TWO SUMMER CLASSICS!

Its been seriously HOT in London town!!! when you get a heat wave like this (32C) You've got to mark it with some beautiful summer tunes. They dont get better than this!

It took a bit of sniffing about to track this down; The Sylvers "Only One Can Win!!!"





Jay Dilla sampled this track for his sublime track "Two can win" on the album "Donuts" released by Stones Throw in 2006.

Black Milk - Losing Out (feat. Royce Da 5'9")

This tune is on NON STOP ROTATION right now!..."Lets talk about!..."

Jay Electronica - Swagger Jacksons Revenge

Erykah Badu "jay wrote this tribute to mike over a year ago"

SUPER FERTILE

Love this jewellery by SUPER FERTILE founded by Kali Arulpragsam

THE REAL SUPER STARS Summer 2009

MR MARTIN COOPER - The Inventor of MOBILE PHONE


MR KUMAR PATEL - Inventor of LASER ( MEDICAL + MACHINE)


HUNGER Spring 2009

Mixed staple food




Endangered Species




TOURIST

Haitian Kids playing football under the stars


Hati


C.A.R + Colombia


Sri Lanka

Extreme Gardening 3

So the Garden is coming on nicely........

Chopped down a tree


One giant step for BlackNerds the back wall


Before


After

Paper annimation by Jen Stark

Found Jen Stark animation through Kitsune Noir blog

Hypnotising animation done with paper

"Streaming Gradient" by Jen Stark from Jen Stark on Vimeo.

"Papermation" by Jen Stark from Jen Stark on Vimeo.

Get some Good Wood

Good Wood From Cocolah

Best Black Wishes

The Art of Lemi Ghariokwu

Tuesday night saw the launch of Nigerian artist Lemi Ghariokwu's at the RichMix . The exhibition brought to life Lemi's work who is most famously known for the album art work of Fela Kuti. After listening to Lemi talk about his inspiration and his time with Fela, the launch night turned into one of the best free nights we've seen in London for a long time. The sounds of live Afrobeat with Nigerian legends Tony Allen and Dele Sosimi with Rich Medina on the decks had us all on our feet.



















The next day we went to collect our print, had a more in depth tour of the exhibition, where we met Lemi and Rich Medina


Lemi signing his limited prints of Felasophy 1 of 7 which is currently at Bnn HQ



Best Black Wishes






Read more about the exhibition here artsownkind.wordpress.com

Dawn Okoro

We love Dawn Okoro's work and was happy to re-stumble on it thanks to our redundant myspace page.

Beautiful portraits by Dawn Okoro











www.myspace.com/dawnokoroart
www.dawnokoro.com

Extreme gardening session 2

Following from our first Extreme gardening session where we found a skull, this session saw us uncover 3 frogs and the foxes den.

Last Thursday we really assaulted the garden/jungle with transforming effects, armed with more nerds we managed to get up to halfway. With this progress we can just about see the back wall and can't wait for another dry day to get the rest done.

Can smell the barbecue already.



The Frogs





Before


After

Yellow makes me Mello

African print pleated skirt by BnnGirls
Vest Primark
Necklace Primark
Belt French Connection via Tk Maxx

Tropical Bag Lady

BnnGirls are enjoying this tropical London weather but deep down yearning for the Island girls in us. Accessorizing with our summer bags takes us right back to the beach.



View from the mainland


Beach bums>>>>>>>>>BnnGirls







We have loads ...............................................................


Vintage shopper from beyond Retro


Woven basket with removable strap charity shop find


Vintage hard case bag with weave pattern charity shop find


Every time we go to the Caribbean we love to support the local crafts and purchase these hand made woven bags with raffia flowers.


Love the lining




These ones are old maybe from the late 80s, I forget which family relative brought us back these



Currently our fave just a shame it can't hold much, loving the colours in this bag from Oxfam Wembley



Vintage orange with perspex buckle another Charity shop find

Gotta love the Lemon

We wish we were on that Virgin flight this summer

Globe

Got these lovelies on Saturday from Black Pearl.

We saw these online but they were out of stock. We then went along to their shop in Kingly Court and tried our luck. We were very pleased that they were able to make them up on the spot.

They are now available on the online shop in Gold and silver.

Extreme Gardening

So during these sunny days it has come a time to tackle the jungle ok the garden but on first sight it may be confused as one.

Year after year we look out the kitchen window and think wouldn't it be nice to have a barbecue. Well this is the year we will tackle the bush, take back the garden from the current squatters (family of Foxes)and actually find out what is at the bottom the garden.

