There's a couple of interesting things happening under Hungerford Bridge at the moment.

Firstly, this weekend, publishing house Picador together with sound artist Martyn Ware have created an audio installation on the South Bank playing the sounds of 20ft waves. It's quite odd to stand on the edge a look at the river and hear waves all around you ( Read more... )

So, we've danced in some really odd places, but Bourne and Hollingsworth must be one of the most bizarre bars I've ever visited.

As Time Out, so aptly put it, it's "not so much a bar as a reproduction of your granny's sitting room"

You've just got to love a bar where the DJ plays this as soon as you finish dancing:

I wonder if I could get my prescription lenses put into a pair of these:


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Yesterday, I wandered over to the Whitechapel Gallery, as I was curious to see the tapestry of the Picasso's Guernica.


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Saw this whilst out with Thrales on Thursday (it's next door to the Shaston Arms)...

Alcoholic Architecture

I must admit I'm curious, but it appears it's sold out.

And the winner of the most original cover version heard today goes to....

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So, a little over a fortnight ago (I'm getting worse at this...), I went to an evening of music inspired by nematodes (small worms) at the Dana Centre ( Read more... )

This sounds cool also:

Sarah and Jenny Angliss (Spacedog UK) join psychologist and Quirkology author Richard Wiseman for one of the strangest shows on the Fringe. The sisters use the haunting sounds of the female voice, bells, vintage synth and theremin to coax out any resident ghosts of Brighton’s venerable Marlborough Theatre. And when their ( Read more... )

So, a week later, and cyberinsekt's tunes are still ukulele based.

Had to share this, as it's not often you hear a ukulele being played this well (or at least I never had), it's amazing:

Jake Shimabukuro - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
(Alternative location)Aren't ukulele's supposed to be one of those instruments that are supposed to be played horribly badly ( Read more... )