Two staffers had just passed this site and done two pull-ups. Not to be outdone, Obama did three with ease, dropped and walked out to make a speech. Missoula, Mont., 4/5/2008. Photo: Callie Shell

I haven’t gotten too caught up in the US presidential elections and have tried to fight the urge to post anything related on City and Sticks, however today I’ve broken. The images shot by Callie Shell over the past few years during her time with Barack Obama on his campaign are simply to good to resist posting about. Have a look at the images, there are some rather down to the earth portraits of the soon to be most powerful man in the world.

Frank Turner comes back to Norwich on the 7th December, supporting the Levellers at the UEA. I managed to ask Frank a few questions about touring, writing, recent successes and the future.

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Bruce Foxton and Rick Butler, From The Jam, two thirds of the original line up of The Jam kick off their latest UK tour at the UEA on the 5th December. Performing all of the band’s greatest hits and classic album tracks including Start, Going Underground, That’s Entertainment and other Jam originals written by Bruce Foxton including News of The World and Smithers-Jones.

Also coming soon to the UEA are Primal Scream on the 30th November and Frank Turner supporting The Levellers on the 7th December, we have an interview with Frank coming very soon too.

Played the demo to Mirror’s Edge the other night, after waiting nearly a day for it to download, thanks to crappy internet connection, it was worth the wait though. The game is brilliant, it’s basically a parkour (free running) game but not in an extreme sports game style.

The design reminds me of some of the Animatrix shorts that were around whilst we all were waiting for Reloaded to come out. The story follows Faith through the beautiful cityscapes avoiding “The Blues” (Police) to clear her sister’s name, for a crime she’s believed to have been framed for.

If you have a PS3 or Xbox 360 give the demo a try, even if to simply marvel at the wonderfully designed cityscapes.

You should probably watch the first three before this one, so click here.

The release of EA’s Skate 2 is drawing closer (spring 2009) and the media machine begins to heat up, wetting the appetites of anyone with a PS3 or Xbox whos skates. There’s cool little video of an in-game line by Mark Appleyard, with a cool tune on www.skate.ea.com in the media section. These videos are expected to be weekly from now so keep an eye on the skate site.

Here’s a collection of skate photos from all over the place, some I’ve been sitting on for a little while now, the one of Josh is rather old now to be honest. There’s a more structured Cambridge based article coming soon don’t worry.

Oh and that’s Will’s blurred legs up there.

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