Thursday 13 August 2009
Tuesday 4 August 2009
The Blackout Secret Show.
Yesterday (Mon 3rd Aug) Ali and I went to see The Blackout at Camden Barfly.
Gosh!
We got in the queue behind a right hottie at about half 5. Doors opened at 7. We got into the actual gig room at 8. Bad times. We had quite a few jokes in the queue though, making fun of a really annoying obese girl with pink hair (euugghh) and her friends. HA.
Also, the guy doing the merch for The Blackout had the sexiest welsh accent ever. Plus he was pretty hot too ;)
First off were some band who I still don't know the name of but they were pretty rubbish so it really doesn't matter!
Next, WAT
O. WATO stands for We Are The Ocean if you were wondering.
It was my 5th time seeing them and they were on top form. I'm not sure it's their best performance I've seen but they were pretty brilliant.
Alfie, the 17 year old guitarist, was looking SO damn fine I actually nearly died. Wow. I love how I caught him mid-jump in that picture xD
During "Ready For The Fall", Dan, the lead singer (if you can really call it singing), came down into the crowd, quite conveniently to where Ali and I were and jumped around with us for a bit. I went so mental and it was so cool to see him like getting proper involved. I was so excited that I did wrap my arms around his hips for a little bit. I love him. But I love Alfie more. And unfortunately it was too dark for me to get a decent picture of Dan standing right in front of me =(
Long story sh
ort, We Are The Ocean were amazing as usual.
And then came the long and grueling wait for The Blackout.
I think pretty much everyone in the crowd could tell that this was gonna get messy.
First song: S
TFUppercut. Sean Smith is standing quite literally on top of the crowd and climbing around the room using the bars on the ceiling.
Second song: I can't even remember what it was but Gavin Butler took his turn to swing around the room ending up standing on the bar at the other end of the room to the stage.
And then the inevitable happened, they started taking requests! Gavin chose Ali to pick one of the songs and she picked "Hard Slammin" (YES! I LOVE THAT SONG).
I managed to squeeze Gavin's arm and hold Sean's hand for a little bit. Gosshhh <3>
I have been left with a ridiculous amount of bruises and I managed to keep my glasses intact until the second to last song when they bent out of place but I've managed to sort them out now =)
Basically, The Blackout's set didn't finish until 23:20 which meant that we weren't able to stick around and meet them or WATO (even though we'd had the chance to meet Jack a.k.a. Adapoof and Alfie but we'd bottled it at the last second). So that was rubbish.
We then had a ridiculous trek to get back to my house which meant we actually arrived home just before 01:00. I was not impressed.
But all in all it was an immense night.
Finally, I'd like to say sorry to Curie who wasn't able to make it to the show last night seeing as she's in Korea at the moment. She would have loved it and I'm genuinely gutted she wasn't there with us =(
Peaaceee.
x<3x
Gosh!
We got in the queue behind a right hottie at about half 5. Doors opened at 7. We got into the actual gig room at 8. Bad times. We had quite a few jokes in the queue though, making fun of a really annoying obese girl with pink hair (euugghh) and her friends. HA.
Also, the guy doing the merch for The Blackout had the sexiest welsh accent ever. Plus he was pretty hot too ;)
First off were some band who I still don't know the name of but they were pretty rubbish so it really doesn't matter!
Next, WAT
O. WATO stands for We Are The Ocean if you were wondering.It was my 5th time seeing them and they were on top form. I'm not sure it's their best performance I've seen but they were pretty brilliant.
Alfie, the 17 year old guitarist, was looking SO damn fine I actually nearly died. Wow. I love how I caught him mid-jump in that picture xD
During "Ready For The Fall", Dan, the lead singer (if you can really call it singing), came down into the crowd, quite conveniently to where Ali and I were and jumped around with us for a bit. I went so mental and it was so cool to see him like getting proper involved. I was so excited that I did wrap my arms around his hips for a little bit. I love him. But I love Alfie more. And unfortunately it was too dark for me to get a decent picture of Dan standing right in front of me =(
Long story sh
ort, We Are The Ocean were amazing as usual.
And then came the long and grueling wait for The Blackout.
I think pretty much everyone in the crowd could tell that this was gonna get messy.
First song: S
TFUppercut. Sean Smith is standing quite literally on top of the crowd and climbing around the room using the bars on the ceiling.Second song: I can't even remember what it was but Gavin Butler took his turn to swing around the room ending up standing on the bar at the other end of the room to the stage.
