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This Thursday I have a very special photographic exhibition to mark the opening of Belfast City Office. This is an office space centre on Elmwood Avenue, close to Queens University and the Students Union.
Merging premium serviced-office space, top-notch in-house IT support from Xootec, administrative & business support and very smart facilities for meeting, greeting and networking, the BCO team have fashioned a fantastic alternative to the traditional rented office space.
“…We are a small and greatly motivated team here and we strive to ensure our clients receive top quality support. If asked, why BCO? We would answer because, We Care for Your Business.”
…[They] have successfully brought this period building bang up to date as beautiful Victorian architecture fuses effortlessly with dynamic modern design.
The photographs on display are of sights around two contrasting cities; Belfast and New York City, both continuously growing at a rapid rate in all directions; culturally, economically, musically, artistically as well as in architecture and cityscape.
The launch of the centre is the only time members of the public will have the chance to see these photographs, so please do stop by on your lunch break for some free lunch! It begins at 11am, though will be open throughout the day.
Recently I’ve been working with local promotion company Moving On Music, who specialise in classical, traditional, world, rock and jazz music.
MOM are putting on a mini-festival in the Black Box from today, 26th March, to Sunday 30th March, encompassing many great musicians, as well as film screenings before each show.
In the Café, however, a selection of my photographs, taken at Moving On Music events, are on display throughout the festival.
If you are in Belfast it would be great if you could stop by and have a look, maybe even get a bite to eat - they do a good lunch.
For full details on the festival programme click here
So. It’s here. Christmas. You may be reading this on Christmas day. What are you doing on the Internet on Christmas day? Family sucks? Guess its the problem a lot of people have. Understandable. Boxing day? Again, why aren’t you opening all those boxes? Not believe in Christmas? Again, Family suck? It’s okay, I understand.
Yeah Christmas has come once again. It always comes quicker than expected. It’s really only in the last two or three years that I have begun to realise the real meaning of Christmas - though I can’t help but put a pause in that sentence and ask for a hands-up for all those who really celebrate Christmas today? Very few of you, I’m not entirely surprised. I’m not big fan of the real meaning behind Christmas, though I am a fan of the fact that family will always play a big part in the meaning of Christmas for me.
Though in this Christian country and time of Christian celebration I feel that it would be a good time to think of all those who will not get presents in this time of giving. Yes, lets take some time to reflect all those who will not be given gifts by their loved ones. Lets think about the non-Christians.
It’s a strange thing to think about, though having recently, be-friended someone of a non-Christian up-brining, it has made me think about those who don’t know of Christmas and the traditions that revolve around it. I have never known someone who didn’t know of Christmas and the ways in which it works. Simple things like Christmas Crackers - I was even asked what the meaning was behind them. I’m going to guess it’s just a part of the celebration, happiness and so forth - and probably of pagan origins.
I believe we should spend time reflecting on those who don’t have anything to celebrate on this Tuesday…
Well, in the last week or so there have been a few gigs, I had my last few days of work until this Friday, a whole week off work, and general partying. Having spent the the last three nights drinking, plus tonight if you include the wine I polished off.
On Thursday I made the decision to go to Gifted in the Empire. Starting promptly at 9:30pm, Geoff Gatt got the small crowd warmed up for what was to come, with a full band, so to speak; camel on lovely vocals and occasionally gazing lovingly into the eyes of Geoff as he sang songs likely to have been inspired by her. He was also joined by Bongo John on the bongos and Cully of the Delawares on bass guitar. This was I’m sure an attempt to create a fuller sound for the Empire’s large hall, though so early in the night and with so few punters through the door as would soon cross the threshold it wasn’t as well received as it one day will be, though none of that could possibly have taken away from the Geoff the great entertainer.
Cat Malojian, were next to the stage, hailing from Lurgan they have a brilliant sound which I have longed to hear since first seeing them perform in May of this year as part of the NIMIC CD launch in Custom House Square. They were great.
I hadn’t heard of Kryon and The Strangels before just a few weeks ago, though having listened to their Myspace tracks a few days before the gig I found myself singing along, which was nice, and doesn’t often happen. Check out the tune ‘Walking My Dog’!
The Delawares. Not to seem blasé about them. In fact not in the slightest. If I ever say ‘they were as good as ever,’ I mean that with the deepest respect and love. For I do love their music immensely, and each time they play I don’t understand why they are not bigger that they are. Well in a way I do, if analysed, maybe something to do with the fact that it’s not completely ‘mainstream’ music. But that is the idea. Their music is not mainstream at all. They never claim to put under that huge umbrella of ‘popular’ music. But someone please see the large audience, and potential audience they have!
