Went to see Spizzenergi (again) tonight. I’m not keen on going ‘up west’ when I have to work the next day, but it was to mark 30 years since the first Spizzenergi incarnation, and having seen them on tour back then in 1979 I thought it would be good to make the effort. As always […]
Entries Tagged as 'London'
Spizzenergi 30th Anniversary Gig
September 4th, 2009 · Comments Off on Spizzenergi 30th Anniversary Gig · Music
Tags: Concerts·London·Spizzenergi
Lucky escape for the Trafalgar Square crowds
September 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Life
I received the email today that told me I was not picked for the final tranche of people to take their place on the 4th plinth as part of Antony Gormley’s One & Other. While I am a little disappointed, that is far outweighed by relief. I have seen quite a few of the past […]
Zombies in Trafalgar Square
August 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
This afternoon I made the short journey up to London to go and see Andrew do his thing in Trafalgar Square as part of Anthony Gormley’s One & Other project. I went for several reasons: to support Andrew, to support a good cause, to get some use out of my cameras, and because…Â well I […]
Thirty years on – Spizzenergi in London
August 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Thirty years on – Spizzenergi in London · Music
I went online tonight and bought my ticket for the Spizzenergi 30th anniversary gig at the 100 Club. I decided that it wasn’t worth the risk of just turning up because with all the publicity there is a real chance of it selling out.
Tags: Concerts·London·Nostalgia·Spizzenergi
A plinth among men!
July 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on A plinth among men! · Life
A little while back I mentioned how Andrew from Wongablog was going to be appearing on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of Antony Gormley’s One & Other project. I was a bit jealous about that, especially as he got allocated a prime slot (4pm on a Sunday) but I’m now hoping that […]
Not meeting new friends
July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics
On Sunday I went up to London for the day.  The official reason was to meet up with some other Labour activists, bloggers and general good-eggs but I made sure I got there early so I could do some sight-seeing and visiting of old haunts. I think it is the first time I have been […]
Airships
June 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Airships · Music
As mentioned in a recent comment, a video for Airships by Athletico Spizz 80 has been uploaded onto Youtube. It has some slightly ambiguous comments attached. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The description says: The longest and most popular song wanted / requested to be included in the […]
Tags: Concerts·London·Spizzenergi·YouTube
Small world
March 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on Small world · Life
Yesterday’s visit to London showed how it might be a big city but it’s a small world. We were in London Bridge tube station and I saw a work colleague walking past with his wife.  We had a few words and he mentioned that he had just bumped into another of our colleagues in the […]
Tags: London
The end of the line
March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music
Just back from seeing Metallica at the O2 Arena. A late return, courtesy of London Transport who closed the Jubilee line due to “essential engineering works”. I think the only way they could have annoyed us more would be if they had announced it was closed due to unessential engineering works. The return home was […]
Street Life
March 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on Street Life · Life, Technology
I am really loving Google’s Street View at the moment.  Google’s cameras have not yet penetrated West Sussex so I can’t look at my house, but that doesn’t bother me too much: if I wanted to do that I could just go outside.  What I have been doing is ‘visiting’ old haunts to see if […]
