tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51592926007578927282024-02-19T18:33:59.049-08:00SuperblogSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-37143416054526363322012-01-07T07:45:00.000-08:002012-01-07T07:46:12.537-08:00Pretty Dandy - vintage, handmade and new design homewaresI posted up on here a fair while ago now (in fact, probably a whole year ago!) to say that I was thinking about starting my own business selling stuff for your home online.<br />
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I'm really proud to say that a year, a whole lot of hard work and lots of fun down the line that my business - <a href="http://www.prettydandy.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Pretty Dandy</b></a> - launched just before Christmas!<br />
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I've worked really hard to put together a collection of products which I would personally love to keep and have in my own home. There are beautiful vintage crockery, hand made lampshades, african printed cushions and lots of gorgeous art prints for your walls. I hope that I can give people a place to find things for their home which make them happy and express a little bit of their personality.<br />
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So, if you have a spare moment please pop over and visit us:<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.prettydandy.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pretty Dandy - vintage, handmade and new design homewares</a></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/prettydandyland" target="_blank">Pretty Dandy on facebook</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/prettydandyland" target="_blank">Pretty Dandy on twitter</a><br />
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Oh and I have an online moodboard where I collect lots of photos of pretty things, inspiring interiors and pictures of kittens. <a href="http://pinterest.com/prettydandy/" target="_blank">You can see that here</a>.<br />
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Thank you!<br />
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Becky<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-79696672058178863362011-08-16T04:02:00.000-07:002011-08-16T04:03:30.068-07:00It's My Birthday!Yep, today is my birthday. I'm turning 30. Overall I feel a bit weird about it. I think turning 30 means I have to become a grown-up, right? I have to be sensible and save money and think about having babies and a five year plan. Scary.<br />
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So, to rebel against the big Three-Oh I shall be celebrating at Jumpers For Goalposts, my favourite night of playing "arts and crafts" and listening to goofy music. If anyone would like to come and join me and help me celebrate then here are the details:<br />
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">THURSDAY 18<sup>TH</sup> AUGUST</span></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS</span></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The Alley Café</span></span></i></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">8pm to latePM</span></span></i></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span lang="EN-GB">Nottingham</span><span lang="EN-GB">’s craftiest craft night returns on 18<sup>th</sup> August to bring some calm to our riot-torn city and make everything all music and google-eyes again.</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">There will, however, be a riot of colour and creative ideas, with arresting creations but NO CHARGES FOR ADMISSION!</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">We’ll have live music from ‘Santo and Claus’ and you can dance the night away (in your seats while making craft items) to the sonic collages made by DJ's from the fantastic film society Kneel Before Zod... we're expecting amazing soundtracks all round!</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">And don’t forget, the Alley Café serves excellent vegetarian and vegan food until 9.00pm if you fancy Dinner and Craft and Music.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">****</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">If you're wondering what to get me as a brilliant 30th birthday present, I like cake... and diamonds.</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Bex</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">xxx</span></div>Supernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-5273641166268060232011-06-22T01:58:00.000-07:002011-06-22T01:58:24.724-07:00Awesome People Hanging Out Together<a href="http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/page/5">http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/page/5</a><br />
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This site pretty much does what the name says & shows photos and occasional videos of awesome people hanging out together.<i> (EDIT: I wanted to show you some actual pictures of Karl Lagerfeld & Kanye West, Shaquille O'Neal & Dr Ruth and Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman, but BLOGGER SUCKS)</i><br />
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There are some hilarious photos, some incredible ones and some which show important/interesting things in history. For example, look for the photo of the physicists where there's about 30 of them and Marie Curie is the only woman. Or look for young Bill Clinton meeting JFK. I also like that it gives you a sense of the timeline of people more, by relating them to other famous people. It's really interesting to see Mick Jagger progress through from being a young dork with Peter Tosh, a hip young guy with James Brown to an elder statesmen with Madonna. It's also interesting just to see who has hung out with who throughout the past century. This sort of thing might make fame actually worth it!<br />
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<a href="http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/">http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/</a><br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-6545111822392490892011-06-01T02:01:00.000-07:002011-06-01T02:01:37.050-07:00Pretty DandyRight now I'm in the process of setting up my own business... Pretty Dandy! It's exciting, but quite slow going because I work full time hours. I'd love to be able to give up my dayjob and do it full time, so that's what I'm aiaming for over the coming year. Pretty Dandy is going to be an interiors/homewares website selling stylish vintage, handmade, art & new design pieces.<br />
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I've already started to amass some of the vintage stock, and have found some gorgeous things - like a china teaset with a gilt edging and a fifties-style blue flower, some wonderful vintage fabrics which are soon to become cushions and frames old adverts from women's magazines. <br />
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I'm also putting together a range of handmade items, such as beautiful snuggly chunky cableknit cushions, placemat sets in clashing fabrics and lampshades made from old mats. Finally there's the art & new design pieces. There are some really exciting things to go in this section, like a coat rack which appears like a living branch growing out of the wall, original prints by artists & illustrators, a gorgeously designed energy-saving lightbulb which can go on show in the best lamps or even just on it's own.<br />
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It's really exciting sourcing all this stock and planning for the launch of my website:<a href="http://www.prettydandy.co.uk/"> www.prettydandy.co.uk</a> - nothing there until August, so please add it to your favourites and check back then!<br />
