the previous, older buildings. Its all very impressive and if the 17 or 18 studios are anything to go by a renewed focus on supporting the creation of new work. Even in this stage of development its clear that MAC as a space has been brilliantly re thought and that the in house team are getting increasingly excited about the possibilities the new spaces present. It will be an extra ordinary resource both for artists and the communities of Birmingham. But there is no extra revenue support and 40% more building so as the building opens in Spring 2010 mid way through a recession the business plan will undoubtedly be well and truly tested.

A healthy arts ecology would undoubtedly have a mix of all three of these models and many more (no mention here for example in the roles of HE and FE institutions in supporting new work).but…

Midway through the day a colleague rang to cancel a crunch meeting at the beginning of next week. The reason – Arts Council senior execs were coming to town to talk about planned revenue cuts to RFO’s. A very clear reminder of the times we are in..

So we might want all three and more but in reality it leads you to wonder which model will best support the development of new work and remain financially sustainable over the next couple of years.

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Charles Hamilton straight OD’s his performances as at SXSW 2009. While my favorite was “Loser” he did a great job on “Brooklyn Girls” too. So props to Charles Hamilton and were waiting on the album Charles!!!!

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Now B.o.B did a really good job on his performance. I mean just look at how he gets the crowd involved, and he seems so relaxed on stage. So B.o.B I give you your props too, also keep releasing that music.

Okay, well I know some of you people don’t know what SXSW is. So I’mma let wikipedia explain this one.

“SXSW is one of the largest music festivals in the United States, with more than 1,400 performers playing dozens of venues around Austin over four days, in March. Though it is an industry-based event, SXSW Music links locally with events such as the annual Austin Music Awards show. SXSW is the highest revenue-producing special event for the Austin economy, with an estimated economic impact of at least $110 million in 2008.”- Wikipedia

Although he does not take the time to record a repsonse track to “Super Sonic (Chucky Cheese).”  The “internet rapper,” as his haters have been calling him, spoke on the issue from his comfort zone, a blog post:

Situation is simple: a sensitive lyricist is upset at a random punchline that he wasn’t even there to hear. I’m glad it isn’t SB [Soulja Boy], but its not really a step up. I offer the same resolution to this old ass child. Because we spoke. Leave me alone, or be faced with a psychodelic, unholy lyrical response that will scar even your forefathers’ viewpoint on the way your life has been lived up until the point you decided to engage in lyrical combat. And I’m not even mad. Fans, citizens of earth, could now be the time that a public sacrifice of a useless old human be witnessed?

While both artists are lyrically talented and the ensuing back-and-forth of diss tracks could be a good listen, can’t all these rappers just get along, or is beef a part of hip-hop? This year we’ve already witnessed Joe Budden vs. Ransom, Joe Budden vs. Saigon, and 50 cent vs. Rick Ross (Download 50’s hate right HERE).

We think hip-hop, as a whole, would be better off if artists focused on producing the best possible music for themselves, rather than wasting time insulting a man about the kind of clothes he wears.

Anyone out there agree?  Let us know.

You should know this by now.

Rhymefest: Super Sonic (Chucky Cheese)

More beef.  Fest gives an explanation behind this diss track on his blog.

“go play rock band with Asher Roth” -

We all know that Charles Hamilton held his own against Serius Jones (…not really).

Understandably so, some of you may even think he got off pretty easy.

Well, how does Rhymefest vs. Charles Hamilton sound?

“His boys came up with cams tryin to get a YouTube moment on Rhymefest!” 1:16 AM Jan 28th from twitterrific

Ok. Stop smiling and download HERE.

Rhymefest – Super Sonic [Charles Hamilton Diss]

You should know this by now.

Nitro Super Sonic’s busty lead character, Super Soniko, is coming to Eye on Asia super soon in the form of this super fantastic Gathering resin statue.

Measuring 25cm tall, this figure, like all Gathering figures, has been expertly hand painted with masterful application and fantastic shading and highlighting. It would appear our gorgeous babe has been caught in the act of changing into her favourite outfit: nothing! Her tan reveals some rather saucy and cheeky tan lines, skimpy would certainly have to be the choice word. And how she could ever fit into that top is beyond me!

