Foo Fighters, Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:36:01, O2 Arena, London, The Event on Last.fm. From a Gig Review post: Support:Serj Tankian This is not a mistake, this is the same day as the Imperial Leisure gig. We knew they’d be finished by 7:30 so we decided to go to both :-). This obviously means we… Read More
Month: November 2007
Imperial Leisure at Notting Hill Arts Club Nov 2007
Imperial Leisure, Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:28:01, Notting Hill Arts Club, London, The Event on Last.fm. From my gig review post: Support:The Trophy Really nice small venue with armchairs and coaches to chill on while you wait for the band you came to see. The Trophy were meh, don’t bother. Imperial Leisure have a single… Read More
Na na na na I don’t care
I got tickets for The Smashing Pumpkins in the O2 in February, standing, woo hoo. Then Scarlet Mist gave me tickets for the Foos tomorrow in the O2, OK they are nose bleed seats as far as I know but I can’t miss this tour. Nice. Later days,Halo
3 Inches of Blood at London Barfly Nov 2007
3 Inches of Blood, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:01, London Barfly, London, The Event on Last.fm. From a Gig Review post: Support:Chthonic Oh yeah, I love 3 Inches, their 2nd and 3rd albums are cheesy classic metal crossed with thrash and black metal. Their 1st album could be great but the production is dire and… Read More
Heaven and Hell at Wembley Arena Nov 2007
Heaven and Hell, Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:00:00, Wembley Arena, London, The Event on Last.fm. From a Gig Review post: Support:Iced EarthLamb of God Well I only got the ticket for this on the day thanks to an guy on MetalIreland had a spare one and spent most of the day hanging out with Astrid… Read More
There’s an evil monkey in my closet …
Guess what I just saw an ad for? The Mighty Boosh season 3, Al got me into this over Xmas last year. It’s quite frankly one of the funniest shows on TV and proof that the Brits (and BBC in particular) write the best comedy. It is definitely in the same vein as Blackadder, Monty… Read More
Nice one
Off to see Will Haven play The Islington Academy, not a fan really but entered two draws to get put on the guestlist and got both of them, ha ha ha ha. It’d be rude not to go. Two days left in the week … Later days,Halo.
Will Haven at O2 Academy Islington Nov 2007
Will Haven with The Miramar Disaster, Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:30:00, O2 Academy Islington, London, The Event on Last.fm. From a Gig Review post: Support: Mirimar Disaster As I mentioned in a previous post I got these free (twice actually). I’m not a fan of Will haven but I’ve seen them before actually. Before a… Read More
Head on a stick
I’ve just updated the WordPress code here and on the Alchemist Cafe so it’s a little bit more secure, allows you to tag posts and a whole plethora of little things I probably won’t notice. The tags have allowed me to tag each gig with the (important) bands that played a gig so you can… Read More
Gig Review – NOFX, Brixton Academy, 4th of November 2007
Support:TAT I spent the day hanging out with Alex and Shonagh and hadn’t left their place till 8 so I’d miss the support acts, get in get a good position and just see NOFX. No such bloody luck. After grabbing a t-shirt and CD (£12 and £5 respectively) and dumping my bag in the cloakroom… Read More
NOFX at O2 Academy Brixton Nov 2007
NOFX, Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:40:01, O2 Academy Brixton, London, The Event on Last.fm. From a Gig Review post: Support:TAT I spent the day hanging out with Alex and Shonagh and hadn’t left their place till 8 so I’d miss the support acts, get in get a good position and just see NOFX. No such… Read More
Price of reality
So I’m no big Sony fan, but I did get a PS2 at the European launch oh so many years ago. The machine is still at home (actually think Turlough may have somehow got someone to swap the original for a slim, he’s that good) and it is still working (OK I think the original… Read More