Skateboarding + Parkour = 100% awesomeness
This is 100% awesome, no questions – brilliant boarding coupled with parkour-esque moves. By William Spencer – In Color – available from The Denver Shop
RIP Astoria – another landmark closes…
Tonight sees the sad occasion of a historic london venue closing its doors. The Astoria on Londons Tottenham Court Road is being demolished to make way for part of the Crossrail construction.
I am not one for standing in the way of progress, but this one does cause a little heaviness in my heart, as the astoria has some fond memories for me.
Most recently, I went to see The Dears there, the shallow auditorium holding us close to the stage for a powerful performance for Murray and the band – it rates as one of my favourite gigs ever. But it’s further back in history that the astoria formed powerful memories… In the heady days of acid house I was an aspiring DJ with designs on clubland when i went to meet Nicky Holloway in the club to try and get a gig at (I think) Sin City. I had already been clubbing there as a late teen at ‘The Trip’, but i wanted a gig there so much.
I didn’t get the gig, but I played at the Milk bar, just behind the astoria, and carried on going to huge club nights at the Astoria through the early nineties, whilst at other times it hosted Radiohead, U2 and Madonna – along with Londons biggest gay night, G.A.Y.
Tonight, the venue closes down with a gig curated by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. Guests include JJ72 and My Vitriol.
It was a great venue… And will be sadly missed.
Nothing mmissing here!
Spotted at Westfield mall today – a sign inside the window of the new Missoni store.
Make up your mind!
Today’s weather is completely schizophrenic…and yet, it is much less exciting than that – dull, grey and damp.
Safety First
After reading some pretty ugly reports about the police starting to clamp down on people driving with mobiles, I decided to MAKE SURE that I’m not tempted to pick up my phone when it rings.
For a while, I’ve used a little headset, but its not comfortable to drive like that, so I wanted some kind of hands free device.
The fitted kit for my car is quite expensive, so I went for this Parrot Minikit device which clips onto the sun visor and connects via Bluetooth to my mobile.
Doddle to set up – charged it (via USB or cigarette lighter), paired it and then it downloaded my address list – it can be voice controlled – so you just say ‘DIAL HOME’ and away it goes…sound quality is good, perfectly usable and 99% safe.
This is how November feels…
No sun – no moon!
No morn – no noon –
No dawn – no dusk – no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member –
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! –
November!
November by Thomas Hood 1844
As mentioned by @StephenFry
Guitar Hero – as played by Heidi Klum
I’ve been toying with the idea of buying Guitar Hero – I think it could be fun over Christmas with my son…to help me decide, I’m watching this add repeatedly. Over and Over and Over and Over, like a monkey with a miniature cymbal.
Yep – Correct – that is Heidi Klum, playing Guitar Hero in her underwear (albeit with her socks on).
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