DV8 Fest @ The Duchess

Toni, Laura, Dan and I headed out to The Duchess in York for the first night of DV8 Fest. It was a cracking night of entertainment.

JORDAN REYNE
Proceedings were opened by Jordan Reyne who mixed a blend of Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos with a soundscape of industrial. She is a very talented artist who I will definitely be checking out more of.

See all the JORDAN REYNE pics here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104946465990175774467/albums/5899830838313632033


ANDREW O'NEILL
Some between act entertainment was provided by stand up comedian Andrew O'Neill. He has a winning formula that kept everyone chuckling away.

See all the ANDREW O'NEILL pics here:
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ED TUDOR POLE
If Ed Tudor Pole needs any sort of introduction then shame on you! Frontman for Tenpoe Tudor, a brief stint with the Sex Pistols and the man who replaced Richard O'Brian on The Crystal Maze, Ed Tudor Pole is a man of many talents. Tonight we were treated to some pure punk rock n roll with a healthy dose of humour chucked in for good measure.

See all the ED TUDOR POLE pics here:
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You're Not A Punk:


Swords Of A Thousand Men



BLACKBEARD'S TEA PARTY
Now this one was a real shocker! Talk about what you see is not what you get. Blackbeard's Tea Party hit the stage and I thought WTF? Then they started playing, the singer started and I was a convert! They have a really BIG sound and some novel percussion!

See all the BLACKBEARD'S TEA PARTY pics here:
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Whip Jamboree



ANDREW O'NEILL
Mr O'Neill returned to the stage to share some more witty banter before introducing his band

THE MEN THAT WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING
They put the punk into steampunk and they did it very well. TMTWNBBFN were on fire tonight. A nice mash up of songs including two excellent new ones.

See all the TMTWNBBFN pics here:
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Margate Fhtagn


Bedlam



All in all it was a brilliant night out. 5 cracking acts, my wife & 2 great friends, PERFECT!

Road trip to Leeds

Today Toni and I were on holiday and we headed off to Leeds on a road trip to visit Dan and Laura. It was a good four hour journey so we stocked up on noms at Coffee Town before we set off. It was a hot day so the windows were down all the way.

We arrived in time to have a quick relax and a drink before getting ready to had out to York for a night out.  Amusements were provided by one of the cats standing on the upper window frame to catch the breeze.

Last.FM listening post

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Better day, Exodus, eBay listings

It was a much better day at work today. I had recovered from the grrrr from the previous day and managed to work through a lot of the crap which left me feeling slightly more positive about a lot of things. There are still things that need to be sorted out, and quickly too, but I fear that management won't react and things will just fester until we end up singing Bob Marley songs.......


In the meantime though I shall hang in there and try and work to the best of my ability and look to improve things as best I can. It will make or break me LOL

The evening was spent taking photos of various items and listing them on eBay. Some of them had been stuck in a box for over a year so it was about time we tried to get rid of them.

If you are interested in grabbing yourself a bargain (Chesterfield sofa and chair, Madfish shoes, Madfish boots, New Rock boots, Chanel sunglasses, Swarovski crystal pendant and other such stuff) then pop on over to my eBay account here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/ktglitz/

The Gherkin tree, more weird art!

So, here we go again with more weird art at The Gherkin. Actually this one is quite nice rather than weird. It just appeared this morning. I grabbed the camera straight away this time!

Introducing, The Gherkin tree!

As for work, it was a terrible day. I left pissed off, demoralised and really wondering why I am staying there at all. Couldn't wait to get home and chill out.

Hot day, Wimbledon, Oz, DS hacking

It was hot today, very hot. I am not a fan of the sun or the heat so my plan was to say inside and keep cool. On the whole this worked with nearly all the windows thrown open. Looks like is going to be a very warm week ahead too!

Necessary evils were taken care of as we put away a lot of laundry and tidied up the vast shoe collection. New laundry was then put on. Sam made us an interesting breakfast. Chips cooked with salt, pepper, vinegar and then adorned with eggs all just done in the oven. The final touch was grating cheese on top! Delicious!

We watched Andy Murray finally win Wimbledon and end Britain's 77 year drought. It was a good game and was nice to see him overwhelmed at finally getting the job done. Guess this will be dominating the news for the next week or so. I wonder of Mr Cameron will use it as some platform to try a claim some tenuous victory for the Tories? LMFAO

Oz The Great And Powerful made for some fun viewing. A 'prequel' to the Wizard Of Oz it was actually quite a good film, nowhere near as bad as I had feared it might be. There were some stunning visual effects that were very modern whilst also retaining quite a 60s/70s Disney feel. The ending tied things up quite nicely for the film we all know and love/hate.


Toni finished the night off completing an assignment for her work based NVQ that she is doing and I occupied my time learning how to hack my Nintendo DS. This didn't take me long and I can now successfully run moonshell and lameboy hacks and play DS and Gameboy/Gameboy Colour games. Next stop is sussing out the Gameboy Advance hacks!





