Opening to the public today, London’s Cans Festival saw a massive queue of thousands of fans vying for a closer look at English Street Art mastermind Banksy’s latest offerings. Of course, over 40 other artists from around the world participated in the stencil art-only jam inside an unused Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo on the capital’s South Bank including Ron English, Blek Le Rat, Bsas Stencil, Run Don’t Walk, James Dodd (DLUX), Tom Civil (civilian), Vexta, Prism, Daniel Melim, Altocontraste, Bandit, Roadsworth, 3D Del Naja, Artiste-Ouvrier, Sten, Sadhu, C215, Lucamaleonte, Lex, Orticancvoodles, Kaagman, Dolk, Pobel, M-City, Vhils, Btoy, Coolture, Schhh, Borbo, Sam3, Faile, Eine, John Grider, Logan Hicks, Pure Evil, and Dot Masters. The general public is invited to participate as well, and any punter showing up with a stencil and some paint will be allowed to leave their mark within the festival’s legal boundaries.

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Boy Genius has some more pics and specs for RIM’s first Blackberry clamshell, the Kickstart. It’s launching on T-Mobile, and now we find out that it’s actually better looking then it originally appeared.

It also will probably come in the full rainbow of colors. There’s another little detail about some sort of glow surrounding the screen. It’s definitely a consumer phone, with pretty average specs, and lacking 3G. It’s does have Wi-Fi, a 2MP cam, internal LCD is 320×240, external is 160×128, and it’s running the 4.6 OS. BGR’s thinking a September release date.

On a given night (or on a given album) he’ll swing through blues, folk, soul, bluegrass, maybe some classic 50s rock, or a punk speedball. He’s a musical omnivore, devouring every popular music sound of the last 70 years, and mixing ‘em all together seamlessly into his own stew. Yet, the one thing that most people notice about Patrick isn’t his ability to copy - it’s his authenticity. Like his heroes, folks like Bobby “Blue” Bland, Eddie Hinton, Doug Sahm, Ray Charles, Patrick somehow manages to blend all of these influences into something all his own.

His CD Every Hour Is A Dollar Gone (June 2007) is the perfect snapshot of Patrick’s evolution. Produced by longtime friend and collaborator Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, the songs hint at the blues-influenced rock of the 70s (”After Awhile,” “Them Shoes”), soul and gospel (”From Orange To Pink,” “Two Or Three”), and even ragtime (”Mom & Dad”), all the while shifting seamlessly in the spaces between these styles, and it’s in these spaces that Patrick’s huge voice and trademark style shine the most.

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MAY 7, 2008

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