This morning I booked my ticket for Electric Picnic. I haven’t heard of the majority of the acts but I think that’s why I’m looking forward to it even more. I’ve been to Oxegen a couple of times, as the photo above atests, so this’ll be something different. I still hope to get to Oxegen too though. I’ll be broke my end of the year.
I love this idea and heard about it this morning through Jim’s On the Record. Bandstand Busking organize an artist/band to perform on dis-used bandstands stands across London. They’ve got a map of locations on their site plus video footage of a load of the ones they’ve done so far. Was glad to see one of my favourite bands in there too, The Hours, whose new album is out next week. Here they are with Big Black Hole:
I mentioned this show in February but now that it’s finished the first series, I wanted to give it another plug. It follows the lives of two central characters who work in an advertising agency. Helen (Sharon Horgan), whose fiance died the previous year and Alex (Stephen Mangan), a neurotic father of two who has since split from his wife. The series deftly jumps from pure comedic scenes to delicate interplay between the leads and it’s just really well written. It helps that there’s a great cast of characters surrounding them. Anthony Head is particularly hilarious as the wildly inappropriate boss whose lines are almost always laced with sexual innuendo. I really liked the way they finished off the series too. I’m not sure when it’s going to be re-run but I managed to download it off the Interweb (4OD doesn’t work in Ireland). Recommended.
Starring Sam Rockwell and featuring the voice of Kevin Spacey. This looks like sc-fi amazingness:
Turn the volume up and revel in an amazing tune:
Elbow with the BBC Concert Orchestra – One Day Like This