This hot, summery figure could be just what you need to warm the cockles of you heart on these dull January days.

Link: Nitro Super Sonic SUPER SONIKO (Nitro) 1/7 Resin Statue

Hi BloodHound SSC, Love the car!

I want to follow your story but your missing a few tricks when it comes to your website, so I don’t.

Please set up a blog with an RSS feed!

These new tools are great for fostering public interest and will help build up the bloodhound ssc community.

I’m no wizard but we can chat about the basics if you want.

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Sonic, aquel nacido y crecido en los 90, era de las magníficas 8 y 16 bits de SEGA, vuelve una vez más para intentar traer de vuelta aquello que le dio sentido hace años, y que con la llegada de las nuevas generaciones y los polígonos vio caer en picado su calidad, su renombre y, hasta en más de una ocasión, su género padre.

Es triste ver como un género como el de las plataformas de acción, donde SEGA brilló antaño con tantos buenos títulos, muchos de ellos protagonizados y llevados al éxito mediante el erizo azul, ahora se ve obsoleto de ideas que funcionen, de saber hacer y del más mínimo sentido del ritmo. No obstante, vamos avanzando

Sonic Unleashed no es malo del todo. Es bastante mejor que títulos anteriores como el terrible Sonic The Hedgehog de la next-gen (360 y Ps3), que fue un duro castigo a la confianza que la gente concedió a Sega y sus geniales trailers que te dejaban con la baba colgando. Sonic y los Anillos Secretos que se estrenó casi parejo con Nintendo Wii alivió ligeramente las heridas causadas, pero no demasiado. Una dificultad desajustada, exageradamente elevada, y de nuevo un guión cogido con pinzas basado en Las Mil y Una Noches, hicieron que Sonic volviera a tropezar entre salto y salto, y le impidiera coger su velocidad supersónica que en las 3d apenas hemos podido disfrutar sin caer presa de algún espantoso bug o zona insalvable. Entraban ganas de coger el DVD y tirarlo contra la pared.

Pero como he dicho, Sonic Unleashed es mejor. No mucho mejor, pero mejor. De nuevo han caído presa de su propia ambición por innovar, y lo han hecho (OTRA VEZ!!!!) en la dirección equivocada. SEGA no escucha. Pasa de leer sus propios foros. Pasa de la crítica y del público, de todos. No les interesa ver que el 90% de las críticas se basan en las malditas ciudades que echan cualquier atisbo de ritmo por tierra, y en la discontinuidad de los niveles, así como en el propio equilibrio de jugabilidad y dificultad dentro de los niveles. Les da igual, al parecer, porque repiten en casi todo.

La dificultad ha bajado, eso sí. Mucho. Ahora es un Sonic relativamente fácil que no trunca los deseos del jugador de jugar un poco más, y el contador de vidas no baja tan espectacularmente como en otros, y ésto se debe sencilla y llanamente a la desaparición de la gran mayoría de errores de programación y bugs varios que poblaban los anteriores títulos de las consolas de sobremesa. Sin embargo, las ciudades siguen ahí. Las conversaciones vacías, cuyo principal punto de apoyo es una historia bien construída alrededor del mundo de Sonic, hacen que el juego pierda muchos enteros cada vez que vemos aparecer el mapeado y leamos 4 o 5 letreros donde se lee “nuevo”. Eso quiere decir que tenemos que hablar con los habitantes mediante toscos, patéticos y escritos (nunca hablados) textos donde nos indicarán el siguiente punto del mapa al que ir. Por supuesto, y al igual que en las cinemáticas (la mayoría aburridas con ganas) no podemos saltarnos nada.

Sonic Rush Adventure para DS cometió el error de incluír zonas intermedias con diálogos, pero pulsando START nos quitábamos de enmedio el problema. Y es que hay juegos en los que, por la calidad del guión o la importancia de la información, no nos saltaríamos por nada del mundo estas escenas, pero SEGA no sabe hacer eso, y va siendo hora de que ahorren en guionistas y contraten buenos líderes de diseño y programadores.

