faking it

[Lady E]

did anyone see this last night?

rarekind teaching a posh boy to do graf. it was funny, cringey and ultimately touching.

i will meet him tonight as we both have christmas trees in a charity auction. his is a lot of used spray cans in a barbed wire tree shaped cage.

[bracket]

Yeah - made a point of watching this as i visited the Rare Kind shop and gallery last time i was in Brighton - nice blokes. Sorted me out with some quality t shirts!!

[V Knid esq]

Oh I wish I'd seen it, I was out at a gig tho... Faking It is the one reality programme I really like, it frequently causes tears in the Knid house.

On a tangent, I was so, so happy to see that BBC2's fantastic 'Who Do You Think You Are' (the one where celebrities trace their family history) beat the new series of Wife Swap by 1 million viewers on the first episode. Go on Bill Oddie, and in your fucking face Heat magazine and everything you stand for.

[Ava]

i liked the bit where they asked him(crazy legs etc) what his influences were, and he just said ..... oldschool!

[tania]

yeah, that one was the best "faking it" so far i reckon.
i was impressed by how much that guy's mentality changed by the end of the program.. they really sorted him out
....plus, he looked MUCH cuter in those street outfits and without that ridiculous hairstyle he had in the beginning. true improvement that was!!

[thomas hooked]

nah - he should have been allowed to keep his accent. Suffolk poshboy does graf isn't exactly novelty.

[Lady E]

he was a nice looking chap for sure, really cute with his shaved head. aww.

dont think it was the best though, there were two others - the one with the gay bloke who became a bouncer, and the cellist turned DJ, were both great.

[thomas hooked]

definately the best ones. the bit in that first one when the bouncers were incredulous that said cambridge boy thought that they wouldn't accept his coming out was a beautiful moment.

[tania]

Originally posted by emma

dont think it was the best though, there were two others - the one with the gay bloke who became a bouncer, and the cellist turned DJ, were both great.

that one with the cellist girl was wicked but thinking about it later on i was quite disturbed, especially because by the end of the program she said how impressed she was by the lifestyle of celebrity djs and that she thought she was in the wrong scene!! i mean why turn such a pure and lovely little creature into an ibiza hardhouse slut? why??

[thomas hooked]

haha. the one where they taught the solicitor to be a proper black man- ie a garage dj was a bit of a wrongun for similar reasons.

[Virus]

yeah , totally loved this one last night. was cool to see him getting his look down and looking all the better for it. it is always fab when the fakers are left with a genuine lasting love for what they are doing. defo one of the best imo. the sort of thing that tv should be about.

[thomas hooked]

- but his look before rocked it as well- if he could combine the two he'd be a style legend

my little brothers got a rarekind piece in his livingroom in brighton. its not one of their best.

[Lady E]

Originally posted by tania


that one with the cellist girl was wicked but thinking about it later on i was quite disturbed, especially because by the end of the program she said how impressed she was by the lifestyle of celebrity djs and that she thought she was in the wrong scene!! i mean why turn such a pure and lovely little creature into an ibiza hardhouse slut? why??

true, i know what you mean. but one of the reasons i liked her is that she seemed to choose her own style of music to play which i think was soulful house. she wasnt playing whatever anne savage and lottie play. not sure what that is btw.

i think it works best when the mentors and the faker manage to influence each other and open each other's minds. there was a good one with a punk rocker becoming a violinist where he played punk to the kids in the family who;d only ever listened to classical music before and everyone loved it.

[Virus]

Originally posted by thomas hooked
- but his look before rocked it as well- if he could combine the two he'd be a style legend

actually now you mention this i am inclined to agree, was fab seeing him at the mc battle in his full on tweed suit and waistcoat. and huge respect for him for actually having his own really defined look befiore the transformation. you make the clothes thomas and i'll happly model 'em.

[thomas hooked]

what am i marc bloody jacobs all of a sudden?

[kams]

i used to really like this programme but it seems really forced these days. As thomas said... posh boy writers are hardly rare.

The best one was the guy from the Navy becoming a drag queen. The format didn't seem over-egged because the people in the situation we're really learning new things about themselves.

[Lady E]

loads of people in brighton dress in suits like that all the time. i like it but the whole suit thing can get a bit tedious. as can the hoody graf look.

[darrell]

The program was quiet entertaining but at the
same time very embarrassing

[thomas hooked]

but as phil pointed out yesterday- nothing quite touches that suit jacket with t shirt look. pref with a tony and guy haircut and customised jeans with pointed shoes. total brighton. i'm sure there's probably a picture of me looking like that oonce upon a time though.

[Virus]

Originally posted by emma
loads of people in brighton dress in suits like that all the time. i like it but the whole suit thing can get a bit tedious. as can the hoody graf look.

i mind seeing millions of folk in this look up at st andrews university when i used to go up and visit pals there too.

[kams]

Originally posted by thomas hooked
what am i marc bloody jacobs all of a sudden?

[tania]

Originally posted by emma

one of the reasons i liked her is that she seemed to choose her own style of music to play which i think was soulful house. she wasnt playing whatever anne savage and lottie play. not sure what that is btw.

yep, i forgot how impressed i was by her choice of tunes. for a person who had never listened to dance music before, what she played was top notch! even the judges were having it.

[gypsy_cream]

this one was shown in scotland about 2 months ago. loved it but cos i used to paint i found alot of it so cringeworthy and nailbiting for him ...my heart propery went out to him.... especially in bits like that graf battle etc

some of it i felt was kinda daft though cos graff is such an elite culture, and that crew (they were good no doubt) and the programme were just turning him into a stereotypical writer, turning him london etc, i know writers with posh accents and weird clothes but i guess it was all for the test at the end to make him more "genuine" .... also writers all over the world are tryin to get up and get fame/respect... this boy goes on a FAKING it tv prog and gets props from crazy legs hahaa i bet some writers were fuming..

[darrell]

I was thinking they were all fake graffiti writers
any one on the show painted any steel ?

[kams]

hehe true...

they turned him into a graphotism kid.

[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by darrell
I was thinking they were all fake graffiti writers
any one on the show painted any steel ?

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[gypsy_cream]

Originally posted by kams
hehe true...

they turned him into a graphotism kid.

hahaha agree

[darrell]

More of an "urban artist" than a graff artist. Entertaining all the same

[thomas hooked]

and the bit where they went to the gallery...
"And if your reaaally good, one day you'll be able to make 30cm square canvases with your work on to hang in shit bars that play chillout anthems and sell fat chips"

[gypsy_cream]