Few gigs to tell you about: Kamelot, Paganfest in London and Paganfest in Leeds, the latter of which was attended with my Mum so if you want to find out how she coped with PURE FOLK METAAAAAL look in the cut near the end. :)

( So, to save everyone's friend's page )

As predicted, the AGM was pretty much a popularity contest so I lost out. I love student voting. Most of the people there I'd never met before and were in the same year as Richard & Ceilidh. Anyway, I'm pretty sure all the projectionists in the room (bar Richard & Ceilidh of course) voted for me and they're the ones who really count. ;) Being on ( Read more... )

Anyone else going? Anyone thinking of getting a ticket on ebay and going? :P

In other news, I have been listening to stuff wot I downloaded off valhalla_mp3 and metal_crypt_mp3. Månegarm are great, Agalloch are good but not as instantly likeable, Vinternatt are alright, Oakhelm are alright but growing on me and I'm liking Blaze, but that's hardly unexpected. :)

( Can you put a price on peace?? )

Today so far has been an admin day - sorting out when my supervisions are and sending emails left right and centre. Good news: I have an interview for Christmas Casual work with the Royal Mail (the method by which I hope to fund last and next summer's frivolities). The bad news: It's at 9am tomorrow in Doncaster. So cue rearrangement of lab signup ( Read more... )

As far as tomorrow is concerned: most random set list ever! Ok, probably not quite, but it's still quite random. However, as there's not hordes of students expecting the usual, should hopefully be ok. For lovelyoliver's sake, am trying to end on a more punk-metally type track. Hope it goes ok ( Read more... )

Well, here's the traditional procrastinatory packing to come back to uni post. One day I will succeed in packing everything up and getting at least 6 hours sleep before leaving. Well, what to post about? I know, gigs!

There's been a few that I've been to that I've just failed to write up, so I'll just put a brief bit about each:

Mael Mordha + ( Read more... )

Motorhead are AWESOME.

My ears are RINGING.

Woke at 4:30 a.m. in Donny.

Went to Edinburgh. Came back via Angel ot North

Went to Masters of Rock.

Got mightily pummelled during Hi-On Maiden. Ace...

But also ouch. :)

I've been a bit busy. But in short (well, as short as I can make it ( Read more... )