We think this may be a Cat skull probably the foxes killed it

A Short Film on Mr Jones - KEZIAH JONES

I love this short film which gives you a look at Keziah Jones before he was famous.

In the directors own words:

"Using our own rare footage, we cut this to promote Keziah to record companies - from busking to first performance to recording his first record - a rare insight into the early days of an artist's career... "

ENJOY

Nautical Fashion

All this Nautical fashion that's around got us reminiscing of precious holidays to the Caribbean where we spent time sailing, lazy days on Macaroni beach Mustique and Lower Bay Bequia.

Red

Bnn Nautical Nerd T Shirt



Red leather bag, gloves and scarf all vintage charity shop buys



Anchor belt again charity shop in Wembley



White

Bill Amberg Mens Deck wear





Love these deck shoes by Henri Lloyd



Blue

Mustique Captain Kids T shirt from Basil's Mustique




Woven blue and white bag with rope strap Charity shop




We heart The Grenadines

Start Them Young

Meet Vesey named after Denmark Vesey.

His mother tells us "He's a rising second grader who was on the winning MathBowl team for his first grade. And, he thinks he can step and crump with the best of them."

Here are pictures of Vesey working his Bnn Tee and doesn't he do it well.

Dazed & Confused / ANOTHER magazine

My Dad found these years ago and thought I would like them. I was doing art A level and decided to cut them up for collarge (I regret that now).

DAZED & CONFUSED Issue 7 1994 £1.95

Jefferson Hack and Rankin were the editors and Photography by Rankin.

Interviews with Paris rapper Mc Solaar, Isabella Blow on new designers Philip Tracey and Alexander McQueen. Dr Martins and slip dresses and Sony MD was going to be the next big thing.



In 1994 teenagers will still be teenagers




Mc Solaar


Along with Dazed & Confused came a free pilot edition of Another magazine. In 1993 it was just called Another.

Again the front cover was shot by Rankin playing on the iconic playboy 1982 issue. The editor was Katie Grand who went on to The Face and eventually Pop magazine.



Clothes from Hyper Hyper on High Street Ken I wonder how many of you remember.

Times are hard, but would you?

Neither would we.

Red and Ruffles

Jacket/Cardigan Gap, Grey top with chiffon ruffles Up Market Brick Lane, Brooch See by Chloé

Le Coil

Loving this collection of natural hair

Le Coil

Black by design

Came across this illstration by Alice Tait

TV Commercial casting for Star Beer

Calling all Nigerian Nerds..yes you've been getting spoiled on this blog recently!
An opportunity for some Naija man of seismic proportions has come to Bnn's attention:

"TV Commercial casting in London and filming in South Africa. No Experience necessary. We are looking for interesting Nigerian (or of origin) guys between 22 and 35. We will be casting the week of the 20th of May. The shoot will be in South Africa for about a week at the end May. The rates are Basic studio fee is £250 per day and 300 percent for Nigerian tv ie £750 abt the same for print. All exspences paid trip to South Africa. Please send a photo and contact details to Ian Sheppard at Shep@shepdog.com asap Good Luck."

so if you like:


Picture taken from http://koranteng.blogspot.com/








Then contact:
Ian Sheppard at Shep@shepdog.com

Ps. for those BLACK NERDS that need a bit of history:

STAR was introduced into the Nigerian market on 2 June 1949 as the first indigenous beer brand; the beer market having been dominated exclusively by imported brands. Shortly after its entry into the market, STAR quickly brushed aside the problems usually associated with a new brand in a market already used to imported beer and started a path of tremendous growth. For instance in 1962, about 2, 191,376 cartons of STAR were sold and by 1975 the figure has risen to 11,266,000 cartons. As at 2003, the sales figures were in the region of over 40 million cartons in that year alone.

Bake Me A Cake

Last week Tuesday Mr BlackNerd celebrated his Birthday, so the girls baked him a cake and decorated it to.

The decoration was inspired by his love for music and our love for Tatty Devine. The cake is a Black Cake (Caribbean fruit cake soaked with Rum)




Get my bracelet here

Caribbean Black Cake

Nigerian White Boy Speaking pidgin English

This is one SURREAL video!
Nigerians (of all colours!?) STAND UP!!
He even manages to make the Naija man interviewer, with his fake American accent look FAKE LOL!

Charles Krafft Disasterware

WARNING!! WARNING!!! SCRATCH THIS BLOG!

