As the year draws to a close, we bring together our extended Goodhood family for another edition of our Think Zine, to find out the highs, the lows, the what ifs and where we go from here…
Musician (@professorgreen)
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
The Great Beauty. It didn't come out this year but I was introduced to it recently by a Croatian girl who I thought was named after a moth (patania). Turns out her name's Tatjana and I'd misheard her. Anyway, great film.
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
Rag 'N' Bone Man. Without him, our song and my current single ‘Photographs’ wouldn’t have seen the light of day. Absolute G.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Calvin Harris. No further comment.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
The end of December. I'm writing this on Dec 17th and I've had enough. I know too many Sagittarians and too many people who throw Christmas parties. I'm done. My liver hates me.
What has been the worst collab of the year?
The conservatives and DUP coalition is kinda sick still. Also, what's Brexit?
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
I don't think so, in the sense that beyond the birth of a new genre it's nigh on impossible.
Canada became the first Western nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
Someone who doesn't have a repetitive robot in charge of it, so probably not us.
What’s the future of privacy?
It's already on the brink of being non-existent, so I reckon it'll join dinosaurs on the extinct list.
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
Nah, but it'll solve us…
Will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
Hopefully, he does or we can trick all the scumbags of earth that he has and we can stick them all in aircraft that combusts as soon as they leave the earth's atmosphere, thus solving us being overpopulated - and maybe even the aforementioned climate problems.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
Oxford. Although Britney spears predicted this in 2003…
Fashion Director @ Highsnobiety (@atipw)
What's been your album of the year?
My Spotify 70’s playlist.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Vladimir Putin - pulling those puppet strings and trying to bring back the cold war.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
Change.
Stephen Hawking was a very clever man. If you could go back and ask him one question, what would it be?
‘How do we make this world a better place?’
What’s the future of social media?
For it to die a slow and horrible death. No more ‘influencers’ please.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
My kids will probably look back and say Kanye, but for me there’s no one at this juncture!
Canada became the first Western nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
Your guess is as good as mine, but if we’re guessing I’d take a stab at Germany…
What’s the future of privacy?
What Privacy? That pretty much ended with the internet.
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
After the random conversation I had on a train with the leading analyst for the UN’s Climate organisation - NO.
Will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
Where there’s a massive pot of cash, a will, there’s definitely a way… maybe.
Illustrator (@face_oka)
What's been your album of the year?
Mr.children / BOLERO.
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
Bohemian Rhapsody.
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
Eden Michael Hazard. His play in FIFA World Cup was fascinating!
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Picabia, my cat. He has been pulling my leg while I’m working. Ha ha.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
I’m thinking of going independent from the company in 2019, so I’m excited about all the new changes in my life.
What have been the best or worst collabs of the year?
Best - Nasukawa Tenshin X Kyoji Horiguchi (Their fight in RIZIN was fascinating). Worst - face X English (I’m struggling with it.Ha ha)
Stephen Hawking was a very clever man. If you could go back and ask him one question, what would?
‘For how long will the earth last out?’
What’s the future of social media?
It will evolve more and more. But it’s our responsibility not to depend exclusively on it.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
Akiko Wada.
Canada became the first nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
I don’t smoke pot, so I’m not interested in it.
What’s the future of privacy?
In the future, we can maintain our privacy only in the restroom stall.
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
It may be hard. But as I am sensitive to cold, global warming is welcomed to a certain point :)
When will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
Whoever tries, hurry up! Before Martians colonise the earth…
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
’Toxic’ may be right. ‘Justice’ is such a flowery word that isn’t applied to any era. Sad to say.
Photographer (@sheekswinsalways)
What's been your album of the year?
I know it came out in 2017 but I listened to SZA's CTRL all year long.
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
I watched a lot of good films this year, but really loved The Florida Project.
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
All the black women who ran for local, state, and national offices in 2018.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
This is a tuff one. There are a lot of people out there who were terrible.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
My new studio.
What have been the best or worst collabs of the year?
I don't think my eyes caught any of the bad, but here are my good - union x jordan, mademe x lesportsac, and whomever I collaborated with obviously.
Stephen Hawking was a very clever man. If you could go back and ask him one question, what would it be?
