GRAFFITI-Spades ‘blob character’ used for Referendum Vote poster

Venturing via a different route in the back-end of town and passing over this ‘well-decorated’ railway bridge – set all alone amongst an area going through huge redevelopment – located between the edge of the City Centre, Grangetown and Cardiff Bay. (Which part of Cardiff would you say this is actually within? answers on a postcard…..)

This bridge was totally covered in various graffiti ranging from tags, stickups, political comment and once again some more of these blob characters that I have unearthed around the City Centre over the past year.

PHOTOS-Protests over Libya

Libyan ruler Colonel Gaddafi is battling to retain control of Tripoli and areas of western Libya as protestors gathered around the world as pressure mounts on him and his reign.
Local Libyans gathered earlier in Cardiff’s Queen Street to protest against what is happening in Libya. Mothers and children gathered in the rain and desperately chanted words of support and banners pleading for “Stop the killing,” “no more blood,” and “End the torture.”

PHOTOS-Cardiff City players meet the fans

Hundreds of football fans queued for their chance to meet the football players from local Championship side Cardiff City. The queue started at the entrance to the St David’s Centre on Working Street and led all the way upto the centre of the busy shopping mall between Boots and H Samuel.

CARDIFF-Lorry gets stuck under railway bridge

An articulated lorry got stuck under a railway bridge at the top end of Bute Street yesterday. Around 2:30pm the lorry, laiden with mattresses, approached the 14ft 9 bridge and attempted to pass under but obviously got stuck. No major structural problems have been reported about the bridge and roads were re-opened after an hour – during which the whole of the surrounding area was brought to a stand-still.

GRAFFITI-Artist response to a previous post!

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Well after previously showcasing a local graffiti artist’s work on my blog at http://djleekee.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/graffiti-rude-stickman-appearing-around-cardiff/ and it seems that I may have inaccurately christened the character ‘Naughty Stickman’ on the original Flickr photos.
The character can still be seen in various parts of Cardiff – where the latest one i spotted on Elm Street prompted this response from the artist himself!

Excavation begins in the River Taff

Excavation works began in earnest on the River Taff, where it flows under Canton Bridge, in the City Centre of Cardiff this week.

The work is being carried out to deepen the river to allow safe passage of larger vessels which serve the network of stops from Cardiff Bay and Penarth – which stop as far up the River Taff as outside the Bute Park terminus.

In the Summer water levels can be less than a foot in some places – where you can literally paddle from side to side of the river – therefore from this area down to Cardiff Bay this surely won’t be possible in future years.

RUGBY-Cardiff Blues v Leinster

Cardiff Blues took on Leinster at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday 19th February infront of a crowd of 10,741 supporters.
The Blues got off to a shaky start with quite a few handling error and Tom James dropping a few balls! Both sides struggled to break away and make an impact in the first half with only a Dan Fish try getting the crowd going and some penalties from the ever-solid Ceri Sweeney.
Leinster full-back, Isa Nacewa, got a penalty just before half-time making the half time score a respectable 8-3 to Cardiff Blues.

TV-Skull tattoo man on Jeremy Kyle show!

On popular ITV1 daytime programme, “The Jeremy Kyle Show” last week, a guest appeared that caused quite a storm! So much so that I even got a phone call from my Mum detailing what an idiot he was and that I MUST see it!

MASHUP – Bruno Mars vs Flo Rida – The club can’t handle the way you are.

Time to mash up two monsters from last year – featuring the huge hits from Bruno Mars-Just the way you are together with Flo Rida ft David Guetta-The club cant handle me.
I present my latest mashup “The club can’t handle the way you are (DJ Leekee Mix)”

CARDIFF – In reflections

The weather was changeable, sunny one minute then torrential rain the next. So much so, that massive puddles were left around the City which prompted some inspiration and the idea to capture some of the well-known sights ‘in reflection.’ Featuring Cardiff Castle, City Hall and the Millennium Stadium. Well worth a wait for the ‘twist’

MP3-BBC Radio 1 ‘Story of Ibiza’ Dance Mix

BBC Radio 1 have made available 22 minutes worth of Ibiza classics on their website. It features utter dance classics from the 90′s and 00′s all in the mix for audio listening pleasure. ENJOY.

TRACKLISTING

Todd Terry – Something Going On
Faithless – Insomnia
808 State – Cubik Olympic
Alison Limerick – Where Love Lies
Moby – Go
Indeep – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Grace – Not Over Yet

VIDEO-Flashmob in The Hayes

It was a busy Saturday afternoon in Cardiff City Centre with thousands of people out shopping, many more visiting the City Centre to watch the Six Nations games in the numerous pubs and bars plus the City was hosting the Super League Challenge tournament over two days at the Millennium Stadium with people arriving from around the UK. (It was busy!)

The sun was shining, the sky was blue and it was getting ever closer to 2pm – The Hayes was a mass of people from various backgrounds all going about their normal business – not aware of what was around the corner!

GRAFFITI-Rude Stickman appearing around Cardiff

Over the last few weeks a mysterious stickman has been appearing around the suburbs of Cardiff West. With his stick-like body gracing walls from the City Centre, all the way over to Ely and even one near The Cardiff City Stadium. Have you spotted one further afield?
I cannot make my mind up whether he is smoking a spliff or is giving a rude gesture with a certain finger?
Some of these beauties also contain the tag DIS and maybe Soliks – does anyone know anymore about the artist? Im not even sure I can decypher the tags that brilliantly!
Stickman has been appearing everywhere including walls, garage doors, post office boxes and even the odd bus stop! (well before Adshel instantly removed it!) Coming to a wall near you soon……….

VIDEO-Wales v England Six Nations rugby

Another Wales v England game over and another game of “shouldve tried harder”, “it was there for the taking” and “Wales shouldve/couldve won that one”

It wasn’t a classic battle at all with the might of England not making as much an impression as the bookmakers would lead you to believe. I think the whole contest is wide open with anyone being able to win it this year! Just look at Italy’s performance against Ireland on the opening weekend!

Anyway, this years Six Nations opening match at the Millennium Stadium brought back many memories of an amazing victory over England back in the 2008 campaign. Here’s a little video that I made at the time. For some reason there are certain phrases that Eddie Butler says that still sends shivers down my spine now! Enjoy!

Cardiff ‘Survival’ – Vintage advertisements around Canton

The Guardian Cardiff website runs a Flickr photography group where a subject is chosen and people are free to submit photos to satisfy the brief. It’s all for a bit of fun and following on from other groups like ‘Thing A Week’

One of the themes chosen for the latest installment of the ‘Project Document’ is ‘Survival.’ The only other brief is that the photos have to be taken in or around Cardiff and the surrounding areas.