Two blogs in one day, crazy!
On the NME website I saw that the classic 80's band Spandau Ballet are reforming. Who cares! They're an 80's band and that's where they belong, in the past. Surely the crowds are going to made up of 40 year old mum and dads dancing like they're back in th 80's and in their youth. Tony Hadley and the crew are obviously just doing it for the money as it can't be for their love of music or they'd just form a new band playing new music.
With so much good new talent is there really a space for reunion bands such as Spandau Ballet in 2009?
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
The Wednesday Blog!
So here I am, back in the blogging fray! I realised I hadn't blogged for quite a while now so I thought I'd leave a quick blog now I have the rest of the day off uni!
I never know what to blog about so I thought this time I'd give myself a set topic and see what I can conjure up around the subject. Today's chosen topic is: Music.
Albums
One of the most recent albums that I've got is 'Box Of Secrets' by Blood Red Shoes. On the whole the album is good but you can't help thinking "have I heard this all before?" The catchy melodies keep the listeners attention, but they're also pretty generic.
Yesterday I got Franz Ferdinand Live In Manchester 6/3/09. The album was recorded live at the gig with fans being able to buy the CD straight afterwards. I think this is a great idea and remember when I went to see Keane at Hull Ice Arena they did this there. Being able to listen to the gig on the way home and trying to listen out for you shouting in the crowd adds to the excitement and memories of the gig. The Franz album features all their greatest hits along with new songs from their latest release Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.
Gigs
Last night at the Huddersfield Uni Student's Union was the Love Music, Hate Racism gig featuring Jack Hopkinson, Dnile and The Cliques. The night started well with the acoustic set from Jack. Crowd pleasers such as Hey Jude got the crowd singing along with he classic Na Na Na Na Na Na Naaaa! Next up was Harrogate band Dnile. With their matching haircuts they took to the stage and played what I can only describe as 90's dad rock! Their songs had the feel of that type of music that has been heard before and a bit outdated. The band played well and performed well as a group but the style of music left me a little bored. Last up were The Cliques from Hull. They pleased the crowd with their upbeat tunes and their on stage performance which climaxed with lead singer and guitarist Simon standing on the drum kit during a solo. It was a great night for all who attended and helped to spread the word of Love Music, Hate Racism.
This coming Monday, 30th March, Leeds Festival tickets and lineup will be released. Early rumours of headliners are Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and Radiohead. This sounds like three great headliners but whatever bands play I know it'll be a great weekend!
So that's it, this must be my longest blog to date and hopefully it's been educational, informative and entertaining!
I never know what to blog about so I thought this time I'd give myself a set topic and see what I can conjure up around the subject. Today's chosen topic is: Music.
Albums
One of the most recent albums that I've got is 'Box Of Secrets' by Blood Red Shoes. On the whole the album is good but you can't help thinking "have I heard this all before?" The catchy melodies keep the listeners attention, but they're also pretty generic.
Yesterday I got Franz Ferdinand Live In Manchester 6/3/09. The album was recorded live at the gig with fans being able to buy the CD straight afterwards. I think this is a great idea and remember when I went to see Keane at Hull Ice Arena they did this there. Being able to listen to the gig on the way home and trying to listen out for you shouting in the crowd adds to the excitement and memories of the gig. The Franz album features all their greatest hits along with new songs from their latest release Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.
Gigs
Last night at the Huddersfield Uni Student's Union was the Love Music, Hate Racism gig featuring Jack Hopkinson, Dnile and The Cliques. The night started well with the acoustic set from Jack. Crowd pleasers such as Hey Jude got the crowd singing along with he classic Na Na Na Na Na Na Naaaa! Next up was Harrogate band Dnile. With their matching haircuts they took to the stage and played what I can only describe as 90's dad rock! Their songs had the feel of that type of music that has been heard before and a bit outdated. The band played well and performed well as a group but the style of music left me a little bored. Last up were The Cliques from Hull. They pleased the crowd with their upbeat tunes and their on stage performance which climaxed with lead singer and guitarist Simon standing on the drum kit during a solo. It was a great night for all who attended and helped to spread the word of Love Music, Hate Racism.
