Tribe in de Air

So as you know we were still looking for one female tribe costume and with that on hold we picked up the male costume with no problems.

First Experience

Well we’re back from the land of Bacchanal and Mas and we could well and truly say the adventure started at Virgin check in………….

So we reach the check in and we were then informed that our plane was delayed for 4 hours, no probs you think we could lime by de bar hold a rum and spend the £10 voucher at Krispy Kreme doughnut. However with our flight going to St Lucia, an hour drives through the island to go to another airport to catch the LIAT flight. Well we not making that flight at all. So we spent the night in St Lucia and caught the first flight next morning.

After starting the flight with some rowdy Bajans I was glad to see Piarco airport.We stayed in Woodbrook at Fablennes guest house where by Ella and the mosquitoes were there to greet us.




Ella

So it was Wednesday and that meant Bacchanal Wednesday. This was an outdoor fete with the likes of Machel, Kess the band Destra and Shurwayne Winchester. The highlights were of course winner boy (Machel)ending the show with fireworks, flames and the usual maddness.

To end the night we had to make a stop by the doubles man.

reminisce..

SOooo were back and just having a daydream about some of the amazing people we met in NYC! One of the best has got to be Vincent Gallo, he cracked up when we handed him a card and announced we were from the "BLACK NERDS NETWORK" he kept repeating the words over and over as if he was trying to understand this strange grouping of words..like "BLACK PRESIDENT USA" then he disappeared into some whole foods shop in Greenwich Village..he couldn't get over it..LOL..NERD..COOL NERD!

Ouch!

LMAO

NY NERDS

We like your style!

Lower East side:





Brooklyn:

Digable Planets

Tried to find the tune that goes "we live in Brooklyn baby" but er couldn't! Check the Brooklyn style!

Blackitolism (9th Wonder)

Brooklyn in the HOOousse!

okay so it stopped raining! The nerds spent the whole day with 600 people in Tribe mas camp, and partying in Brooklyn, and are now recovering from the hang over from hell.

Whoop whoop thats the sound of the police..

Rain..rain..RAIN! We thought London was wet but this is UNDERWATER LOL!

we Reech NY!

Just letting you Nerds know were HERE!! Where's the party at people. We arrived at our hotel 1am uk.. 10pm US time Thursday.
The bossman has got us on lockdown but now were ready to play!..
but wots all this rain about! still lookin for nerdiness!!??..keep u posted.

Lightspeed Champion.. AKA BLACK NERD

Yesterday we were bopping around Shoreditch and we bumped into Devonte Hynes formely of those dirty noiseiks Test Icicles, and as you do we promised him a blog so here we go..

If anyone deserves the honor of being haled as a black nerd or in fact just a nerd it's Devonte!

In his first venture Test Icicles with his band members he some how managed to combine grime, punk and thrash metal (not an easy feat) and in the process make Bloc Party look like Girls Aloud!

His new solo project Lightspeed Champion seems far more intimate (although we must confess we haven't heard it all hopefully we'll get sent a copy for writing this..yeah Devonte if your reading this send us a copy!!LOL) with songs like "TELL ME WHAT IT'S WORTH".



Check him out his album is called "Falling Off The Lavender Bridge"

He's also got a blog: www.lightspeedchampion.com/

Round 2..This time it's Jamie!

We couldn't believe it when we checked our email today. There in our inbox was a message accompanied by a photograph from the one and only Jamie Foxx!!!!!


This message read:

Dear Nerds thank you for the T shirt and badges I am currently in Barbados having fun. I have been following you nerds at BNN for some time now and love your style, art and concept. So for the duration of my stay im gonna rock it NERD stylee as proof i have sent you a pic (please see below). Much love Jamie x



(ps. u know how this ends) 8)

Make up and stuff

As we said before we don’t have a costume yet however we kind of figured these will accessorise most costumes, let’s face it most costumes feature gold some where.

Now we could of spend nuff corn on Mac eyeshadows, but with this trip costing £££££ we were happy to find this lovely pallet by Sleek at Superdrug and on visiting 3 Superdrug’s we finally got the last one at the Shepherds bush branch. These babies having been selling out like a Primark scrum and at £3.99 we can see why.





Mas boots

We found these Gold beauties from some kid section in a cheap shop, and yes we did go a size up (don’t want to lose no toenails, common carnival injury).

So you want to play MAS

Well because we only booked this trip a couple weeks ago we find ourselves with no costume (we know shock horror).