We have never had to do this before, but due to the message we received in our myspace inbox from Charles Krafft we were left with two options:

1. delete this post
2. share the message and our reply.

We decided to go with option 2:

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Charles Krafft
To: blacknerdsnetwork.blogspot.com
Date: 30 Apr 2009, 22:11
Subject: You're kidding!


I'm approving Blacknerdnetwork as a friend because I've never met a black nerd. I'm trying to get with the diversity program here in Seattle, but it's kinda hard when the black kids on my bus won't give up that extra seat they're always sprawled across.


-----------------BLACK NERDS NETWORK REPLY---------

PLEASE DON'T APPROVE US!

There is so much wrong with what you have written it is difficult to know where to start.

Your racially prejudice! My instincts tell me your not the sharpest razor in the pack so i'll break it down for you.

You judge people that you have never met, by other people you have met by the colour of their skin!? At best this is STUPID, and at Worst its RACIST.

Im sure you've met many Black Nerds were just normal people that come in all ages, genders and professions... hey in fact some of us even drive buses.

We really liked your work and blogged (it) we then sent you a simple friends request on myspace, we are truly astounded by your reply.

However unlike you we will not judge the many by the few.

Regards

Bnn fam.



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The original Disasterware, flirting with violence and beauty comes from the American artist Charles Krafft pioneer of the Pop Surrealism movement.

Of all the people acquiring guns in 1998 on the black market in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Charles Krafft was probably the only one who turned the illicit weapons into porcelain delftware.

Meeting with arms dealers in Ljubljana's cafes and bars, Krafft made arrangements to borrow Kalashnikovs and AK-47s ("the little black dress of the military industrial complex," he calls the assault rifles) so that he could use them to make plaster slip-molds. He then created meticulously accurate castings of the guns in white porcelain and painted the weapons with flowers, text and other decoration in the traditional delftware blue. The resulting collection of lethal but dainty satire became part of a body of work that provoked Mark Del Vecchio, author of "Postmodern Ceramics," to declare Krafft "one of the USA's most seditious artists [who] plays difficult, uneasy games with content and culture."











Charles Krafft talks about his work


Charles Krafft on Charles Krafft

Tea and Two Bullets

I found this by Yvonne Lee Chultz via blankbareclean blog and instantly fell in love with the floral porcelain tea set. On a second look the strategically placed porcelain gun suddenly disrupts the whole notion of a quaint afternoon tea party into an afternoon of violence.


The Porcelain Pistols are replicas of James Bond’s Walther PPK and its contemporary sister, the P99,with friendly permission of Carl Walther Inc.The fragile weapon, hand-painted in the style of classic tableware motifs, liesnext to your coffee and cake, asking to be picked up. Its coolness andcomfortable grip increase the qualms of the user, leaving him in a quandary between the pleasure of luxury and violence.

Black Kids on Bikes

Freedom Ride

Formed by James Spooner graphic designer, bike lover and film maker. He sums himself as “I makes movies, rides bikes and loves my family, not in that order”.

Once a month black cyclists are getting together to meet, get to know one another and ride. The ride is medium paced, 10 -15 miles with a couple stops for beverages and to let everyone catch up.

This ride brings together Black people of all ages to ride there bikes.














We would love to ride our fixie with these folk

For more info on Freedom Ride

You may also know James Spooner from the Afro Punk scene and maker of the film check the movement here

Afro Punk Trailer


View his blog here

Happening Saturday

Last Saturday saw Bnn Hq of East, head to the mighty South. We started at Embassy Nigerian restaurant in New Cross where we were a bit disappointed by the usually superb cuisine but the Nigerian Guinness and Guinness malt was on point.

Never seen outside of Nigeria pt2 Guinness malt pt1



Fried rice, Chicken, Plantain and Stew




We then took a trip to Brixton and was seduced by a pub playing Fela. Went across road to Satay bar and thought we love Brixton Black for still keeping it real. We Then went back over the river via bus and ended up in Plastic people to Nonsence for an overdue visit.



Met some cool girls sporting Disney courture with vintage chic and another bringing back a revial of beaded hair.

