An Election Interlude
Posted by chichard41 | Filed under London, hurryonhome terrestrial, podcast
I’m sure there’s a link between this and the Election. Ah yes it hits at around 21 minutes in.
Felt like sharing this performance from …?.
Hopefully this will bring a bit of cheer during and after the results for all of you.
Cheers & be lucky
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Tags: hurryonhome, podcast, terrestrial
We leave it all behind
Posted by chichard41 | Filed under London, bother, rant
I twist and turn, but I know there’s only
one way out of this.
So if there’s anyone listening, press your ear to the radio
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I’ve been half watching the presidential style debates and before I go any further, no this isn’t going to be a long drawn post on politics. It’s just been rather pressing on my mind recently. How many voters watching this charade have actually read the manifestos of each party understanding the separate policies? Now how many are watching this charade making their mind up who to vote for on how “good looking” “articulate” “positive body language”. Then how many people actually even knew that Nick Clegg existed?
I believe we are heading into a dark period of politics, whether it be a hung parliament or the fact that out of the blue (with nothing short of a miracle) the Lib Dems somehow get their foot in. The inexperience of the Lib dems is scary and I know how they can completely cock up a town and destroy the community and livelihoods of the inhabitants. They even had the cheek to phone me up (how the hell did they get my number?) to ask who I’m voting for at the next election. Then I find out that it was a last minute calling to “prospective young voters” to convince them to turn up at a Cleggmania event to show support. They can get right royally stuffed.
Don’t get me started on how inaccurate the polls are to reality and the pathetic small sample groups they extract the information from. I think I’ve said enough on the matter.
I hope the cheery song is a contrast to this rather dire rant. Hopefully I’ll get a gig in sometime soon, I’ve applied for Tony Bennett tickets to the @itunesfestival . Although I’m tempted to see Damo Suzuki’s Experimental Music Festival @theluminaire , he’ll be around for 3 days and his youtube channel always seems to be a delight. Fingers crossed for the weather on Wednesday, be lucky.
Simple Minds @ Wembley Arena Photos
Posted by chichard41 | Filed under London, Photos, gig, music
These are the best photos I could take on the Fuji F610 whilst I had a 6+ foot guy swaying in front of me, hope they give an idea of how enthusiastic Jim and the lads were. Plenty of laughs all round on stage and a great reaction from the audience. A few videos will be winging their way online once I’ve mixed in the audio from the soundboard :D Including an unbelievable reworking of a track from the “Cry” album. Oh and the red lighting for a rendition of Neon Lights by Kraftwerk.
Oh yes and at the end of the gig before the lights came on, the house music started with “Brimful of Asha“. This lead to the band turning around and coming back on stage to have a little bit of a boogie to it. Now that was hilarious beyond belief, hope someone had video footage of that event :P
Just wish I could get a photo pass or something to use my SLR.
Tags: Arena, Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, London, Mel Gaynor, Simple Minds, Wembley
First Ever Ignite London – 7 videos now live #igniteLDN
Posted by chichard41 | Filed under Events, Ignite London, London, Summations, video
If you couldn’t tell by the numerous tweets on Wednesday I was at the first ever Ignite London which was a blast. Great speakers giving 5 minute presentation, great organisation from Amy & Dan of BoxUK, which also supplied the open bar for the evening. Now that’s a way to kick off an event and were ever so grateful.
I filmed the event and am uploading the HD videos during non-throttling ISP periods, so I’m trying to average 3 videos a night. As said previously if I get the nod from everyone involved I will consider making this a podcast on the iTunes & Zune platform but with a more professional touch.
The vimeo channel for Official Ignite London videos can be found here: http://vimeo.com/channels/ignitelondon
For a quick overview of everything that is available they can be viewed by the albums page: http://vimeo.com/album/147178
If you do get hooked on vimeo like me then feel free to subscribe to the channel so you can be informed of the latest uploads from the event. Another option is to follow it via the RSS feed if Google Reader/Bloglines etc. is your thing. Also please leave comments on individual videos or just in the shoutbox it will hopefully get everyone noticed and I’m sure the speakers & organisers will appreciate it.
I hope to get more involved in the future and maybe even give a 5 minute presentation. I really do hope this becomes a regular event and more sponsors come on board. Plus you can’t beat an old converted victorian loo as a venue.
#igniteLDN
Tags: Beer, BoxUK, First, Ginglik, Ignite, Ignite London, lecture, London, O'Reilly, presentation, speaker, video, Videos, Vimeo