Tribe sell of months ago with most of the big bands such as Island people and harts following suit. We love our pretty mas and now we are hoping and praying for a Tribe costume. Island people are just not cutting it this year with those hard on the eye animal things.

Here is our best of:

Tribe Myths and Magic






http://www.carnivaltribe.com/

Evolution (new band)






http://www.evolution-carnival.com/

Legacy Passages


http://www.legacycarnival.com/

Island People Animal Instinct

Not sure about these





Me ain't going down de road in that.
http://www.islandpeoplemas.com/


If you want a full round up of all the mas bands and all things carnival go to Trinidad carnival Diary

Survival kit

Here is the ultimate Bnn survival kit which will prepare you for all eventualities.

Ibuprofen - drinking your moneys worth at all the inclusive fetes
First aid kit - mash up toes or walking wounded
Mosquito repellent - those bitches are not going to leave us with legs resembling a chocolate chip cookie
Tampons - in case we have an accident
Sewing kit - to fix your costume
Plug adaptor

Bikinis in Winter

We always dread shopping for bikinis in the winter as their is not much choice, but H&M have come up trumps.



But with the pink one we could not believe we being a size 8 had to go up to a size 12 if we did not want major spillage.

We got these sandals at Urban Outfitters get it now for £4.99 each in the sale.



A few years back we also found these authentic 70s print bikinis in Benny Dee they were cheap as chips.

Liat Liat

We love flying Liat but we hate all the commess of not getting your suitcase. Our advice is to walk with some clothes with at least one fete outfit.


Liat take off

DOH CRY AH LEAVING

Well the countdown to Trini carnival is almost over, 3 days to go and we can't wait.

Here at Bnn HQ we love mas, fete and rum. We been wining in notting hill and all over the Caribbean, but its time for us to be carnival virgins and experience for the first time the Mecca that is Trinidad carnival.



We have done our homework


Booked our tickets



We have not got a direct flight so we flying Virgin to St Lucia than Liat to Trinidad



Now its time to pack, We leaving!!!

Hair Weave

Mr. Ray's Hair Weave. For men or women!

Erykah Badu - Other Side Of The Game

Two amazing NERDS in one video..Andre and Erykah..We love this sh*t! Bet their lives were really like this..

Erykah Badu

We couldn't believe it when we checked our email today. There in our inbox was a message accompanied by a photograph from the one and only ERYKAH BADU!!!!!

This message read:

Dear Nerds thank you for the T shirt and badges I am currently in Barbados having fun. I have been following you nerds at BNN for some time now and love your style, art and concept. So for the duration of my stay im gonna rock it NERD stylee as proof i have sent you a pic (please see below). Much love Erykah x



(ps.THIS IS NOT TRUE!!) 8-/..But it was a nice dream while it lasted. LOL

Snoop Dogg in Heathrow Airport Fighting W Security UK

BABYLON STRIKES AGAIN......

Nerds at work

For the last couple of months we've been experimenting with making our own screens so we can be more experimental and flexible with print.

However never in a million years did we realise just how difficult it would be to expose a screen!!??!!..But yesterday at around 2pm we had a breakthrough!!...HOOOORAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sushi say

Nerds HEART Sushi!

Out of the Ordinary

BNN have been out and about at the V&A museum London and we stumble upon all things Crafty.



Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft brings together the work of eight contemporary artists who place craft at the heart of their practice: Olu Amoda, Catherine Bertola, Annie Cattrell, Susan Collis, Naomi Filmer, Lu Shengzhong, Yoshihiro Suda and Anne Wilson.


We were really liking the work of Nigerian creative Nerd Olu Amoda and his depiction of lagos using bits of metal such as nails.



This is Lagos 2002


Queen of the Night 2003


Other crafty folk we liked ...



'I move from weaving, to sound, to glass, to video and collaborative practices very liberally, rather than being defined by a specific way of making.'

Using textile techniques such as lace making, crochet and knitting Chicago artist Anne Wilson and her team created these delights




Topologies 2002


She also does video and sound installations

Errant behaviours 2004



Catherine Bertola

'My work is about labour, investing time in a very ordinary material. I use daily domestic activities or chores such as vacuuming and dusting to make my work. The manual labour involved adds value to something that usually gets swept away.'


Bertola created a cutout of an existing wallpaper that used to be hung in the museum. With the use of the black patterned wallpaper and the contrasting white wall suggestively placed in corners to form a very striking 3d wall piece.


Everything and Nothing 2007


We loved the V&A for showing how everyday Ordinary became a delight of beauty and the best thing it is all free.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1637_outoftheordinary/index.php

Saul Williams - Black Stacey