Goose Jerky

2011-11-25T17:14:00.001Z

Hi all, my new blog is now on my personal site

www.johnseldridge.com

I'll no longer be posting here

cheers and gone folks!

2010-10-12T12:03:00.004+01:00

Stop the Humans

October 14th

Gather outside the Japanese Embassy

101-104 Piccadilly

London W1J 7JT

Between 12.00 PM and 2.00 PM

worldwide peaceful and lawful protest of the annual dolphin slaughter in Japan, as depicted in the the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove and the Animal Planet series Blood Dolphins. The Japanese government issues 23,000 permits annually to coastal communities to kill dolphins of several species. A few are sold, at great profit, to aquariums and swim-with-dolphins programs around the world. The captive dolphin industry subsidizes the slaughter. The majority of the pod is then slaughtered for meat. But the meat is contaminated with outrageous amounts of mercury and other pollutants, exceeding the Japanese government’s own health limits. This is a human rights issue as much as an animal welfare issue.

Demonstrations will be going on throughout the world in front of Japanese embassies and consulates on October 14th. Please join your fellow environmentalists and animal activists in protesting the hunts and urging Japan to switch to more sustainable and benign methods of profit, such as eco-tourism and dolphin-watching cruises (ironically becoming more popular in Japan every year).

2010-10-08T17:19:00.004+01:00

Glasto should get Jean to headline if you ask me...

or Tangerine dream

2010-10-03T15:40:00.003+01:00

'Heart Broken / WePulled You Out of the Sea'

2010-09-24T22:14:00.001+01:00

I'm not sure if death does mean the end anymore but here's something I wrote about it at the time...

2010-09-23T13:09:00.003+01:00

I'm totally blown away by David Scards barrel at the end of this vid... I 've surfed maybe once in 2 months... this is getting tough

2010-09-14T17:08:00.006+01:00

I now have a website for my photography and other such stuff ... it'd be great if you went and took a look and if you feel so inclined to spread the love and tell others, please do so...

www.johnseldridge.com

2010-09-14T00:22:00.001+01:00

No surfing due to a heel injury leads me to other places... round the headland with Tom

2010-08-31T13:58:00.002+01:00

'kneel' - 24"x16" ltd edition print of 76

i left a typewriter with a pad of paper for visitors to write messages below my work at at this weekends exhibition below are a few of the sheets...

2010-08-28T10:09:00.003+01:00

showing new and old photography etc at St Merryn Village Hall this weekend, Sat Sun and Mon from 10am to 7pm.. swing by and say hi...

'sometimes' - 4"x6" original polaroid transfer with typewritten poetry

'jacob with alaia' - 24"x16" ltd edition print of 76

'dan with board' - 4"x6" original polaroid emulsion lift

p.s I've lost my phone

2010-08-18T17:47:00.001+01:00

new website underway... online in a couple o' weeks

2010-08-17T10:10:00.003+01:00

look...

2010-08-13T16:00:00.003+01:00

'short poem in a tree no. 2' ready for the framers - exhibiting new and old stuff in two weeks at the village hall among others in the annual summer art exhibition, 28th - 30th August

2010-08-03T12:31:00.009+01:00

Without Thought is a project which came to fruition through an interview Dan Crockett and myself undertook with internationally respected and visionary thinker Dr Richard Moss. The interview was passed on to be complemented with film footage by Ollie Banks. The result is a twelve minute documentary exploring flow state and peak experience, perhaps the true motivation behind not only surfing, but many aspects of our conscious lives. The first 30 come with a numbered print via either Ollie, Dan or myself.

Buy Without Thought here

2010-08-02T19:23:00.000+01:00

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2010-08-02T19:15:00.002+01:00

ancient experiments with mad light, homemade plastic lenses and multiple exposures on twisted film...

2010-07-20T09:26:00.000+01:00

july, july!

