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Just upstairs from the dentists.
Just across the road from Sister Ray Records.
Just up the road from The Blue Posts.

Exciting times.

Just make sure you don’t book her when we need her. That would annoy us.

Firstly his thoughts on the closure of the London Astoria for our ongoing documentary project were fascinating – he shared his memories of the beginnings of the ‘Love Music Hate Racism’ movement, which were launched at the venue, his early career playing The Astoria back in the 1980′s on to his last appearance there with Kate Nash. 

We met Billy at the opening night of a series of gigs for the charity he is involved in – Jail Guitar Doors. Taking it’s name from a Clash B-side, the charity works in prisons and young offender institutions, donating guitars and teaching songwriting to inmates. The audience heard songs written and performed by Billy and singer/songwriter Kieran Leonard along with one of the former beneficiaries of the programme, Jonny Neesom. 

A very worthy organisation, we at Zebra Crossing fully support the work these guys do and are very grateful to Mr Bragg and his colleague, Alan Miles, for their time.

We would love to hear all your stories from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.

Let’s kick this off with:

Their May 1994 gig is remembered as one of Radiohead’s seminal coming of age moments prior to The Bends. Indeed the ‘My Iron Lung’ recording at the Astoria was never bettered, and with the addition of Thom Yorke’s vocals dubbed in, was used on the album.

For the second year running Phones 4u have won the Mobile News Awards with a set of entries designed by Zebra Crossing. Relating to the TV advertising we help them deliver we took the TV ad characters and used them in a Banksy, stencil style positioned around London, as if interacting with people as they walk by. We are delighted for Phones 4u and pleased that the work we do with them to deliver the TV ads (brilliant creative by WCRS) has been recognised.

With these entries also shortlisted for other awards we hope more success follows.

Also screened for the first time was the recently completed Music Promo for the fantastic new London Band ‘The Standards’. Filmed in two separate locations, we hired a full size Circus tent and performers during the summer of 07, completing filming in November at Big Sky studios in London’s Kings Cross. The band are performing to their single ‘Needless to Say’ in a ghoulish early 1900’s surrounding.

Directed by Nic Franklin and produced by Luke Hammersley, big thanks go to the band and all involved, but especially to DoP Joel Anderson and compositors Marc Khachfe and Siobhan Bowers who worked incredibly hard to produce such fantastic results. The promo has been entered into various film festivals around the world… watch this space.