And then the inevitable happened, they started taking requests! Gavin chose Ali to pick one of the songs and she picked "Hard Slammin" (YES! I LOVE THAT SONG).
I managed to squeeze Gavin's arm and hold Sean's hand for a little bit. Gosshhh <3>
This gay blog just deleted the end of my post so I'm now going to rewrite it angrily. I can't remember all of what I wrote either. A
ARRGH.
Gavin filmed the crowd for a thing for Grimmy on Radio 1 where the band has to get the crowd to scream as loud as they can and then they put it up on the website so I'll link that when it goes up.
ARRGH.I have been left with a ridiculous amount of bruises and I managed to keep my glasses intact until the second to last song when they bent out of place but I've managed to sort them out now =)
Basically, The Blackout's set didn't finish until 23:20 which meant that we weren't able to stick around and meet them or WATO (even though we'd had the chance to meet Jack a.k.a. Adapoof and Alfie but we'd bottled it at the last second). So that was rubbish.We then had a ridiculous trek to get back to my house which meant we actually arrived home just before 01:00. I was not impressed.
But all in all it was an immense night.
Finally, I'd like to say sorry to Curie who wasn't able to make it to the show last night seeing as she's in Korea at the moment. She would have loved it and I'm genuinely gutted she wasn't there with us =(
Peaaceee.
x<3x
Monday 3 August 2009
Got Some Tunes [August]
I'm not sure if this only applies to me, but I have noticed that on Firefox the 'Got Some Tunes' ilike playlist doesn't show up. I also now have an issue meaning that I can't edit the playlist at all which is a tad annoying but I'm working on it.
Panic At The Disco: New perspective
I'm not gonna lie, I thought this song was going to be dreadful and waste of my time. I stand corrected. I think it sounds like it's from the middle ground between the first and second albums but it don't sound bad at all!
Wall Street Riots: Did you know that retro-pop was an aphrodisiac
If you took William Beckett (TAI...) and stuck him in a room with Canterbury and Tonight Is Goodbye I think they would sound a lot like this. I swear this is the catchiest song I've heard since that last one from Soulja Boy.
Canterbury: Eleven twelve
Their first proper single. It's brilliant as are Canterbury. It's out on the 24th. Go buy it. OR ELSE!
Death Quit Dancing: Swings and roundabouts
This was sold to me as rock/metal/emo/panic at the disco-esque. And essentially that's what it is. I think that the singer's voice is extremely annoying but I quite like it and have got used to it but it is quite hard listening to begin with. If you like your music to confuse and bewilder you whilst you listen this is definitely for you.
Ducksauce: Anyway
Ducksauce is Armand Van Helden and A-Track coming together and making this IMMENSE dance tuune.
You Me At Six: Kiss and tell
This song is immense. It's similar to Finders Keepers but minus the dreadful chorus and I think there's a little bit of influence from songs like Gossip and Save it for the bedroom in there. If you like YM@6 definitely check it out.
Smasher: Simples
It was only a matter of time before someone sampled the 'Compare the Market' advert with the meercat, you know the one. Luckily this guy has and god has he done it well!
Panic At The Disco: New perspective
I'm not gonna lie, I thought this song was going to be dreadful and waste of my time. I stand corrected. I think it sounds like it's from the middle ground between the first and second albums but it don't sound bad at all!
Wall Street Riots: Did you know that retro-pop was an aphrodisiac
If you took William Beckett (TAI...) and stuck him in a room with Canterbury and Tonight Is Goodbye I think they would sound a lot like this. I swear this is the catchiest song I've heard since that last one from Soulja Boy.
Canterbury: Eleven twelve
Their first proper single. It's brilliant as are Canterbury. It's out on the 24th. Go buy it. OR ELSE!
Death Quit Dancing: Swings and roundabouts
This was sold to me as rock/metal/emo/panic at the disco-esque. And essentially that's what it is. I think that the singer's voice is extremely annoying but I quite like it and have got used to it but it is quite hard listening to begin with. If you like your music to confuse and bewilder you whilst you listen this is definitely for you.
Ducksauce: Anyway
Ducksauce is Armand Van Helden and A-Track coming together and making this IMMENSE dance tuune.
You Me At Six: Kiss and tell
This song is immense. It's similar to Finders Keepers but minus the dreadful chorus and I think there's a little bit of influence from songs like Gossip and Save it for the bedroom in there. If you like YM@6 definitely check it out.
Smasher: Simples
It was only a matter of time before someone sampled the 'Compare the Market' advert with the meercat, you know the one. Luckily this guy has and god has he done it well!
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