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In the meantime, if there's something you've been looking for for your home then get in touch, I might be able to source it for you - email hello@prettydandy.co.uk.<br />
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BeckySupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-68549718158807360202011-05-20T10:13:00.000-07:002011-05-20T10:13:59.505-07:00Beyonce: Run The WorldI just watched this video and had to share it on here in case people haven't seen it yet:<br />
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It's insane. The Guardian has an interesting article <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/may/20/beyonce-visual-artists">here</a> about how cultural references are becoming more obscure, with particular mention of the "Beyonce & two Hyenas" shot in this video (1:56). There are countless references in this video, from the Jacksons & Fosse (dancing) to potentially even the news media/ reportage (the setting etc). All in a pop video with incredibly high fashion outfits (check the shoes at 2:17) and an immense cast of female dancers.<br />
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The only thing that makes me a little sad is that despite what Beyonce says, girls don't really run the world, and while this video is really interesting and a bit challenging in terms of mainstream pop, it's probably not going to change that.<br />
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So, let's listen to this call to make Beyonce's claims real:<br />
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<i>Women of the World</i> by Jim O' Rourke<br />
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BeckySupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-21618373736254874782011-05-18T07:08:00.000-07:002011-05-18T07:08:01.863-07:00Gig in London this weekend!Hello<br />
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Hello Thor are curating one of Rough Trade's legendary afternoon gigs at the Notting Hill Arts Club this weekend. Woop!<br />
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An extension of Rough Trade's classic in-store gigs (just with a bit more room, and fewer records), the RoTa shows have been graced / curated by the likes of Hot Chip, The Line Of Best Fit, Warp, Jamie T, Saddle Creek, Fortuna Pop, Truck, Jonquil, Yuck and more.<br />
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It's on <b>Saturday (21st May)</b> from 4pm until 8pm and it's completely for <b>FREE</b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>.</b></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.warmbrains.com/" target="_blank"><br />
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Warm Brains</a></span> </b>- new band from ace DIY producer Rory Attwell (Fair Ohs, Male Bonding, Fists). They make fuzzy, dreamlike, carefully-woven, lo-fi slacker tunes as heard on debut single <i>Old Volcanoes</i>. <span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fists.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><b><br />
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Fists</b></a></span> - recently described as a <i>"one band John Peel show"</i> Fists' sound ranges from bittersweet vocal harmonies to stomping garage rock. Or as Artrocker put it "<i>they sound like </i><i><i>a </i>drunken art collective playing country songs they’ve never heard before. Which is meant to be a compliment.”</i> <span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wsuor" target="_blank"><b><br />
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We Show Up On RadaR</b></a></span> - combining the optimism and joy of the Flaming Lips with the melancholy of Daniel Johnston, WSUOR's music is gentle, mischievious and magical indie pop to dream to.<b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://notcool.co.uk/" target="_blank"><br />
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Not Cool</a></span> </b>- these gutter pop pioneers specialise in frenetic, melodic and slightly demented post punk. Think Fugazi or Pavement, but from Downham, south London.<br />
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Facebook event here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?sk=inbox&setup#%21/event.php?eid=201457909891967">http://www.facebook.com/?sk=inbox&setup#!/event.php?eid=201457909891967</a><br />
with super cool poster by Angi from Fists<br />
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It's gonna be ace!<br />
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love Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-61815482378314225042011-04-17T15:05:00.000-07:002011-04-17T15:05:08.286-07:00FUN-Raising at Jumpers for Goalposts<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nN-UWi5Xp5Q" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Please come along to the Alley Cafe on Thursday from 8.30pm for an evening of music, craft & entertainment. ish.<br />
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Becky<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-2299707098062775242011-04-06T07:14:00.000-07:002011-04-06T07:14:51.558-07:00Jumpers FUNraiser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20Rb2xbjvknqznqodqHQQWjaQZbQ_uKyxTYCR6NK_JVEvxq3fFL23l5F-_fnACihDuTETAv7IwOSF3cLy9ywtHmR2Dq-LltPZBDy3_Krnz7yAdM5Fl-jcUqMzE5R7UULwZgexrL2DyINU/s1600/Poster+1st+draft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20Rb2xbjvknqznqodqHQQWjaQZbQ_uKyxTYCR6NK_JVEvxq3fFL23l5F-_fnACihDuTETAv7IwOSF3cLy9ywtHmR2Dq-LltPZBDy3_Krnz7yAdM5Fl-jcUqMzE5R7UULwZgexrL2DyINU/s640/Poster+1st+draft.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><br />
Check out the <a href="http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/">blog here for more info</a><br />
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Get yourself <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/event.php?eid=175092695876292">added to the facebook event (& invite your friends too!)</a><br />
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Comment <a href="http://www.leftlion.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=23842.0">on LeftLion</a><br />
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It would be super awesome to see you there. It's Pretty Good Thursday (21st April), so you've got the day off afterwards (Good Friday). So, why not come and share a cup of tea or organic ale with us, bring some unusual craft materials and a pound or two to donate to our chosen charity and have a good time. <br />
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BeckySupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-8032126360366841652011-03-29T07:29:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:29:57.572-07:00Peruvian DelicaciesMy big sister now lives in Peru. This means that I now think Skype is one of the best inventions of the last 100 years, I regularly get postcards with llamas on and I worry about her whenever there's an earthquake / mudslide / flash flood / tsunami etc. It's a bit different to when she was just up the road in Sheffield.<br />
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It also means that when she comes back for a visit we get to taste the delights of Peruvian cuisine. Ever eaten Peruvian food? Had any in your local Peruvian restaurant? Thought not... there's definitely a reason why. My sister assures me that some of the Peruvian cuisines are actually very well thought of and that posh Peruvian restaurants are opening up in various cities across the world. Based on what we ate on Saturday I might hold off on booking a table...<br />
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Here is what she cooked for me, Anders and Abi: <br />
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<b>Menu:</b><br />
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<b><i>Starter</i> - <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Papas_a_la_Huanca%C3%ADna">Papas A La Huancaina</a></b><br />
