Quelle Horreur!
Bizarrely today I got to go to Paris for the day for work. Literally, for the day. Leaving at 7 in the morning on the Eurostar train and arriving back at half ten in the evening. The weather was gorgeuous but unfortunately I was in a meeting for most of the day. We did get a quick tour by car of the city centre before heading back to the train station. I have been to Paris before, albeit over ten years ago. I didn't remember how impressive the city centre was though - perhaps it helped that this time it was in the warm spring sunshine rather than the cold winter of Christmas '96 !!
It's Been A While ...
Over a month since the last post, but hey, I've been busy - mainly with work. A lot of late nights and deadlines. All the usual fun stuff.
Some exciting news on the gig front - I managed to snaffle tickets for one of REM's "rehearsal" shows in Dublin in early July. Should be interesting - more info here.
And, even more exciting, I got a ticket to Glastonbury. Armed with my laptop and PC side by side I managed to get a ticket after about half an hour of timeouts and busy pages. The whole festival sold out in about an hour and a half. I can't wait. It means I get to see Arcade Fire for the third time this year (Last gig at Brixton was probably the best gig I have ever been too. period.) and, at last, I get to see bjork !!
And as if that wasnt enough good news - I went to the Walthamstow dogs Saturday night and managed to make enough winnings to pay for my pints. The satisfaction !
Some exciting news on the gig front - I managed to snaffle tickets for one of REM's "rehearsal" shows in Dublin in early July. Should be interesting - more info here.
And, even more exciting, I got a ticket to Glastonbury. Armed with my laptop and PC side by side I managed to get a ticket after about half an hour of timeouts and busy pages. The whole festival sold out in about an hour and a half. I can't wait. It means I get to see Arcade Fire for the third time this year (Last gig at Brixton was probably the best gig I have ever been too. period.) and, at last, I get to see bjork !!
And as if that wasnt enough good news - I went to the Walthamstow dogs Saturday night and managed to make enough winnings to pay for my pints. The satisfaction !
This Life Revisited
I posted a few weeks back some photos of the building where I thought This Life was filmed. Well I finally got a copy of This Life and DVD and took a screen capture showing Egg and Millie walking up to the house. The building in the background (with the red van outside) is where I work. Cool huh ?
Aaaaaargh .. Windows You Suck
Aaaaargh ... there is nothing like doing a couple of hours work and then succumbing to the Windows blue screen of death ... without saving first of course. Lady, can I borrow your mac ....
And now a shot from my visit to the Natural History Museum on Sunday as part of a Flickr Scavenger Hunt. That Earth thing is seriously weird.
And now a shot from my visit to the Natural History Museum on Sunday as part of a Flickr Scavenger Hunt. That Earth thing is seriously weird.
My London Photo Map
Just killed an hour putting all my photos from London on a Flickr map. Kind of cool - check it out here. Just a shame they dont put them all on one page ....
Heavy Snow Foreast For London
Starting 3am tomorrow morning through to lunch time. Up to 10cm. Considering that 2cm a couple of weeks ago caused train havoc it should be interesting. But its okay because ....
"Transport for London said it had 72 people, 34 lorries, three quad bikes and 4,000 tonnes of salt on standby to grit the 580km of main roads in the capital. The mountains of salt, located at seven depots, are enough for 15 days of bad weather. " (source)
Thank god for the quad bikes, otherwise we would be doomed !!!
You gotta love some of the headlines
And for a reality check, someones rather amusing view on the "chaos" caused by the 2cm we had a fortnight ago.
Anyway ... hopefully it will bring some good photo opps. The only question now is ... where !!
"Transport for London said it had 72 people, 34 lorries, three quad bikes and 4,000 tonnes of salt on standby to grit the 580km of main roads in the capital. The mountains of salt, located at seven depots, are enough for 15 days of bad weather. " (source)
Thank god for the quad bikes, otherwise we would be doomed !!!
You gotta love some of the headlines
UK faces chaos as snow hits
7 INCHES OF SNOW TO PARALYSE UK
Motorists urged not to travel in snow
County primed for icy blast
Snow set to cost economy £400m
Winter's heaviest snow heading in
7 INCHES OF SNOW TO PARALYSE UK
Motorists urged not to travel in snow
County primed for icy blast
Snow set to cost economy £400m
Winter's heaviest snow heading in
And for a reality check, someones rather amusing view on the "chaos" caused by the 2cm we had a fortnight ago.
Anyway ... hopefully it will bring some good photo opps. The only question now is ... where !!
Arcade Fire
Went to see Arcade Fire play at the Porchester Hall last night. Awesome gig. A lot of the songs they played were off their unyet released album - Neon Bible. Fortunately I had had a chance to listen to a few of them already so it wasnt totally new. The band are brilliant both on and off stage - the final song, Wake Up, of the encore was performed acoustically right in the middle of the audience, about two metres from where I was standing. Brilliant. Cant wait to see them again in Brixton in March.
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