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About Me

Blair no longer makes music videos. He'll make anything but.Recent Work:Make Model -"The LSB' - EMI Sonic Hearts 'To Be Someone' - EMI Badly Drawn Boy 'Time Of Times' - EMI Make Model - "The Was' - EMI Sons & Daughters - "Gilt Complex" - Domino The Royal We - "I Hate Rock & Roll' - Geographic Idlewild - Scottish Fiction - DVD Retrospective & Live show - Parlaphone Duke Special - 'Our Love Goes Deeper' - V2 King Creosote - 'No Clue' - Names / 679 Recordings Shy Child - 'Summer' - Wall Of Sound / PIAS Tokyo Police Club - 'Your English Is Good' - Memphis Industries Emma Pollock - 'Adrenaline' - 4AD Kharma 45 - 'Where's Your Spirit Man?' - Warner The Dykeenies - 'New Ideas' - Lavolta Records Drive By Argument - 'Sega Method' - Lizard King Records Camera Obscura - 'Tears For Affairs' promo - Elefant Records Idlewild: 'No Emotion' promo and EPK Documentary - Sanctuary Records Camera Obscura - 'If Looks Could Kill' promo- Elefant Records Antony & The Johnsons - Live Recording 'Turning', The Barbican (for Metropolis Media Group) Little Barrie - 'Love You' promo - PIAS /WoS King Creosote - Tour Documentary - 679 Recordings The Dykeenies - 'Waiting For Go' promo - Lavolta Records Belle & Sebastian - Princes Street Gardens Live Documentary- Rough Trade Records Camera Obscura - 'Let's Get Out Of The Country' - Elefant Records Iain Archer - 'When It Kicks In' promo - PIAS / WoS Archie Bronson Outfit - 'Cherry Lips' promo - Domino Against Me! - 'Problems' promo - Fat Wreck Chords Franz Ferdinand - 'L Wells' promo - Domino Franz Ferdinand - 'Wine In The Afternoon' promo - Domino Belle & Sebastian - 'Funny Little Frog' promo - Rough Trade Records Sons & Daughters -Live at the ABC live documentary - DominoThe Forest Of Black is Blair Young & Beth Allan. Blair does things with D.O.P.'s, cameras and edit suites, Beth does things with numbers, spreadsheets and telephones.Our web address is www.forestofblack.co.uk, where there is finally a website showing all 40 or so videos we made which look exactly the same.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

A careers advisor.

My Blog

What i did for hopefully 1/80th or so of my life.

here is what 2007 looked like from where I'm standing.1.Went on a little tour with a happening bunch of kids. Bumped into a very beautiful girl.2. Made some videos we didn't like.3. Bought an old car,...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:19:00 GMT

property market

Gonna every one involved in the property market go fuck yourselves?That includes every one who's rich parents dropped them the 5 figure sum they needed to secure their nice flat.Thanks to this nation'...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:48:00 GMT

SXSW return

I'm not particularly into this blogging thing, purely for the reason it seems a bit egotistical to think anyone cares but i dont mind expressing the odd grievance or particular joy.Anyway, just to imm...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:23:00 GMT

my new lady

So 10 years after leaving college, I'm thinking to myself I've done nowt but work and never really bought anything i thought i really wanted to work for. (Of course, like in the Wizard Of Oz' I'll dis...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:27:00 GMT

TFOB @ SXSW

Not playing unfortunately, although the office band is coming together nicely, with my guitar playing developing steadily to being able to change chords and beth showing a raw, untapped talent on the ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:19:00 GMT

Highlights

of 2006, in completely random order: discovering the delightful miss saskia pomeroyKing Creosote, Pictish Trail & James Yorkston, post-gig gig, Homegame Anstruther - AprilGatecrashing wedding party & ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:59:00 GMT