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<b><i>Main</i> - <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Arroz_con_pollo">Arroz con Pollo</a></b><br />
This was actually delicious, so I can't complain too much. It's basically chicken and rice, but this basic description doesn't do it justice. In the Cuscenian version you cook the rice in beer as well as stock, adding chilli, garlic and plenty of coriander. It's really tasty, richly flavoured and surprisingly light for a dish with so few vegetables. <br />
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<b><i>Dessert</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picarones">Picarones</a></b><br />
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To round off our Peruvian experience my sister had brought home a packet of mix to make Picarones. These are sweet potato donuts. I know. Sweet potato donuts. You fry the mix into little rings and eat it dipped in molasses syrup (or golden syrup in our case). Actually they were pretty nice, but another heavy heavy treat. I don't know how people in Peru eat this sort of cuisine every day.<br />
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Luckily she also treated us to a big bottle of posh Pisco - Peruvian brandy - with which to make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisco_sour">Pisco Sours</a> - a delicious citrussy cocktail comparable to the fabulous caipirinha, but with less heartburn. I think I can definitely say they were the highlight of the meal for me.<br />
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We had a brilliant evening and I love getting to spend time with my sister again. However... next time I'm cooking.<br />
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Becky<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-43290237758697137242011-03-25T03:55:00.000-07:002011-03-25T03:55:05.670-07:00Dr Who!As mentioned before we recently held a special magical Jumpers for Goalposts party at the Alley Cafe where we celebrated the magic of Dr Who via the medium of improvised music & craft. Here's the evidence (bit bumpy, don't get motion sickness!)<br />
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In case you've never been, Jumpers for Goalposts is held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Alley Cafe in Nottingham. Essentially it involves a lot of larking around with child-friendly craft materials (googly eyes, pipe cleaners, lollipop sticks) making wonderful creations for our competition AND live music. That time the live music was the audience, usually it's a proper band. Come down and join in and see for yourself how much fun you can have with glitter glue and a pint of organic cider!<br />
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BeckySupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-87929982617911438702011-03-25T03:49:00.001-07:002011-03-25T03:49:54.656-07:00Flash!In Popbitch this week they pointed the reader towards an amazing website. I recommend a visit (needs sound ideally):<br />
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<pre>Possibly the greatest use of flash on a
website ever. Don't, under any circumstances,
skip the intro. But you have to wait for the
site to load. That's when the guitar solo kicks in:
<a href="http://www.evangelcathedral.net/" target="_blank">http://www.evangelcathedral.net/</a></pre><pre> </pre><pre></pre><pre>Becky </pre>Supernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-25628198649984128362011-02-15T05:33:00.000-08:002011-02-15T05:33:20.113-08:00Black Swan, Good Hair and things to do this weekHello,<br />
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How are you? What've you been up to lately? Have you changed your hair? I like it!<br />
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<em>Here's some things we've been up to lately:</em><br />
- Bird watching - we've got lots of little blue tits, great tits, blackbirds & robins fluttering around in our garden, along with a big fat squirrel that keeps eating all their seeds!<br />
- Getting ready for the awesome new Fists release on <a href="http://www.hellothor.com/">Hello Thor records</a> (details in previous post)<br />
- Going to the auctions (it's a different world)<br />
- Making more things on my sewing machine (tea cosies & placemats are my latest adventures)<br />
- Practising for Jumpers for Goalposts (scroll down for more info)<br />
- Going to Just The Tonic (only once, saw Paul Foot & thought he was really very funny)<br />
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<strong>AND...</strong><br />
- Watching loads of films & TV - round-up & recommends here:<br />
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<strong><u>Misfits -</u></strong> If you haven't got into this TV series yet then DO. It's funny, rude, a bit gory, endearing and exciting. About a bunch of asbo kids who get magic powers from a storm. That does it no justice. <em>*RECOMMENDED*</em><br />
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<strong><u>Going The Distance</u></strong> - Anders will tell me off for adding this to my list, but I enjoyed it. If you're a fan of the romcom this strays slightly away from the usual format (by just being a bit less lame and having characters you're a bit more likely to want to be friends with) - e.g. Drew Barrymore is the main character and she's not a control freak like every other female in rom-com land. I liked it.<br />
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<strong><u>Black Swan</u></strong> - I still don't know how I feel about this film 2 weeks after seeing it and I'm still talking to people about it. That seems pretty good to me. However, I found it a bit annoying, over-blown and trashy too. It's hard to pigeonhole and hard to describe without giving anything important away. My enjoyment of it was shared 50-50 with annoyance, so this isn't a glowing recommendation from that point of view. I would however still say you should watch it, if only because it will keep you talking. <em>*RECOMMENDED*</em><br />
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<strong><u>Beetlejuice </u></strong>- I am aware that I'm the last person in the world to see this film, but isn't it fun?! I love the bit where they all do a dance around the dining table and I bet that was awesome to film. Plus it has the woman in from all the Christopher Guest films. Love her.<br />
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<strong><u>30 Rock</u></strong> - We went for a marathon of the latest series at Bones' house and it was AWESOME. If you've never seen it then it's about Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) who is head writer on a SNL-type of show in America. It's also got Alec Baldwin in and he is hilarious. It's got a really high gag-rate, you care about the characters but it never tries to make you cry and Anders hearts Tina Fey. Watch it from the start, it will be a pleasure and a joy. <em>**RECOMMENDED**</em> (Big time!)<br />
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<strong><u>The Baader Meinhof film</u></strong> (I'm getting the name a bit wrong there) - This is often on those "films you should watch" lists, but I wasn't really feeling it that much. It's about a terrorist group in Germany in the 60's and is a bit confusing if you don't know anything about the situation (me) before you watch it. Interesting, some good performances and nice to see a mix of real-life footage and drama, but overall left me a bit cold.<br />
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<strong><u>Good Hair</u></strong> - This is the Chris Rock documentary about black hair. It's absolutely fascinating, a peek into a world I knew very little about. AND there is a hair styling contest. It's worth watching for that alone. One of the stylists entered before and her theme was "brokefront mountain" (no I don't get it either) and there was an awful video she made of her and some women dressed in cowgirl outfits with a bit of hay. It made NO sense and her entry in this documentary is even more random. A thoroughly enjoyable film, well-presented, good structure, interesting and funny in places. <em>**RECOMMENDED**</em><br />
