Hard-Fly
I SEEM to be updating my journal when lots of things have happened in a short space of time. It's like the cliche of waiting aeons for a (bendy - thanx Ken!) bus to come along and then 3 come at once!
Couple of weeks ago I attended the Tate Modern with Mr R to see the instillation by Rachel Whiteread called Embankment. If you haven't seen it, pop along and become mesmerised by a phalanx of white boxes. It's like being stuck in a sugar cube jar. They have stewards walking around just to make sure you don't touch anything sticking out. Ha! After walking around the boxes for what seemed like a decade (think Jack Nicholson in the snow at the end of The Shining)we headed up to the top floor for a drink. The view at night of St Pauls is a joy to behold all lit up.
We finished the night at Club NME at Koko seeing the Infadels, who seem to be trying to be a poor man's Faithless.
With great help from MrsS (who was doing a piece for the paper) she managed to hook an old work colleague and I with tickets to go to the T4 Pollwinners Party at Wembley Pavillion. All I can say is, the sooner the Arena is built the better! WP is like an over-inflated dance tent you get at Glastonbury or Reading. McFly walked away with a plethora of awards and Ashley Cole and Cheryl Tweedy breezed past Charlotte Church and Rugby Beau to win best showbiz couple. Receiving the award, Cole just smiled while Tweedy just squeeked! The most annoying feature of the day was the warm-up man who obviously had too much sugar on his cornflakes that morning.
After recovering from the salabrious surroundings of Wembley, I went from soft pop to dirty rock when I went to see Black Rebel Motor Cycle at the Astoria. A last-minute attendance was partly due, to the fact I last saw them in front of about 50 people at the Camden Barfly in late August - the day before they played the Reading Festival - and enjoyed them. What I didn't realise was that they had ask their fans over the internet to suggest the songs in their set-list. What emerged was 2hours and 40minutes of a BRMC's back catalogue. Well worth the money, but I doubt I'll be seeing them anytime soon....I'm all B.R.M.C out! Afterwards we popped in to White Heat - missed the band - but at least I could have a cosy lie-down on the sofa.
The following weekend I was at a friends' band's video shoot for their first single. We turned up late, but it had it's advantages as it was shot in Beyond Retro in Brick Lane. After they finished their set, we all strolled up the road to the Vibe Bar, where we overheard that Hard-Fi were playing a StreetGig in the Truman Brewery. Upon finishing our drinks and navigating the area we found out the rumour was...TRUE! They played an excellent version of the White Stripe's 'Seven nation army,' and we even had a drink we them afterwards.
In other news, my parent's got burgled last week. Luckily (if you can call it that,) it was only the shed. Unfortunately, my father had left all his electrical equipment and a broken TV which the thieves took in there. One thing we are glad about, though, is the night before he took his dolls house out which he has completed building for his granddaughter for christmas. I don't think he would've forgiven himself had he left that there!
And finally...come January am going back to studying as a part-time mature student. But my sister advised me to look at the Open University courses which are attracting me, more and more everyday. Am just trying to work out what would be cheaper and better in the long-run: OU v UNI: YOU DECIDE! Advice please...
One more thing...i've just heard Robert Miles 'Children,' and I feel exactly the same today...this year...as I had when it first came out in 1995. Hmmmm.....
Couple of weeks ago I attended the Tate Modern with Mr R to see the instillation by Rachel Whiteread called Embankment. If you haven't seen it, pop along and become mesmerised by a phalanx of white boxes. It's like being stuck in a sugar cube jar. They have stewards walking around just to make sure you don't touch anything sticking out. Ha! After walking around the boxes for what seemed like a decade (think Jack Nicholson in the snow at the end of The Shining)we headed up to the top floor for a drink. The view at night of St Pauls is a joy to behold all lit up.
We finished the night at Club NME at Koko seeing the Infadels, who seem to be trying to be a poor man's Faithless.
With great help from MrsS (who was doing a piece for the paper) she managed to hook an old work colleague and I with tickets to go to the T4 Pollwinners Party at Wembley Pavillion. All I can say is, the sooner the Arena is built the better! WP is like an over-inflated dance tent you get at Glastonbury or Reading. McFly walked away with a plethora of awards and Ashley Cole and Cheryl Tweedy breezed past Charlotte Church and Rugby Beau to win best showbiz couple. Receiving the award, Cole just smiled while Tweedy just squeeked! The most annoying feature of the day was the warm-up man who obviously had too much sugar on his cornflakes that morning.
After recovering from the salabrious surroundings of Wembley, I went from soft pop to dirty rock when I went to see Black Rebel Motor Cycle at the Astoria. A last-minute attendance was partly due, to the fact I last saw them in front of about 50 people at the Camden Barfly in late August - the day before they played the Reading Festival - and enjoyed them. What I didn't realise was that they had ask their fans over the internet to suggest the songs in their set-list. What emerged was 2hours and 40minutes of a BRMC's back catalogue. Well worth the money, but I doubt I'll be seeing them anytime soon....I'm all B.R.M.C out! Afterwards we popped in to White Heat - missed the band - but at least I could have a cosy lie-down on the sofa.
The following weekend I was at a friends' band's video shoot for their first single. We turned up late, but it had it's advantages as it was shot in Beyond Retro in Brick Lane. After they finished their set, we all strolled up the road to the Vibe Bar, where we overheard that Hard-Fi were playing a StreetGig in the Truman Brewery. Upon finishing our drinks and navigating the area we found out the rumour was...TRUE! They played an excellent version of the White Stripe's 'Seven nation army,' and we even had a drink we them afterwards.
In other news, my parent's got burgled last week. Luckily (if you can call it that,) it was only the shed. Unfortunately, my father had left all his electrical equipment and a broken TV which the thieves took in there. One thing we are glad about, though, is the night before he took his dolls house out which he has completed building for his granddaughter for christmas. I don't think he would've forgiven himself had he left that there!
And finally...come January am going back to studying as a part-time mature student. But my sister advised me to look at the Open University courses which are attracting me, more and more everyday. Am just trying to work out what would be cheaper and better in the long-run: OU v UNI: YOU DECIDE! Advice please...
One more thing...i've just heard Robert Miles 'Children,' and I feel exactly the same today...this year...as I had when it first came out in 1995. Hmmmm.....