I had a vision once. It was bleak. It had me laying awake at night. Those times in the morning around 4am when you’re wide awake – and all these ideas come into your brain. How to get away and make some creative money.

Well I had this thought 12 months ago, and Gordon Brown (at the time the UK’s Prime Minister) had my blood boiling. My wife, who is from Asia, actually stopped me from going onto the BBC website for a while to stop me from seeing his face – Going Down – as she called him. So at 4am I had an idea… to vent my frustration by creating artwork that channelled my anger into something positive. Great. And why not make a few bob by selling t-shirts with those images on? Sounded like a good idea, but unfortunately, my anti-Brown passion only stretched as far as myself and other freinds who laughed at the images, but failed to put their hand in their pocket. Oh, well.

The store I created at cafepress.com will soon be taken down. The result? TWO shirts sold. So while my plan came crashing down, there’s two people in the whole world in possession of probably the most exclusive piece of creative art, – second only to my Moist “Push” EP residing on my shelf.

Anyway… since the site will be down shortly, I’ve logged my favourite piece on here for posterity. The one where he looks like Ché but it actually reads – Che-rio. He’s gone now and we have a new PM so maybe the guy who bought only the one can put it on his wall in 10 year’s time.

Here’s to Gordon Brown – the EX-Prime Minister, and my attempt to use creative art (unsuccessfully) to be his downfall.

VANROOJ