This coming Monday, 30th March, Leeds Festival tickets and lineup will be released. Early rumours of headliners are Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and Radiohead. This sounds like three great headliners but whatever bands play I know it'll be a great weekend!
So that's it, this must be my longest blog to date and hopefully it's been educational, informative and entertaining!
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Cliff Richard and The Cold!
In the words of Kantar legend Fran Colao, "Gee it's cold" It's both cold and raining, not a good combination! Went out to get a sausage and bean melt from Greggs and came back soaked still cold but with a fuller stomach!! On the positive side it snowed the other day, I don't mind the cold as long as there is a good covering of snow to frolic in! Unfortunately the snow didn't lay :(
Heard some good news today, Cliff Richard and The Shadows are set to reform for a UK arena tour in September 2009 so going to sort some tickets out for that! What I was wondering though is that is there enough old people and The Shadows fans to fill arenas? Will the tour be a flop with them playing for just a handful of people not even standing up because of crippling arthritis!
Anyway, thats all for now I'm going to go and try and get warm!
Heard some good news today, Cliff Richard and The Shadows are set to reform for a UK arena tour in September 2009 so going to sort some tickets out for that! What I was wondering though is that is there enough old people and The Shadows fans to fill arenas? Will the tour be a flop with them playing for just a handful of people not even standing up because of crippling arthritis!
Anyway, thats all for now I'm going to go and try and get warm!
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Fire Alarms and Firework Showers
Today has been quite fun. Fun being the operative word!! Woke up at 8.03am and realised that I had to go for the bus in 7mins so that was fun. I'd slept through two alarms but luckily, and I don't know how, still managed to get ready and get on the bus in time! So once in uni we had our first fire drill of the year which was another surreal experience! Usually when the fire alarm goes off your instructed to leave the building straight away but here it was more like oh, you might want to leave now if you want!!
Here in Huddersfield they do things a little differently than in Hull. On Saturday night we went to watch the 'Festival Of Light' so after standing in a large crowd for half an hour watching some floats go past we were then showered and I mean literally showered in sparks off fireworks from the parade!! The words Risk and Assessment did come to mind but then of course this is Huddersfield so maybe they don't have them here!
So now I've ran out of things to blog about but as you can tell my life is so fun and exciting at the moment! Fire alarms and firework showers!
Here in Huddersfield they do things a little differently than in Hull. On Saturday night we went to watch the 'Festival Of Light' so after standing in a large crowd for half an hour watching some floats go past we were then showered and I mean literally showered in sparks off fireworks from the parade!! The words Risk and Assessment did come to mind but then of course this is Huddersfield so maybe they don't have them here!
So now I've ran out of things to blog about but as you can tell my life is so fun and exciting at the moment! Fire alarms and firework showers!
Saturday, 22 November 2008
The Blog Bandwagon!
So here I am, jumping on this blog bandwagon! I decided as everyone was starting to create blog I thought I might as well give it a go. As Dr Pepper once said, "What's the worst that could happen?" Well the worst thing that could happen is that nobody will read it, and from this first blog that will probably be the case!
I remember a while ago Alex told me that I use exclamation marks too much, and I started to believe that this is true. The title of my blog has one in, the paragraph above has two in and there will probably be more to come! A really inappropriate use of an exclamation mark was the other day when my cousin told me on msn that his cat had been put down his exact words were "my cat had to be put down today!" I wondered why he put an exclamation mark there, was it his way of showing his grief? or was he just generally exclaiming that sentence!
So back to Dr Pepper and the worst thing that could happen, from the paragraph above I doubt anyone will want to continue reading about the best, and worst, use of punctuation marks!
I remember a while ago Alex told me that I use exclamation marks too much, and I started to believe that this is true. The title of my blog has one in, the paragraph above has two in and there will probably be more to come! A really inappropriate use of an exclamation mark was the other day when my cousin told me on msn that his cat had been put down his exact words were "my cat had to be put down today!" I wondered why he put an exclamation mark there, was it his way of showing his grief? or was he just generally exclaiming that sentence!
So back to Dr Pepper and the worst thing that could happen, from the paragraph above I doubt anyone will want to continue reading about the best, and worst, use of punctuation marks!
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