Galliano

Bnn bumped into Crispin Robinson aka Spry (percussionist extraordinaire) the other day and it got them thinking about the good old days. (The days when Crispin had HAIR!..sorry bro.)
Before Trip Hop, Drum and bass, Garage or Grime there was ACID JAZZ!
At the forefront of this scene along with legends such as Omar, The Young Disciples (my personal favourite),The Brand new heavies and Jamiroquai were Galliano.
Galliano were the first band to sign to Gilles petersons label Talkin Loud back in the early nineties.The original members were Rob Gallagher (vocals), Constantine Weir (vocals), and Crispin Robinson (percussion).
Their first release was "Frederick Lies Dead" in 1987 and they went on to record two albums with the original line up "In Pursuit of the 13th Note - 1991 " and "A Joyful Noise unto the Creator - 1992 " which added Valerie Etienne to vocals and Mick Talbot, Paul wellers partner in crime from the Style Council on Keys and production.
I saw this line up of the band several times from Manchester Academy to Glastonbury and they never failed to move the crowd, throwing giant balls into the audience and having mass stage invasions.
Every now and again I bump into Constantine or Rob who is still doing his thing as earl zinger and I can tell they miss those days.

Ps. can't really do a blog on Acid Jazz without mentioning Eddie Piller who started "Acid Jazz" records along with Gilles Peterson in the late eighties.

Pps. I had a Wicked live version of this song to post but because of the Stupidness of YOUTUBE It's "NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS REGION"!




Galliano- Prince Of Peace

Bashy - Ransom ft Scorcher & Wretch 32 (Part One)

Bashy needs 10k!...and to be fair he does a good job with the acting.(watch this space East Enders here we come).

The EK MONOGRAM PIN

I've been patiently waiting for Brooch/Pin from Eley Kishimoto and it arrived today!! My/Our love for Brooches continues.







The EK MONOGRAM PIN was featured in their 'Jet Set Masala' Autumn Winter 2009/10 show as hat accessories, but it now online to buy as part of there limited edition collection here and at £5.00 anybody can have a piece of their collection.

The Extra Leg

We came across these at DIYmode and thought they were rather Dandy then a bike clip or imitating some kind of rudeboy fashion with one leg up. Rather fetching when we're riding our fixie.

The extra leg is a garment accessory that allows you to really protect your pants when you ride your bike without looking like an idiot.Just wrap them around your pants, they self attach with Velcro, and leave your trousers untouched and protected from your bike.You can either play it discreet by choosing an extra leg the same colour as your pants, or be more graphic with contrasts.

One size fits all, men and women, and the different styles of pants wearing. You can choose to wear them, tight on slim jeans, or loosely with a suit not to wrinkle it; the long Velcro strips make sure they don’t fall off. The extra legs are produced by A.P.C. with their own legendary denims in the sixth arrondissement in Paris.



























The Extra Leg

Oxmo Puccino

Oxmo Puccino

I'm still fascinated how in France as opposed to the UK, radio stations support domestic music, coupled with a language thats not english artists like Oxmo Puccino are able to flourish.

I love the beats and the flow a french "Biggie" on a jazz tip.
Oxmo Puccino has a new album out now called "L'Arme de Paix"

my space: www.myspace.com/oxmopuccino
web: www.oxmo.net

Oxmo Puccino - Masterciel
by CInq7

Oxmo Puccino was born in 1974 in Mali. He came to Paris one year later, and lived in the XIXe arrondissement from the age of 5. He is the brother of basketball player Mamoutou Diarra. He appeared in the 2006 film Arthur and the Minimoys.
Puccino drew on the street-smart American hip-hop of the Notorious B.I.G. and other icons to document life in Paris' hardscrabble 19th district. Born in Mali in 1974, he arrived in Paris at age five as part of a family that included younger brother Mamoutou Diarra, later a professional basketball player of some international renown.
A longtime hip-hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing his craft alongside future superstars like Booba and Diam's. He quickly developed into a lyricist with a metaphorical ingenuity far more advanced than his contemporaries, crafting violent yet strangely poetic portraits of urban Paris life.
In 1996 Oxmo Puccino made his recorded debut with Pucc. Fiction, a contribution to the compilation L432. A series of subsequent mixtape appearances solidified his growing reputation within the French rap underground, and in 1998 he issued his solo debut, Opéra Puccino. Its 2001 follow-up, L'Amour Est Mort, proved Puccino's creative and commercial breakthrough, while 2004's Le Cactus de Sibérie confirmed his superstar status. After signing to the venerable jazz label Blue Note, Puccino assembled a new backing group, the Jazzbastards, to record 2006's Lipopette Bar. (wikipedia)

BLACKtronica

...................................was well and truly back.






























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We finished up the night with cocktails at Milk and Honey.

Constructive Press

So we are getting a lot of Love for our Constructive Lives tilled wall designed by Multistory.

Constructive Lives featured in Grafix Magazine.









