MONIKA BIELSKYTE / IS JUST LIVING ENOUGH FOR YOU, OR WAS IT NECESSARY TO ‘MAKE SOMETHING’ OF YOURSELF? & IS SEEING & EXPERIENCING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH IN ITSELF OR IS THERE A NECESSITY TO ENCAPSULATE IT SOMEHOW, TO CREATE SOMETHING OF IT, TO PRESERVE IT FROM BEING FORGOTTEN?
BRETT ANDERSON / a few years ago i seriously thought about retiring into a life of personal happiness. the idea of rejecting creativity did seduce me for a while. i think there's a simple, naturalistic part of me that wishes living was enough, but i think, unfortunately, my ego & the need to express myself dictate that i create too. i'm aware that the need to leave a legacy is quite an infantile concept but i also think that doing something with your life gives it some meaning & adds color & depth to its other corners. it's too easy just to intellectualiSe yourself into nothingness. without wishing to sound glib, i guess i find life, nature & art so stimulating that i need to kind of emulate those visions with my own twisted language. i suppose it's the competitive, obsessive 13 year old in me that can't just leave it alone when he senses the possibility of making something that might matter, to others, yes, but ultimately to myself.
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MB / IS DIFFICULTY TO COMMUNICATE, LONELINESS OR ISOLATION SOMETHING YOU STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH TODAY?
BA / I'm naturally not a very sociable person so i suppose i have a tendency to willingly isolate myself. i prefer the company of books to most people but do passionately love being with my family & close friends for whom i would happily die. years of being in a successful band turns people into socially retarded, emotionally crippled fools. i saw this happening to myself & predicted the lonely life that was waiting to claim me & managed to wrestle myself away from this inevitability like a dreamer struggling to wake himself from a nightmare.
i still can't do small-talk but now have the capacity not to want to go & shoot myself in the toilet in the middle of dinner parties.
/ Excerpt from A CONVERSATION WITH BRETT ANDERSON. ENTIRE 10 PAGE ARTICLE WITH EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW ONLY IN PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE003 / FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
/ BRETT ANDERSON AT HIS HOME IN LONDON / MAY 2010 / PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE
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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK SENJAN JANSEN FOR THE CHANCE TO PLAY A SELECTION OF HIS SHOW MUSIC, BENJAMIN TELLIER & MATTHIEU LEVIT FOR THE PLAYLIST OF THE NIGHT & CHATEAU LAFOUX FOR THEIR EXQUISITE WINE
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SOME/THINGS ISSUE003 / FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE HAS FINALLY ARRIVED, FEATURING A UNIQUE & INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF JARVIS COCKER, ENGLISH MUSIC ICON AND FIGUREHEAD OF THE 90’S BRITPOP MOVEMENT. INCLUDES AN UNPRECEDENTED INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS LIFE BY HIS CLOSE FRIEND & SOME/THINGS ASSOCIATE EDITOR, RAINA LAMPKINS-FIELDER.
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CHARLOTTE RAMPLING BY STEVE MCQUEEN ARTICLE ON THE TABLE WHILE THE PRINTER IS CHECKING
THE COLOR BALANCE IS PERFECT
BRETT ANDERSON IMAGE CLOSE UP
IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE003 / FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE YOU WILL FIND A VERY BEAUTIFUL FEATURE ON WARREN ELLIS, INCREDIBLE VIOLIN OF DIRTY THREE, GRINDERMAN (WHO HAVE JUST RELEASED NEW ALBUM), NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS AS WELL NICK'S MAIN COLLABORATOR FOR FEATURE FILM SOUNDTRACKS (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES, THE PROPOSITION...). WITH PORTRAITS BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE.
IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE003 / FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE YOU WILL ALSO FIND A VERY BEAUTIFUL & VERY PERSONAL FEATURE ON BRETT ANDERSON (8+ PAGES WITH AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, BRETT'S POETRY & PORTRAITS BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE)
ABOVE IMAGE COMES FROM ONE OF THE MOST UNEXPECTED & BEAUTIFUL ARTICLES OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001, ON THE VISUAL WORK OF ANTONY, HIS SKETCHES, PHOTOGRAPHS, COLLAGES & DRAWINGS. SEE MORE IN SOMESLASHTHINGS.COM/MAGAZINE/
LAST THURSDAY WE DID THIS VERY PRIVATE & VERY COZY PARTY AT ROBERT MONTGOMERY'S STUDIO. ART PIECES OF ROB, MATTHEW STONE & DOUGLAS WHITE WERE THE DECOR & JARVIS COCKER WAS DJ OF THE NIGHT. MORE IMAGES SOON & IN THE MEANTIME SEE WHAT ANDERS OF DANSKMAGAZINE WROTE (HERE)
AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE SOME/THINGS PARTY
In these times of bans, censorship and political correctness it’s pretty refreshing just once in a while to return to one’s old, wicked ways. Last night we did exactly that, as Paris came to London (not that Paris – as if, to quote the Queen of the knee sock) to celebrate issues 001 and 002 of SOME/THINGS Magazine.
