Star Struck!

We went to see Rolo Tomassi the other night at Barfly in Camden. They were so much fun and seemed to spend more time in the audience than they did on stage. Now I wish I could say seeing them play live was the highlight of my night but it really wasn't and this makes me a bad person. The highlight of my night was seeing Stephen Carter working behind the merch stand!

I'm a crazy Gallows fan, their music is so important to me and from what I've seen they're all really nice guys. I know the Carter brothers hate the whole fan thing, when people put them up on pedestals as something they're not but I couldn't help being star struck when I saw Steph. I'm not going to lie, I do have a tiny crush on him but it was just so cool to see someone who puts out the most amazing music stood a foot away from you.

His gorgeous girlfriend Eva Spence is the singer of Rolo Tomassi and she was selling her cute accessories from Night of the Living Thread. I bought an ace headband and necklace. She was really sweet as well and I really wish I'd asked for a photo with her. I'm hoping she has a merch stall at the next Gallows gig so that I can ask her for one. If you haven't heard Rolo Tomassi you should take a listen, I don't know how such a huge voice can come out of someone so dinky!

Abandon Ship

The SS Death lost everything
No one here can fucking swim
So baby, baby hold me tight
While I drown myself in you tonight

Mayday Mayday
The ship has hit the rocks again
This isn't going to fucking work
We're heading to our graves

Sweet Talk

Let me fly
Man I need a release from
This troublesome mind
Fix my feet when they’re stumbling
And well you know it hurts sometimes
You know it's gonna bleed sometimes

2010 Will Be My Year...I Hope!

Sorry for lack of updates yet again, although I don't have many readers so I'm sure it's no big deal. I think I'll be packing a few things in this blog post I'm afraid.

Firstly, happy new year! Last year I wrote a blog post saying how great 2008 was and how 2009 didn't hold as much promise. It did and it didn't I guess. Nothing hugely exciting happened to me in the first half of the year, the second half was definitely more eventful! Due to a few changes at work I managed to progress further in my job than I'd expected and things have gone from strength to strength there in the past 3 or 4 months. A good team of great people is a valuable thing indeed and I'm proud to work in one.

I was introduced to some great music last year and I hope it continues in 2010. My new favourite band has the be The Darling Buds who did a great acoustic set at Victoria Gate a few months back. Their music is stunning and you should check them out immediately. I managed to go and see Skint & Demoralised quite a lot and that's just always great fun, I can't wait to hear new stuff from Matt Skint this year. My two favourite bands, My Chemical Romance and One Night Only have had quiet years but should be back in 2010 with a vengeance! I can't wait. So far this year I'm all set to go and see Gallows (I'm very excited about this gig) and Rolo Tomassi. I still plan to get a Gallows inspired tattoo this year if I can afford it and get an appointment with the amazing Valerie Vargas.

Talking of music, have you seen the Lady Gaga video for Bad Romance? Best video of 2009 by far...

Things got really great for me just before new year week when my gorgeous boyfriend of 7 years proposed to me! Having spent a fortune on amazing xmas presents for me he waited until 1am Boxing Day morning to present me with a card (with a photo of Bob Dylan on it) declaring that we were going to Rome for 3 days. He popped the question next to a beautiful ancient fountain on the Palatine Hill and of course I said YES! So it looks like 2010 will be filled with bridal magazines, wedding shows and money saving for me. Bring it on.

That's it I guess. Maybe I should set a new years resolution to update on here at least once a week and make it more topical....I think I'll fail outright but I'll give it a go.

It's That Time of Year Again.....

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Cheryl Has Ripped Off Kelis!

Now don't get me wrong, I bloody love the new Cheryl Cole song "Fight For This Love" and think it's a great pop song BUT the second I heard it I knew it was a blatant rip off of another song that I loved...I just didn't know what and it was soooo frustrating. Today I went for lunch with a friend and she put a stop to the sleepless nights. "Fight For This Love" is in fact a copy of Kelis' "Lil Star".

I love the Kelis track and I'm sure thousands will disagree but take a listen for yourselves and make your own minds up.....

Go hear to listen to Cheryl's single.

And here's Kelis:

All The Celebs....

Once again I've been slow with my blogging recently but I've been quite busy....meeting famous people. Which just happens to be my favourite thing to do :)

Me and the boy were meant to be going to see 'The Hot Melts' a few weeks back and they were going to be supported by Jamie Campbell Bower's band 'The Darling Buds'. Unfortunately the gig was cancelled but 'The Darling Buds' really came through and after some crazy quick Twittering the band arranged to perform a mini acoustic gig in Hyde Park. The bf was instantly unimpressed and was even more put out when we turned up and were surrounded by Twihards (Jamie's in 'New Moon'). However the band arrived and found a little spot in the trees under an old fashioned lamp post and they performed one of the best sets I've ever heard. We were both blown away and two new fans were born. I wanted to stick around and get a photo taken with Jamie Campbell Bower, the boy grudgingly held the camera and the result is below along with some video I shot.

Then Kevin Smith came to London. Back when I was in uni me and my best mate Cathy used to spend hours watching his films, buying merchandise and deciding who was more likely to "get it" if we ever met them, Jay or Bob (I was a Jay girl, she liked Bob, I've since come around to her way of thinking ;)). We studied film and our conversations about Smith were far more informed than anything we ever presented about melodrama, scrip writing or film history. First he did a signing at Forbidden Planet, I took a day off work and queued for 4 hours just to meet him for 30 seconds but it was so worth it. Next Kevin brought his famous "An Evening With..." to the Indigo2 and we got to sit through 4 hours of his hilarious banter.

Other than that I've done nothing but work, work, work...oh and obsess over how great Edie Sedgwick is, was, is..... but she'll get a whole post to herself when I get 5 minutes.

Cash and Dylan

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a huge Johnny Cash fan and a pretty big Bob Dylan fan. So I can't think of anything better than these recordings. There's a few of them on Youtube and they're all worth a listen.

R.I.P Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll died aged 60 on Friday. Sad news. Basketball Diaries is a favourite book of mine and Fear of Dreaming is a must read for any fan. I've just realised I don't own any Jim Carroll Band albums...I'll fix that on pay day.

This is for you Jim.

Coolest Picture EVER!

Gerard and Lindsey as JKF and Jackie Onassis. Too beautiful.