B3TA : INTERVIEWS : CARTEL

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".