Websites
Since 2006 I have been based in Bristol, making websites using the Drupal.org content management system, it is a powerful and flexible tool for making all kinds of websites, from simple professional blogs to e-commerce and beyond. If you are looking to build a new site or convert an existing one to a more user friendly platform then get in touch with me here- Contact.
Here are some fo the sites I have built:
www.transform-volunteers.org.uk
www.lkjansen.com (beta)
www.trauma-clothing.co.uk (under construction)
Performance
I have been working as a performer since 2005, it's what I always wanted to do, I love performing my own work and getting involved in other people's shows. I like bleeding edge cabaret, good, honest boundary smashing performance, thought provoking live art, and subversive theatre. I also do corporate gigs and weddings.
Most of my work has been on stage and I am looking to get more experience of working in TV, Radio and Film, but then who isn't?
If you have a project in any of these areas then get in touch. I'm always open to new projects and collaborations, I am based in Bristol, UK, but I'm happy to travel for interesting jobs.
Working Tax Credits Rule
or How to survive as an artist who doesn't get paid much.
If you want to give up the job you hate to concentrate on the work love, you don't mind financial hardship, but you want to get by without going on the dole, then this guide is for you.
10 Ways to Die at the Tobacco Factory
I'm performing my best work so far at the Tobacco Factory this September 14th, you have got to get yourself a ticket asap!
You can find out more about how to Book Tickets Here or just call 0117 9020344 and ask for ticketsto: 10 ways to Die on Stage.
Flyer: Design by Matthew Austin
'Don't worry...Things will get worse!'...
Tweaking Ubuntu: Release the Geek!
I've just got a new computer and it's only 4-5 years old so it rocks! I'm running ubuntu on it and i've been tweaking the compiz setting to do cool stuff with the desktop, getting that mac like functionality. The results:
Last Night Goat Island Performed in my Dreams
The Lastmaker: Photo by Goat Island
What happens when you spend three consecutive nights in the company of a group like Goat Island, for the first two watching their last show and on the last attending their goodbye from which you must say goodbye for a time to make a call to say goodbye for a long time only to return to find that someone is saying goodbye from the stage to some who is dead and this fits so painfully perfectly that your heart aches, is shot through, then sings and you cry?
Igfest.org
Igfest.org
Here's the latest website that I'm putting together. This time it's paid so there will be all kinds of interesting features: users can submit games and earn points which lets them access more features on the website.
If you want a website built here is a rough price guide (negotiation welcome), all prices include domain name purchase, hosting, search engine optimization, and tech support for 1 year:
Simple Blog: £150 (text, images, audio and video)
Deluxe Blog: £250 (+ events, + customized theme)
Simple Full Site: £400 (+ user registration + user roles)
Complex Full Site: £600+ (+ custom content types + custom views)
Additional functionality can be purchased as required on any of these packages.
My Back Stole My Life
Last Friday my lower back went into spasm. I was doing nothing more demanding than leaning over my kitchen's work surface to chisel out a couple of tiles, when a feeling of intense muscular cramp burst out from my spine, leaving me propped on my elbows unable to support my own body weight. Cue an hour on the floor, frozen peas, hot water bottles, 10 meters of home made strapping wound around my lower abdomen so i could stand unaided, a painful few hours as Tom Marshman's Captain (the rum helped) and a night cap of morphine sulphate.
Blast From The Past
This is a video of the very first thing that I ever devised way back in late 2005. The other guy in it is Steve Ryan and the camera man is Alan Huge Shame, collectively known as The Licensees. It was filmed in the back room of the infamous 157 and it's called the Dinner Set, I hope you enjoy.
Bye Bye Moustache!
It was time to say goodbye.