2010-07-07T22:36:00.001+01:00

2010-07-04T19:35:00.001+01:00

Toms been making these rad short flicks

2010-06-30T21:55:00.002+01:00

Right now, the International Whaling Commission is meeting in Morocco for a final vote on a proposal that would legalize commercial whale hunting for the first time in a generation.

The outcome rests on whose voices are heard most clearly in the final hours: the pro-whaling lobby -- or the world's people?

spend a few minutes making a difference

2010-06-30T21:46:00.001+01:00

Village hall happenings this Saturday...

2010-06-22T09:38:00.000+01:00

sitting pretty now or never...

2010-06-20T17:36:00.003+01:00

ah if only for the innocence of youth...

2010-06-20T13:51:00.001+01:00

--->

2010-06-20T13:37:00.000+01:00

m... more

2010-06-10T22:10:00.002+01:00

this --->

2010-06-01T17:53:00.000+01:00

just discovered these guys

2010-05-12T13:59:00.001+01:00

I like a lot about this

2010-05-04T15:40:00.005+01:00

i gotta admit, coming across this in surfers path sure did make my day...

2010-04-23T10:09:00.003+01:00

I have a stall here with a few bits and pieces including the last few numbered copies of my super8 film Across the Sea Sideways, maybe a board and a few other odds and ends... come along, it's always good for a chinwag and a cuppa tea even if you don't sell/buy anything...

2010-04-22T17:20:00.000+01:00

From the age of about 13, uncle Chris used to always give me albums for my birthday or christmas, ... I'd always have a listen and not quite get it. We'd stick the albums on every now and then, yeh we'd have a laugh at how Tom Waits would sing Anywhere I Lay My Head on Rain Dogs, or how Jonathan Richman sung of an abominable snowman in the market.. it wouldn't last long until our latest metal, grunge, and then punk rock albums would take over. The tapes were soon lost and forgotten... It's funny to think that after my punk rock period, and for the last 8 or so years, Tom and Jonathan have been on regular cycle out of my speakers. Thanks for the tapes Chris, it's just you were 10 years to early.

2010-04-16T14:31:00.006+01:00

go here and watch the third film down 'tarp pits' (watch the others after of course)... if it doesn't get you super stoked, well... then I'm afraid you're a lost cause.

it's gone for now... if you missed it bummer, I'm sure you'll find it again somewhere soon

2010-04-16T13:29:00.002+01:00

emulsion lifts scottish isles twenty oh 6

2010-04-14T15:48:00.003+01:00

we are out of control, we're really fucking up here, there and everywhere

we can all do our part to aim to slow it down, but seriously, i think there's too may of us... with many more of us coming, mostly from the greasy bowels of those that just don't know, care or think....

yeh, it's all fun and games for us... we'll be gone.

2010-04-14T15:42:00.003+01:00

oh dear

the pacific trash vortex

2010-04-09T12:24:00.001+01:00

ind-oh monkey

2010-04-01T11:57:00.001+01:00

some old black and white darkness shot a couple of years ago...

2010-03-29T00:20:00.001+01:00

holy hell

2010-03-26T18:58:00.000Z

2010-03-25T15:27:00.000Z

overlooked

2010-03-23T17:29:00.004Z

dan and jim and dane eire oh something or other

2010-03-21T20:34:00.003Z

Flaming Lips, Beirut and Joanna Newsom @ green man festival

flipin great... I'm there ---->

2010-03-18T13:51:00.001Z

1 - clarence

2010-03-18T13:50:00.003Z

2 - mermaid egypt 0h! nine

2010-03-18T13:46:00.002Z

3 - the barn

2010-03-18T13:42:00.007Z

4 - people

I have sinned

2010-03-16T16:24:00.000Z

drive by denver 0h 5

2010-03-16T11:44:00.005Z

slassssshhh - good time pow pow not long ago at all

2010-03-15T17:36:00.002Z

can't stop listening to Joanna's new album dammit.

she's different, is she from someplace else?

