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Language fail/epic mishearing
Another one that happened recently was when my friend from Hong Kong thought I was planning on "gay trashing" a party. I don't know if that would make me "the homophobic one" at a party or if it meant I'd be a gay person who wrecks the party. Fortunately the concept of "gatecrashing" was clarified and my reputation (sort of) restored ( Read more... ) -
Crying like a baby
There's plenty of good reasons for why I'm probably losing a grip on reality of late and I think the fact I spent 30 minutes laughing at a music video from the 70s with a friend online is definitely a sign.
It all started innocently enough when a friend posted Of Motreals "a sentence of sorts".
I commented on how it always reminded me of a song ( Read more... ) -
Okkervil River @ koko
I'd already seen this band over a year ago at Shepherd's bush (I think). They were ok but I wouldn't have gone if it wasn't for my friend wanting to go along. I'm so pleased I did though ( Read more... ) -
Language fail
This relates to me realting the Electric ballroom night back to a student, "ickle" in my lab. Basically I was telling her how I very much doubted "R from Japan" ever made it to his Go (Japanese game with black and white pieces) Tournament. Confusion arose as follows ( Read more... ) -
The antlers @ koko
The new album by the Antlers, "burst apart", has defintiely been one of the grower albums of the year so I was quite keen to go and see them live. I was a little unsure of how the "hospice" album would work live though as I've always found it to be a quiet album - even though my favourite song by them, "kettering" is on that album. As such I was ( Read more... ) -
Wilco @ the roundhouse
Another gig where I wasn't on my own! This time I went along with an ex-edinburgh gig goer, who now lives in London. I wasn't supposed to be drinking after a fairly epic leaving party the night before (I will never know how I survived that one) but wound up have a 11% Belgian beer with some food beforehand ( Read more... ) -
Feist @london Palladium 17th October
I haven't really had much time to check out the new Feist album but much like "the reminder" it''s a grower. This gig was another rarity in which there were actually friends going along with me - Clara, Paulo and his wife Sarah. Paulo and Sarah were sitting further back again though so were mainly pre and post discussion buddies. Unfortunately for ( Read more... ) -
Iron and Wine @ Hackney Empire 9th October
I think I may have reviewed the last Iron and Wine gig I was at back in 2008. My main gripes were that he played the same set as he had back in 2008 and that he had rejigged all of his acoustic tracks to work with a full band. Due to this I wasn't really in a rush to see him again, even though I really enjoy his music. Then they announced that he ( Read more... )
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