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 [...]
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Thirty years on – Spizzenergi in London
August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · 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 · No Comments · 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 · No Comments · 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 · No Comments · 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 · No Comments · 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 [...]
More music on the horizon
March 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Music
Apart from Metallica at the O2 this month, there is anotherconcert to look forward to this year: Spizzenergi‘s 30th anniversary gig at the 100 Club in May. (Advance tickets here for a tenner each)
Tags: Concerts·London·Nostalgia·Spizzenergi
Bienvenida a Tijuana
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Music
Jayne and I went up to London this evening to see Manu Chao at the Forum.  This was the third time I have seen him play live and the best yet. The first time it was a nine-piece outfit, the second time it dropped down to six people, having ditched the trumpet, accordian and second [...]
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