Crack

As far as we know, Bristol didn’t have a YouTube comic phenomenon until High Renaissance Man. If you still don’t know, I highly recommend you put down the magazine (briefly) and spend half an-hour in his company online.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJY73GgkvWg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0s0JP4WgTY
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iS64tnFTCE
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z5bV--LbeQ

YouTube gold doesn’t come better than this. High Renaissance Man is a four-part, Bristol-centric mockumentary following the lifestyle and adventures of James, a Clifton student with a whole host of ideas and opinions on life and Bristol. These include: setting up a reggae-techno crossover night, doing his History of Art dissertation on Banksy, and making some seriously forward thinking music.

If Alan Partridge was a loaded Cliftonite Bristol University student, you’d come somewhere close to fathoming the charm encapsulated by High Renaissance Man. Beautifully ignorant, a misplaced and delusional sense of culture and a fucking brilliant support cast, have made this perhaps the funniest thing we’ve seen in a long time. If High Renaissance Man doesn’t end up on the goggle box in the next year there is simply no justice, or TV producers everywhere have lost their sense of humour.

Crack had the pleasure of catching up with our hero to see if things had progressed since his ill fated adventures in club promotion, what he had planned for the summer and whether he’d shag the queen?

After the mixed success of Ecstasy, (your reggae/techno crossover night) do you intend to throw any more parties for the Bristol student masses?

Unfortunately I’m still paying off my debts from ecstasy, but my student loan is coming in soon - so hold your breath Bristol.


How is the Banksy dissertation going?

I got an anonymous letter from someone that was blatantly him, as it was written in monkey stencils. I think it implied that my dissertation was going to devalue his art, but I’m going to use it as my conclusion.

Has the sound of Matthew getting his freak on meant anymore sleepless nights for you?

Mathew has not got his freak on this week, as he says all the girls he sleeps with have syncronised their menstrual cycles. It's going to be a tough week for him. He’s calling it his ‘Thermopylae’

On a scale of one to chilled how do you find Bristol?

Chilled but not arctic. Last I remember Fabric was in London, that's arctic.

Did you ever catch up with that pesky fucker of a DJ who cashed your cheque?

I saw him in the street and I bought him a few pints, which was nice of him.

Have you been exploring outside of Clifton at all?

Went to the bridge when my bank statement came through for a think. Spent about three hours there.

What is it about Bristol that pushes your creative juices when making music?

I don’t create music. I produce it. But mainly it’s the music that inspires me.

Have you been making any fresh beats of late?

I’m thinking about mixing David Guetta with the last post-bugle tune they use on Remembrance Sunday in order to rasie some money for Help For Heroes.

How’s the love life? Complicated as ever I bet?

A lot of girls come up to take their photo with me since the documentary came out, but they never stick around for much longer.

Are you staying in Bristol when you finish your History of Art Degree?

Turns out I actually finished it last year. Matthew told me it was a four year course and I stupidly believed him. Maybe if I had known they were actually my finals last year I would have turned up.

Have you got any essential fashion tips this summer?

I would just recommend having a theme in mind. I was doing the election theme all of last week. The BNP actually proved the most fashionable, which I thought was pretty poignant… in a way.

And on that note, what are your plans for the summer?

Three words: Cornwall, Tresco, Valdalobos, Ibiza.

Have you ever double dropped?

They say that good things come in pairs… but I actually have quite a sensitive stomach.

If you had to shag The Queen to stay at Bristol University would you do it?

Well I think we are actually related in some vague way. Might be a bit gross hahaha. She’s also fucking dull.



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