Dzeen Blog

Arising Nerds

Thanks to Instinct for sending us this write up about us in Arise Magazine. It's nice to see a write up that beautifully sums us up.




And we are loving the Emamoke Ukeleghe print in the background.


Arise magazine charts Africa’s global cultural influence trough Art Fashion and Culture.

***BAND SPANKING***

So last night saw the launch of Volume magazine new monthly night promoting new bands at Paradise Kensal Rise.





Volume covers all that is new in music,art, writing and fashion. We especially like the art deco fashion shoot featuring designs from RCA graduate Debbie Fletcher, Lisa Hjelm. Amazing art by TWIY

Debbie Fletcher


Lisa Hjelm




TWIY


Bnn girls headed out to support one of our favourite band De Tropix.

The Night started slow but the first band got the night started. De Tropix then took to the intimate stage playing their tunes that we actually are starting to know a few of the words. As usual Cherry and Instinct had us whining in our seats with their mix of Tropical, Eletro and Ragga.

We ain't got much pics to busy enjoying we self.

Last Months Stuff

Naija bracelets from the coolest Naija shop in Dalston 50p each



I like my clip from Bershka



Forget the I Heart you small we got giant ones now from Superdrug for 99p



I have stars in my eyes chain from Kokon to Zai (gift...thank U)



My vintage charm bracelet from Black Pearl



Zebras In Style from Zara Kids

Do you like my Angles?

Complementary colours

Blacktronica is BACK

Here at Bnn HQ we were elated when we heard that Blacktronica was making a comeback. Blacktronica burst on to scene in 2002 with a powerful name and a powerful logo reminiscent of the black panthers with a contemporary twist. Blacktronica was created by Charlie Dark who wanted to broaden the boundaries of how black music is perceived in this country read more

This Easter Thursday sees the original line up of Charlie Dark, Acyde, Tic and Rapscallion with special guest King Britt, Dj Rags, and Bopstar






Reach here ICA

Mos def is a DOOM fan!

I love this footage. if you follow this Bnn blog, facebook or twitter you know we often beg the question "MF DOOM or MOS DEF?" A question that is quite possibly, impossible to answer!

This footage has the dual purpose of endearing mos def as a true fan of HIP HOP and confirming Dooms status a an ABSOLUTE LYRICAL GENIUS emcee the most rated but at the same time underrated and troubled lyricist of a generation!

ENJOY.

Jenny and Erykah

At last the new facebook was useful for something last night, Jenny Baptiste came on the feed with her updated new pictures on her blog and we wasn't disappointed.

Her fly on the wall photography that captured a rare insight into moments of Erika at her apartment. The natural light, the off guard shots and pictures of pictures illustrates the everyday of a beautifully talented woman.










View more of Jenny Baptiste photography

Disney Couture

We must say that we usually deteste everything that is Disney, even thinking about it brings about nausea (being an adult and going into the Disney store surrounding by chirpy staff and Disney theme tunes on full blast), ok that's a bit much, but you know what I mean. So a while back I was surprised to see Urban Outfitters had some of their range and I must admit it I loved it.

The jewellery range is more for the fashion conscience girl than your pink loving girly girl. The range is based around all their films and animations such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, sleeping beauty and Pirates of the Caribbean etc. I especially love the wrap charm bracelet which uses rope and gold charms.










Available at Liberty

Baby Love by Quinny by Henrik Vibskov

Here at Bnn HQ baby stuff usually passes us by but this pushchair and baby range made us stop and stare. If you are fed up with the celebrity lot and Notting Hill darlings pushing Tulula and Jack in there green Bugaboo Pushchairs wearing Hunter wellies. Quinny by Henrik Vibskov is by Danish fashion designer is definitely for the shoreditch parents. The collections bold colours and sleek design are right on trend with the use of geometric prints.







Prices of the range go up to £ 1089.00 at this price make the bugaboo look cheap, the pushchairs are availble from Farfetch

If you still like the range and what something a lot cheaper check out these sew on patches for £15.00 here

Lee Perry - I am the Upsetter 1982

Sir Lee Scratch Perry is a genius...I saw him a few years back he came out with pink hair but that stories for another day!

This tune is for all the "CRIME MINISTERS"

Light of the World

I really like the pastel colours and the whole feel of this album art work by UK band Light of the World.


Light of the world Round Trip

My T-Shirt design using collage of the art work done at V&A Friday Late for black History Month 0ct 07.