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So, that's what we've been up to.<br />
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<strong>Now on to what's coming up this week:</strong><br />
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<strong>1 - Jumpers for Goalposts - Thursday @ Alley Cafe, FREE</strong><br />
This is a monthly event we run where you can come, hang out with your friends, hear a bit of music (usually just 1 band will play a few songs) and make something shit out of plasticine and pritt stick and straws. We call that part the Creative Competition and there are mega prizes involved. It's also very hard-fought and sometimes people create actual amazing things, not just rubbish penis-related puns!!<br />
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Anyway, this month we are doing something a little bit different. In place of our usual (talented) musical act YOU will be the band. Come and join in as we create an intergalactic jam session on tiny instruments. No musical talent needed (phew!), jsut enthusiasm and a willingness to have a go on a kazoo (no euphemism). We'll be playing a very exciting special TV theme tune... if we can all learn it quickly enough over the night to make our final performance a success then we will film it and share our talent with the world!<br />
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<strong>2 - Record Breakers - Saturday @ the Arts Theatre, £10 in advance</strong><br />
This is a huge gig organised by Denizen Records which features some of the best musical acts Nottingham has to offer, all together on one stage. Come along to see the likes of Yunioshi, Kogumaza, Dearest, Swimming, Hhymn & Fists ply their trade in this gorgeous venue. There are Late Of The Pier DJ's and apparently a world-record attempt too! You can get £10 tickets, or even get a cheap group booking deal from <a href="http://www.hellothor.com/">http://www.hellothor.com/</a>. <br />
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what a lot of stuff. I'm tired now. See you thursday or saturday or both!<br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-28594675197815757162011-01-26T03:40:00.000-08:002011-01-26T03:40:48.429-08:00New release on Hello Thor Records - Fists single - Ascending b/w StagAs you may be aware Anders runs a record label with Nick & Tom, based in Nottingham called <strong>Hello Thor</strong>. They do gigs and stuff and put out singles by amazing bands. Their first ever signing was <strong>Fists</strong> who have released an amazing 7" and a brilliant EP so far. <br />
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21st Feb 2011 will see the release of Fists' next single <em><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Ascending b/w Stag</span></strong></em> on limited edition coloured vinyl with an individually screenprinted sleeve. It's going to be a beautiful thing.<br />
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Both Ascending and Stag have already received loads of airplay on 6 Music, Radio 1 and were selected for the 6 Music Rebel Playlist. They are great. You can read more, pre-order the vinyl, download tracks and so <a href="http://www.hellothor.com/">on here</a>. If you'd like to support Hello Thor then please do buy from their site <a href="http://www.hellothor.com/">http://www.hellothor.com/</a> - no middle man costs! Oh and if you'd like to hear more from them then follow them on Twitter (@hellothor) or sign up to the mailing list on the website. <br />
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You can hear previews of the tracks on the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fistsmusic">Fists myspace</a> and you can see them live, celebrating the release at a <a href="http://www.flyerbug.co.uk/flyers/6772/Nottingham/Record_Breakers/">huge gig</a> at the Nottingham Arts Theatre on the 19th February with loads of other amazing bands including:<br />
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Swimming<br />
Hhymn<br />
Dearest<br />
Yunioshi<br />
Kogumaza<br />
Injured Birds<br />
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AND special guest DJs. It's being put together by a new Nottingham label Denizen Records (look for it on facebook!) and it's going to be AWESOME! <br />
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Thanks!<br />
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Bex<br />
x<br />
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p.s. there are some great photos of the band here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdadesign/sets/72157618427893224/with/3542947105/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdadesign/sets/72157618427893224/with/3542947105/</a> by KDA DesignSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-1093583069998484542011-01-14T02:55:00.000-08:002011-01-14T02:55:45.539-08:00Making things...I have been making some great things in my sewing class and with my new sewing machine. I love it, it's so exciting to choose some fabric, spend some time concentrating and carefully cutting, pinning, lining up and sewing. Then to end up with something special that yo'uve created at the end is just great. What a sense of achievement.<br />
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Anyway, here are a few little things I've made (cushion, scarf, bag... in that order). What do you think?<br />
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Yeah! Even just looking at the pictures now I feel really proud of myself.<br />
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Love Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-40420464406851401682011-01-02T14:36:00.000-08:002011-01-02T14:36:19.565-08:00New Year's Resolutions<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span></strong><br />
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I love making resolutions for the New Year and this year have a few I'll be hoping to keep. They include doing something new each week (this week it was learning to play the Dr Who theme on a child's toy accordion) AND doing something I've thought about for a really long time... starting my own business. If you have a moment you could help me keep resolution No.2 by scrolling down in the window below....<br />
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xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-62349941903344842642010-12-15T03:22:00.000-08:002010-12-15T03:22:37.609-08:00He's behind you!I went to the panto at the Playhouse with Anders & Nick last week. Now, I've got to be honest, at about 2 o clock that afternoon I was feeling really tired and really just wanted to ditch the panto and have a night snuggled up on the sofa watching some dreadful TV and taking it easy. Partly this was down to the tiredness and partly down to my aversion to pantos. I've just always thought they would be bawdy, childish and get infuriated by all the "he's behind you" shouting. I think I went to see a particularly bad one as a child. I have a memory of tiny me all red faced and angry being made to shout "He's behind you" for about the fifteenth time. I used to hate it when people deliberately used to pretend not to know/see things. Sounds like I was an angry child. Weird.<br />
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On Friday we were hosting two gigs - one a proper Hello Thor gig at Spanky Van Dykes, with Injured Birds & We Show Up On Radar playing live - one a Broadway gig with Anders doing the organising, a celebration of Scandinavian sounds called Nordic Noise, with a Cardigans For Goalposts element thrown in. <br />
