As Jack mentioned on Saturday, I was invited to speak on The Politics Show this Sunday about the controversial Form 696. The form relates to live music and the Metropolitan Police's ability to request sensitive and discriminatory information from promoters, performers and patrons so as to assess the "Potential risk" of that event. Feargal Sharkey wrote a fairly explicit letter to the Met asking for the form, which while officially voluntary has become mandatory in many London boroughs, to be reviewed, an "Official review" has been announced and it's hoped will see the form repealed. While the main focus of the outrage has been a racial one, there are far reaching implications for the creative community as a whole. By filling in Form 696 we are effectively allowing The Police to decide that if they don't agree with my message and who I'm delivering it to, then they can shut me down. Throughout history music has been a great communicative tool in times of struggle and hardship, the idea that I can no longer use the gift I feel I've been given to communicate a message to my people, because The Police don't want me to, scares me to my soul. The Police State doesn't get much realer than that. In Chile, in South Africa, in Afghanistan, songs were used to inspire, to teach, to relay messages of hope and determination against fascist regimes. In London, 2009 we have to ask for permission. You can watch the show on the BBC iPlayer HERE. The Form 696 section kicks in at about 31 minutes. If anybody could rip the 696 section so I can put it on Youtube I'd appreciate it. I downloaded the whole thing through the iPlayer software but the BBC appear to have it coded like clever internet people.


While in the Green Room waiting to go on I managed to grab a quick chat with Peter Tatchell about Form 696 which was pretty great. Peter Tatchell's one of the bravest men in the country, he doesn't give a fuck, a real fighter for the downtrodden. I don't always agree with him but it takes a lot of balls to be that guy.

There's been a lot of people very outspoken on the Form 696 issue including DJ Semtex, DJ MK, Bashy and Tinchy Stryder whose blogging helped me when doing last minute research on Saturday night so I thank you all. Also thanks to Akira for sending the BBC in my direction. I'm gonna tear down Dawn of the Don on Friday. Yiggity!

Orignally posted on my blogsite Devil In The Distance. Click and look around, then click the ads on the site so I get money. YOU DIG?

Me and Pixel are going to be performing exclusive new material [none of the songs we're performing have ever been performed or heard outside of the studio, if you want classics you'll be at the wrong show. Strictly future classics] at Akira The Don's 'Dawn of the Don' gig on Friday May 29th. Most of the songs performed will make up the new mixtape which Jack is in the process of mixing as I type [real mixing rather than DJ Mixing, that process is a few weeks off at least].

We'll be joining Akira on the bill with Stephen Hague, Joey2Tits, Blonde Jeremy Deacon, Zombiehamster and Kill Witnesses who are all DJ'ing. You should buy advance tickets and look at the awesome flyer HERE.

@ The Gaff
382 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PN
020 7609 3063

Friday, May 29th 2009
7pm till late
£6 on the door, or £5 with a flyer (you can print the flyer from Akira's site)

I'll bring you more details as and when.

DJ Jack Nimble- Politically Incorrect Episode 3 Mixtape/ Podcast [Sendspace]

Download, listen at work, on your commute, in the gym, while you're washing up, while your washing your body, whatever. Peep exclusive game on track 10. Tell me you want it beyatches!

Check me on my BLOG Devil In The Distance and don't hesitate to click an ad you know? So I make money from you clicking my ads? That's now why I want you to click them. No. You've got me all wrong.

MySpace video was being elitest but the video's on Youtube now. Peep cameo game. Woo. I'm in other people's videos like Fat Joe.

Don Diablo & Example - Hooligans


Great video, great song, greater cameos. Oh yeah.

GTA: China Town Wars DS [Marvin The Martian Feat. Ghostface- Blaow! Blaow!] from Marvin Thomas on Vimeo.

Yeah that's a long blog title. This is a viral video Rockstar are using
online to promote the online multiplayer capabilities in 'Grand Theft
Auto: China Town Wars' on the Nintendo DS. The song is new, called
'Blaow! Blaow!' with a hot Ghostface hook. It's an extremely violent
record. I make no apologies for it.

I wanted to get this up on Monday but my week kinda got away from me. I'm in the process of setting up my first show of 2009 though [yey. Something fun]. While trawling through my old hard drive I came across a couple of tracks we recorded a few months after the original demos [summer 2003, check the pop culture references] at Gizzard Studios with Ed [same guy we made 'I Hate My Job' with]. They're corrupted at the start and end so I found the least fucked up recording and made it a BONUS! Although it thinks it's track 2, you can arrange that in your iTunes or Windows Media player or whatever. Contrary to what I said HERE I'm actually pretty pleased with these demos. You can see what I was trying to do and I think you can hear enough of me now in there. Remember these recordings are from 2002. That's a long fucking time ago. Blazing Squad were killing the charts as were So Solid. Long, long time. I hope you enjoy though.

Insomniaxe [Marvin The Martian & Jack Nimble]- Listen To My Demo EP [2002 Recordings] (Sendspace ZIP)

1. The Rain
2. Cinemusic
3. F.U.K
4. BONUS: Hear'say

Originally posted on Devil In The Distance

Dad's Space is a great look. I've mentioned it before HERE and HERE. All the videos from the site have now been uploaded to Youtube. Dad's Space features advise and experiences from myself, DJ Semtex, Lil Wayne, Asher-D, Craid David and even Bear Grylls. Semtex talks below...



DevilInTheDistance.blogspot.com

I wanted to drop this last week but I'm pretty much following Akira's lead with it. This is 'On The Roads' an Akira The Don song featuring Littles and myself produced by the talented Joey2Tits. You can download it below by right-clicking and saving as. You can then play it at your Christmas parties and such as the like, you can also email all of your favourite radio shows and say "Have you got 'On The Roads' by Akira, Littles and Marvin? Because that's what I want to hear!". You should do that.

On The Roads w/ Akira The Don & Littles Produced by Joey2Tits [Right Click and Save as]