On Friday Boathouse played at Common Grounds Café. They were superb as always.
Serpentine Smile also played, I’ve only managed to see them since beginning a few months ago. Paul’s song writing is great and the music that goes with it is enjoyable to listen to. He likes to keep busy with various projects, this one is an odd mix of guitar, vocals and drums, though you can’t go wrong with Bongo John’s drumming.
Saturday was spent at my own house, when the crew from Common Grounds, as I live with 2 current employees and one ex-employee, I guess it made perfect sense.
On Sunday I began my Christmas shopping. Went to a party. Left my phone there. Went to Auntie Annies for Cutaways, Panda Kopanda and Clone Quartet. Such a great lineup.
Soon it was Monday. Christmas Eve. Hard to believe. I woke up, hungover, and with less than 50% of my shopping complete, I had to get into to the city centre as quickly as possible. Within three hours of leaving the house, I was back again and chillin’ with two of my house-mates, with a beer in my hand.
I could finally relax. And here it is. It is Christmas Day. I hope you all have a great one!
Yesterday was the official launch of the ‘Out To Lunch‘ festival - a mini festival as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - which runs in January 2008.
What better time then to announce that I will be exhibiting a small selection of my work with local bands and musicians throughout the festival which launches at 7pm Friday 4th January 2008.
This is my first exhibition and I am super pleased, excited and extremely grateful to have been given this opportunity. I have so many people to thank, so many people who have been supportive of what I do and helped me, by often just being awesome. I have so many great people all around me whom I love with all my heart.
My friends who have been there for me and helped me; supported me through the good times and bad times, and put up with the camera always being around. My family; for their support and the home-cooked meals.
I hope you will be able to make it!
While at the launch of the first solo exhibition of the excellent local artist Alice McCullough at the Safehouse Gallery on Monday 26th November I was asked whether I consider myself an ‘artist’. This got me thinking…
According to the Dictionary.com:
pho·tog·ra·phy - n.
1. The art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.
2. The art, practice, or occupation of taking and printing photographs.
3. A body of photographs.
To me, photography is, by default, an art, though many photographers do not consider themselves ‘artists’. I guess it’s a frame of mind. Many people don’t like the idea of wanting to be part of that crowd of ‘artists’, often seen as being “extremely pretentious”, spending their days and nights with praising each other and their work, as well as rude, arrogant, demanding etc etc. Do I want to be associated with that?
Well, my first hand impression of artists, at least those in Belfast, is that of my own friends, all of whom are great people, whose talents range from musicianship, poetry, painting, acting, writing, singing, comed and of course photography. Each one is truly dedicated to their medium, to the art that they create. Each one is honest, true, loving, and make me happy to be involved in what they are doing. According to Wikipedia:
“Art refers to a diverse range of human activities and artifacts, and may be used to cover all or any of the arts, including music, literature and other forms. It is most often used to refer specifically to the visual arts, including mediums such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. However it can also be applied to forms of art that stimulate the other senses, such as music, an auditory art.”
Shelley Esaak at About.com states that:
“Art is form and content” means: All art consists of these two things. Form means (1) the elements of art, (2) the principles of design and (3) the actual, physical materials that the artist has used. Form, in this context, is concrete and fairly easily described - no matter which piece of art is under scrutiny.
Though there is a general consensus that there is no single definition to sum up art. From the University of British Columbia:
- the product of conscious intention,
- a self rewarding activity,
- a tendency to unite dissimilar things,
- a concern with change and variety,
- the aesthetic exploitation of familiarity vs. surprise,
- the aesthetic exploitation of tension vs. release,
- the imposition of order on disorder,
- the creation of illusions,
- an indulgence in sensuousness,
- the exhibition of skill,
- a desire to convey meanings,
- an indulgence in fantasy,
- the aggrandizement of self or others,
- illustration,
- the heightening of existence,
- revelation,
- personal adornment or embellishment,
- therapy,
- the giving of meaning to life,
- the generation of unselfconscious experience,
- the provision of paradigms of order and/or disorder,
- training in the perception of reality,
- and so on.
As a photographer I do not consider myself a ’snapper’ or one who simply takes photographs, then trundles home again. I photograph that which I have great interest in, that which I love. I take care over each photograph, the end result and what happens to that photograph.
