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I’ve been proper addicted to the new Max Tundra album for days now. His third album and first in six years, “Parallax Error Beheads You” is quite simply divine listening and incorporates more themes and ideas that 100 of the modern radio bands put together. This album should be on the radio. This album should be the theme to your walk to work. Actually, make that a priority point of your life in the next few days - take to your feet with this doozy in your ears and let the circling beats, joyous synth and twisted backlines make that short walk in the autumn leaves something to enjoy. Pick the album up now on Domino. The video for the single is below and go below that to get a wee listen to one of the tracks from the album.

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So, I sat down to my Tesco own-brand Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes this morning (which I’ve now taken to calling “Credit Crunch”) and happened across a story which really put into perspective the sheer magnitude and pervasiveness of the global downturn in the world economy. If I could’ve afforded to allow one flake leave my mouth in disbelief I would’ve, but that would’ve cut my breakfest in half, and God knows when I’ll next be able to cough up Tesco’s £12.98 asking fee for a mid-sized box of toasted corn shavings…

It’s oft said that when hard times hit then many hoomans try to forget their troubles momentarily by layering their brain and body with alcohol, furthering slumping themselves into poverty in the process, yet paradoxically emancipating themselves from their immediate finanacial worries.

A typically human phenomenon, y’might think; imagine my disbelief this morning when I learned that it now appears the implications of the credit deathchoke have transcended into the animal world :

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I don’t know what breaks my heart most about this story; the fact that this tragic horseling took to eating fermented forbidden fruit in an effort to lace himself with enough hooch-juice to buffer his intention to wing himself into next door’s pool and end it all, or the fact he was found and rescued before he could escape his own impoverishment. These tears are real.

I decided to do some follow up on this story and investigate the extent to which horses, in particular, are turning to moonshine in light of recent economic developments. I warn you now, what you will witness below are several recorded examples of horses in mental decay at the hands of the Devil’s Drink, and all because they can no longer afford to pay an Italian semi-midget to sit atop their backs and beat them into running in a line.

Example # 1

This horse was found by it’s owner after having gone on a 6 hour bender and demolishing a 200 square foot patch of the local juniper berry crop, boozing itself into an aneurysm.

Example # 2

In a similar state of affairs; this brute apparently went on a juiced-up rampage at his local Sainsbury’s, accosting an inocent bystander in the spirit’s aisle and refusing to free them until he was allowed his way with the supermarket’s vodka supply. He promtply drank their Russian butcher into a coma, and was left not much better himself as can be seen. The video shows how the horse lost the use of it’s hind legs, instead trying to drunkenly “swim” along the ground in an effort to simulate meaningful movement. The horse regained use of it’s legs 4 months later.

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Example # 3

What’s worse than a drunk man in charge of a motorcar? A drunk man in command of an even drunker horse. See below.
The pair were subsequently arrested and given 8 penalty points each.

Example # 4

In an infuriating display of mistreatment; the owners of this horse have trapped it inside their now empty family brandy shed. With no cash-money to replenish the supply, the horse is left to stir in the scent of it’s preferred poison. Despicable.

I recently did a number of photos for local electronic musician Jack Hamill aka RL/VL. He has an album coming out on Australian record label Hidden Shoal Recordings and he needed me to do a few shots of him for the promotional material and for the cover of the albums single.

You can see some of these shots below. They were shot on both my D50 and an old Holga medium format.

You can get the single from the Hidden Shoal album for free download from here

I did some photo work for local metal outfit Gacy’s Threads a few weeks back which they used for a sexy promo…