2010-03-15T14:41:00.005Z

swedish songstresses First Aid Kit offbeat little video - good stuff

2010-03-13T12:32:00.004Z

Was introduced to this film the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it... best film i've seen in a long while, but that's just me... it's out of the Balkans

2010-03-02T12:19:00.001Z

2010-03-02T12:04:00.002Z

morocc09

2010-03-02T12:02:00.003Z

dunno 'bout you but i'm jus' a bag o' bones

2010-03-02T11:40:00.002Z

Kook paper... very good

buy it here for £2.00,

2010-02-25T18:11:00.009Z

2010-02-24T02:41:00.001Z

2010-02-20T01:30:00.006Z

south coast 6 feb ... cheers greg martin for the shots

2010-02-04T14:55:00.002Z

article in the cornish gaurdian yesterday >

HUNDREDS of residents fear that one of Padstow's beauty spots could be ruined if a controversial planning application gets the go-ahead.

A proposal has been submitted to Cornwall Council to install a surface water outfall pipe with trenching works at Booby's Bay, near St Merryn.

The application has been submitted by multi-millionaire entrepreneur Simon Nixon, the founder of moneysupermarket.com.

In 2009 planning permission was granted for a three-storey house at Little Polgarron, which includes a lower floor consisting of bedrooms and a leisure wing, which will be sunk underground. Since then site investigation work has shown that the high water table on the site could put the property at risk of flooding so the applicant has been forced to submit a second application for the proposed outfall.

Outrage

The pipe would run from the property to cliffs overlooking the beach at Booby's Bay – and has caused outrage among residents. Already more than 200 letters of objection have been sent to the council and a group has been set up on the social networking site Facebook called 'Booby's Bay drainage application', which already has more than 1,000 members.

People are concerned that the pipe would not only damage the surrounding area but the contents could also affect the beach and the water quality.

Brothers John and Benjie Eldridge and Nathan Bennetts started the Facebook page, Benjie said: "The main reasons for us objecting so heavily is because recently Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty have come under attack from developers in the area and we can't let this continue.

"The people want to protect our coastline and it is a valuable asset to both the our community and economy, and should not under any circumstances be vandalised by development.

"The application states 'surface water' but does not state the meaning of surface water and to what depth it refers to. Digging down past the water table, adding sewage and household drainage is not surface water.

"We believe a proper environmental investigation is required to determine the effects of lowering the water table. This should have been done by the architects before planning was applied for. We believe the application has tried to avoid the public eye by misleading them with the information supplied."

Noon Projects, on behalf on Mr Nixon, released a statement saying: "This proposed outfall is to redirect the naturally occurring groundwater only and to balance out the seasonal variations that occur to the levels of this water within the development area of the site.

"All water discharged from the property, including toilets, showers, sinks and the natural water swimming pool, will run through our onsite treatment plant before finally passing through an ultraviolet treatment chamber. From here the water is allowed to discharge into the ground through a designed soakaway. The efficiency of the proposed treatment plant and the final standard of water discharged from the ultraviolet chamber will exceed current environmental standards and is of a higher quality than most developments."

2010-02-04T14:32:00.002Z

something... coming.....

derelicte' lookin finless mind swing brought to life courtesy of Rob Royal

2010-01-27T13:01:00.008Z

Boobies Bay private property drainage pipe application

Plans etc

Public enemy no. 1

email your objections here: planning.east1@cornwall.gov.uk

quoting planning application no. 2009/01754

before 4th Feb

or object online here

The very application summary is entirely misleading. The Application proposal reads 'Provision of a surface water outfall pipe with trenching works and ground surface reinstated'. The proposed pipe will be at its highest level deeper than 3.5m. This is below the water table and so will be a ground water drainage pipe, not a surface water drainage pipe. This is a discgrace and for this reason alone the planning permission should not go ahead.