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Thankfully both were a great success, with lots of nice comments and some awesome performances. I won't talk about them all, but just want to record that We Show Up On Radar played with their full band for only the 3rd time. They were great. Having a fuller sound just totally makes sense and gives the songs a proper setting in which they can sparkle. The full band brings a bit more power and confidence to the performance as well as the tunes and everything just seems really right. I can't wait to see them again. <br />
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Here are a few of my favourite pics from the evening:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5258602767/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Meli, We Show Up On Radar by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="Meli, We Show Up On Radar" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5258602767_3c05efd8aa.jpg" width="334" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5258628773/" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="John on keys by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="John on keys" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5258628773_901332cda0.jpg" width="334" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5259200822/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Bunting by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="Bunting" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5259200822_5638591bcd.jpg" width="334" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5259231090/" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Michael on drums by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="Michael on drums" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5201/5259231090_5a83df1971.jpg" width="334" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5259222976/" title="Rob Jesus by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="Rob Jesus" height="334" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5259222976_4d65d51cab.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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See more pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/sets/72157625467734169/<br />
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<strong>This week I will be:</strong><br />
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- Sewing tonight! Yeah! last one before Christmas<br />
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-<strong> Jumpers for Goalposts tomorrow</strong> - not at the Alley Cafe for one month only. Read more here: <a href="http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/">http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/</a><a href="http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/"></a><br />
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- Dinner at Angi & James' on Friday<br />
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- Daddy Bones' Birthday at Broadway on Saturday - This is going to be great. The Yeah I'll Play It Later DJs will be on the decks, lots of lovely people will be hanging out and dancing. FUN.<br />
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- Snoozing all day Sunday please.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-75822060417093728252010-11-26T08:07:00.000-08:002010-11-26T08:07:02.669-08:00Rene GruauLast weekend we went to visit Chloe & Jamie and see our other friends in London. On the Friday we went to see a 12 piece band who play DJ Shadow's Endtroducing through from start to finish and do all the samples live. I was really excited about that and thought it was going to be super cool, it turned out to be super lame. Lewis likened it to when his teachers formed a "rock band" at school. At times it was toe-curlingly uncool. Shame. However, we did get to go to Koko, which looks like this:<br />
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Over the weekend we also ate lovely food, caught up with Lewis and Emma, did a bit of shopping at a vintage market and went to see a great exhibition at Somerset House.<br />
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The exhibition was of work created for Dior by the illustrator Rene Gruau. His work is so beautiful and luxurious I just wanted to live in that world. You can imagine it feels like silk and smells amazing! He created pieces such as these:<br />
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His illustrations are incredibly stylish, yet minimal, confident and sophisticated. I could've looked at them all day. There were some 80's influenced ones which didn't really work for me so much (airbrushed style faces and angular cheekbones etc), but the 50s-70s ones were so good that didn't matter. Even his signature is beautiful. Look:<br />
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Anyway, enough wallowing in the glory of bygone days. <br />
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Stuff coming up:<br />
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2nd Dec - Studio sale at I Dress Myself to say goodbye to Han & Pete. I still can't believe they're leaving Nottingham, and so soon! They'll be missed.<br />
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10th Dec - We Show Up On RadaR @ Spanky Van Dykes. This looks set to be a great show and only the 3rd time they've played with their full live band in Nottingham. Look for the event on facebook for full details.<br />
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16th Dec - Jumpers For Goalposts @ Tether - For the first time we're leaving our Alley Cafe home and venturing out into the big wide world for a special Christmas edition of Jumpers to help Tether celebrate their final night of the studios. This is going to be FUN.<br />
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I reckon there's probably loads of other good stuff coming up too, but I can't remember everything!<br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-70910495986071389552010-11-17T01:51:00.000-08:002010-11-17T01:51:08.524-08:00Hot Chip & LCD Soundsystem (and other fun things too!)At the weekend we went to see Hot Chip & LCD Soundsystem play a massive gig at the Magna centre in Sheffield. It was awesome! We saw Hot Chip here in Notts at Rock City recently and that was an incredible experience. On an ordinary Monday evening it felt like we had been to the carnival and church at the same time. Hot Chip came onstage to squeals like Beatlemania and every person there was dancing and singing. <br />
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This time things were different. By the time Hot Chip came on the area near the stage was a swamp of people crowding and pushing, so we retreated towards the back of this huge cavernous room. Inevitably the distance affected our involvement with the gig, so we didn't enjoy them quite as much this time. To be honest, we would've been hard pushed to equal last time anyway, so that was fine. Plus there were still some amazing tracks and their live sound is great. My favourite part is when the Chip that talks (beard & gingerish? Not a singer?) has to run between all his different instruments - guitar, drums, kettle drum - in one song. He really covered some ground.<br />
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The real revelation for me was LCD Soundsystem. Anders loves them, and has done for aaaages, which is why we got the tickets for this gig. I've never really listened to them if I'm honest. I've heard <em>Daft Punk</em>, <em>Drunk Girls</em> and a couple of others and they've never really grabbed me. The only LCD song I've really connected with is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8FKkVnqng"><em>I Can Change</em></a>, so I was standing just really waiting for that one song. We were right down the front, near the stage. Shit Robot was DJing and people were really getting in the party mood. Then, the lights went down and we stood in near total darkness and a familiar song started up. It felt both foolish and electric to be standing in the dark listening to <em>I'm Not In Love</em> by 10CC, with strangers all around singing along. After that, lights came up and LCD came out onto the stage and started up with <em>Dance Yrself Clean</em> from the new album:<br />