La jugabilidad de ha incrementado exponencialmente, aunque se recomienda encarecidamente jugar con el mando Clásico o el de Gamecube. Es más rápido, más cómodo, más preciso, y más fácil. Sonic sigue controlándose mejor a la antigua, pero bueno, el juego es multiplataforma y podemos hacer un intento de comprensión.

El control de Sonic en su estado normal es muy bueno. Permite ir a enormes velocidades salvando los clásicos obstáculos del mundo de Sonic, hay partes que simulan los juegos 2d, y los jefes convencen. La parte de sonic es muy divertida. Realmente buena, en serio.

Pero desgraciadamente entre una y otra fase de Sonic puede pasar una cantidad de tiempo exageradamente alto, y si no os satisface especialmente el juego cuando eres “La Bestia”, entonces estaréis en mi misma situación. Queremos Sonic, y ESO no es Sonic. Es el principal motivo de mi baja calificación para el juego. Eso no es innovar, es cambiar, y este es un juego que necesita elevarse en calidad, no cambiar de forma.

Indiana Jones por poner un ejemplo no incrementa su calidad si lleva un puto sable láser, de igual manera que no quiero ver a Marlon Brando en El Padrino disparando desde las ventanillas con una Thompson. Los términos de calidad y de innovación no están ligados, señores de SEGA. Y como ya digo, si se innova, se hace con criterio, invirtiendo tiempo y escuchando a los usuarios, no haciendo un erizo-lobo que ralentiza la acción y ridiculiza el personaje hasta un punto en el que un borroso y peludo bicho azul nos impide ver al héroe de la aventura. Caso a parte los secundarios, que una vez más son animalitos con los ojos brillantes, todo bondad, made in barrio sésamo y cruzado con manga infantil. Terrible que siga tratándose al público de la franquicia como si fuésemos todos unos críos.

Para resumir, por si no habéis probado el título, cuando Sonic se encuentra en su forma de “Werehog” (dios…) no corremos ni la mitad que el Sonic normal. Somos un bicho al que se le estiran inexplicablemente los brazos y las sencuencias de acción van a caballo entre Prince of Persia (salvando las gigantescas distancias) y Crash Bandicoot (el original). Sin embargo, se queda a medio camino de cualquiera de los dos, y si bien el control responde perfectamente, hay algunos combos interesantes de realizar, y los enemigos pueden abatirse sin grandes problemas, la longitud de estos niveles y la monotonía que supone avanzar por ellos, sumado a la inmensa cantidad de niveles en este estado, hace que apague la consola irremediablemente.

No puedo creer que su mejor carta, su mejor idea sobre la mesa en las reuniones de proyecto que IMAGINO habrán tenido en SEGA sea un erizo-lobo que no tiene nada que ver con la filosofía original de Sonic.

Sonic es distinto simplemente porque es rápido, endiabladamente rápido. Ataca a sus enemigos lanzándose a ellos como un rayo, salta distancias gigantescas, todo a ritmo de música electro-rock. Aquí hace eso, un ratito. Ese ratito hace que este juego para mí apruebe, pero no me convence, y me comerán los usuarios que están clavándole 8 y 9 en Internet, pero yo he jugado casi al 100% (si no al 100%!) de los juegos de Sonic, y puedo afirmar que éste no es de los buenos.

No he hablado de la tecnología, pero no hay mucho que decir. El juego luce muy bien incluso en Wii. La luz, las texturas, el mundo en general se ve realmente bien, y los efectos de velocidad, blurs y demás son geniales. Realmente ayudan a incrementar la sensación de velocidad en los niveles rápidos. Eso sí, se recomienda cable HD, porque en “baja” el dentado es exageradamente alto.

¿Queréis Sonic? Sonic Advance 1, 2, 3 y Sonic Rush (el primero sobre todo). Ahí tenéis Sonic.