I’d ask him his thoughts on Octavia Butler.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
Yes, I believe so, but do we care is the real question.
Canada became the first Western nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
I'm banking on New Jersey.
What’s the future of privacy?
I think I have to re-read 1984 to properly answer this.
When will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
I think Elon has already done it. We will know more about it in 2022.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
I think both are right.
Disc Jockey and All-Round Music Legend (@gillespeterson)
What have been your albums of the year?
We out here
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
Shoplifter
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
Shabaka Hutchings because he’s taken jazz and improv music to another level with politics and craft. He should be PM.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Corbyn for not going in when the time was ripe…. come on man, inspire us!
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
We out here festival in august… my new festival 1 hour from London.
What have been the best or worst collabs of the year?
Best - Virgil Abloh and Badbadnotgood. Worst - Mourinho and Pogba.
Stephen Hawking was a very clever man. If you could go back and ask him one question, what would it be?
‘What planet is Sun Ra actually hiding on?’
What’s the future of social media?
Fucked.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
Check Dayme Arocena. She’s cuban and taking her time.
Canada became the first Western nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
Singapore?
What’s the future of privacy?
In a cave.
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
I’m hoping for a miracle.
Can anything become a meme?
Probably.
When will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
Sun Ra already been…
Photographer (@clareshilland)
What's been your album of the year?
Wanderer by Cat Power. So beautiful! Also I listened to the Durutti Column a lot :)
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
All the teachers, nurses, doctors, social workers and carers.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, David Cameron and all the architects of this mess we’re in.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
Hhmmm… See above.
What have been the best or worst collabs of the year?
Best - N/A. Worst- Conservatives and DUP.
What’s the future of social media?
I don’t know, but I’m scared.
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
I don’t think we can solve it but we can try to stop it accelerating
Can anything become a meme?
Yes
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
Merriam-Webster.
Musician (@mypandashallfly)
What's been your album of the year?
Strauss put out a banging collection of rare studio cuts and edits on double LP earlier this year. Solid stuff tbf
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
While it isn’t new, I only saw it this year: Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
Probably my wet-behind-the-years attorney who worked his butt off to save me 200 hours of community service for rearranging the street sign “Bellenden Road” to just “Bellend Road”
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Everybody that doesn’t wash their hands after going to the bathroom
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
Lots more money... world peace
What’s the future of social media?
It’s gonna fold in on itself, surely? No one will pay attention to anything and yet everyone will be talking over each other constantly.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
Sadly no, but @DaftLimmy is pretty close?
What’s the future of privacy?
‘There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum’ - Arthur C. Clarke
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
I bloody hope so. Do whatever David Attenborough tells us to do.
Can anything become a meme?
Not really. Actually yes
When will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
I hope it’s soon tbh, kinda running out of space here
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
Look, I’m an optimist so of course I’m gonna side with “Justice”. What a promising word
Musician & Co-Founder @ Trippin (@itsyasmin | @trippin.world)
What's been your album of the year?
Stimulator Jones - Exotic Worlds & Masterful Treasures
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
It wasn’t a movie but Wild Wild Country was...wild.
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
Anyone and everyone who made it through the year without losing their shit.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
Jupiter in sagittarius all year, expansion, experience, abundance - get it get it get it
What have been the best or worst collabs of the year?
Best - chocolate x shrooms. Worst - Kanye x Trump (also: Kanye x Lil Pump)
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
I dunno but since you mentioned THE QUEEN can we just pause and listen to this real quick?
Canada became the first nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
Mexico.
What’s the future of privacy?
Those little stickers that cover your webcam.
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
We better, ain’t no plan(et) B.
Can anything become a meme?
Looks like it...I guess meme-ing is cheaper than therapy?
Custom Goodhood Staff Jacket - Artwork by Miles Chappers
Creative Manager @ Ninja Tune (@theresaadebiyi)
What's been your album of the year?
Outside of things we’ve done like Young Fathers, IDLES - Joy As An Act Of Resistance. As the name states, it’s a collection of wonderfully progressive and anthemic tracks that i’ve very much had on repeat since release. Excellent!