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(This video is really long, but I think it gives a feel of what the atmosphere created is like if you watch just the first few seconds)<br />
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It was like a lesson in how to open a gig. I didn't know the song at all, but everyone around us did and were singing along and really dancing. The song is perfectly constructed for this scenario - starting relatively small with James Murphy's vocals and minimal backing, adding in a few more instruments and members of the band as it builds and then halfway through just exploding into a huge sound. It was perfect to build tension and excitement at the band coming on and then gave the perfect release for everyone to sing and dance and (in the case of a man stood behind me who used me as a steadying post...) headbang. It was perfect.<br />
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(We had somehow ended up slap bang in the middle of fan boy central with people who knew every word and some people who had clearly taken their drugs too early and were even bouncing to 10CC. )<br />
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After both bands had finished they came on together and did a special collaborative cover of a song called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhNdeevzFi8">"<em>Seabird</em>" by the Alessi Brothers</a> (no, me either). It was really magical. It was like a moment from The Last Waltz for me, almost romantic... It was like a celebration of a tour romance between the two bands and was just lovely. <br />
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(as a post-script, I've just listened to the original and it's lovely, but the brothers appear to maybe have a little lisp... distracting and yet very sweet!)<br />
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Anyhow, I loved it and I'm really glad we got to see LCD, particularly as it keeps being suggested that this is their last album. And they played <em>I Can Change</em>. Yeah!<br />
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<strong>Other fun stuff we've been up to (quickly):</strong><br />
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- <strong>Saw "A Town Called Panic" at Broadway</strong> just before it finished. Animated film, you might recognise it from the Cravendale milk ads. it's all created in stop-motion using little vintage toys (cowboy, indian etc) as the main characters. It's really fast and fun and inventive and I'd recommend seeing it on DVD if you can.<br />
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- <strong>Saw Micah P Hinson at the Rescue Rooms</strong> - This was the day after Hello Gore II (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/sets/72157625155104871/">pics here</a> from that by the way) and I was in no fit state to be going to a gig. I can't do things two days in a row. It didn't help that he had a harp lady playing before he came on and the rolling sounds were affecting my queasiness. I have nothing useful to add about the gig.<br />
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-<strong> My dad turned 60</strong> and we celebrated with him. One of the things we did was go for a meal to a restaurant in Sheffield called Kitchen. We had the most down to earth, Sheffield born & bred, waiter you can imagine. Turned out he was a partner in the restaurant, which made sense, I'm not sure he'd have made it as a waiter. We asked what a dish described as Paris Brest with lots of french words was. His response? "Well, it's a choux bun. The chef came up with the name. I think he's probably made all that other stuff up." in a broad Yorkshire accent. Lovely! I ate a dish called 3 Little Pigs which was pork in 3 ways, including the revelation that belly pork is actually delicious.<br />
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- <strong>Went to Lustre at Lakeside Arts</strong> - this is one of my favourite events of the year - a big craft market with beautifully hand made objects from all over the country. Every year I suggest we go to look at Christmas presents. Every year we go and come back with "us" presents instead. This year I got a brooch with a zebra on. I love it. <br />
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SO, just to finish off I can confirm that it is <strong><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Jumpers for Goalposts this week</span></strong> at the Alley Cafe on Thursday. We've got <strong>Burly Nagasaki</strong> playing, which will be a real treat. Plus we've got a great creative competition. Come down! <strong><em>It's free!</em></strong><br />
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Love Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-46840606140357509622010-11-03T04:59:00.000-07:002010-11-03T04:59:40.695-07:00Cultural ExposeHello,<br />
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I'm delighted to say that my work has been chosen to be featured on the fantastic Cultural Expose blog as part of their travel photography feature InterNational!<br />
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You can see my pics & read their blog <strong><a href="http://theculturalexpose.tumblr.com/">here</a>.</strong><br />
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My pictures from Cuba are being featured, along with some tips and thoughts from me on my travel experience. And a goofy picture of me drinking tea.<br />
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Thanks very much to the Cultural Expose team for featuring me. Hope you like my work!<br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-38355693773673574202010-10-27T09:51:00.000-07:002010-10-27T09:51:21.283-07:00Hello Gore II @ Nottingham ContemporaryAMAZING trailer for HG:II this weekend:<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16243713?color=ff0179" width="400"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/16243713">HG2 Teaser</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/dantoporowski">Dan Toporowski</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
What a great line up! Without a doubt this is going to be the Halloween party of 2010.<br />
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Have you got your costume sorted yet? The theme is B-movies, but given that I haven't seen any we will be interpreting that very loosely. This is one of those occasions on which I wish i'd been better organised. Three days to go. Haven't decided on an idea. Oh dear. We're in trouble!<br />
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<strong><em>Full line-up for Gore II:</em></strong><br />
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FISTS<br />
HOT HORIZONS<br />
YUNIOSHI<br />
BLACK POWDER<br />
HHYMN<br />
RED SHOE DIARIES<br />
BONSAI PROJECTS<br />
JOEY CHICKENSKIN <br />
& Hello Thor DJs<br />
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Plus! Nottingham Contemporary will be decorated up by the Left Luggage theatre people AND you can have your picture taken in the Garments of Gore photobooth! <br />
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All bands will be performing a spooky cover and a track of their own. It's going to be amazing! <br />
