We’ve been on holiday for a week up in the Scottish highlands. Over the week we have covered about 1200 miles and seen far too many things. Funnily enough given the terrible weather in England over the last week we had a lot of sun which was not what we expected. I’ll write some more […]
Dave
We went to see Dave Dobbyn play in Koko, Camden last night. It was an excellent night of popular music and mass sing-a-long. We managed to get to the front of the stage and were joined by Jim, Emma and Ollie. It’s always good to see New Zealand music well received in London. Dave Dobbyn […]
Art on the Southbank & Kate Walsh
We had an arty evening yesterday. I finished work around 4pm and met Keryn outside Embankment station. Having found each other we made our way to the Southbank and found the entrance for the Hayward Gallery. For the next few months the Hayward is displaying work commissioned from Antony Gormley, the man who created the […]
Through the snow and hail…
Monday saw us driving from Brentwood over to Bristol to attend the first public concert by the newly reformed Crowded House. In the morning I took the train down to Ilford and picked up the rental car. Then it was back to Brentwood to pick up Keryn and we were soon on the M25 heading […]
A musical start to the week
This week has been notable for a couple of musical events. On Monday night I was joined by Ollie (from work) and Ben (used to work together back in NZ) at the Shepherds Bush Empire to watch Tim Finn in concert. We had seated tickets but were able to go downstairs to get up by […]
Us Kids Know
We attended our first concert of 2007 last night, the Arcade Fire playing at St John’s Church in Westminster. I got off work early so I could get near the front of the queue and in the end was about 2 hours earlier than I needed to be – oh well. I spent the time […]
Last night at St Bride’s
We attended a Christmas Concert at St Bride’s last night. Performing were Jethro Tull, though it was really Ian Anderson with a bunch of friends performing a range of tunes which included some Jethro Tull songs amongst others. Keryn, Jim and I had dinner at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen up by St Paul’s and then […]
Dave at Dingwalls
We saw Dave Dobbyn at Dingwalls in Camden last night and it was a proper Kiwi experience. Dave was funny and enjoying himself and everyone (wall to wall Kiwi expats) had a blast. Not only did I win tickets to the concert and get a free CD but I also got thrown a t-shirt by […]
Red Hot at Earl’s Court
Friday night saw us attending our biggest ever indoor concert, the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Earl’s Court. We left work and made our way to Earl’s Court where we had something to eat before making our way to the venue. This turned out to be a good plan, the doors only opened as we […]
Wireless and TNT Photo Awards
On Thursday afternoon we attended the 2nd day of the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park. This was the first proper festival we’ve ever attended in this country, which sounds a little strange considering at the concerts we’ve been to over the years. Anyway we went and it was fun, the only pity being the weather […]
A busy time
This week we’ve been up to a few different things. On Sunday we met up with a friend from work and did some photography tutoring while walking the Thames South Bank. That evening Keryn and I attended a concert and Cara Dillon was amazing, better than the previous few times we’ve seen her. There are […]
Poison Sweet Madeira
As mentioned previously we had a concert to attend on Friday night. Sophie Solomon was supported by The Deadbeats and The Ralfe Band. Here are the photos. The Deadbeats So much energy for a band that sits down most of the time The Ralfe Band Playing a strange wind-keyboard Banging away Sophie Solomon A quieter […]