Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Sunday, 16 January 2011
This Ink Is My History: Poem by Jonny Virgo
This Ink Is My History
I got the eye on my back because I was a fan of egyptian heiroglyphics
Now everyon thinks I'm a mason
The worst thing about this is I'm blatantly not.
I'm the world's biggest conspiracy theorist!
I got the 360 physical sign on my thigh
When girls go down for the first time they ask why.
But the girl that I love and I might even wife
we're getting infintity signs that means the shit is for life
Because black ink crystallises my insane visions
Black ink is my folly but my folly gives me wisdom
Seeping from the eye that lies behind my brow
I am a squid spitting masochism tattooing a future.
The ink that makes legends legends and makes the truth true
Staining commuting fingertips on the daily tube news
A distillation of killers, sinners, spinners and winners
Cutting edger cunts, crime, stats and kings.
I remember eating fish and chips entombed in headlines of famine
I remember seeing tramps sleeep under headlines bragging
"Recovery on the Way". So that's why I've come back again
cause I want to say something in ink that doesn't fade
So I'm hoping for another pain fuelled, ink stained, needle raped
Ja rule wannabe tattoo on my shoulder.
Some shit to regret when I get older cause
I got to get my ink done, my tattoos mean something to me
There's nothing worse than a tattoo that means nothing
except a tat that means something you no longer believe
So as the ink flakes off the papers and I'm riding on the train
Heading to meet a cyberpunk called James in SE8
I know what every one means to me, that's my pigmented history
A past enigma maybe a stigma
This ink here is my history
I got the eye on my back because I was a fan of egyptian heiroglyphics
Now everyon thinks I'm a mason
The worst thing about this is I'm blatantly not.
I'm the world's biggest conspiracy theorist!
I got the 360 physical sign on my thigh
When girls go down for the first time they ask why.
But the girl that I love and I might even wife
we're getting infintity signs that means the shit is for life
Because black ink crystallises my insane visions
Black ink is my folly but my folly gives me wisdom
Seeping from the eye that lies behind my brow
I am a squid spitting masochism tattooing a future.
The ink that makes legends legends and makes the truth true
Staining commuting fingertips on the daily tube news
A distillation of killers, sinners, spinners and winners
Cutting edger cunts, crime, stats and kings.
I remember eating fish and chips entombed in headlines of famine
I remember seeing tramps sleeep under headlines bragging
"Recovery on the Way". So that's why I've come back again
cause I want to say something in ink that doesn't fade
So I'm hoping for another pain fuelled, ink stained, needle raped
Ja rule wannabe tattoo on my shoulder.
Some shit to regret when I get older cause
I got to get my ink done, my tattoos mean something to me
There's nothing worse than a tattoo that means nothing
except a tat that means something you no longer believe
So as the ink flakes off the papers and I'm riding on the train
Heading to meet a cyberpunk called James in SE8
I know what every one means to me, that's my pigmented history
A past enigma maybe a stigma
This ink here is my history
Saturday, 15 January 2011
A youth project I've been involved in called Sound Skool
Young people making music. i'm proud to be part of it. Big up Sound Skool
Friday, 14 January 2011
Sway vs Dagger @ The Wicked lyrical contest Battlescars
Come catch me performing in the final of this year's event in the final with a big cash prize and recording deals on offer. Last time I enetered there were some wicked Mcs so I'm honoured to be in the final so make sure you reach.
Thursday, 13 January 2011
In Fear Of Losing A Voice
In Fear Of Losing A Voice
(to Mr Mandela)
test it daily till the stones crumble
at frequencies that shudder bricks;
that dust'll settle on your skin
(your spine a brush broom
already stiff as fish bones).
Scar a hundred knuckles on stone
and bloody each fingernail too.
Scream till the walls crumble
Scream blue as Haematomas.
This is an ugly colour.
Bubble soap bars as dawn shrills
and dream of sunburn and pills,
happy, happy pills so creamy
and taste fades . . . .
Then test your voice again
for the years your knuckles forgot.
(to Mr Mandela)
test it daily till the stones crumble
at frequencies that shudder bricks;
that dust'll settle on your skin
(your spine a brush broom
already stiff as fish bones).
Scar a hundred knuckles on stone
and bloody each fingernail too.
Scream till the walls crumble
Scream blue as Haematomas.
This is an ugly colour.
Bubble soap bars as dawn shrills
and dream of sunburn and pills,
happy, happy pills so creamy
and taste fades . . . .
Then test your voice again
for the years your knuckles forgot.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
First published poem, written by Jonny Virgo aged 15
Metro
It is a bloated heart, valves sucking open
for millions of sleepwalkers. Hawkers
clog platforms in clots. Skins
windbitten and eyes ablaze, they swim
the crowd, form bulges in the bloodstream.
The platforms have doors onto the trains
and on opening, thousands surge out only
to be sucked back in like the sea. A man
begs on all fours and his head, forning
a fifth limb is grounded. A virus
in the channel's vacuole, he no longer
looks where his kopecks come from.
He has a story about when he danced
Swan Lake, white as a phagocyte
and young too. Now his eyes glaze
to a bottle's curve, holding it to
the light for its dregs.
He is young again in the bottle, forever
preserved, the two-headed baby
in a glass, one head eating the other.
It is a bloated heart, valves sucking open
for millions of sleepwalkers. Hawkers
clog platforms in clots. Skins
windbitten and eyes ablaze, they swim
the crowd, form bulges in the bloodstream.
The platforms have doors onto the trains
and on opening, thousands surge out only
to be sucked back in like the sea. A man
begs on all fours and his head, forning
a fifth limb is grounded. A virus
in the channel's vacuole, he no longer
looks where his kopecks come from.
He has a story about when he danced
Swan Lake, white as a phagocyte
and young too. Now his eyes glaze
to a bottle's curve, holding it to
the light for its dregs.
He is young again in the bottle, forever
preserved, the two-headed baby
in a glass, one head eating the other.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Police and Freemasonry
I'm not particularly anti-masonic but this doc makes an interesting point.
Links on non-declaration of police Freemason membership in UK. The Masonic oaths means that a Mason is obliged to warn another mason of oncoming danger and also keep his secrets. Is this a conflict of interests?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/police-defy-force-with-masonic-lodge-715368.html
This is old and has some quality issues but really makes the point.
Assassinated US President John F Kennedy makes a famous speech about the reasons why society has to be aware of the influence of secret societies in public life.
Links on non-declaration of police Freemason membership in UK. The Masonic oaths means that a Mason is obliged to warn another mason of oncoming danger and also keep his secrets. Is this a conflict of interests?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/police-defy-force-with-masonic-lodge-715368.html
This is old and has some quality issues but really makes the point.
Assassinated US President John F Kennedy makes a famous speech about the reasons why society has to be aware of the influence of secret societies in public life.
Monday, 10 January 2011
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Saturday, 8 January 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Engine Earz playing Yoyo's, Notting Hill tonight. Check out some of their tracks
I used to be in a group with the producer of this. he was a sick obsessive who made heavy beats then and he's just got better and better. Check this out.
Live @ BBC Maida Vale Studios for Mistajam, Radio 1Xtra by Engine-EarZ Experiment
Live @ BBC Maida Vale Studios for Mistajam, Radio 1Xtra by Engine-EarZ Experiment
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Tour dates announced!!!
The Jonny Virgo spring tour has been announced and unveiled. You can see the dates by going to my Facebook page and clicking like. So crack on and go to
http://www.facebook.com/onlyonevirgo
http://www.facebook.com/onlyonevirgo