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<em>Here's the poster by Rob Garner: (I love this poster, it's so cool)</em> <br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5075884915/" title="Hello Gore II: The Return - 30th October 2010 by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="Hello Gore II: The Return - 30th October 2010" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/5075884915_d3fceb5352.jpg" width="354" /></a> <br />
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See you on Saturday! <br />
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Bex <br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-36487152846349741972010-10-18T00:49:00.000-07:002010-10-18T00:49:05.769-07:00Jumpers for Goalposts, Hockley Hustle & Hello Gore!Just wanted to post up some details about 3 gigs we've got coming up over the next couple of weeks. You can get more info on the <a href="http://www.hellothor.com/index.php?/news/two-gigs-coming-up/">Hello Thor website</a> or read below.<br />
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<strong>Jumpers for Goalposts @ Alley Cafe</strong> - <em>Thurs 21st Oct.</em><br />
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We've got Cecille Grey playing live and the craft competition will be spooooooooooky. And it's free.<br />
More info here: <a href="http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/">http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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<strong>Hockley Hustle @ Jam Cafe</strong> - <em>Sun 24th Oct</em><br />
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We're back at the Jam Cafe again this year, because we had such fun there last year. We've got a cracking line up too. Over The Wall, Moscow Youth Cult, Escapologists, Mexican Kids At Home, Matthew Stephen Cooper, Japanese Sleepers & Make A Halo. <br />
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It's all raising money for charity - there are other great bands playing all over Hockley and Hello Thor are really pleased to be a part of it.<br />
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<strong>Hello Gore II: The Return @ Nottingham Contemporary</strong> <em>- Sat 31st Oct</em><br />
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Hello Gore is being allowed out for a second time. It's a massive FREE party at the Cafe.Bar.Contemporary with 8 amazing bands playing live. Dress to distress and have your photo taken in the Hello Gore Photobooth. Here's the poster:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellothor/5075884915/" title="Hello Gore II: The Return - 30th October 2010 by Hello Thor, on Flickr"><img alt="Hello Gore II: The Return - 30th October 2010" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/5075884915_d3fceb5352.jpg" width="354" /></a><br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.hellothor.com/index.php?/news/two-gigs-coming-up/">Hello Thor's GIGS page</a> for full details on everything above.<br />
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See you there!<br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-66830232792239310662010-10-13T06:48:00.000-07:002010-10-13T06:48:43.874-07:00Gigs, Trips, Sewing & PotatoesHello!<br />
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Sorry posting has been a bit sporadic of late. Been busy!<br />
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Anyway, thought I would pop up a little post about exciting things that have happened/ are coming up.<br />
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<strong>Wales</strong><br />
Firstly, me and Anders went to Wales! It was lovely. We just went for a weekend up to Abersoch, and had a really wonderful time. We paddled in the sea, wandered on the beach, pottered round little villages, went out for really good thai food, watched TV all snuggled up on the sofa and visited Portmeirion. Anders has wanted to visit there for years since watching the Prisoner, so it was dream come true time! It's a really fascinating place - like a small European village (a bit like Prague in some places, italian in others - a real mix) but scaled down by about 20%. All the doorways and arches just skim the top of your head and houses look really big til you get up close and realise it's just a bungalow behind a grand facade. It's in a really beautiful location and uses a really fabulous colour scheme. <br />
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So, we had a great time and there was a real magic in being away from home and work, just the two of us. Here's a few pics from our trip:<br />
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<strong>Gig</strong><br />
Last week we saw Fists supporting Sparrow & The Workshop at the Bodega Social in Notts. It was an early show, which I was disappointed about initially, but actually made for a really good event. The crowd were clearly sober and as a result were super quiet during the bands' sets. It made for an unusual atmosphere, and gave a really good chance to appreciate the bands' music, and not just the performance. Often with unsigned/unfamous bands people are a bit chatty throughout - it's hard to keep your attention wholeheartedly on a band when you don't know any of the songs and I guess you're not invested in the music and performance the same way as you are when it's a band you really love and know well.<br />
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I really really enjoyed the Fists set. There were some different tunes in there, including "Roll back my eyes", which, in the hushed atmosphere, came across incredibly well. The band seemed relaxed and at ease up on the stage and there was a real warmth to both their & Sparrow and the Workshop's performances, which seemed borne out of a great bond they had forged during their week touring. I love to watch Fists, and often I'm really proud to see a group of my friends doing something great together like that. Every so often when watching I kind of forget that they're my friends and just enjoy watching a band I love. That's my favourite and that was what Friday's show was all about.<br />
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I really enjoyed Sparrow & The Workshop too, although I don't know their songs so I was a little bit less committed as a viewer. Their chemistry was really nice to see and I really liked that the drums played a strong part in their sound and the visual. For me I might've liked it to be a little more rough around the edges, but I guess with a beautiful clear perfect voice like the lead singer had that is tough to muster. Their harmonies were lovely and the songs never outstayed their welcome. <br />
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<strong>Sewing & Potatoes</strong><br />
Now for sewing and potatoes... two topics close to my heart this evening as I am off to my sewing class in Sherwood tonight and I'm thinking about which fabrics I want to take with me to make a cushion cover. I'm really enjoying my class so far and can't wait to get my own sewing machine. It's a bit like when I first learned to bake - a strange alchemy where some basic ingredients get turned into something wonderful to eat/wear/use. I know I'm doing it, but there's always a moment where the things I've combined come together through the oven or sewing machine and a little bit of magic happens and I'm surprised to see a perfect finished product like you'd find in a shop. (well, perfect to me)<br />
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The reason potatoes are close to my heart? Me and Anders harvested a little tub full of potatoes which we grew in our own garden and we're going to eat them tonight! I'm really quite overly proud of our small, randomly sized potato harvest:<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">GIGS Coming Up</span></strong><br />
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There are 3 Hello Thor gigs/parties coming up:<br />
