B3TA : INTERVIEWS : CARTEL

Cartel Communique are three twenty-somethings based in London who claim to be bringing about the "downfall of pop culture".

They have full-time jobs in TV post production, but spend their free time and employers' resources creating video by re-editing TV shows and setting it to the tunes by cut-and-paste artists like Osymyso and Kid 606.

B3ta found them via their video of Pat and Peggy's fight on Eastenders.

News Report on Mr. Winkle's Fame

Website:

Jonny: Cartel Communique
"It's mine, and I don't look at any other site."

Mike: Mr Winkle
"It's a freaky looking dog from Amercia. It looks like a Care Bear."

Baz: Rotten
"It was the first site that I found. I can't look at it all. It's really foul."

Stupid Web Videos

Thing I've Been E-mailed:

Jonny: Wrestling Video
"I like stuff that is so extreme that you have to delete it instantly. Like the wrestling thing where he puts his weight on his broken foot."

Mike: Anthea Turner On Fire Video
"It's my favourite. Apperently the BBC use it for their health and safety video."

Baz: Man's head up Elephant Bum
"Is this real? It's fantastically funny."

Loads of Bardot Photos

Sex:

Jonny: Bridget Bardot
"Before she went mad and looked after cats. I wouldn't want to die an asthmatic death on the point of orgasm"

Mike: Pat Butcher from EastEnders
"She's a dyke, but a bit fruity. I want what I cannot have"

Baz: Emma Jones - Smash Hits Editor
"She's really pretty. I saw her on the TV show 'This Week Only', and I thought I was in love."

Gram Parsons Fan Site

Music:

Jonny: Universities of America Sound Effects LP (1972)
"I'm an insomniac, The sound of dripping water on analogue synths sends me to sleep."

Mike: Girlz on Top - We Don't Give A Damn About Our Friends
"It's the return of Punk Rock"

Baz: Gram Parsons - Try One More Time
"Beautiful."

Smash Hits Site

Magazine:

Jonny: Anal 101
"It's a French hardcore porn magazine"

Mike: Smash Hits
"I also buy OK - I want to see what trousers Beckham is wearing.
"I've been in it. A shoot with Dale Winton, I stood behind him on my decks."

Baz: NME
"I still buy the NME. The letters page is funny, filled with kids complaining about New Garage."

Brian jones Fan Site

Book:

Jonny: Mr. Vertigo - Paul Auster
"A kid with the power to leviate is taken on a freakshow tour of America - however the flying causes him to develop migranes. It's a dark but funny parable of Amercia"

Mike: The Murder of Brian Jones - Anna Wohlin
"He was murdered by builders working for Mick Jaggers lawyers. I love rock & roll conspiracy"

Baz: Papillon - Henri Charriare
"This wrongful arest drama, is a great feat of human endevour. It reminds me of life in London, where people judge you negatively before they know you"

Brass Eye Fan Site

TV:

Jonny: Jackass
"A viewer was inspired by Jackass to attemp to jump over a car and he got hit. Jackass got sued. It's fantastic"

Mike: Chris Morris's Brass Eye
"He does stuff that we do. He re-apropraited footage, and makes celebrities look stupid"

Baz: David Blane
"In the ice - standing up all that time - that was hardcore. Even if it was faked, to get all that press was pretty cool."

The Sun Website

Newspaper:

Jonny: The Daily Record
"It's the only paper that gives your the full Scottish football results"

Mike: The Sun
"A girl from work was on Page 3 once."

Baz: The Sun
"It takes 10 minutes to read from cover to cover"

Kid 606 Video


Best Thing We've Done: Kid 606 - The Soho Riots vs. NWA Video

Jonny: "It took blood out of me to make."

Mike: "It was posh kids mashing stuff up."

Baz: "The aftermath of the riots was scarey."

Cartel are currently planning to make a video based upon the infamous tourettes syndrome documentary - "John's Not Mad".