A day in the life of my prescription. Click through to the image for notes an explanation
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“I’m going to make a plea for a photographic Amnesty…take as many fucking pictures as you like” – Brian Molko
Click the image below for the full photoset:
and here for a bit of an unprofessional review!
- M&S bends to protests against charging £2 extra for larger-cup bras.
- Shortwave Cinema opens in the (also new) Bermondsey Square in SE1
- Virtual Festivals advise on how to blag your way into a festival
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I’m not one for music reviews unless pushed, but I saw Alec Empire live last weekend, and he was phenomenal. I rarely see bands whose music I don’t know inside out, but there’s something about the energy of his shows, that makes him so enjoyable live – and it is he himself – very minimal lighting, no spectacle, just great performance. Nic Endo was working the machines again, and Patrick Wolf made a cameo, singing both Alec Empire songs and his own Vultures.
Support came from a very Crystal-castles-esque (right down to the annoying vocalist) band, and Modulate, who are a bit of a run-of-the-mill EBM band, but exciting and catchy enough for me to make their Detonation album my first
purchase.
It’s been a long time coming for US fans, but this Autumn (Fall) Kylie will embark on a 6-date club tour of the USA!

Dates are as follows:
Sep. 30 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
Oct. 3 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl (Palms Hotel & Casino)
Oct. 4 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
Oct. 7 Chicago, IL The Congress Theater
Oct. 9 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Oct. 11 NYC, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
From Kylie.com:
“I’ve wanted to tour in America and Canada for years,” admits Kylie, “I know that fans have been waiting a long time for this and I’m thrilled that the opportunity has finally arrived.”
Kylie’s eagerly-awaited North American concert debut is being produced by Los Angeles-based concert promotion firm Bill Silva Presents (BSP).
“Kylie has such a successful career outside of North America that it has taken quite a while to find a window in her schedule for the U.S. and Canada,” said Silva. “Her amazing fans in North America will be well rewarded for their patience when they experience her show and its entire spectacle. We are confident in the tour’s success, and hope that Kylie will make this the first of many tours to our shores.”
Tickets will go on sale in each market on the weekend of May 15, however early access to tickets in the U.S. will be available to American Express Cardmembers beginning this Thursday, May 7, through Ticketmaster. Members of Kylie’s mailing list via her official website www.Kylie.com will receive an
exclusive email that contains information of special ticket pre-sale offers.
Remember kids, think smart and beat those touts!
From Gigwise:
Massive Attack have unveiled details of a new UK tour, which kicks off with two gigs in London.
The band will play the capital’s Brixton Academy on September 17 and 18.
The tour also includes concerts in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
Tickets go on sale on Friday (April 24) at 9am.
Massive Attack’s UK tour dates are:
London, Brixton Academy – September 17/18
Sheffield, O2 Academy – 21
Birmingham, O2 Academy – 22
Leeds, O2 Academy – 24
Manchester, Apollo – 24
Glasgow, O2 Academy – 28
Newcastle, O2 Academy – 30
Leicester, De Monfort Hall – October 2
Swindon, Oasis – 3
Recently the BBC ran this story about excess hair, exploring the possibility (70-80%) of it being caused by PCOS, with a message to urge women to approach their doctors.
Verity’s chairwoman was interviewed on Radio 2 this lunchtime, with “more calls in for PCOS topic than any other topic discussed all day“. Next month, a piece will go out on The One Show, and further BBC interviews have been conducted.
Filed under: Life, advertising, art, comment, culture, food, link, television, three things, travel
This blog has been a bit music-heavy in the past few weeks, so here’s something from…everywhere else!
Advertising: Working with brand identities during the day, it’s fast becoming apparent that 90% of the news is advertising. Studies, revelations, tragedies – they’re all there to promote an organisation or a product. I’ve always been cynical of the news, but the extent to which I should be is staggering.
Art: The Rodchenko and Popova exhibit at the Tate Modern is very much worth seeing. If you’re interested in film (they did the posters for a lot of the Cine-eye films), communism, post-modern art, merchandising, or history, it will be an intensely interesting show to visit.
Food: Marks and Spencer’s Vanilla Soy Milk. Try it. It’s fantastic.
Travel: As implied above, I am off out of the country in a few months, visiting the Benelux region to indulge in crepes, music (whoops!), and yet more art – Extremely excited to see the Museum district of Amsterdam, and the new Magritte Museum in Belgium. Travelling into Europe when the exchange rate is this poor may not be a good idea, but the proposed cocktail of activities was too attractive to pass up. Berlin shall sit on the back burner. Hopefully South East Asia/Australasia will beckon before the end of the year. 2010 holds a trip to the motherland, and one other Francophone adventure
Television: Argumental has quickly become one of my favourite TV shows. Marcus Brigstocke does almost single-handedly carry the show, but his brand of Blackadder-descended cyncism is something I revel in. Also, why must America not air its sitcoms for no good reason several times during a season?











Filed under: Life, comment, environment
When I moved house, I was determined to overhaul all the bad habits inherited from/allowed by my parents, and my previous excuses during student life. I thought it would be a tall order, but with shops like Nigel’s Eco Store, and a wealth of useful articles online, it’s been quite straightforward
I’m no ecological guru by any means, but I’m getting there! Any further suggestions are most welcome.