Light of the World London Town

Bnn twitter fam

www.twitter.com/BlackNerds
www.twitter.com/BlackNerdGirls

Such A Vivrant Thing

So not MJ but Q Tip mania is griping London right about now. With all tickets and reserved after show party tickets sell off we suggest you start queueing early as the man himself is due to do a live dj set. We at bnn love his recent advents for Uniqlo and doesn't he wear it well.



Q-Tip UNIQLO


After Party


A Vivrant Thing


Q-Tip Prince DJ Scratch

Q Tip

J'dore my boots

As usual it was quite an uneventful shopping trip to the Wood Green TK Maxx, I never really go to that one, usually strictly West (High st ken, Ealing and Hammersmith).

Coming to the end of my magpie scouring checking out the shoes, not expecting much as I'm a size 5 and all the best shoes seem to be in a 4. I look through the sale bit and their they are, I though these are quite nice, cream patent, never had cream boots before. Pick them up and looked at the sole, heart started to race, first of all they were £20.00, then I realise they were LULU GUINNESS.I then looked at the recommended retail price and it was £259.00, I nearly wet myself. Lulu Guinness is more famous for her quirky clutches in shapes such as lips and houses.

Oh how I J'dore my boots.

Virtual Nerd

Oh how we love a brooch

Nothing satisfies us Bnn girls more than accessorising are outfits and its all about brooches. Its that bad that we can not leave the house without a brooch on our coat or jacket. Most of the time no one can see your cleverly put together outfit under your coat so what more can reveal a bit about you than a brooch.

Woman and dog £1.70 on sale from Spanish shop Blanco at Westfield




Charity shop find £1.50




This one was from Chloé which came on a top.




I love this UN one because its shaped like stamp. This one was a from a jumble sale and a bargain at 50p.




This is my favorite again it came with a top from Moschino and was actually a pair, I could not leave home without it but a few weeks ago I sadly lost one. I am absolutely gutted and I now very rarely wear the other one in fear of being birdless.

Getting my Fixie Fixed

Today I got my baby back after it was pretty much abandoned because of a puncture, as I was sorting it out at Brick Lane bikes I hand another calling to these slick Black handle bars how could I resist.

Before


After


Read more

Thread Earrings

We Bnn girls have been eyeing up these earrings for a while now. We've been seeing them in pictures of Caribbean and US girls and wondering how to get our hands on these. Reminiscent of the 70s string art pictures using Maths and grids that were all over The Black Front room. We finally found them in some JA shop in Dalston for £5.00.

Loving the intricacy and the colours.








String art earrings


Buy them here

A bit more than string Art Linear Construction No. 2 1970-71 by Naum Gabo on view at the Tate Britain

TRON

After my weekly visit to my local charity shop disappointed that their was no bags or clothes to buy. I decided to riffle through the books, I came across Tron The Story Book. It clicked in my mind, a while back I remember something about king Britt mentioning it on facebook, I also remembered that I did not have a clue what he was talking about (to young). I bought the book at a bargain price of 50p. I later googled and realise why King Britt was talking about it. Tron is being remade with the soundtrack done buy French electro duo Daft Punk. I could not think of a better pairing.

Tron is a 1982 science fiction film by Disney ahead of its time not seen before with distinctive visuals read more.





It was well worth my 50p as I've seen online prices from £9.99

Tron 1982 trailer


Daft Punk - One more time






King Britt on Tron

Its Official

Twitter took over the world!!!



So like the rest of the world we have signed up to Twitter. This has also been confirmed by today's edition of ShortList. We must admit it did take us while to get in to the whole timeline thing, but you must know we're like salt, up in everything.





WE have two pages.........one word CUPCAKEGATE

http://twitter.com/BlackNerds

http://twitter.com/BlackNerdGirls

It's all about the Trellick

The iconic Trellick Tower by Ernő Goldfinger and in tribute to this Constructive Lives
brings you Trellick mugs
plates
totes
badges
tea towels
sketch books

Constructive Lives V Trellick Towers

Answer to cupcakegate........

More cupcakes of course.

These are some of our faves

Buttercup Cake shop





John Lewis Foodhall





This is our homarge to cupcakes at Constructive Lives shop

Black Icons

We were happy to pick up the latest copy of the Mango free in store magazine of their spring/summer collection, and was even happier to fine the section Black Icons. This section features one black model transforming into iconic black woman throughout the decades till now. The 40s gives us Billy holiday, the 70s Afro/black power flares and Bohemian long dresses, 90s Naomi Campbell and the 00s featuring a Beyonce look. Our favorite is the Billy Holiday and the 70s.