Al menos han corregido bugs, infinidad de ellos, y han ajustado la mayor parte de las cosas que crispaban los nervios del más paciente. Se ha bajado mucho la dificultad, la banda sonora cumple bien, la intro es espectacular (como siempre) y todo apunta a que se va a cambiar a mejor en el próximo título. Pero por favor, SEGA, empezad a leer los foros serios, las críticas que os funden POR ALGÚN MOTIVO, y dejad de ponernos tontorrones cuando un niño dice: SIIII, BIEEEEN, SONIC ES EL MEJOOOOR, un 9!!! Porque sienta muy bien y da gusto oirlo, pero hay que saber escuchar lo malo de un producto igual que lo bueno, sobre todo si te atreves a venderlos a más de 50 €.

Disfrutad del juego, pero de alquiler primero, por si se da el caso y opináis igual que yo =)

Puntuación: 6,5

Nota: las imágenes corresponden a varias versiones.

Some new screenshots from Sonic Unleashed were released today – and Eggman is looking rather good!

Eggman at Sonic’s Mercy? – Never!

Told you! The good Doctor does it again!

Old Blue Eyes - Notice scratches on glasses, freckles, pores and VEINS! :O

I like this! The cartoon style Eggman -”Realified” and no – That isn’t a word! I’m quite glad it’s back to the more cartoony design of Eggman – pre Sonic 06. its more him for me.

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Amy Chao:
This chao looks a lot like Amy except the quills don’t touch her neck and it doesn’t have a dress on. You can raise it only from a pink egg. To get it raise it just like you would a Sonic Chao neutral/run/run.

Super Sonic Chao:
You would raise it just like you would a Sonic chao only you would mate a Gold chao with a Shiny Yellow chao and you may get a mixture.

Super Shadow Chao:
Raise a Shiny Grey egg and mate it with a regular chao to get a two-toned chao. Raise it and turn it into a Dark/Running/Running and it will retain it’s stripes.

Link Chao:
You all should know link from the Legend of Zelda games. This chao looks like a miniature version of link. You have to raise him from a green egg. Now raise him to be a neutral/swim. He should look like link except his face is green and he doesn’t have a sword.

Metal Sonic Chao:
This chao looks a whole lot like metal Sonic. First you have to have a GCN to GBA link cable buy the Sapphire Egg for 7000 rings then bring the egg back to the GameCube. Now give it a boar to get the silver shoes. Now raise it to be a neutral/running/normal and it will look a lot like Metal Sonic. The last step is for your chao to win the Topaz race and get a medal so it will look like the breastplate of Metal Sonic.

Ice Chao:
First get a Shiny White and a Sky Blue Egg. Raise them to become adults and mate them. You want the chao to come out of the egg as an transparent sky blue and shiny white. Now raise it to be a neutral/swim/swim. The long ears and tip of head will look like icicles.

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エイミーチャオ：
このチャオはよく似てエイミーを除いてクイルズ触っちゃダメ彼女の首とドレスを着てそれを持っていない。することができます。引き上げることピンクの卵からのみです。それを得ることと同じように引き上げるようにソニックチャオ中立/実行/実行します。

スーパーソニックチャオ：
あなたはそれと同じように引き上げるようにソニックチャオmate商品のみをピカピカに金のチャオとチャオと黄色の混合液取得することがあります。

スーパーシャドウチャオ：
ピカピカの灰色の卵とmate商品を提起することが、通常の2つのトーンを取得するにチャオチャオです。電源を上げるし、それをダーク/実行中/実行されていることが保持さの縞模様のことです。

リンクチャオ：
すべてのリンクからあなたが知っておくべきゼルダの伝説のゲームです。このミニチュアのように見えますチャオのバージョンのリンクをクリックします。あなたが彼を高めるために緑色の卵からです。今すぐ引き上げる彼には、中立的な/泳ぐ。彼は次のようにリンクを除いて彼の顔が緑色に点灯すると彼の剣を持っていない。