We were served what seemed like straight-up vodka (in long drink glasses – more is totes more) and encouraged to smoke – wait for it – inside (!). Jarvis Cocker and Matthew Stone DJ’ed while we all looked at art and gushed at our rediscovered glamorous decadence.
FTHE ENTIRE 26 PAGES ARTICLE (6 PAGES INTERVIEW & 22 NEVER PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IMAGES OF RADIOHEAD) IS ONLY IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK PRINTED EDITION BUT YOU CAN READ INTERVIEW EXTRACTS & SEE SOME IMAGES IN SOMESLASHTHINGS.COM/MAGAZINE/
PINA BAUSCH & TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL BY MAARTEN VANDEN ABEELE
SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE BY WAYNE LIU
HANNELORE KNUTS BY JOHAN SANDBERG
ARI MARCOPOULOS
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK IN SOME/THINGS ONLINE BOUTIQUE
HERE ARE FEW MORE IMAGES OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS BUT A PROTOTYPE, SO THE COVER STRAP & THE BOX IS STILL MISSING. THE ENTIRE EDITION ARRIVES TO PARIS MARCH 1 & THEN WITHIN A COUPLE FIRST WEEKS OF SPRING IT WILL BE IN THE REST OF THE WORLD
A SPREAD FROM A FEATURE ON RICK OWENS PHOTOGRAPHY
A SPREAD FROM AN EDITORIAL SHOT BY MOTE SINABEL & STYLED BY TETSURO 'GIANT' NAGASE. WITH BUTOH DANCER KAIJI MORIYAMA
A SPREAD FROM MOTE SINABEL & SABISHA PIECE
PS. COLOR IMAGES SOON!!
TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THE PUBLICATION
INLAY 302 PAGES, 150G MATT PAPER, 51 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS, B/W PHOTOGRAPHS PRINTED IN DUOTONE
EMBOSSED & LACQUERED COVER WITH DOUBLE FLAP, 400G MATT PAPER, COLOR PHOTOGRAPH
9X90CM 250G BLACK LACQUERED COVER STRAP
26X25,5X3,5CM CARBOARD BOX, EACH COPY WRAPPED IN RECYCLED PAPER
MAGAZINE FORMAT 24,7X24,5CM, WEIGHT APPROX 1,6KG
EDITION 1480 COPIES + 20 PIECES DELUXE EDITION
IT SEEMS PRODUCTION WORKS HAVE TAKEN FOREVER BUT WE ARE FINALLY BACK IN PARIS & HAPPY HOLDING SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 PROTOTYPE IN OUR HANDS - 302 PAGES OF LABOR & LOVE. MORE IMAGES & INFORMATION SOON & IN THE MEANTIME HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THIS PREVIEW IMAGE OF RADIOHEAD / ANDI WATSON 26 PAGES ARTICLE
PS. IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TIGER, XIN NIAN KUAI LE!!
IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FIND A 16+ PAGES FEATURE ON THE AMAZING VOICE FROM SWEDEN, FEVER RAY
IT'S A JEAN-PAUL GOUDE IMAGE FROM AN ARTICLE ON JUN MIYAKE (AS WELL AS FROM JUN'S ALBUM STOLEN FROM STRANGERS) IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
AN IMAGE OF THOM YORKE BY ANDI WATSON FROM 20+ PAGES FEATURE ON MORE THAN 15 YEARS COLLABORATION BETWEEN ANDI & RADIOHEAD, IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK
JOHAN RENCK, WITH WHOM WE COLLABORATE ON AN ARTICLE FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002, IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD. HE HAS WORKED WITH PEOPLE AS DIVERSE AS THE KNIFE, MADONNA, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, SUEDE & NEW ORDER YET HE ALWAYS PRESERVES THIS PECULIAR WAY TO RENDER EVEN MOST SIMPLE THINGS STRANGE & BEAUTIFUL. HERE IS A STILL SHOT FROM SEVEN, A VIDEO HE HAD DIRECTED FOR FEVER RAY
25.11.09 & 18.11.09 AT 7.30PM THE INSOMNIAC CITY CYCLES BY RAN SLAVIN ARE TO BE SCREENED AT THE THIRD EAR CINEMA, KING GEORGE 48 ST TEL AVIV
RAN'S WORK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY IN LONDON, CENTRE POMPIDOU & JEU DE PAUME IN PARIS, NETWERK IN BELGIUM, KASSEL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, TORINO FILM FESTIVAL, TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART AMONG OTHERS.. & YOU CAN SEE AN ARTICLE WE HAVE WORKED ON TOGETHER WITH RAN IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE001 PRINTED EDITION OR THE WEB VERSION
FROM THE SHOOTING OF THE LAST RADIOHEAD WORLDTOUR SHOW WITH THE INCREDIBLE LIGHT SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY ANDI WATSON, ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING LIGHT DESIGNERS EVER. ANDI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE BAND SINCE THEIR EARLIEST CONCERTS IN EARLY 90S. MORE SOON XX