DANGER OF DEATH!

On my way to Nori Salon last week, I happened upon this stunning piece of Disco Injuries Public Art. Genius. My wife says the shoe's from New Look.

THOMAS HIRSCHHORN - IT'S BURNING EVERYWHERE

Visited the Swiss artist's show at the DCA. No holding back here. No cool, calm and collected collection of artefacts here. Nope. A claustrophobic, calamitous assault on the eyeballs. Booyakasha! 

The transcript of his interview with the DCA was great reading. Refusing to acknowledge the existence of 'shocking imagery' in his work, talking of art as a tool to confront reality, a tool to live within the time he is living. " I must work with what surrounds me, with what I know and with what affects me. I must not give in to the temptation of the particular - which always excludes." Go on yersel, big man! And a nice doodle explaining the 'Spectre of Evaluation', too!

Which brings me to the realities Nori Salon on Wednesdays, and all the fun of the The Nine Trades Project with our growing catalogue of Disco Injuries. Paula offered a unique angle on the concept of dancefloor dangers. Her incident happened before she even left the house to go out! After going through the usual routine of fashion crises, hair problems and what not to take in the handbag, Paula only had to apply the false eyelashes and she was offski.(see above) Only one problem. Turns out she's totally allergic to said spidery attachments. And rather than having peepers like Beyonce, her eyes look like Larry Holmes after his tussle with Mike Tyson. Nightmare. Pass the piriton, please. 

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

For 'Comment of the Week' I opted for a 'rockstars with bonkers hair' theme. Who could forget Keith Flint of the Prodigy in the 'Firestarter' video. I always thought it looked a bit like that dude Mike Score's barnet from Flock of Seagulls, only with the bit in the middle missing. Not good. Crazy bloody twisted firestarter that he is. To his credit, he's still commanding main stage at the zillions of summer music  festivals we are swamped with.

DISCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS AT NORI SALON

DISCO INJURIES - VOLUME ONE

Anyone care to contribute to this publication with any of their dancefloor disasters?

FAVOURITE HAIRCUT OF THE MOMENT

I asked the folks in the shop to do me a drawing of their current favourite haircut, and I was handed the above. A work of art fit to grace the cover of  John King's book, 'Skinheads' - the man who also gave us 'The Football Factory'. Nick Lowe's movie of the same name stars Danny Dyer, the cocky actor deemed 'pretty hot' in a quick staffroom poll, held last week.

Next up was this enigmatic doodle of a laughing individual sporting a rampant bird's nest. 

'I am not worried!' Cries the one with the anarchic barnet. 

'You should be.' Replies the psychiatrist. 

FLAMMABLE JAZZ ON TOUR

Calum heads off this week on his month long trip round Europe. Going with him is his Django Reinhardt t-shirt. He'll be offering regular updates regarding his grand tour - available on this blog - featuring photos of Jazz garment and anything else of interest, particularly any shit graffitti he encounters along the way.

Experimentum Mundi

On Tuesday evening, I headed along to the Experimentum Mundi performance in Dundee. Norrie from the hairdressers managed to make it along with his family. The concert was excellent and well attended. Lots of Italian workies giving it laldy with their assorted work tools under the watchful eye of a manic, frizzy haired conductor. A group of mature ladies provided backing vocals, with another chap narrating over the performance with lots of information/poetry about the various trades and their tools. Stars of the show for me were the burly Coopers and their muscular barrel - bashing. Sat next to me, Jenny agreed that the broad shouldered mallet wielding men were an inspiration! I was a bit disappointed not to see a hairdresser in there though, adding a wee 'snip snip snip' to this hearty percussive piece!

EAT THIS!

The food theme continued this week in the staff room - my wife, Lorraine, baked a pile of chocolate chip temptations and I made a muffin poster encouraging staff to have a munch, diet or not. Jenni proved to be pretty resilient, in spite of the sweet aroma in the staff room. Whilst definitely not looking at the tray of muffins, she told me she had watched the movie I had brought in for her. Into the Wild, Sean Penn's film about outsider/traveller Christopher Mc Candless, seemed apt viewing for Jenni, what with her imminent World Tour. She enjoyed the movie, but felt a return to a steadier existence for McCandless may have been a better conclusion to the film, rather than his painful, lingering demise after eating some dodgy plant in the wilds of Alaska. I've always been a bit suspicious of salads myself.. 

Liam, whilst still on the subject of the movie, happened to mention the similarity between McCandless home in the movie - an old bus - and the vehicle in the horror flick, Jeepers Creepers.

I also made a couple of pieces in response to the sunglasses banter from the previous week.

SUNGLASSES