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)
Entries Tagged as 'London'
More music on the horizon
March 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on More music on the horizon · Music
Tags: Concerts·London·Nostalgia·Spizzenergi
Bienvenida a Tijuana
December 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bienvenida a Tijuana · 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 […]
La Vida Tombola
November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on La Vida Tombola · Music
Christmas really has come early this year… Manu Chao is playing an ‘unexpected show’ in London on Dec 16th. And it is at the Forum. If I am not getting confused by all the re-namings, that is the same place where I first saw MC when he was with Mano Negra. It is going to […]
Tags: Concerts·London·World music
City of Blinding Lights
November 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Technology
I would like to have seen this ‘Aeolian Tower‘ in London. One thing the story does not point out is that a few metres away there is another tower of lights controlled by the wind. It was originally part of an exhibition in 1971 but never got removed afterwards and is a kinetic light sculpture […]
Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)
October 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Well not my birthday but Jayne’s. Instead of material goods I treated Jayne to some memories this year. For a long time she has really wanted to go to the London Dungeon. We did try to go once before but the queues were two hours long so we gave up: this time I booked tickets […]
Found A Job
October 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
I was a little gobsmacked while watching the BBC local news (for London – because that is what Virgin Media think is local to us here in West Sussex) about Kit Malthouse. I wasn’t really paying attention at first, so I may be a bit sketchy on some of the details, but as a member […]
Block Rockin’ Beats
August 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Block Rockin’ Beats · Music
This evening I made my fourth trip to London this year, this time to go up to see a concert. It was a bit of an experiment really because it was to see the Chemical Brothers. I have one of their albums and like it well enough, but I’m not a huge fan, and I […]
Weather With You
August 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Weather With You · Life
I am, perhaps surprisingly, feeling quite positive about the London Olympics. It is fashionable to don the traditional British cloak of cynicism and assume they will be an unmitigated disaster: the facilities will not be finished in time, and will be crap, there will be organisational chaos, and the opening ceremony will be underwhelming and […]
Booze on the tube
May 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
I don’t have any problem with the principle of banning alcohol on the tube, but then I can’t really see the point either. I have shared tube carriages with rowdy groups who are certainly disturbing and probably intimidating to some, but I can’t actually remember seeing anybody drinking on the trains. The alcohol causing the […]
Best election comment so far
May 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Best election comment so far · Politics
Pootergeek sums up the recent elections perfectly in this post. Check out the makeover too.
