More on the song here.

Below are my photos used in the video and the locations and artists when I know them.

Found in Brooklyn from Gaia Street Art, on flickr

Ame 72 in Inside Out Exhibition at Tel Aviv Port

Resistance is Fertile sticker found in Amsterdam

Jerusalem Street Art / Stickers

We’re All Custom Made Tel Aviv Street Art / Stencil

Tel Aviv, Smiling Bag Productions, on flickr

C215 in Amsterdam

Tel Aviv Stencil

C215 in Amsterdam

C215 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

C215 in Amsterdam

Inspire Collective in Jerusalem

Tel Aviv Street Art / Stencil

Postdesigner in Tel Aviv

Amsterdam

Tel Aviv

Hanna Skull Head by Dreck in Tel Aviv

Ame 72 in Inside Out Exhibition at Tel Aviv Port

Tel Aviv Street Art – Golda Meir and Theodor Herzl

Jerusalem Street Art – Dexter

Amsterdam – Black Money at Wolf & Pack Gallery

Inspire Collective in Tel Aviv

Amsterdam

Inspire Collective in Tel Aviv

Dreck in Tel Aviv

Amsterdam

Brooklyn

Tel Aviv

Kufsoshor by Kufsened in Tel Aviv

Warsaw

Ame 72 in Inside Out Exhibition at Tel Aviv Port

Jerusalem

Know Hope in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, Smiling Bag Productions, on flickr

Zero Cents in Tel Aviv

Know Hope in Tel Aviv

Amsterdam

Tel Aviv, Buy Nothing Day

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I was going nuts the last few days looking everywhere for my phone. I have an HTC Desire.

Yesterday morning, getting into our car we spotted the phone encased in ice on the ground right near where we usually park.

The last time I used the phone was Wedneday night so it must have been there since then.

We felt like paleontologists digging a fossil out of the ground. Kev used his keys to scrape it out of its icy casing that was just beginning to melt.

It had a white rubbery case on the back. The colour blended in with the ice. There were dark marks on the case, so we think it must have been run over too.

We let it dry out for the day and yesterday evening we put Kev’s battery in my phone and it worked!!

The only damage is a slight crack on the clear glass part over the camera lens – but the camera still works. And there seems to be slight damage to the top right corner of the touchscreen. But the phone works perfectly.

It was such a relief because I have over a year left on the contract and we weren’t sure if the HTC Desire would have damp sensors like the iphone. Thankfully not. The HTC Desire is one hardy phone!!

So here’s to a Happy Time Christmas miracle. Thank you HTC.

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Started the morning annoyed with the BBC Breakfast show’s discussion of video games.  They asked for people’s thoughts on video games asking do they have no impact or do they have a negative impact on children.

There was no option for positive impact on motor skills, hand-eye coordination, literacy and I seem to recall a study of multi-player online games leading to transferable skills for management in the workplace. Yet all video games were being tarred by the same brush.

It seems what they’re really concerned about is clueless parenting. Consenting, responsible adults should not be penalized and required to consume strictly content sanitized for children’s protection. Not everyone draws the line in the same place, so there needs to be room for a multiplicity of community standards…none of this was discussed.

In better television news, I am thoroughly excited for the new series of Misfits to be starting.

After a bizarre day at work, went to the MFC shop to purchase a Boro Brick in honour of my friends coming to visit from Chicago. I’m taking them to a match and now we will have a permanent souvenir of the occasion. : )

Stopped off at the new Caffe Nero in Middlesbrough before heading to the train.

Getting home tonight was misery. Took my usual 5.32 train only to hear an announcement saying we would have to get off one stop later at Thornaby to transfer to a bus which was of course not waiting for us. A very cold over an hour later we finally got on a bus. We stood at the side of the road waiting as empty buses drove past mocking our misery. Finally made it home a little over 2 hours after I started. Good mass transit is really the thing I miss most about NY.

The sad part was my plans for the evening were back in Middlesbrough again!

All’s well that ends well. We missed the first few opening acts but caught a really good mellow set by Billy the Kid and then new band The Vaccines at the Westgarth Social Club in Middlesbrough. The Vaccines reminded me of James crossed with a bit of the Ramones and a random folk singer. Julie thought they sounded a bit like the Editors.

A nice way to end the day. Here’s a vid of them playing Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) on Jools Holland last week.

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We caught most of the opening set by Cathy Davey.  She was really good. We bought her latest CD The Nameless and listened to it on the car ride home. Had an interesting view of the stage from where we sat (photos taken with HTC Desire phone). Off to see Imogen Heap in Hall One tonight.

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