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urban75 blog...rainy streets, neon signs, disused stations and broken lines... | |
Thursday, November 30, 2006Photos from the Peak District Some more pics from the fabulous urban75 walking trip to Hathersage are now online:   More pics here: Hathersage: Day one Hathersage: Day two More pics soon! Monday, November 27, 2006A weekend in the Peak District I'm too knackered to post up all the photos, so here's a handful from the urban75 walk club's weekend walking (and drinking, natch) trip to Hathersage in the beautiful Peak District.  The trip was fantastic, the walking superb, the drinking fierce and apart from the nightly roar of a thousand snorers and the thunder of the hob-nail booted elephants staying above us in out Bunk House, everything was perfect - even the weather defied the gloomy forecast!    More photos and a full report to follow soon! Tuesday, November 21, 2006New York Guide
New York City Guide: Offbeat destinations for adventurous visitors
 With the considerable help of a NY resident on the excellent Wired New York forums, I've posted up a comprehensive insider's guide to interesting sights to see in New York. New York Museums New York Neighbourhoods More neighbourhoods New York Fun Rides New York Parks and City Squares Food and Drink There's tons of things that I haven't seen out of that lot, so I'll definitely be making a few visits to some of the less obvious destinations! New York photos and panoramas Labels: guide, new york, photos London snapshots (D80)
I tested out my shiny new Nikon D80 dSLR and Sigma 30mm f1.4 lens over the weekend.
Here's a few of the results:    See more photos Labels: cameras, london, photos Sunday, November 19, 2006Offline photos T'was another long night of ska, Motown, electro, new wave and, of course, beer!  More Offline photos here Thursday, November 16, 2006Early evening, Soho and Bedford Square
Some more handheld street photos taken with my Ricoh GR Digital Camera
  Check out the Bedford Square feature   More pics: Early evening, Soho Sunday, November 12, 2006Offline Rock and Roll Special!
Friday night we launched our first Rock and Roll Special at the Albert and the place was rammed!
 Here's Miss Feelgood in action - she played a top set! I played a feast o'40s big band, rock and roll, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Louis Prima, Eddie Cochran, Louis Jordan, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and more!   See more photos London snapshots, Nov 2006Actionettes present 'Monster Mash' Had a top night at the Pleasure Unit in Bethnal Green with the Actionettes 'Monster Mash' show!  More photos here: Actionettes present 'Monster Mash' Sunday, November 05, 2006Goodbye to the Intrepid Fox, London Once a favoured haunt of the urban75 crew back in our tight-trousered, hard rockin' days, the Intrepid Fox has been a legendary boozer on the music scene for decades. Once patronised by the likes of Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, the Sex Pistols, Zodiac Mindwarp and hellraising actor Richard Harris, in latter years the pub had become one of the last rock'n'roll boozers left in central London. With only a month's notice given of its impending demise, a hastily assembled campaign was started to try and save the pub but was unable to prevent its closure in September, 2006. See full feature Brixton sunset - D80 snaps After flogging a couple of photos, I decided to spend the moolah on a shiny new Nikon D80 camera - and so far I'm loving it! There's some nice new touches and improvements - the larger LCD is a vast improvement - and the interface has been considerably enhanced. Although it's a fair bit smaller than the D70, it's still not as small as I'd like but I guess that's the price I have to pay for superb quality pictures. I'll take it for a proper 'test run' soon, but here's a couple of handheld shots (400ISO, Sigma 30mm f1.4, Programme -2.25 exp comp).  Gogol Bordello rock Brixton Sorry for the crap pics (taken on my trusty Treo 650), but Gogol Bordello were amazing tonight at the Brixton Academy. It's a great, old school, large size venue with no seats and none of this 'you can't bring beer into the arena' bollocks and perfect for the no-nonsense, rip it up gypsy punk of the band. Here's their description on Wikipedia: Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999. They are renowned for their frenetic, theatrical stage shows. Much of their sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as most of their members are immigrants from Eastern Europe. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and fiddle (and on some of their albums, saxophone) mixed with cabaret, punk, and dub.  We loved 'em, and the later on retired to the Albert for some top sounds, courtesy of DJ Miss Feelgood. Gogol Bordello official site Saturday, November 04, 2006Climate change demo, Trafalgar Sq
Some photos from the Climate Change demo in Trafalgar Square, London.
   Climate change demo, Trafalgar Square How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Played a DJ set at one of my fave clubs, How Does It Feel To Be Loved? last night. The club is bi-monthly, switching between a north London venue and the trusty Canterbury Arms in Brixton, and plays indie pop, northern soul, Tamla Motown, girl groups, and sixties heartbreak.  After foolishly trying to push the envelope last time and experiencing the floor-clearing power of the KLF, this time I gave 'em what they wanted - and lots of it! With a non-stop onslaught of Motown, Morrissey, Dexys, The Jam, The Who, Camera Obscura, Belle and Sebastian the dancefloor was pwned even surviving a risky edgy pop excursion into XTC-land.  It was great fun. Cheers Ian! Friday, November 03, 2006Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
Went to the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club last night and saw this lot:
 The Mount Cherries  The Temporary Shelters The Actionettes also did a set - and check out Jamie's (Action Man) dance floor action. Electric!  I rather like the Working Men's Club - even if it has become painfully hip - although the 'bottle only' beer policy is a fucking pain. More pics Wednesday, November 01, 2006Offline club photos and r'n'r night!   I've finally posted up the photos from last Thursday's Offline - it was a top night with some great bands and the usual daft drunken dancing at the end. I love it! :) Offline photos here Coming up soon! Rock and Roll night at the Prince Albert, Brixton, London!  Click for big image This should be a laugh: we're doing a night of rock'n'roll, doowop, jive, 40s/50s and big band at the Prince Albert, Friday 10th Nov. 9pm - 1.30am. 418 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 - and it's free! Offline homepage
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