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
Blindspotting. Directed by Carlos López Estrada whose work in music videos is also excellent and written (co-written) by the hugely talented Daveed Diggs who is also part of the group Clipping, True Neutral crew.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
The mice that have ruined 50% of my nights sleep in 2018.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
Getting my Irish passport.
What have been the best collabs of the year?
Skepta x Cyberdog, plus pretty much anything Braindead did this year was wicked. Those Carhartt WIP dungarees, the Sasquatchfabrix range, the Converse. All excellent examples of how to collab well.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
Does any one person define a genre? I don’t think by the very nature of the word you can fairly encapsulate a movement into a sole representative. But she was a mammoth loss for culture.
What’s the future of privacy?
There is no future when it comes to privacy as we currently define it. Only a developing and continuous readjustment of what we individually deem acceptable boundaries.
Can anything become a meme?
Moth.
When will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
I’m not sure he’ll make it to Mars in his lifetime.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
Gotta be Toxic, right?
Musician (@jme_isc)
What's been your album of the year?
Noname - Room 25
What’s been your favourite film of 2018?
First Reformed
Who’s been the hero of the year, and why?
Gareth Southgate - because he made my dad’s summer.
Who’s been the villain of the year, and why?
Besides POTUS, it has to be Weinstein for reasons we all know.
What're you looking forward to in 2019?
Recording my next record.
What have been the best or worst collabs of the year?
Worst - Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton. Best - Ovo x Clarks
What’s the future of social media?
Contact lenses will burn Instagram straight onto your iris so you can go around and start liking random inanimate objects and not give a fuck.
This year we lost Aretha Franklin. Will anyone ever come close to defining a genre again?
I think so. Music is constantly evolving and making way for new genres so it’s just a matter of time.
Canada became the first Western nation to legalise weed this year. Who’s going to be next?
Probably the U.S.A, it’s halfway there…
What’s the future of privacy?
Privacy?
Are we ever going to solve climate change?
No, sadly we love to self-destruct.
Can anything become a meme?
Anything, even musicians try to be a walking meme.
When will Elon Musk colonise Mars? Or will someone beat him to it?
20 years from now and no.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected 'Justice' as its 2018 Word of the Year, whilst the Oxford dictionary selected ‘Toxic’. Who’s right?
I think toxic, especially referring to the environmental problems we face and the crippling effect of toxic masculinity.
What a crazy year it’s been on the planet earth. The world is a-changin' and what better way to bring it to a close than touching base with some of our friends. We hope you can appreciate the common points we all meet on and share in the positive vibrations of every human on this planet. We are all the same, remember... except maybe you have that Wacko jacket that is particularly ill. We’ve found the year to be a rollercoaster, and are particularly interested in finding ways for humans to connect together with positive consequences.
We’ve found it important this year to hear people, give them some credibility and accept that they could have an opinion we might learn from, however difficult it is to hear. How we learn and move forward is by making mistakes and we have to be able to let people make mistakes without the need to destroy them. When, early in the year, one customer expressed outrage at some particularly offensive pin badges, in their opinion, we were faced with a dilemma. Pull the products on the will of one who threatened us with press exposure from a morally virtuous position, or exercise our right to freedom of speech. You have a right to be offended but not to close the dialogue down. In the end, we compromised through our own assessment of whether there was any utility in expressing ourselves in such a way at that moment in time. Did we get it right? Please, do let us know! The feedback from our network is incredibly positive. Despite the obvious social and cultural shortcomings around the world and, generally, despite the lunatic political systems currently doing their best to completely fuck the world up, things are apparently getting better.
One of the absolute highlights of this year for us was refurbishing the Curtain Road store. We were so pleased to see the end results and no sooner had we completed the refit, our entire shop front was covered with scaffolding by a developer building extra floors on the top of the building. Take the rough with the smooth, I guess. But reality has a particularly funny way of playing out.
Aye well, as the stoics would say, or my old Grandad might have expressed, as social beings, the path to happiness for humans is found in accepting the moment as it presents itself, by not allowing oneself to be controlled by the desire for pleasure or the fear of pain, by using one's mind to understand the world and to do one's part in nature's plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly. Sounds good to me.
So on that note me, Jo and the whole of this company wish you all an amazing 2019, and send plenty of good vibes your way.
Peace, Kyle x
