martin cole

Interviewed the irrepressible Martin Cole this morning. He's a planner with WPP and a top musician. And I took this, my first pinhole polaroid portrait. Which means Martin managed to hold this half smile perfectly still for 30 seconds. Spooky.

We ranged far and wide, including things like; how to wrap cable, Agent Sumo, The Search For Cool,  (youtube links),  what is cool discussion, what is cool result, Kim Jones, jobs on microsoft and taste,  iain tait's youth image,   Livingstone Skate Park, Whitby and Goths, (we talked pathetically about the collision of goth and hip-hop, betraying that we know nothing about it, but it seems to be out there and represented best by Alias), Bill Drummond, No Music Day, bowling for columbine. The audio is roughly edited because of battery failure on various devices but it seems reasonably listenable. 

thankyou Martin, that was an absolute treat.

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Comments

[Avinash Subramaniam]

Thanks guys. (A measured comment.)

[Ben]

Very good.

Why does everyone sound so posh on Podcasts?

[Adrian Lai]

That was a great show Russell, Martin.

I cringe everytime I read an objective statement that says, "To coolify the brand"

[Johanna]

I love Alias! The song he did with Styrofoam a few years ago is one of my favorites.

[stephanie murray]

i love your bookd there well cool they are really good. love from stephanie xxx

[I_like_to_criticise]

I love Martin Cole. He rocks the house. And tv wise, I wish he was on my tv screen more often, he's a million times better than those namby pamby's I'm barraged with.
Sweet photo too.