Salt and Pepper

Squid is yummy from our favorite Vietnamese restaurant Loong Kee. It's the best value for money and the best thing is you can bring your own alcohol so no shocks when you get the bill. We suggest you book a table or prepare to wait especially on Friday and Saturday.



134 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DY

JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT Interview

We put this on our Twitter page and got mad love. This man is the REAL.

From graffiti to gallery the original BANKSY.

Black Nerds at work

Take That-Back for good

Nuff said.

all manner of excuses

We've been gone tOOoooo long, we could make all manner of excuses but whats the point!?!(Having said that we have been working hard, running our new shop "Constructive Lives", thinking bout music"Black Sugar" designing,thinking about more ways to spread the word in short, building an empire LOL!). However most of time(Christmas,New year, Snow day, valantines day)were spent listening to this one song.



Oh yeah you can also get us in real time on Twitter: www.twitter.com/BlackNerds

Sophia Stewart did write the Matrix...and Terminator!

BLACK WOMAN WROTE THE MATRIX AND TERMINATOR AND WINS LAW SUIT!


Sophia Stewart



Black Author wins The Matrix Copyright Infringement Case.


This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart, African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due from the copyright infringement of her original work!!!

Monday, October 4th 2004 ended a six-year dispute involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart's allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow residing. Stewart, a New Yorker who has resided in Salt Lake City for the past five years, will recover damages from the films, The Matrix I, II and III, as well as The Terminator and its sequels. She will soon receive one of the biggest payoffs in the history of Hollywood, as the gross receipts of both films and their sequels total over 2.5 billion dollars. Stewart filed her case in 1999, after viewing the Matrix, which she felt had been based on her manuscript , "The Third Eye," copyrighted in 1981.

In the mid-eighties Stewart had submitted her manuscript to an ad placed by the Wachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works. According to court documentation, an FBI investigation discovered that more than thirty minutes had been edited from the original film, in an attempt to avoid penalties for copyright infringement. The investigation also stated that "credible witnesses employed at Warner Brothers came forward, claiming that the executives and lawyers had full knowledge that the work in question did not belong to the Wachowski Brothers."

These witnesses claimed to have seen Stewart's original work and that it had been "often used during pre preparation of the motion pictures." The defendants tried, on several occasions, to have Stewart's case dismissed, without success. Stewart has confronted skepticism on all sides, much of which comes from Matrix fans, who are strangely loyal to the Wachowski Brothers. One on-line forum, entitled Matrix Explained has an entire section devoted to Stewart. Some who have researched her history and writings are open to her story. Others are suspicious and mocking. "It doesn't bother me," said Stewart in a phone interview last week, "I always knew what was true."

Some fans, are unaware of the case or they question its legitimacy, due to the fact that it has received little to no media coverage. Though the case was not made public until October of 2003, Stewart has her own explanation, as quoted at www.daghettotymz.com/matrix/matrix.html :

"The reason you have not seen any of this in the media is because Warner Brothers parent company is AOL-Time Warner... this GIANT owns 95 percent of the media... let me give you a clue as to what they own in the media business... Ne w York Times papers/magazines, LA Times papers/magazines, People Magazine, CNN news, Extra, Celebrity Justice, EntertainmentTonight, HBO, New Line Cinema, Dreamworks, Newsweek, Village Roadshow..many, many more!...

They are not going to report on themselves. They have been suppressing my case for years..." Fans who have taken Stewart's allegations seriously, have found eerie mythological parallels, which seem significant in a case that revolves around the highly metaphorical and symbolic Matrix series. Sophia, the Greekgoddess of wisdom has been referenced many times in speculation about Stewart.

In one book about the Goddess Sophia, it reads, "The black goddess is the mistress of web creation spun in her divine matrix" Although there have been outside implications as to racial injustice ! ( Stewart is African American), she does not feel that this is the case. "This is al about the Benjamins," said Stewart. "It's not about money with me. It's about justice." Stewart's future plans involve a record label, entitled Popsilk Records, and a motion picture production company, All Eyez On Me, in reference to God. "

I wrote The Third Eye to wake people up, to remind them why God put them here. There's more to life than money," said Stewart. "My whole to the world is about God and good and about choice, about spirituality over 'technocracy'." If Stewart represents spirituality, then she truly has prevailed over the "technocracy" represented in both the Terminator and the Matrix, and now, ironically, by their supposed creators.

