FeStiVaL RaNdOmNess

Picture one is a recyclable pint pot which my mate Steve had great pleasure in ripping to pieces!! He then placed 10p on top as he felt a little guilty afterwards!!! Why would you go to a festival and spend the day picking up used pint pots? To get 1 pint you would have to pick up 36!! Whatever floats your boat!!Picture 2 is simply of Jesus who appeared when Ian Brown sang 'Fools Gold'..a second coming??? mwa mwa!! :-Dx

FestiVaL FooD - MMmmm?

 

 Festival food - Just thought I would take some pics of some of the food I ate at the festival!!! In a drunken haze pork and stuffing seems like a good option??? I wanted beef in my yorkshire pudding but they only had...pork!!!! I had a bit of a pork weekend!! My poor digestive system!!!Gillian Mckeith would be very interested in my bowel movements...I think I abducted an alien??? :-Dx

RaDiOhEad - LeeDS

Radiohead play epic Leeds Festival headline show

Thom Yorke and co bring new material and hits to Bramham Park

Radiohead played an epic headline set at the Leeds Festival tonight (August 29), playing new material plus fan favourites including 'Just', 'Paranoid Android' and 'Lucky'.

The Oxford band played a two-hour set to a large crowd at Bramham Park, with the stage decked out with huge lit-up cylinders and screens projecting live footage of the five band members behind and side stage.

They opened the set with '15 Step', from their most recent album 'In Rainbows', and 'OK Computer''s 'Airbag', before frontman Thom Yorke addressed the crowd.

"You might know this one," he said before 'There There', which features on their 2003 'Hail To The Thief' album. "I have no fucking idea which ones you know and which ones you don't know, to be honest." Guitarists Jonny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien flanked him, playing percussion for the song.

"This one is for when you want it but you can't have it," Yorke later said before 'Lucky'. "Oh, that's the wrong song," he added.

Following 'Nude', the frontman positioned himself behind an electric piano and introduced 'Morning Bell' as "from our record 'Kid A', I don't know if you know it?", prompting cheers.

"Where's the bastard now then?" he said, following '2+2=5', seemingly referring to former US President George W Bush.

Following '(nice dream)', the cylinders above the stage came into full effect, glowing with a green rain-style lighting effect during 'The Gloaming'.

Radiohead ended the first stint of their set with 'Idioteque', before returning to kick off their encore with 'Amnesiac' album track 'You And Whose Army?'.

Yorke stared intently into a camera as he played piano during the song, the lens zooming in to portray a close-up of his eyeball on the big screens.

"This is a new song, called 'These Are My Twisted Words'", he said next, introducing the track that they recently offered as a free download. "For which I need... chords," he added while a tech fiddled with wires at his feet. "It's alright, we can all get drunk later," he said as the problem was quickly sorted.

"We know you're all fucked," Yorke said before playing the opening bars of 'Paranoid Android'. "If you see anyone off on something tonight, this is for them," he added.

They then played 'Just', which Yorke described as a "change of plan" from the setlist. They followed with 'Everything In Its Right Place' to close the set, taking bows before leaving the stage to end the second night of Leeds Festival 2009.

The band now head to the Reading Festival to close events there with a headline slot tomorrow.

Radiohead played:

'15 Step'
'Airbag'
'There There'
'All I Need'
'Lucky'
'Nude'
'Morning Bell'
'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'
'2+2=5'
'A Wolf At The Door'
'Videotape'
'(Nice Dream)'
'The Gloaming'
'Reckoner'
'The National Anthem'
'Bodysnatchers'
'Idioteque'
'You And Whose Army?'
'These Are My Twisted Words'
'Jigsaw Falling Into Place'
'Paranoid Android'
'Just'
'Everything In Its Right Place'

All I can say is that Radiohead were fooking amazing. The whole place was just buzzing. Wierd Fishes and Idioteque were stand out moments. You could feel the floor bouncing!!!People say'I saw the Beatles, The Stones, The Doors etc.. I can say 'I saw Radiohead'.. they were that good!!! Just sky+ the Reading set which they are going to play tonight!!BBC 3 from 9.30 onwards. The photos are ones I took last night from Leeds :-Dx Iceage a coming, Iceage a coming!!whoop whoop!!! :-Dx

SaMbUcA

Flaming Sambuca

Sambuca may be served in a shot glass and then set on fire for a second or two, in order to increase its flavour.

Another alternative is to catch the fumes in a snifter, and then drink the heated shot, after which the fumes are sucked up from the snifter through a straw, this method is similar to the controversially named Sambuca Gas Chamber, where a measure of Sambuca is poured into a low but wide glass, it is then set on fire using a long match, then it is left to burn for no more than 3 seconds before it is extinguished, the Sambuca is drunk, the glass is turned upside down and tilted upwards so the fumes can be enjoyed through a straw!!