Art is a state of mind.
I am a photographer.
In the words of Marilyn Manson “I’m not an artist, I’m a fucking work of art” - (s)AINT
Alice’s Exhibition runs until 12th December 2007
So where did I leave off. Ah yes, day two in Boston, Massachusetts. Its hot, the sky is blue, decent people, a personal feel, easy to get around, lots of culture and a heck of a lot of history.
On this particular morning, I stopped at a little coffee shop for some coffee and a mousse - the most awesome moose ever! Then we headed to Harvard Square once more. On the ground I found a brilliant piece of art work that really touched me. Unfortunately I didn’t see the artist about.
From here we headed to Au Bon Pain, unknown to me at the time, but this was the site of one of the scenes of Good Will Hunting - but more on that a little later. As we sat eating out sandwiches, or sipping on sumptuous (yes I just used that word) soup, we were entertained by a busker who enjoyed singing off spontaneous songs about articles from free newspapers picked fresh from the various newspaper vending machines behind him. Some songs were terrible - though he knew it, more often they were so stupid that they were funny.
Just outside the seating area for Au Bon Pain are permanent chess tables and sitting either playing, or reading a newspaper, is the ‘Chessmaster.’ Murray Turnbull in a in the top 1% of chess players, as he says in his own words. A master indeed, he has been sitting here making his living since 1982 playing chess and offering lessons between seven days a week between May and October. Hear him tell his tale on YouTube.
After lunch I was excited to look around Harvard University. Walking through the yard we saw a large crowd sitting on the steps to the Memorial Church. It one of the student-led tours. We joined on. The next stop on the tour was the The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. This is the main library of the university and was founded with the $3.5m given by Harry Elkins Widener’s mother to commemorate the life of the Harvard graduate and book collector who died in the Titanic disaster.
The next and final, and probably most interesting, stop on the tour was the Statue of John Harvard, or the Statue of Three Lies, as it is commonly known.
The inscription on the side of the statue reads “John Harvard, Founder, 1638.”
When the statue was created, by Daniel Chester French there were no known images of John Harvard, so a student named Sherman Hoar was chosen randomly by French and dressed in the style of the seventeenth century so he could model for the statue.
The university was founded in 1636, and not by John Harvard was only contributed to it; donated half of his estate and of his library of around 400 volumes.
For some odd (or maybe its more odd that so many people do exactly what their tour guide tells them) reason visitors and tourists rub the shoe of the statue for good luck. Although it seems that, almost as a rite of passage, it is tradition to urinate on the foot before graduating, leading to speculation as to the yellowy discolouration. Often in a drunken state in the early hours of the morning. It seems, if blog comments and message forums are to be believed, that there are students out there who actually have done this, or claim to. Besides finding it totally nasty, I can’t help but be impressed that they can reach.
The statue is more subject to various hacks (The word ‘hack’ at MIT usually refers to a clever, benign, and “ethical” prank or practical joke), including the recent Halo transformation to celebrate the release of the latest game.
It was only after asking our excellent tour guide about my favourite film Good Will Hunting, did I find out that no parts of the movie were filmed on campus. In fact, much of it was filmed in Toronto, Canada! According to our tour guide, no films are allowed to be filmed on campus, after the last production decided that the actual Harvard students didn’t look enough like real Harvard students, and so they were replaced with extras. Naturally, the university was not happy and filming has been banned.
The McLaurin Building, where Will (Matt Damon) works as a janitor is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Also used in the movie is the Bow and Arrow Pub off Massachusetts Avenue, now gone, and Woody’s L Street Tavern, 658 E 8th St, which is still thriving and bringing further customers thanks to a sign stating its part in the film.
On our return to the great underground (harvard subway) we yet another busker. This time it was a cello. Only it was different. Not your typical classical pieces. This guy was playing Black Sabbath, and it sounded good.
This time we made our re-entry in Copley Square, in Back Bay, one of Bostons most upscale and desirable neighbourhoods. Here, we inadvertently found many more ‘attractions’ that I had originally noted. First, was the quite spectacular John Hancock Tower, or Hancock Place as it is officially named. Completed in 1976 it is the tallest building in Boston, the tallest building in New England, the 45th tallest building in the United States, and the 135th tallest building in the world.
