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The view from the top end of Regent Street on Thursday night following my visit from the karma police and fortune balancing itself out...

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I went to the South London Gallery (SLG) on Peckham Road for the first time today, where there was a breath taking installation in the main room by Pae White, about dream states. She had represented this state of mind by tightly stretching different coloured woollen yarns from one side of the room to the other, leaving a space in the middle for people to walk down. It was quite disorientating when you looked up at it, or viewed it from different angles - like some kind of multi-coloured, fractal inducing, gigantic, over hanging harp. The points on the wall, from where these threads were pinned, spelt out letters, forming words. It was very cleverly executed and thought provoking. Hats off to Pae White. Today, I have also been discussing on Facebook, the validity of the crusty as a worthwhile subculture. My view is that the crusty has no value as a youth culture, as there was no rebellion, no musical legacy and no lasting fashion statement. I have also been asking myself, due to severe lack of work this year, at what point do I stop being freelance and become jobless, or unemployed? Food for thought...

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This is a photo from Pae White's breath taking installation Too Much Night, Again at the South London Gallery(SLG) on Peckham Road.

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Omar - The Man

I shared the link below on Facebook at the weekend. It takes you to a feature from Rapido, the old youth and culture show and is about Gilles Peterson, his old label Talkin' Loud and the artists who featured on the label, including Omar, who released some amazing tunes in the early 90s. He's still going strong and today's Daily Tune above, is his latest release. Still doing the business...

Talkin' Loud feature on Rapido

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In a day that I spent devoted to domestic chores, plenty unravelled. The depravity of famous male TV entertainers and celebrities from the '70s and 80s took another turn for the worse, with Jimmy Tarbuck accused of sexually assaulting a young boy. Three American women escaped from the inhuman scumbags who had held them captive for ten years. Lauryn Hill, (see Daily Tune,) is going down for tax evasion, whilst Nigel Lawson is still alive and Wigan lost, which means Villa are closer to Premier League safety. As the day unfolded, I got through an entire bottle of Mr.Sheen. Now that is working it...

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A quality ice cream being held by one of my sons at Ladywell Fields yesterday...

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Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees

Whilst waiting at a Pelican crossing this morning, a chipper window cleaner, with a step ladder over his shoulder, wandered past me singing Ooh La La La by The Fugees. Hence, today's selection...

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When I ordered scrambled eggs on toast in a café in Forest Hill last week, I asked for ketchup and they brought me a little pot of the stuff. I could tell straight off that it would only be enough for one slice. It made me smile because I’ve been listening to Mickey Flanagan’s What Chance Change series on Radio 4. It’s a really good four parter with a mix of stand up and interview material, as he remembers his East End working class roots in Bethnal Green and compares them to his now middle class existence in East Dulwich. In one of the episodes, he recounts the exact same thing that happened to me in Forest Hill, happening to himself in a local café. My way of dealing with the situation was to ask for more Tommy K when I had finished the first pot. Mickey’s way of handling the issue, was to think of it as sampling a bottle of wine in a restaurant, telling the waitress that it tasted good and could he have the rest of the bottle please. Genius…

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A gorgeous shot of Margate beach...