AGE:
26
WHERE YOU FROM / LIVE:
SINGAPORE, EAST COAST
WHAT YOU DO:
COPYWRITER
WHAT’S YOUR PHILOSOPHY:
DO IT RIGHT
TELL US ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND HOW THIS INSPIRES YOU?
THESE DAYS EVERYONE IS AN ‘ARTIST’, ‘MUSICIAN’, ‘PHILOSOPHER’, ‘PHOTOGRAPHER’ OR ‘POET’, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. NAME-DROPPING SHOWS YOU KNOW HOW TO GOOGLE. THIS MAKES ME WANT TO MAKE SHIT, AND NOT TALK SHIT.
DESCRIBE YOUR GENERATION?
FULL OF ARMCHAIR PHILOSOPHERS WHO DON’T CREATE AND JUST CRITIQUE ALL THE TIME. IF YOU’RE GOING TO TALK SHIT, BACK IT UP WITH SOME SKILLS PLEASE.
WHAT HAS BEEN MOST INFLUENTIAL TO YOU & YOUR GENERATION?
90′S TV
MAGS?
BMX MAGS MOSTLY
TELL US ABOUT YOUR LATEST WORK?
COMMERCIAL: http://lookitsdaniel.blogspot.com
PERSONAL: http://frpwnblog.tumblr.com (UPDATES ARE SLACK!)
WHAT IS YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE FOR YOUR PASSION?
A BOX OF TISSUE AND SOFT PALMS
SHOW US SOMETHING YOU LIKE ON YOUTUBE?
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GADGET YOU WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO GET?
AN ALARM CLOCK. WAKE THE FUCK UP!
YOUR STYLE?
REAL, INFORMED, 94
FAVORITE FASHION MAGAZINE?
VICE
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
BEEN ON A 90′S TIP LATELY, LOTS OF GRAVEDIGGAZ, GANG STARR, GIN BLOSSOMS, TOAD THE WET SPROCKET..
EVERYONE’S A DJ… COMMENTS?
YOU’RE A DJ, COOL. BUT IT DOESN’T HURT TO PLAY A FEW SING-ALONG TRACKS ONCE IN A WHILE
WHAT ARE YOUR PEEPS GETTING INTO THESE DAYS?
TROUBLE!
WHAT ARE THE MUSIC TRENDS THAT YOU SEE HAPPENING?
EVERYONE’S DISOWNING HIP HOP AND PRETENDING TO BE ‘INDIE NATIVES’
TOP 3 ALBUMS:
UNKLE’S ‘PSYENCE FICTION’
MODEST MOUSE’S ‘THIS IS A LONG DRIVE FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT’
RADIOHEAD’S ‘OK COMPUTER’
TOP 3 DJS:
DJ SHADOW, DJ HONDA, DJ PREMIER
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WATERING HOLE IN THE CITY?
CUSCADEN PATIO
BEST PARTY IN YOUR CITY… WHAT IS IT?
GOOD TIMES BY THE BEDSTY CREW. BRING BACK 808!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATION?
NEW YORK. BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T KNOW BY NOW..
WHAT IS THE BEST FESTIVAL YOU HAVE BEEN TO?
‘GIVE IT A NAME’ 07′, LONDON
YOUR RECOMMENDED CLASSIC CULT FILM THAT EVERYONE SHOULD SEE BUT HAVEN’T?
KIDS
YOUR 3 FAV PLACES TO EAT IN YOUR CITY?
IN MY ROOM, IN MY KITCHEN, AND IN THE COFFEESHOP BEHIND MY HOUSE
YOUR 3 FAV PLACES TO DRINK IN YOUR CITY?
3 PLACES I LIKE TO CALL ‘ANYWHERE’, ‘ANYTIME’, AND ‘ANYHOW’
YOUR TOP 3 FAV CITY IN THE WORLD. WHY?
NEW YORK, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE
WHY NEW YORK? PIZZA, LOWER EAST SIDE, VIBES, FEELING.
WHY HONG KONG? DIM DUM, MONGKOK, 24 HOURS, FEELING.
WHY SINGAPORE? BECAUSE SINGAPORE MADE ME. TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO FEELS SINGAPORE IS «TOO SMALL FOR ME», YOU CAN GO, AND MAKE SPACE FOR THE ONES WHO LOVE IT
