Joe Strummer and bassist Marwood Chesterton of English pub rock group The 101ers , playing in the basement rehearsal room at the band's squat at 101 Walterton Road , Maida Vale , London , UK , 1975 .
by the French designer, Philippe Starck, more famous for his lemon juice squeezer than phone boxes, and was installed here as part of the permission for the Post Office Telephone Exchange building to be converted into residential flats by Yoo. The developer had originally planned a different work of art, but that was rejected so they turned to Philippe Starck, who had already worked on the interior design for the building to come up with something new.
And he chose a double-decker telephone box.
There are a number of different types of telephone box to choose from, but the K6 model was chosen as the Telephone Exchange was built in 1937, during the reign of King George VI, and the K6 telephone box was commissioned to celebrate King George VI’s Silver Jubilee in 1935.
It was made from two original K6 telephone kiosks which were welded together to form one unit, then restored to “Grade-II listed museum standard”. They also restored the interior to how it would have looked like in 1935, with a bakelite telephone and an original coin box.
I don’t know if Tube Stations I Think Are Cute is super niche an art subject for most people, but I loved painting lil Nigel and Antwan outside Maida Vale station, one of my favourite stations in London. Maybe they’ll cross the street to the bakery and have a coffee and cake, or maybe some lovely fruit from the greengrocers for a picnic in the park nearby. Whatever they get up to on their adventure together, I’m sure it will be a lovely day.
Children sitting on the kerb, Maida Vale, England, 1960.
“Affluent Maida Vale is a residential neighbourhood with elegant Victorian houses and wide, quiet roads. Daytrippers cruise down the Little Venice waterway in canal boats and stroll its tree-lined footpaths. Comedy fans take in live performances at the quirky Canal Café Theatre, and the Puppet Theatre Barge entertains children with its lifelike marionettes. Stylish waterside pubs and restaurants offer outdoor dining.”
Live Maida Vale session with BBC Radio 1 tonight at 8pm w/ Chappaqua Wrestling. Tune in @bbcr1
in other news i've been overthinking loads recently which has been expressing itself in my subconscious via intense painful dream states! (…felt the need to balance things out) 😉
CRYSTAL CASTLES // CUNT CANDLES
[LIVE @ MAIDA VALE, 2007]
you want it off so just take my spawn
feel complete after it's gone
you sleep by my side, sleep on the lawn
it's not too late if you want to be gone
from my insides
to the outside
to the nothing
how does it feel when you can't feel nothing
drink sulfur, spill it in my mouth
my onus is the time that you lack
burrow yourself, you can't have it back
drink sulfur, i spit it right back
to my insides
to the outside
to the nothing
how does it feel when you can't feel nothing
fifteen years you've waited for me
through preteen years i've been deficiency
cuts on my hands, but you can't see nothing
blood on my hands, you can wipe up something
to my insides
to the outside
to the nothing
how does it feel when you can't feel nothing