Coldplay, Zutons and other recent gigs |
I am all gigged-out now, after a term of Stranglers, Feeder, Zutons, Fratellis, Razorlight, and Coldplay. The highlight has to be Coldplay, since I had to go all the way to the O2 to see them! They we...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:48:00 GMT |
Feeder at Exeter Uni Great Hall |
My second sold-out gig this week was Feeder. This time I went with a completely open mind, knowing just a few of their songs and not owning any albums. Decided to go the whole hog and took up a spot i...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:42:00 GMT |
Razorlight kick off tour in Exeter |
Saw Razorlight last night at the Great Hall. Wondered how all those queueing were going to fit in the hall, but the gallery was open so we went up there for a better view, and a seat (and slightl...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:01:00 GMT |
The Paper Heroes |
Had an unexpected chance to hear a young band called the Paper Heroes (see them on myspace or thepaperheroes.com). They have signed to the Skinslife label, which should ensure them some succ...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:10:00 GMT |
Coldplay Viva la Vida More thoughts |
Well, a couple of weeks later, and predictably it has grown on me. In fact there are probably fewer songs I slightly dislike than on X&Y; even the whimsical 'Strawberry Swing' is becoming less irr...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:00 GMT |
Colplay new album-first impressions |
Here I will write a few notes as they occur to me about the new album.
First of all - terrible title! I suspect it'll become known around here just as 'Vida'. I have deliberately not read anything abo...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:39:00 GMT |
Hong Kong |
Just back from 2 weeks in Hong Kong. I daren't weigh myself, I seemed to do nothing but eat. My dad always had a tendency to want to feed anything that moved. Days would start with a bit of tea and to...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:30:00 GMT |
Prince at the O2 |
Went to see Prince at the O2 (millennium dome). Was very pleasantly surprised. Expected the much-talked-about Prince hystrionics, big ego, making love to his guitar etc, but none of that. He was good....
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:03:00 GMT |
And the winner is...Montsalvy 07 Awards |
And the winner is&&
The votes have been counted and the results for the following categories are as follows:
The Listen with Mother Library Corner Prize goes to&. Di B (she tried to slope ...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:53:00 GMT |
Not the graduation ball..an evening with Floella Benjamin |
Friday the 13th. The graduates of Exeter were looking forward to letting their hair down and having an evening to remember... but the weather had other ideas. They WILL remember 2007, and their grad b...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:41:00 GMT |
