Sunday, July 03, 2011

Wireless Festival - Aphex Twin and Chemical Brothers


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After many failed attempts at trying to attend some of the various outdoor music festivals that happen all around England Susan decided why not just attend one right in London.  So we picked the Wireless Festival on a Saturday with Aphex Twin and Chemical Brothers headlining the evening.  It all happened in Hyde Park which appeared to be set up to handle this kind of scale concerts quite often through out the summer.   We lucked out on some nice weather and enjoyed the atmosphere.  It's the first time we've been to an Electronic type concert which was an interesting experience but also slightly disappointing.  Without having songs you can sing along to it really is just a rave outdoors without the intense atmosphere.   However both of the show's had pretty interesting visuals to watch as they explore different ways to immerse the crowds into the experience.  In the end Suz and I were pretty disappointed since each ticket cost £50 and the music ended up being pretty conservative mainstream techno rather than some of their more experimental work which I usually find more interesting.

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Borough Market

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Here's another interesting place to check out in London.  From obscure Seafood to Ostrich eggs and everything in between you can browse and sample at this market.  Yeah it's also pretty busy especially on warm sunny Saturday's.   If your looking for somewhere to grab a bite to eat it's neat place to wander through.

Thursday, June 02, 2011

Wolfmother!!

(New Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ9 Pictures/Video)

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Thanks to Suz we finally made it to a show at the Forum, I walk past it every day at lunch and you can see the list of quality shows happening ever week but I've never actually gone until now.  We had a great time and because the place is pretty small you get pretty close to the front stage.   At tickets prices roughly £17 each we may be back again soon.  

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Susan's Trip

While I've been stolen away at work for countless late nights Susan took advantage of the situation and went on her own personal holiday.   She visited the other female animator that she met while working at EA in Guildford and for 8 days they travelled around by car exploring various English towns around southern England.  (Check out the Google map at the end for Susan's recommendation mark of each town)
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Leeds Castle
Surrey Hills
Canterbury Cathedral 
Medieval Streets of Canterbury
Brighton Docks
Surrey County Fair
Sheep Herding at Surrey County Fair
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View Susan's Journey May '11 in a larger map

Friday, April 22, 2011

Fire down the street!


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Suz and I just returned home tonight after walking by the river near Waterloo station on this warm evening and we returned to chaos down our street.  One of the warehouses near by caught fire and now there's toxic smoke sweeping through our street.  We spoke to the police who are blocking off the area and apparently those who needed be evacuated have already been, so were safe enough..?
**Update**
BBC New Report
The video from BBC on that link is 3 buildings down from where we live.  We're still getting wafts of desiel fumes in our place but not as bad as last night.  Hopefully the road will be opened up again soon.
Google map showing where the fire is from us.


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