Next was the The Boston Public Library; the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States, the first large library open to the public in the United States, and the first public library to allow people to borrow books and other materials and take them home to read and use. The library was officially established in Boston by a city ordinance in 1852. The building, however, was designed in 1888 and opened to the public in 1895.
Facing the Library is Trinity Church, making up part of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
From here we walked to The Public Garden, another location from Good Will Hunting. Although we didn’t see swans, as are spotted in the movie, we saw squirrels. Amazing, tame, squirrels. In fact, it was something I noticed all around Boston, that squirrels can be seen everywhere, even crossing the road. And so, here are the photographs. Wild, Wild SEX!
The horny critters were lovin’ it!
And so that will be all for today. I hope you have enjoyed this odd mix of history, geography, arts, culture and biology. There will of course be more at the weekend.
Sorry if you’re just here for the wild sex, as promised yesterday. Just one more day to wait.
I am in no way sick of my photos of the US and trying to relive in my mind the experiences and get them down on paper (virtual paper). Though it has meant that I have slightly neglected other photographs and projects I have been working on since my return. This entry will be as a brief overview of what i’ve been up to the last 3 or so weeks since my return.
The first few days were spent at my parent’s house as I tried to overcome the jet lag and get at least one decent nights sleep. Then I lost my sought-after BT9 postcode as I to my wonderful new house with my wonderful house-mates, who had been residing here for 3 weeks before my arrival and made things look pretty
It wasn’t long before I was back in a bar among live music. I discovered that while I was away BruisedFruit had been at it again. They have started a new weekly live music night called Free The Noise in the Rotterdam Bar - and its free (see what they did there!).
The following day I moved house. Its great!
It wasn’t until six days later that I went to another gig. Instead, taking a little time to be with nature…
The next gig, however, was to be something quite exciting. Three highly recommended bands in one night. How I cope I will never know. General Fiasco, Cutaways and Skruff.
Then just two days later I was blown away again by one of the best bands in Northern Ireland right now; Swanee River. Though even before that was Soundstone, with their very sexy, very topless lead singer, and good music.
Then September was over, though not before a family party with free drink - of course. On the first day of the new month I was back at the Rotterdam, this time for something a little different. Kitty and the Can Openers played a split set, between them was a comedy act called Creem Nuts - Dave, Johnny and Ray, or The Trio as we used to call them - and Geoff Gatt, then more Kitty and the Can Openers.
Two days later I was back at the Rotterdam, after getting some snaps of Gabriel who has started an African Music School in the Oh Yeah centre in Gordon Street.
The lineup for this week’s Free the Noise was excellent. Three acoustic singers. Three very different voices. Dee McKendry, Donal Scullion and dAVID dRYDEN.
Thursday 4th October was the unofficial launch night of Oxjam, a month of 15 gigs, 40+ bands and much money to be raised for Oxfam Ireland.
I personally hope to get to as many of the gigs as possible as there are just so many great bands playing. I also want to see the film Black Gold, although I was told recently that although it does a good job of putting across what goes on in the coffee trade and the “unbalanced struggling between poor coffee farmers in Ethiopia and greedy multinational coffee companies to do “fair trade,” it’s a crap film. Though I guess thats not really what its about - rather, about the message it gives to viewers. It is being shown in Common Grounds Café on 12th October.
On the unofficial launch, there were three acoustic acts, Dee McKendry, Amy McGarrigle and Mary’s Great Idea - complete with new member, Curly Chris on bass.
Finally Friday, time to chill out. After work I took the camera around the city centre while there was still light and that awesome sky.
Of course it just wouldn’t be right if my safety was not threatened by spides even just once. As I was taking the shot of the Millfield campus of the Belfast Metropolitan College, below, I heard, before I saw, a can of pepsi (I hate pepsi!) which I had seen this youth drinking just seconds before it had been hurled across the rush-hour traffic to the traffic island I was standing on. Thankfully it missed me, and the camera.
That brings us to Saturday 6th October. The last ever Iconoclastic gig. There was a tear in my eye. However, Paul knows how to go out in style and did just that at the end iof the set; smashing a pretty green guitar.
Then there was dancing. Too much dancing. I even had to offer money to stop girls dancing around me!
Finally, yesterday. Woody Guthrie 40th Anniversary tribute day in The Empire. Beginning at 3pm, through to 9pm there was great folk/country music, including covers of Woody songs. Artists performing included Bap Kennedy, Juliet Turner, Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey, Brian Houston, Broken String Bluegrass Band, The Delawares, Chad Dughi (USA), and Maeve Dunphy. All proceeds of the day were collected for Huntington’s Disease Association (NI). A long, though thoroughly successful day. Big up to Errol Walsh for organising it all.
