Are there any Manchester people out there who have easily-portable recording equipment that they might be willing to lend (or even turn up and use) this Friday? I'd like to record the Burli Singers concert, particularly because we are doing the UK premiere of a piece by wizard_footsI'd offer you free tickets but the concert's already free, so the promise of a ( Read more... )

Staying up until nearly 3am and getting up at 7:30am makes me a sleepy panda. How did I manage to do this nearly every weeknight when I was younger? (Maybe that's the answer: when I was younger!)

It's entirely my own fault though; the staying-up was because we were watching Serenity ("Frooo-ty oaty bars!") and the getting-up was because I'd ( Read more... )

so, um, I know I decided I was going to update more frequently, but I'm too inclined to want to be systematic and post complete summaries of anything interesting that's happened recently rather than post random things, so when nothing interesting happens, no updates happen either ( Read more... )

why_am_i and I have just spent a lovely weekend in Stockholm visiting spiff_mysmask - in fact, Kat is still there! spiff_mysmask have a cute little Swedish cottage in the suburbs, cosy and warm with a real wood stove. Everything is covered in snow and ice right now, so the houses are all blanketed with a layer of white on the roofs and it looks like a winter fairytale, especially ( Read more... )

I've just been on BBC Radio 4 as part of my first performance with Manchester Chamber Choir - a live broadcast of their Daily Service, for which we got to sing a couple of hymns and a short motet as well as having to be the "canned voices" for the Our Father and a few Amens ( Read more... )

I'd been meaning to update about my whirlwind trip to Australia and putting off posting anything else until I'd done that, but this is too much SQUEE!! not to share...

Squee #1: My fish had babies!!Since I haven't LJd about my fish tank yet, this will probably make no sense to anyone, so let me explain. After one of my usual fish dreams, I had ( Read more... )

Three sleeps, two days and one concert until we leave for Adelaide!

I have so much Victoria/Poulenc love. No, this is not a new slash pairing (although it could be... *dubious look* Hmm, composer slash...) For our Maundy Thursday lunchtime concert at Scots, Gloriana are performing some of the Victoria Tenebrae Responsories, which are possibly ( Read more... )

Sweet chilli and sour cream flavour Kettle Chips are EEEVIL. They taste so good, but when you have eaten nearly an entire packet between two of you, they expand magically in your stomach and make you go BLEAGH.

I did these tests on the weekend but didn't get round to posting the results. Here they are now: ( Read more... )

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I just made Thai grilled chicken. Or at least, I marinated it ready for grilling tomorrow at the Giant Buffet Party of doom I really hate how I feel everything must be Of Doom, but it seems to be a very essential addendum to every event. "Very essential" - that's another one I like currently. It has vast amounts of nosewatering spices: ginger, ( Read more... )