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Current mood: OH JESUS.... Category: OH JESUS.... Art and Photography Regular readers will remember my blasting one off about the (ongoing) campaign to save The George Tavern here in East London.. Well, today I learnt of the latest in the line of absurd East London protests... 'East London artists are backing an 11th-hour campaign to halt office developments proposed for the border of Shoreditch and the City of London. Campaign group Open Shoreditch has today sent an open letter to Mayor Ken Livingstone, condemning the Greater London Authority's 'relentless support for tall buildings'. It asks Livingstone to suspend two planning applications, one of which is due to be heard on Thursday. The letter's signatories include artists Tracy Emin, Dinos Chapman, Gavin Turk and Rachel Whiteread. 'We… are facing the prospect of being driven out of the area by development gone mad,' begins the letter. 'The land between Shoreditch and Brick Lane appears to have been set aside for the City of London's use. A dense forest of towers up to 50 storeys high will soon block out our light and overshadow our streets and homes,' The specific planning application this letter was written in response to is due to flatten a bar called The Light Bar and build on a bity of flat land with nothing on it... Now, I've been to The Light Bar and it's a nasty bankers wank hole and I can safely say it's one of the few bars I've felt uncomfrotable in from the word go. The drinks are overpriced and stupid, the atmosphere is pure money and it has all the soul of a slow bleeding cocktail death at a £1.50 cashpoint. Yes boss, we're not talking somekind of a quaint cab drivers and locals for 4 generations pub - or even a new art boozer like The George - we're talking a truly DUFFY pub that has no puprose other than to make it's owners a shitload of cash... But this apparently obvious fact doesn't stop Britains very well paid artists from campaigning against it's closure to make way for a 25 storey skyscraper. No boss, these folk who live in 2 and 3 and 4 million pound houses within a stones throw of the development are up in arms that their smug little and trendy neck of the woods is going to be overtaken by the forces of capitalism?!? It's sick... Having been discovered by advertising capitalism loving magnate Mr Saatchi, these sullen 'artistes' have made millions off the people they now have a hardon for, and now they want to kick against these pricks, because they might have to suffer the inconvenience of moving house?!? It's nonsense.... If you want to kick against the pricks, you have to NOT BE A PRICK!!!. SO LISTEN UP YOU HALF ART CHUSSLEWITS!!! BANKERS PAY YOUR WAGES - THEY BUY YOUR SHODDY LAZY FUCKING ART FOR A FEW MILLION A TIME AND THEY MAKE THAT MONEY IN SHITTY EXCLUSIVE GLASSY BUILDINGS JUST LIKE THIS ONE YOU HAVE A HARDON FOR!!! SO QUIT COMPLAINING!!! AND IF YOU WANT TO GET REAL, CHOP YOUR FUCKING LEGS OFF AND BLEED FOR US YOU FUCKING LAME ASS FAKES!!!! Currently listening : Among My Swan By Mazzy Star Release date: By 29 October, 1996 22:54 - 25 Comments - 13 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove -

	Renski von Wankstein	"If you want to kick against the pricks, you have to NOT BE A PRICK!!!" ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) )))))))))))))))))))))))) Posted by Renski von Wankstein on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 23:51 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Christopher Nosnibor	Yeah, good point well made. Posted by Christopher Nosnibor on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:43 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	That's why I gave up kicking... Just bend over and take it - that's my 'NEW' motto... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 23:54 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Renski von Wankstein	Can't argue with that.. Posted by Renski von Wankstein on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 23:59 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	It 'HURTS' less that way... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 00:01 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity	dear arteests, shut the fuck up. some people have real problems. sincerely, paloma mazzy star - fine choice Posted by La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 01:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	It's becoming a big thing nowadays.. Celebrities doing good and meaning well... Once they've got their money, they try to save their souls... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 01:40 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity	"Once they've got their money, they try to save their souls..." yeah, but for most there is no soul left to save Posted by La Paloma, the Queen of Infinity on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 01:44 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Christopher Nosnibor	Where are Bono and the Coldplay dude in all of this..? Posted by Christopher Nosnibor on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:44 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Bono will be flying over in his private jet in order to lodge his complaint in person... And I for one, hope Mr Coldplay will write a song about it... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Christopher Nosnibor	Great. I wanted something to render me comatose by the end of the first verse in the name of 'a good cause.' Posted by Christopher Nosnibor on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 17:17 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Coldplay - the name says it all... What can be worse than the idea of 'cold' play??? Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 17:19 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Christopher Nosnibor	arserip play? barbedwire round your scrotum play? But yes, I take your point. Posted by Christopher Nosnibor on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 12:29 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Which makes them try all the harder... I've done things the other way around: Up to 2008: Saving my soul.. 2008 onwards: Putting the pound sign into PG£... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 02:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Stacey J	You're great. Posted by Stacey J on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 06:00 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 06:06 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	How curious... There was a picture of a skyscraper above and now it's disappeared to be replaced by a crappy piece of graphic design - The Open Shoreditch campaign would love that. Anyway, here's a replacement skyscraper.. Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 13:06 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	they came from the stars, i saw them	this is why i love you paul ;o) Posted by they came from the stars, i saw them on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 11:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:19 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Brigids Art	exactly! Posted by Brigids Art on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 14:20 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 17:27 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	simon	You will get my reply in person to what they arew doing to the ghetto my dad was born into!! My family did everything they could to escape from that crummy diseased neighborhood. Posted by simon on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 19:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	But now it's fashionable... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 01:10 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Cheshire Cat	i'm not a southerner so my knowledge is limited but i like the 'young British Artists ' cartoon strip in Private Eye. i guess it applies to these east london arty 'slummers' . i've turned down doing a gig at the ica (further west i suppose) as it was sponsored by becks booze. support small local breweries say i. tracy emin is no more - or less - talented than most art students, fanzine - makers etc. but she's a f+++ of a lot richer. same with hirst. but he's less talented from what i've gathered (and i can't be bothered to let him seep into my consciousness much , i'd far rather lappreciate other people) . gilbert + george i like. Posted by Cheshire Cat on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 20:13 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I love Gilbert & George... So much so, that upon moving around the corner from them, I promtly went bald and fell i love with a short Italian from the a small village in the Dolomites... The rest can go to hell on a carpet for all I care... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 01:54 [Remove] [Reply to this]