A history of London Fields by Mike Martin

My dad, Mike Martin chair of London fields user group, has written a history of London Fields.
London Fields is a much loved little park in Hackney where I have flown kites, played Frisbee and tennis for as long as I can remember.
Mike traces its history from the doomsday book to 1998. I particularly like the council plans from 1939 with 12 tennis courts, ah progress.

Hooky monkey on holy cool.net

Thanks Holy cool for Blogging hooky monkey
Nice Blog:
Holy Cool Design Blog

Caught in the web of time; Sri Lanka and Brittany Travel experiences

Hey I just posted some travel photographs and experiences on the Telegraphs Ultra travel site. The experiences are two of my most memorable from trips to Sri Lanka and Côtes d'Armor in Brittany France.

Chasing the setting sun westward (Côtes d'Armor)

Gecko infested room (Sri Lanka)

Spring fair

Found this handy intro to spring fair looks useful, but it misses out hooky Mooky the new look multi hook. Naughty book.
Be sure to check it out on the Addject stand 4E56.
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Hooky Monkey the new look multi-hook for sale on Addject

Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hooky Monkey for sale on Addject website
This elegant, incredibly strong hanging hook has not one, but four hooks to solve storage problems around your home and garden.

Designed by Jon Martin, this fun new decorative hook is a contemporary storage solution to suit urban lifestyles, and a great gift. Hang versatile Hooky Monkeys from an existing kitchen bar to store pots and pans, utensils and mugs from its strong arms and legs. Use Hooky Monkey to organise your hat, bag and keys in your hall, or hang tools, birdfeeder, lantern and hanging plants in your garden.

Once you get one Hooky Monkey helping around your home or garden you will come back for more.

You can buy it now at addject
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Hooky Monkey hangs out at Top Drawer

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Hooky monkey time
Current mood: breezy
Category: Art and Photography
I’ve been giving my valuable time to Hooky Monkey my new look multi-hook recently.

I went along to dress and arrange the cascade of Hooky Monkeys hanging out on the Addject stand at Top Drawer homeware show in London’s Earls Court 17-19 Jan 2010. I’ve never seen so many Hooky Monkeys in one place before, a veritable jungle of them.

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They are so handy to have around the home to hang keys, hats pots and pans etc on. But it’s hard to show their versatility without making the display cluttered.

Like in all things, a delicate balance is required.

Hooky Monkey finally appears on my design website as the only product I want to show off. The other products are in hiding till they get a proper release!

www.jonmartindesigns.com



I do hate having to learn the tiny bit of HTML, Java or CSS that I have to, life is too short to program.

So now I should know what to do for Spring fair (7-11 Feb 2010)

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Groovalicious Summer Hi

Friday, March 14, 2008
OOOOOOOOOOh CD
Current mood: blissful
Category: Art and Photography
Our album Summer Hi has just come back from printing and CD duplication and it’s sooo exciting. At the moment it’s mainly the joy of the designer and photographer (as well as being the vocalist, lyricist, I did the design and photography (biggup da design posse)) seeing your work in print in the fleshy and plastic real world is a real buzz. The shiny digital perfection of the black print against the rainbow iridescence of the CD oooohhh I have to pinch myself.

And now the dreary slog of updating the band website and touting and tarting it about the place, yawn. But it will be nice to share it with friends. Here take a CD it is but one of the many golden thorns that worry my immortal soul.

Better out than in, I suppose.

Groovalicious Summer Hi: Listen here:

Love Candy by Groovalicious on GKF

Friday, December 14, 2007
My band Groovalicious release Love Candy on GKF records
Category: Music
..> Groovalicious FIRST RELEASE Love Candy on GKF records
Current mood: bouncy
Category: MySpace




Groovalicious are proud to announce their first release Love Candy, a totally tasty Soulful House track that won't ruin your smile.

Listen and buy it here.

Released December 2007 by Gotta Keep faith Records (GKF) gkfrecords , an independent Italian Soulful House label, specialising in quality dance music from talented international artists, have added four mixes by some of their hottest remixers, Spiritual Blessings, Dee C'rell, Steve Paradise, and D3 to the Groovalicious original mix.

Groovalicious are taking a break from putting the finishing funky touches to their Lounge album Summer Hi - twelve delicious servings of down tempo audio food (coming to a download site near you, Feb 2008), to share the good news - the first Love Candy promo reviews are back, and they are excellent !

Here are some of the first reactions to Love Candy :

- RICHARD EARNSHAW – "Really nice mix by Spiritual Blessings…would have been nice to have a dub version on this vibe...."

- RAY FENWICK (Converge ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />UK ) – "First of all the Melcyor A remix of this track is one of the best songs I have have heard all year. The other remix are also very good but by far Melcyor A is the best. This remix is definitely in my top 10 tracks for the year and I can see this track doing very well. I have been playing it in my sets all week and i also played it in one of Newcastle 's top clubs last night and the reaction was very good. Keep up the good work!!!! "

- GREG KOZO – "Great package ! !Dig it ! ! Peace"

- LEVI (RADIOOO.DJ)-" We love your Love Candy! We put in On-Air playlist from Monday! Good music @ good place!"

- RUBEN ALVAREZ –"That release will be one of my favourites tunes for the year... simply.. love it!! full support!! , 9/10"

- CAY CATALAN (Couch Records) – ""Love candy Dee C'Rell Mix" IS THE BOMB!"

- DJ THERRY (Jerk House Connection) – "Great tune, good voice, principally original track Thanks for all"

- CORY SOULFUSION (Centric Music UK ) – "I love the original and Mechyor A mix you have full support from Centric Music and will play track in this week radio show."

-DOLL COMBERS – GREAT TRACK....soulful in the house. Our favourites mixes are the Steve Paradise mix....really old school..and the Spiritual Blessing mix so elegant and groovin...love the mood."

- ALAN LONG (Iradio.ie) –"I will play it in my sets when playing and will fill you in on crowd reaction."

-FRANCO MARTINELLI (Housepage.net) –"This is another funky gem on Gotta Keep Faith, enriched with totally hot mixes from Steve Paradise, Spiritual Blessings, D3 and Dee C. Hard to choose a favourite version."

- DEAN SERAFINI (Jjazproject Magazine) –"If you're looking for something really catchy and infectious then this should be right up your street. Subtle it's not but I just can't help but get enthusiastic whenever I hear it. The "Original" is a piano driven hands in the air number that's perfect for the more commercial audience while the remix cover off the more discerning ear. My pick is "Steve Paradise's Deep In The Disco Mix" with its endearing chords and lush strings. D3 provide a disco infused interpretation while Spiritual Blessings and Dee C'Rell take things a little deeper. For those who need convincing to check this one out, the vocals come from a certain Jon Martin who has amongst other credits behind him, the distinction of being the voice of Norman Cook's Pizzaman project."

- MICHAEL FOSSATI (SpiritOfHouse.com) – "In its original form, "Love candy" by Groovalicious is a feel good production featuring sweet vocals over a fiercely stormin' funktified backdrop that is topped with warm melodic keys. Steve Paradise provides the 'Deep in the Disco Mix' that gives the track a deep, disco flava spiced sounding, while Spiritual Blessings' 'Move in da Deepa Mix' is a groovy deep house interpretation that keeps things smooth and relaxed. D3's 'Classic Mix' is what its name denotes, an old-school reworking taking you back in time, while Dee C'Rell gives it a stormin' deep house sounding perfect for peak time play."