Field Day 2009: what a lineup!
The UK has too many music festivals; I can’t keep track of them all. For instance I’ve only just found out about Field Day, a one-day in-London festival in Victoria Park, and then only because a mate...
View ArticleLondon Bloggers blogtag
I’m a member of the London Bloggers Meetup. They’re playing a round og blog tag in an effort to raise group awareness of all the blogs in a rapidly-growing group. I was just tagged – both here and in...
View ArticleElephant and Castle: centre of the musical buzz?
This article in the Guardian makes the case that Elephant and Castle – which they generously describe as “(permanently) up and coming” – has a strong up-and-coming arts and music scene. I don’t get...
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Pirate radio bootlegs and mixtapes from the mid-80s
Check out Mastermix.org. It: focuses on the mid-1980s London soul radio stations which introduced the mastermix genre to the UK. The sounds on this site are predominantly taken from FM pirate...
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The Royal Society’s 2009 Summer Science Exhibition
If you’re in central London tonight, or during the day this week, you should find a few moments to stop by The Royal Society. The national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth is staging...
View ArticleInvasion
I’m very close to liking Invasion, the hot new metal band from London. They’re cheesy and fast and psychedelic. I really, really wish they had a bass player, though. posted with vodpod The post...
View ArticleScience Online London 2009: the sessions
I attended Science Online London 2009 on Saturday. As I mentioned before, I’m disappointed that I wasn’t able to make the social events before or after. Because I don’t actually work in science it’s...
View ArticleLive music I’ve seen in London
One of the exciting things about London when I moved here was the chance to see bands play live: awesome bands, and lots of ’em. Everyone plays London. Now that I’m leaving in a few weeks I’m...
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Billy Gibbons talks about the Tube Snake Boogie in London
It seems Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top’s guitarist, likes being a tourist, and took the tube to Wembley before the band’s big gig last week [BBC story]. In true London fashion, the line he wanted to take was...
View ArticleScience poems on London’s Underground
London’s Poems on the Underground has had poems sitting alongside ads on the Tube for many years. I always enjoyed reading one of these little verses, a bright spot in an often crowded box of sullen...
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