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<strong>21st Oct - Jumpers for Goalposts -</strong> <a href="http://thesecretdiaryofjumpersforgoalposts.wordpress.com/">Magical music & craft night</a> with Cecille Grey playing live and a monstrous craft competition - FREE<br />
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<strong>24th Oct - Hockley Hustle</strong> - Visit the Jam Cafe for a great Hello Thor line-up of cool bands at this nice charity festival!<br />
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<strong>30th Oct - Hello Gore II: The Return</strong> - This is our paean to Halloween and all things spooky. 8 bands playing live - a gory cover & a song or two of their own. Dress to Distress - FREE.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hellothor.com/index.php?/news/two-gigs-coming-up/">Click here & go to the Hello Thor website</a> for more info about all the gigs above.<br />
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Love Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-58565259262105023282010-10-01T06:10:00.001-07:002010-10-01T06:10:17.416-07:00Stephen Fry - Speech on Catholicism<object height="320" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xbvr0m?additionalInfos=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xbvr0m?additionalInfos=0" width="480" height="320" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br />
<b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbvr0m_shortfilms">The Intelligence² Debate - Stephen Fry (Unedited)</a></b><br />
<i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Xrunner17">Xrunner17</a>. - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/channel/shortfilms">Full seasons and entire episodes online.</a></i><br />
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This is an incredible speech by Stephen Fry arguing against the motion that the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world.<br />
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Bex<br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-3651466416415761852010-09-29T03:28:00.000-07:002010-09-29T03:28:38.680-07:00FISTS tour with Sparrow & The WorkshopHello,<br />
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Been meaning to post this up for a while. The very lovely FISTS are touring next week with a great band Sparrow & The Workshop. Here's a cool video from Sparrow & the Workshop, so you can see if you like them:<br />
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This will be a great night, wherever you see them, but if you come to the Notts shhow you can get in for cheap too! Email Fists' record label <a href="mailto:hellothorrecords@gmail.com">hellothorrecords@gmail.com</a> and they can sort you out to get in for £3.<br />
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<strong>Mon Oct 4th King Tut’s Glasgow</strong><br />
<strong>Tue Oct 5th Night and Day Café Manchester</strong><br />
<strong>Wed Oct 6th Brudenell Social Club Leeds</strong><br />
<strong>Thu Oct 7th Stereo York</strong><br />
<strong>Fri Oct 8th Bodega Social Nottingham</strong> <br />
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And here's a little vid from the first ever Fists single launch, with Mexican Kids At Home & Harry Merry: <br />
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PLUS! If you are artistically minded then get in touch and submit a Zine entry to @fourbeatwalk (twitter) or the Hello Thor email above. The zine will be released in Oct in time for the Hockley Hustle (Jam Cafe) & Hello Gore II (Nottingham Contemporary). <br />
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Love Bex <br />
xSupernighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12810195424294842769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5159292600757892728.post-40604038294511993552010-09-22T08:26:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:26:38.877-07:00MetropolisYesterday me and Anders saw Metropolis at the Broadway. I'll be honest, I really wasn't sure about going. In fact, I was chatting to Nick on the phone just before, declaring "I don't even like <em>songs</em> without words and they're only 3 minutes long!" I had reservations about the length of the film and the length of time it could hold my attention for without any dialogue. In fact I loved it. It was fascinating and beautiful and I barely missed the dialogue/ ambient sounds (footsteps, doors closing etc) after the first 5 minutes. It was <em>definitely</em> a bit long though and I <em>definitely </em>had a little cat nap at the end. In fact as soon as we got home after I had to go to bed. I felt really drained, I think something in the focus and concentration needed for a film without dialogue with a pretty involved storyline just wiped me out. <br />
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The film is amazingly well restored which makes it a pleasure to watch - not like some grainy/scratchy/blurry old films. You could see the nuance of expression and it didn't feel too broad and over-acted because of that. Plus you could really see the details of costumes & sets and (even though it sounds silly) I really appreciated much more how people from the olden days (1927 to be exact) actually look pretty similar to people from nowadays. I think they always look so different in photos - stiff & still - that they feel really removed from me and my life. Seeing them crisp and clear moving and talking (silently) made it feel much more relevant for me. In fact, I thought the central male character was reminiscent of Johnny Depp & Ray Liotta. <br />
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There were some amazing things in it, and I kept wondering afterwards how much of the stuff we were seeing had been invented by 1927 and how much was sci-fi prediction genius from the director. <br />
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For example, cars... I just checked, and they started being mass-produced in around 1910. Still, there were scenes with four lanes of traffic winding through the Metropolis, which just looked normal to me as a commuter, but in 1927 surely would have seemed a bit crazy? <br />
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The Empire State was built by 1931, so I guess the visual of this very tall, imposing, dominant city wouldn't be so unusual at the time. Still, if you were from a small town in England this would have been like Futurama looks to us now I reckon. <br />
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There's a scene where the boss of the city talks to one of his workers via telephone & TV screen - like the buzzer systems you get in flats. They were only just <em>inventing</em> television in the 1920s, never mind it being readily available in people's homes.<br />
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Finally then, here's the trailer:<br />
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And here's a clip I borrowed from <a href="http://radiotoothhurty.livejournal.com/">Joey's blog</a>, because it shows this incredible dance scene where the evil version of Maria dances and bewitches men into duelling and fighting. Check out how bewitched they are:<br />
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Plus you can see some of the effects Lang used, back in 1927 for chrissakes! They did stuff like combining miniature models of sets with real people using mirrors, with everything looking in perfect scale. They also did amazing scenes like the transformation (scene shown in the trailer) manually - exposing each individual piece of film as many as 30 times for shots which ended up lasting only about 10 seconds. Incredible.<br />
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I really enjoyed this as an experience at the cinema, and as an experience of seeing the result of lots of people's labours of love looking so beautiful up on screen.<br />
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bex<br />
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