Just an amusing pic I took a few weeks ago at the Smithfield Market in EC1. It looked more to me like a no-dancing-outside sign directed to the clubbers queuing for Fabric, just a few meters away from the venerable meat market.

Not to be outdone, The Cross is apparently holding its last party at its current digs north of King’s Cross. Of course, all the good summer parties in London take place while I’m away…

For the last festival of the summer, South West Four has a jaw-dropping lineup at Clapham Common: Paul van Dyk, Roger Sanchez, Pete Tong, John Digweed, Eric Prydz, Josh Wink, and that’s just half of the big names spinning at this epic Bank Holiday bash.

Too bad I can’t make it this weekend. But I’ll be queuing all right. It’s just that in Italy we queue at peak touristy season for different masterpieces.

A clear sign that I’m spending too much time keeping an eye out for Banksy material, I thought I spotted some more of his work last week in South London. At least it seemed so from afar. But the first pic didn’t in fact say “We are Banksy”, and the second one was actually from Cartrain.

As I mentioned earlier this summer, the Katherine Hamnett / House of Holland inspired slogan tees are popping everywhere in London. Here’s another evidence from a shop on Clerkenwell St.

We’re psyched about the launch of Goodhood, a shop opening in Hoxditch. Independent goods, music and clothes all in one spot? We’re sold!

Photo credit: Goodhood

A New York initiative, Cut and Paste 07 has arrived in London. The fun part of this creative competition, sponsored by Boxfresh, is that anyone can participate. Simply print the flyers on their site and cut along the dotted lines. If you get this far, let those creative juices flow and upload your image on their nifty looking site.

Not much play these past two weeks, as we’ve been busy working on our London postcode series and an unrelated project. With the little free time I’ve had, I squeezed in at the packed Phonica party at T Bar on Saturday.

Earlier on the day, I went to Phonica’s shop in Soho to pick up a brilliant CD mix by Ewan Pearson for über club Fabric, and a Monza compilation CD by Crosstown Rebels head honcho Damian Lazarus. Lots of groovy beats to listen while we put the finishing touches on our latest collection…

Checked out at the weekend the Banksy vs Warhol exhibit at The Hospital near Seven Dials. Banksy remixes, whose cult following spawned an I’m Banksy T-shirt (in Helvetica) and a guidebook, include the Tesco Value Soup and the Kate “Marylin” Moss portraits. Snippets are available on BBC’s site.

Not only T-shirts have cool slogans, this newsagent has a catchy one too. Spotted in N16, Stoke Newington.