金属ソニックチャオ：
チャオはずっとこのような金属ソニックです。最初にを入力するためには、 GBAケーブルを購入するgcnサファイアリング7000卵を入力して、卵を省略しているゲームです。今すぐ試しにやってイノシシを取得するに銀の靴です。今すぐに引き上げることは、中立的な/実行中/ノーマルと金属のようなことはたくさん見ソニックです。お客様のチャオの最後のステップではレースに勝つためにトパーズとメダルを得るので、次のように金属の胸当てソニックです。

氷のチャオ：
最初に取得する光沢の白と水色の卵です。引き上げるして大人になるとmate商品です。チャオをしたいから出てくるとして、卵は水色の透明性と光沢の白です。今すぐに引き上げることは、中立的な/泳ぐ/泳ぐ。長い耳と頭は次のように先端部iciclesです。

eimichao ：
艾米超，这是非常类似的除外quills不要触摸她的颈部和着装也没有。您可以。粉红色的鸡蛋只能从增加。这样一来，您得到相同的增加，作为一个中立的sonikkuchao /运行/运行。

supasonikkuchao ：
你必须提出同一项目sonikkuchao交配，只有光芒，黄金和黄潮超和取得的混合物。

supashadouchao ：
有光泽的灰色和蛋制品构成了交配，通常有两种获得chaochao的语调。电力提高到黑暗/运行/运行的是，它保留了条纹。

rinkuchao ：
从所有环节，你应该知道塞尔达传说游戏。这看起来像一个微型版本的发链接。你让他提出一个绿色鸡蛋。他现在是提高中性/游泳。他是以下链接，除了他的脸是绿色和他没有一把刀。

sonikkuchao金属：
超一直有这样的声波金属。首先，你必须，电缆的GBA蓝宝石戒指gcn 7000买蛋与蛋回到游戏。现在给它一个野猪获得银鞋。现在，以提高中性/运行/正常金属，这是很多想观看声波。超你的最后一步是赢得比赛并获得奖牌黄玉，以下声波金属breastplate 。

赵冰：
首先要取得珍珠白和天蓝色的鸡蛋。到成年和增加产品伴侣。超作为我想出来的天蓝色的鸡蛋是透明的和珍珠白。现在，以提高中性/游泳/游泳。长耳朵和头部看起来会像icicles秘诀。

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A perfectly worky title.

Life is still slowing down. Post-Italy, the slow down was inevitable. Days are limping along. Limping, I say.

In other words, I have no real news/rambles for this update, other than the whole “countering boredom” thing.

On the positive side, we finally got the hot tub up and running. So now we’re all fancy. It’s a five+ish person affair, with a waterfallish thingy, currently non-functioning lights, and a schnazzy pneumatic cover-er. All in all, pretty dang nifty. Across from that is the 2.5 megaton granite slab-of-a-table that nearly claimed the well being of myself, Ben, Ben’s brother Marshall, and my father. Wherever we ended up putting it, it’s staying there. Forever.

My cousin Shaun and I had an epic 2-minute-halves soccer extravaganza the other day. (PS3 demo) I was France, he was Germany, and it took 7 4-minute games to determine a winner. If I hadn’t scored on myself in the 5th game, I could have won then, instead of tieing by making a legitimate point. Besides that 1-1, the rest were 0-0 matches, proving that soccer is only fun if you’re playing in 2 minute increments.

I’ve played some Halo 3 with Ben and Marshall, and apparently 3 months isn’t enough to completely sap all skill. Like falling off a bike, I say. In other words: “MALE SIBLINGS OF JESSICA BE WARNED.” Or something. Watch me talk big and get trounced. On purpose. ha HA!

Also in Videogameland, we’ve played some Super Smash Bros. Brawl lately. Not too shabby, I must say. (Super Sonic, woohoo!) Besides nerfing a few of my better characters, I’d say it’s a definite improvement over the second. (Yes, nerfing. It’s a legitimate term.)

I’ll nerd out more later.

Charles

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 Here are some sprites and animations that’ll get you reved up for the release of Smash. Check em’ out…theres animations and sprites from multiple character worlds. You may save, copy and paste, or use them any way you’d like!! I call it the Sprite Shop.

Kirby’s World:

                                                                                                

Mario’s World:

                             

Sonic’s World:

                                                  

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