This area of land is known to be very saturated and to have a high water table. The depth of the proposed drainage pipe for the Little Polgarron at Boobys Baywill start at the bottom layer of the house foundations which is at a depth of approximately 3.5m. This is far below the water table level and so will consequenty be a constant outlet to drain the water table. The pipe will effectively end up as a sump for the entire local water table and consequently will be constantly pumping out the a vast amount of water, water which naturally belongs in the ground acting as the water table. This amount of water flowing out onto the beach will have a huge affect on the local ecosystem.

It appears that this pipe is solely for the purpose of lowering the water table for the construction of the underground parking and swimming pool. This should in no way be allowed. It seems that this is a major error on behalf of the building constructors and planners. They did not take into account at the time of planning the high level of the water table and so this new application is a cover up of this fact and should be held in as high regard as did the original planning application. The property needs to be redisgned so that the water table can stay at its natural level.

All discharge from property including toilets, showers, sinks and swimming pool will end up going through this pipe and onto the beach as the pipe is at a level deeper than that of the natural water table which is where the discharge will naturally end up. This will result to a degree in local pollution.

This ground water drainage pipe will have numerous negative impacts on the local area within many different contexts including local hydrogeology and ecosystems. It will also have a great effect on the local beach, the amount of outflow from the pipe due to its nature of being below the water table will have a great effect on the local beaches sand movement and rock pools. The local beach users will also be affected by the outflow of the pipe and also its disposition in the rockface: it will be considered unsightly in an area of outsanding natural beauty.Boobies bay is regarded one of the few beaches in Cornwall to be left mostly untouched by development. This property can be redesigned in a much more understated fashion so as to have a lesser impact on the local environment. Installing this water table drainage pipe should not be considered an option.

If this application receives consent it will set a precedent for others to go ahead. This should not be allowed.

With all of these points in mind I urge you to decline the application.

2010-01-27T12:14:00.002Z

BOARD SWAP
JUMBLE SALE
MARKET

this saturday 10am at St Merryn Hall

2010-01-17T16:47:00.003Z

a music video I made for Jamie Lawson

2010-01-11T12:14:00.006Z

Wearing gloves for the first time in around 8 years... need em i could tell you, long and cold... on a separate note i really dig the way a hull pushes water

2010-01-09T11:18:00.000Z

2010-01-06T15:54:00.013Z

we are rotten, the worst

earthlings

watch it

2010-01-05T12:55:00.007Z

This book is packed with unpublished photographical gems from decades ago alongside recent interviews with a few of the characters from back then, this mixed with other materials from surfings modern semi-sub culture. I have a selection of prints in here alongside writings from Daniel Crockett. It's a big book well worthy of any passionate surfers coffee table/ bedroom floor/ back seat /you know. Get it here

2009-12-18T20:40:00.001Z

2009-12-16T13:24:00.006Z

a recent image from the hubble space telescope. it's a detailed view of a stellar nursery. an area of space where stars are in their early stages formation. the universe, to me, is one of the most interesting places in the, er, omniverse.

2009-12-15T14:15:00.004Z

kiki makes these fins in the java jungle using glass bottles for the template. i bought one off him back in 2007. a few days later the swell of the year hit. we were staying right down on the beach and the mega swell coupled with a full moon meant that waves were sweeping right into our pad. the sea threw a few things around and took a couple. including the fin. never got to surf it. i was back the next year and met kiki. kindly he offered me the above fin at a reduced rate and with a big grin. unfortunately i'd spent all my cash to get there. next time i'll make sure i got the spare funds. its pretty tripped out.