Its been a hectic few weeks, but I just can’t get enough of it. There is just one thing I would like to ask of you. I need to get my website (www.philokanephotography.com) up and running, and I’m not happy with how it looks at the minute. Unfortunately I cannot design websites and so I need the help of someone who can. I will be willing to offer a monetary reward for the best designed website, if necessary!
Thanks for reading :)
What a relaxing weekend. Much of my time was spent at the parents house, chillin’
When there is a purpose for taking photographs it always makes it so much easier. Especially when my purpose is to show to people who have [probably] never been to Ireland. I try to think like this most of the time but it can be hard. To start to look at things a lot differently, through the eyes of someone who has never seen it before.
When I got back from the USA 2 years ago I did see everything differently. Looking forward to the day my friends would come to visit, I ended up seeing so much that they would find interesting. Through understanding that so much of what we take for granted is so unique to us comes the ability to see things in a different light and capture them.
So this afternoon I set off with my brother to the city centre to take some more buy some socks and underwear, pick up lots of leaflets and event guides on Belfast and Northern Ireland and take lots of photographs.
I am totally loving my brother, Chris’ new-found interest in photography. Since my dad bought the Nikon D40 last month Chris has been enjoying using it and I have been enjoying helping him.
After much shopping and photographing, we went for a great lunch in the Northern Whig.
Finally I managed to get him to stand still for longer than 2 seconds:
With only 5 days until I leave, I’m getting quite excited. It may turn out to be quite a stressful week too. With quite a lot to do and having not had one cigarette all weekend, I wonder how much longer that will last…
Admittedly it does feel a little odd to be sober after waking up on a Saturday. Though it ain’t morning. its 13:30. Afternoon. I didn’t have one drop of alcohol yesterday and when I got home I watched 5 episodes of the amazing and truely addictive Heros.
Last night I was at the Island Arts Centre in Lisburn for a panel discussion entitled ‘What It Takes‘. The panel, fronted by Ross Graham, head honcho of NIMIC (Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission), included a few of the regulars on the music scene, who dished out their opinions of what it takes to make it in the industry. This is the third event I have been to where I have been informed about how the music industry works, and each time I learn so much more than the last.
The first was the screening of the film ‘What is Indie‘ on 2nd Aug, unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it to the panel discussion beforehand, though I feel that anyone who wants to make it in any aspect of the music industry should see this film, not just bands/artists. For me as a photographer, I came out feeling very positive and motivated. It is also for promoters, managers, labels big and small, retailers and most other areas of the music business, with business being a big part of it. Not enough bands see their music as a business, like it is. Of course this is meant in the positive sense, whereby, money is hoped to be made through the music; music being the product. Its about “selling yourself”, very different from ’selling out’.
This is simply about presenting your ‘product’ well; generally being able to write the music, having good photographs, a good press release etc, and of course, using every medium in this technology-revolved world available to get the music out there. A great quote from the movie, which I feel applied to everything is, “the internet is not a fad, it isn’t going to go away”. People have to use it. Those that are afraid of the internet music learn to harness its potential. I know a few people who don’t like the internet though it is essential. Nothing can be done without it today. Pretty music no one will want to know you unless you have access, and a certain amount of knowledge, on the internet. Not only in the music industry, though many other areas too. Maybe slightly harsh, but unless your dream is to strap yourself to trees in the Amazon, volunteer in the third world or manage a pig farm you will need the internet.
I know plenty of bands who are great at this, their names are everywhere - stickers on traffic lights and lamp posts, all over Myspace and Fastfude - generally lots of promotion. I have the perfect example, though, of the other end of the scale through my own friends. The band which will remain unnamed, do not like the internet, do not like to ’sell themselves’, do not like the idea of posing for photographs and do the bare minimum in the way of promotion. They need to see this film - when I have a spare $19.99 I will buy it.
The second event I went to recently was the “Give It Away” panel discussion.