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Stressful starts, Despicable Me 2, hair dye and Mulan

The morning started off in a stressful way courtesy of Direct Line. There will be more on this little story at some point in the future but for now I shall give them time to get their arses in gear! Toni did her depressing in the garden while had the power of New Super Mario on my Nintendo DS to restore my spirits.

Taking advantage of our Cineworld Unlimited passes Toni and I too Sam and Gemima to Bexleyheath to see Despicable Me 2. We started our adventure in Frankie & Benny's for a very late breakfast/lunch. Sam the popped to Sainsbury's for bad stuff and then it was off to see the film. It started off with a VERY long trailer for Monster's University (the sequel to Monsters Inc.). We started to think we were in the wrong film (as did many others) as the trailer was so long but it did eventually end and then it was on to the main feature!

If you are a fan of Despicable Me then you will LOVE Despicable Me 2. I'm not going to spoil it suffice to say that it is a brilliant film and suitable for both adults and children! If you are a fan of Minions then you won't be disappointed! Go and see it! Here's the trailer:


We finished the day with me getting the peroxide out to do Toni's routes and then Toni did one streaks in Gemima's hair. Mulan saw things out accompanied by cakes, strawberries and cream :o)



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Stress at work and a night out chez T

Well it's been a bit stressful at work. Lots of things going on that are worrying signs. Not for job security but hints aren't right. I am hoping that we can get things sorted out early next week and get everything back to normal again. Fingers crossed that all this gets resolved as soon as possible.

All this was soon forgotten though as Toni and I headed out to Anerley to see Tamsin picking the session that was supposed to have happened last week. Also in da house was Lee Being (of Stanley video fame) and we made a new friend in Dee who was staying for a few days. A good time was had shooting the breeze and having a drink. We also started formulating potential plans for an exciting new project. Sadly it's all under wraps at the moment but all will be revealed in good time when we agree a way forward.

It's been a while since we've seen Tamsin so it was good to catch up again. It was quite an early one for us as we left at 01:30 LMFAO!



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Rusty old dinosaurs, plumbing and an awesome view

You sometimes get the weirdest things around The Gherkin. There are lots of arty farty installations and sculptures scattered around the site and neighboring streets. At the moment the front of The Gherkin is graced by a load of giant rusty dinosaurs. They are pretty cool actually.
Apparently we had acrobats and tumblers outside yesterday but I missed out on that little treat!

Toni and I headed round to Jodie's tonight so that I could plumb her washing machine back in. She had and amazing flat with a fantastic view of the Thames. Have to admit there was lots of jealousy when I saw this view:

This is weird but normal for me, the icing on the cake was seeing a power substation right outside. There was a gorgeous hum and I just love the view. Not to everyone's liking granted but this was marvellous to me!

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Last.FM listening post

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Water water everywhere....

....and not a drop to drink!

So went that rather famous poem. It also applied to my postcode of DA15 tonight!

As I crossed the road to get the bus I noticed that the police had blocked off the traffic in the opposite direction. I got to the bus stop just as a nice man put a 'Bus Stop Closed' sign up. Reluctantly I started to walk home. As I reached another bus stop a 321 came along which I hopped on. Aaron was also on board and informed me that the buses were diverted due to a burst water main on Footscray Road. He'd taken a photo which sadly I neglected to get a copy of!

Got home and lo and behold there was no water! Not a drop to drink! Deep joy! Thankfully the Thames Water website is very good for updates so at least we could see what was happening with the repairs. Firstly water was diverted and we at least had a low pressure trickle (after a couple of hours) so at least the toilets could finally be flushed, thank Goddess. Many hours later, as we were heading to bed we were relieved to find that all the pressure was back and normality had been restored. We didn't need it but Thames Water were also providing water bottles at designated points for those that needed them.

Well that made things a little different today. It was a bit like the good old days of power cuts and such like. We take so many things for granted these days and it's all a bit weird when essential things like water are taken away from us (albeit for a very short period of time). First world problems eh? LOL



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Plague house

Well this weekend has been a bit of a write off due to us being a plague house. Sam and Toni have a nasty lurgy and I have a variant of it too. Toni and I have missed out on two night outs as a result. Nobody was to blame but it was a shame as we were really looking forward to going out and having a laugh *grumble grumble*

Today we had to take Jodie to IKEA to get a load of bits for her new flat. We didn't want to let her down so dosed ourselves up with Lemsip and drugs and headed out to Lakeside. It was hot, too hot. I was really struggling as we mooched around IKEA. This was a damn shame as I love IKEA although it did mean that we saved a fortune as I would have wanted to buy loads of stuff if I'd been more with it LMFAO. We did manage to pick up a few bits that we wanted and Jodie had a major success in finding all the furniture that she was after.

I was completely wiped out by the time we got home and felt like a complete zombie....... Unclean Unclean!