My first ever album was 'Bad'. I got it for my eighth birthday. I loved it (still do), I mean 'Another Part Of Me', 'Man In The Mirror' and 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' could well be the best three consecutive songs on an album ever, right?

So anyway, I still have a soft spot for Jacko, despite all the bazaar behaviour and disturbing allegations over the years, and I'm glad to see that many people have been positive in their reaction to his death. I'm sure that Friday's mass moonwalk at Liverpool Street and the DJ at the Secret Blisters playing his hits on Friday night will be the first of many tributes for him.

The picture above, taken on Friday evening, is the Screen on the Green cinema in Islington.

Last night I made it down to Print Club's Secret Blisters event. The concept; 35 artists designs had been selected and printed in limited edition runs of 35 and were on sale for £35. The secret part of the shows name comes from the artists name not being put with their print, so that people are buying on the merit of the design, rather than an artists reputation.

It was held in the MC Motors space just down the alley from Print Club's studio, which was aesthetically the perfect space for the show and big enough to hold the hundreds of people that had turned up.

Of the 35 posters on show there were some really great designs, which made it pretty hard to pick one to buy (I would like to have got more, but hey, there's a recession don't you know). In the end we decided on number 30, a really cool print of a piano with Nina Simone lyrics hand drawn on to it (see picture above). Though, due to the secret nature of this years Blister event, I'm not sure who printed it yet.*

It was a great night, make it down to Print Club's next show and maybe even give it a shot at getting your design in to 2010's blisters exhibition.

*Just found out that the artist responsible for the fine print I purchased was in fact Anthony Peters. (The signature on the poster was a tad hard to make out in case you're wondering why it took me so long)!

Here are some pictures that I took when I was in New York earlier this year.

My girlfriend and I were staying on Broome Street, just on the edge of the Lower East Side. The walls of the buildings in that part of Manhattan were covered in fly posters, stickers and graffiti - which I think looks great and creates a kind of street art collage as it builds up.

These pictures were taken on the Bowery and along Rivington Street and the streets that come off it.

Ps. If you happen to find yourself in this area, make sure you check out Freemans, maybe the coolest restaurant I've ever eaten at. It's tucked away down Freemans Alley off Rivington St, but it's well worth hunting for - the slow cooked pork is to die for and the taxidermy decor is amazing).

Saturday saw me finally take the plunge and get down to the Print Club in Dalston. Since seeing one of their posters up in Rough Trade early last year I've wanted to go there and get my hands inky and I'm really glad I finally made it.

Print Club offer a crash course in screen printing for anyone who is interested in giving it a go. In one day they will take you through the whole process - from your hand scribbled illustration to preparing your screen through to printing your design.

It was a really fun day. I had collaborated with my beloved on an illustration and to see it go from an idea in our heads to printing multiple copies of it was an extremely rewarding experience, helped by the friendly instructors and the other students being pretty cool too.

You can see the finished print, which is titled 'The Pursuit Of Hirsute', above.

After a six month hiatus I've decided to get Full Beard back on the road. Check back soon for new posts.