Viacom are taking youtube to court for a billion dollars, but the BBC are giving the content away for free. In May Irish Band The Crimea became the first band to give away an entire album for free digitally, has it worked? The issue of intellectual property over routes to market will dominate the creative industries over the next decade, we talk to some of the main players
On the panel was Davey McMannus of the band The Crimea and Davy Sims, Editor in New Media (BBC). The Crimea unfortunately don’t seem to have a bio section on their myspace or website for me to quote from, though what I gathered is that they hailed from Northern Ireland and were one of the first bands to give away their album for free, Tragedy Rocks, and continuing to do so with their recently released second album Secrets of the Witching Hour, which can be downloaded here. In saying that, the albums are also in shops (and on iTunes) where they are not free. Although they have got into one or two legal battles along the way with publishers Davey seems to be quite pleased with how things have worked out for them. Maybe I should have heard of them before the event, though I hadn’t. From this though, I think it is a good idea for indie bands starting out to give away as much music as possible, or very cheap.
Last night’s had a far smaller audience than the others though it was very informative. Main points being about presenting yourself and your material well, getting to know the people who influence the local scene (magazines, promoters, other bands, radio folk). On the panel was James Rollins a media promoter, Paul McClean, producer of BBC Radio Ulster’s Across the Line show, Andrew Ferris, singer and guitarist in Jetplane Landing as well as running an independent label Smalltown America Records, Jennie McCullough of Bruisedfruit Promotions and Johnny Tiernan, editor and publisher of AU Magazine.
The discussion which went on for an hour and a half was more of a back to basics on, as the name suggests, how to make it in the industry, about getting a product ready before dishing it out to everyone (keeping your powder dry), knowing how to present yourself to people, being persistent, and not annoying, how to approach people, importance of image, creativity and standing out, importance of decent photographs, and many other points which I forget.
There was a slight difference at this event in that James Rollins gave a commercial perspective on the music industry. He is the man who gets paid lots of money to approach radio, TV and other media to promote bands. He works with more commercial music than that of the Indie variety. Knowing how to approach certain people is something he has learnt, through his 20 or so years in the industry, 15 of which were spent in sales, distribution, marketing in EMI. Now, running his own independent promotions company, he is pretty much the middle man to getting music to the media.
I recommend to anyone who has any interest in the music industry (maybe besides just listening to music) to get to something like this next time.
Of course I also didn’t take any photographs at this, or the other panel discussions like I know I should have. Next time I will.
After the panel last night, there was a gig featuring Colenso Parade, Speakmango, Kowalski and Clone Quartet. I managed to get my first ever official Press Pass :)
Due to the panel running a little over, I missed Colenso Parade, due to minor networking I missed Speakmango. I did get to see Kowalski, who were excellent:
Then I had get the last train home and miss Clone Quartet.
Now the day is almost over and I’m starving!
What craziness. An awesomely fun-filled birthday weekend that was.
Saturday night was spent in Lavery’s Bunker enjoying the music as part of the Curfew Festival which ran from Friday until Sunday.
It was after this that the fun really started. Having slept on a friend’s sofa, I awoke and left the house at 6:30am. On my walk home I met a girl who was locked out of her house, she asked to borrow my phone to insert her sim card so that she could call the people in the house to get inside. There was a party going on. I was invited in and led towards the whiskey.
After 2 hrs two police officers came into the room (for the second time that night as I discovered). as we were calmly watching Smallville (which I don’t like). One of these police officers was very mean and was dying to make an arrest. This was not helped by the fact that one of the kids who owned the house was being a complete wanker by constantly swearing at said police officer. Eventually they left, though as I just couldn’t understand this kids mentality and reasons for “not giving a fuck” about getting arrested as he almost was. I insisted on asking him. After a few minutes of arguing he kicked me out of his house citing not wanting to be told how to live his life in his own house. I left the house before he physically pushed me down the stairs. If I never see him again I will be very glad.
Later I called to my Grandparents house where I received 6 bottles of beer and an awesome cake.
For the first time in quite a long time the weather was brilliantly sunny, so I sat on the grass and drank beer and watched the woodlice under the plant pots on the wall.
After dinner I headed to Lavery’s Bunker for the final night of Curfew. The lineup tonight was Heliopause, Pixie Saytar and the Sunshine Three, Trues and Red Pony - a more chilled out night than the previous two. I did drink more than I normally would at a gig, only due to the fact it was my birthday. Having said that - I still got a few decent shots.
Pixie Saytar and DeadMeat of Saint Dudes, backstage.
Pixie on stage
Heliopause
After the I went with Chris and Kristine back to mine where things got crazy. Judge for yourself:
It was lots of fun.
I love everyone :)