Various genious fragments of popular culture have arisen from the beatiful city of Bristol.
Bristolians such as Portishead and Massive Attack, have been on the mainstream since the 90s. As some of the founders of trip hop they have travelled the world promulgating their music. Trip Hop, is a style of down-tempo music that combines hip hop with acid jazz, electronica and dub.
Trip Hop in Montreal? well Amon Tobin is a Beast. He is Brazilian, but he has lived in Montreal since he was young.
We also have to thank Bristol for 'guerilla artist' Banksy. His often satirical grafitti, have been seen through his artwork in various British cities, including the internationally renounced tags in Palestine.
Recently he has been involved in a prank on Paris Hilton. So he bought a bunch of copies of her CD, he photoshopped her photographs to make her look naked. He put his own mixes back inside. AND he put a bunch of nasty things. After he was done, he hit the streets and put all the CDs back in the stores. Take that BITCH!
Montreal does not feature such prominent artists. But there actually are some really cool graffitis. Like around St. Louis Square, and on Duluth. Also Down on St Catherine near to St. Laurent.
Finally, Bristol has given us Chris Morris. His in your face and sometimes controversial themes make him a satirical genius. Starting in the Radio, he had several shows, including Blue Jam and other music shows. In Blue Jam, Morris usually plays slow relaxing music and talks about painkillers, and how he has to lay on the cement waiting for the codeine to kick in. He also had a sketch about a baby inside a mans body. He mentioned having his 'privates' changed by that of a baby. Its pretty dark. But it keeps me entretained.
He then moved on to the tele. With The Day Today and BrassEye he consolidated a unique and intense comedy. Its histerical.
Plus, the documentary of the revamping of an Office, in The Day Today, beats the American and British Office. He has also been seen in the IT Crowd, and Produced Nathan Barley. Curiously, British Band Stereolab's song 'Nothing To Do With Me' from their 2001 album 'Sound Dust' featured various lines from Chris Morris sketches as lyrics.
Montreal does feature a very diverse and prominent comedic acts. The Just For Laughs Festival is the biggest in the world and happens every July. It has featured artists such as Rowan Atkinson, Bill Hicks, Jon Steward, Jerry Seinfeld, John Cleese, Flight of the Conchords and Jerry Springer. Some thing we should all see some day.
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