Stewart is currently having discussions with CBS about a possible exclusive story and has several media engagements in the near future to nationally publicize her victory. June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read: "The Matrix & Terminator movie franchises have made world history and have ultimately changed the way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truth about the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the masses because the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created and written by a Black woman... a Black woman named Sophia Stewart.

But Hollywood does not want you to know this fact simply because it would change history. Also it would encourage our Black children to realize a dream and that is... nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"


Thanks to Samuel Riddick who posted this on our face book page for the heads up!

Q-Tip, Prince & DJ Scratch

Phonofone II New in store

From seeing the Phonofone back in January at the New York gift show we immedialy fell in love with the Phonofone. This beautiful ceramic mp3 player designed by Science and Sons ideal in a living space at a perfect volume for backdrop music, no more shouting over friends with this player



Through passive amplification alone, These unique pieces instantly transform any personal music player + earbuds into a sculptural audio console.

Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone inventively exploits the virtues of horn acoustics to boost the audio output of standard earphones to up to 55 decibles* (or roughly the maximum volume of laptop speakers)

Upon connecting active earphones to the Phonofone their trebly buzzing is instantly and profoundly transformed into a warm, rich and resonant sound.

We got us some new stationary

Missing: Constructive Lives pt 2

So we at Bnn have been busy living a Constructive Live.


On the 8th of Nov saw Constructive Lives assault the kings road with our guerilla style pop up shop for christmas.

Closes end of january.

The Rock

While doing the daily bnn facebook we log on this morning to see Mr. Peter Dean Rickards gone dun it again. If he isn’t spoiling us with his beautiful photography or have us benning up with laughter to "how could she slap" Now he takes on Sotheby’s selling an original Bansky. How did he get his hands on that you may ask? since he residing in Jamaica. As well as shoredich and other parts of the world Banksy likes to do his ting on vacation, so while he was in Jamaica rats and birds started to appear.

Now Peter see de ting on the people dem wall... and we will let him explain

It was a non-eventful day when he actually drew them. He bought some construction paper from a local pharmacy and cut the stuff out. Then he drew this stencil of a girl on an exterior wall and some rabbits on the inside the pub itself. I kind of just stood there taking his picture because it was something to do. I had already captured his face back at a local music studio where he had done some other stuff so this was just extra. I didn’t really think much of it. I mean I live in a place where people get shot for marking up people’s walls (usually with a paintbrush), so a few sprayed stencils on the wall of a pub didn’t strike me as particularly interesting.

Later when I heard how much his stuff was selling for, I contemplated going back and chopping the wall down. It was there for years and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thought about doing it. Mona road is heavily traveled by a lot of foreign students on their way to the university so people from all over the world would often mention it, but nobody ever took the steps to cut it down…till this last August when I got a email from someone asking about my knowledge of the locations Banksy had tagged.

That’s when I figured I should probably go get it before someone else did.

The wall is the last remaining tag that he did in Jamaica that can be seen in public. It’s also the only remaining stencil that has the tag BANKSY on it. The other ones were:

A bridge in Charleton gully which was painted over.
A rusting old ship near the airport (a stencil of a skull, crossbones and the signature ‘Banksy’has since faded)

Buju Banton’s studio in Kingston ( where there is another ‘balloon girl’ and some flying insects.

The wall is 60 inches by 55 inches and about 7 inches thick. It weighs like 2000 pounds though that is just a guess. I spent the day getting a bunch of drunk guys to cut it down and raise it onto a flatbed truck tied to one of those sealtbelt-type industrial straps.

I was amazed that it didn’t smash to pieces which would have really been an incredible waste of energy and patience. All the guys in that video (including me) had no real idea how to cut the thing down (much less move it) and were completely impaired by the time we actually got it tied to a backhoe (borrowed from a nearby construction site).

Ironically, the damn thing almost fell on me in which case there would be a much funnier headline : Jamaican who revealed Banksy killed by falling artwork.

So now I have this wall sitting in a garage here in Kingston and the guy who owns the garage is pissed because the back part of his car doesn’t fit into the garage properly anymore (it’s a very small garage).

I was going to put it on display at Miami Art Basel this year but then it occurred to me that it would cost about 10k to ship over there and I really wouldn’t know what to tell customs as a value price…so instead, I’m not going to sell it.

Instead I’m selling the photographs of the excavation and giving the wall away to whoever buys the set. Since it has no declared value, you can get it out of here at the estimated value cost of $0.01 and then hoist it onto your wall at your mansion and have a big party with lots of coked-up models and invite the BBC.

The rock ......We beg you please watch




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