My girlfriend had a disposable camera with her last month and she took this lovely shot. Needless to say it’s pretty damn nice outside right now but nothing beats seaside sunshine.
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The sunny weekend in Brighton
I spent the weekend in Brighton again. I was disappointed last year not to get a good weekend in terms of weather so imagine my delight at the glorious sunshine that basked the residents and tourists (not just down south I presume) – not even hayfever could really ruin it. Yesterday we just wondered around doing some shopping. As well as a couple of CDs and a vinyl purchase from the many great record shops that are littered throughout the town. But perhaps my finest purchase as a £5 polyphonic keyboard from a flea market. It is the cutest musical instrument ever! Yes, some of the keys are broken and yes, it runs on batteries, but I enjoy playing it even if the notes are limited and the songs you can perform are miniscule. Here’s me playing something you may recognise:
I’m also recording that on a new camera that was bought for me by my stepmum. It’s very nice and I’ll test it out properly when I see Patrick Wolf tomorrow.
And relax…
I’ve been away for a bit but it isn’t because I’ve forgotten about the blog, more the fact that I’ve been insanely busy. Since last Tuesday I’ve been to a gig in London to see Placebo, spend the following day at uni trying to get all my work done desperately, spending four days in Brighton covering The Great Escape (I might blog about Brighton at a later date – it was a joy to be back down there after two years), see Deerhunter at the Scala and then see Metric at the Electric Ballroom last night. I also did my first ‘proper’ band interview with Josh, the bassist of Metric. It helped that was a cool guy to speak to and it made interviewing him a real pleasure. There were two or three things I could have done better in hindsight but it was a solid first experience and I’ll definitely learn from it.
I was meant to be going to Thorpe Park today but my back has been feeling strained the last couple of days so I’m relaxing at home to ensure it gets better. Tomorrow I will try and get back to work – I have the Manic Streets Preachers album to review (I’m looking forward to listening to it as I find the backstory behind it really fascinating) as well as three gig reviews to do at least.
More frighteningly, I turn 21 this time next week. Is it odd that I don’t treat 21 as a special birthday?