2009-12-12T19:05:00.006Z

I have a vision of many things to come
a way to erase mistakes that previously have been done
and a time where man meets man without a glare but with a smile
stop brooding on old things, taste new ones for awhile
until we try how will we know?
how will we know until we try?
so let's say we give it a go
to find the world that we're looking for
so let the children grow, be what they wanna be
point them in the right direction to build their own reality
lies and deception, they can't tell what is real
walk with your feelings then shout how you feel
dig my utopia, flavor euphoria
all hands raised hallelujah, sing a little Gloria
because what is good? what is right? and who the fuck decides?
the places I see are through an individuals eyes

- Jim Lindberg

2009-12-04T12:02:00.004Z

look's like they're making a movie about Rell Sunn. let's hope they don't over-cook it.

2009-12-02T12:33:00.005Z

A short film I made for Anna at the end of summer.

2009-12-02T12:02:00.006Z

funny that. what ever we do the planet will still be hanging around. dunno about you but i'm sticking to plan a.

2009-12-01T13:34:00.007Z

Anthropocentricity

how do we come to understand

for what is small and what is grand

of where we fit and how we stand

we, the centre of this land

the one compare we hold to know

the measure of man as we do grow

what's big is big, what's small is so

compare to us! all things we know

it's natural for any mind

to be the pole of all we find

but underneath our soulful glance

the height of wayward arrogance

2009-11-30T13:13:00.000Z

some old xp lca prints

2009-11-27T14:39:00.001Z

pixies circa '88

2009-11-27T13:21:00.006Z

yesterday i was given a link to this guy Justin Blythes blog Them Thangs. today it's gone, for who knows how long. i had a page still open this morning so stole a few images below. Them Thangs was/is a collage of found images, photographs etc. really engaging. it got me

2009-11-26T12:34:00.006Z

island lakes.

2009-11-23T15:02:00.001Z

2009-11-18T20:57:00.003Z

mmm...

2009-11-17T16:26:00.003Z

really diggin' this in the meantime:

2009-11-16T15:17:00.004Z

2009-11-16T15:15:00.002Z

the goose gets cut. circa '06

2009-11-15T15:09:00.003Z

just now...

2009-11-15T12:45:00.003Z

heading up and have a couple hanging on the wall...

2009-11-11T22:27:00.005Z

Joanna Newsom in MGMT's video... interesting

2009-11-10T12:10:00.003Z

I presume the Robin must have been in solitary confinement in the house since lunchtime yesterday until 7 am this morning when he flew into my bedroom. I let him out of the window and proceeded to work out where entered the house from. With no windows open further than around a centimeter it dawned on me that he must've had run of the house for a good 15 hours. I hope he found what he was looking for this time.

2009-11-09T15:38:00.003Z

The robin was back in the house today. I was at home briefly around lunchtime and had left the door open for less than a few minutes. I'd been away for a week, perhaps he missed me.

2009-10-31T13:58:00.005Z

circa '61...

and '62...

2009-10-28T09:39:00.006Z

Monday morning I was woken to a Robin thrashing around in the living room. With a little encouragement it was out the door in no time. I had a look around the pad and discovered that the only window through which he could have arrived was in the bathroom at around 3 inches ajar. The same Robin woke me up on tuesday trying to fly through the glass and into my bedroom.

This morning the Robin was back in my living room having once again come in through the bathroom window. It puzzles me as to what beckons him in to my house so?

2009-10-28T09:38:00.001Z

2009-10-08T11:53:00.001+01:00

wouldn't half mind being back here...

2009-10-06T12:19:00.010+01:00

got tuned in to this fellow's music...

love me or die... 4.54s --->

2009-10-01T11:25:00.000+01:00

2009-09-24T14:16:00.000+01:00

2009-09-12T10:42:00.002+01:00

Matt's board, Lionel's artwork, Shayne's photo, my legs

2009-09-07T15:45:00.007+01:00

some pages from one of these things i used to make... this one from a trip to france circa 2005

2009-08-28T10:42:00.001+01:00

this is great

2009-08-26T17:47:00.004+01:00

my personally hand shaped alaia split near enough in two yesterday, straight down the middle - the horror

pic - Lionel Dufau