I am currently in Leeds chasing the Sambucca Dragon!!!
Happy in the haze of a drunken hour!!!!! :-Dx

NeW OrDeR - FiRsT GiG

Eureka moment - the first gig I went to with my mates, New Order at Preston Guild Hall 22nd of October 1985. The princely sum of £4!! :-D I still vividly remember the night, even after all these years and I kept the ticket, a bit of a habit!! 5 of us crammed into a friends car, a Peugeot 205 if I recall, the height of chic at the time! 30 minute drive to Preston, park up and then walk up to the Guild Hall. I was consumed by the whole atmosphere, people trying to flog tickets, t-shirts and tapes as you approached the entrance. The crowd consisted of a whole plethora of different types of people of all age groups, teens to middle aged. The play list from the gig was as follows;

Ceremony, The Perfect Kiss, Love Vigilantes, As It Is When It Was, State of the Nation, Broken Promise, Subculture, 586, Sunrise, Your silent Face

We went down to the front in the 'mosh' and as the gig started with Ceremony there was some crazy Ian Curtis dancing (the former lead singer of Joy Division now New Order after he had committed suicide, who used to have fits on stage which he disguised with his dancing, check Youtube) as the set progressed there was an increasing vibe that something was going to kick off in the audience, then all hell broke loose, about 20 lads dressed in combat gear and newly bare chested started to shout and give Nazi salutes. Blackburn Youth a right wing group had turned up in force. New Order were plagued with association with right wing groups due to their name. Joy Division-a group of German prostitutes during the war and New Order with it's German connotations. The audience scattered to leave a core of Blackburn Youth stood in the middle saluting and shouting abuse at the rest of the crowd. It wasn't long before the Preston lads started to wade into them and for about ten minutes a series of rucks occurred until it was all cleared. I of course had got well out of the way but watched fascinated by the spectacle before me. Once the trouble was sorted the gig continued. I still remember how it felt to feel the power of the speakers rushing through my chest as Subculture boomed out of them. I felt alive in a way I had never experienced before,(I felt so extraordinary as the song goes) like a new drug, I was happy here, I knew I wanted more of this, the buzz, the atmosphere, the thrill of live music pumping through my veins. The gig finished and excitedly we talked about what had happened, our favourite song etc...I got home tired, sweaty but couldn't wait until I got into my bedroom, and got my New Order and Joy Division records on the turntable. I barely slept that night....a Eureka moment!! I still love live music, comedy, theatre and dance, it is part of who I am...I best go and get the rest of my stuff together for Leeds Festival!!! I think I will ask people about their first gig experiences see what sort of response I get!! :-Dx

InGLouRiouS BaStErDs - 2

The two stunningly beautiful actresses from Inglourious Basterds!!
They both portray really strong and powerful characters in the film not just typical weak Hollywood females. Tarantino has a real eye for beautiful and powerful women, eg.Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. I will qualify this by example. I went to see Coco before Chanel at the cinema a couple of weeks ago. I was tricked!! I thought I was going to see Mesrine!! It starred the beautiful Audrey Tautou of Amelie fame. The Coco Chanel story is an interesting story but they have made the story all Hollywood friendly. She was obviously a very strong person but the over riding feeling you get from the film is that she was reliant on men. It feels as if the filmakers have over emphasised the romance element of the film to appeal to a certain audience ie. mainstream. You come away with the impression that she was seeing a married man so how strong a female could she have been? Unless you believe in the notion that you only truely love one person ever? If that is the case then why didn't he love her the same way? Again, you should go and see the film yourself as it is beautfully shot but if I had to give it a mark it would be 3/10 for me. I went and got another pint half way through!! :-Dx

InGLouRiouS BaStErDs

Tarantino has stated that despite it being a war film, Inglourious Basterds is his "Spaghetti western but with World War 2 iconography." In addition to spaghetti westerns, the film also pays homage to the World War II "macaroni combat" sub-genre (itself heavily influenced by spaghetti-westerns), as well as French New Wave cinema. This is re-affirmed with the soundtrack which contains 4 tracks from Ennio Morricone.

I am not going to go into lots of detail about the film as I am sure there are lots of reviews out there! I am just going to say what I thought made the film unique;

1) The detail Tarantino puts into the characters- Hans Lander the Jew Hunter!!(fave)
2) The dialogue - Hans Lander the Jew Hunter, say no more!!
3) The violence - scalping(should I really laugh at this!!)
4) The beautiful but strong females he portrays in the film(all his films) Melanie Laurent - hot!!
5) The famous stand off scene he has in all his films(bar in the basement)
6) No character is safe from being killed-there are always surprises
7) The humour - some serious inappropriate belly laughs
8) The soundtrack - spaghetti western tastic
9) The concept behind the film - the sociological battlefield at that time with the racism and barbarism on all sides
10) When the film finished there was a buzz of people talking about it as they walked out of the cinema!!! A thought provoking film!! Not sanatised American pap!!
11) If you loved Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs you will love this - Defo a 9/10 fim!!! Go and see it....make your own mind up. I am sure you will love it!!! :-Dx