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To say that this was a moving performance would be a huge understatement. It was incredibly emotional and Benjamin poured his heart and soul into it. I love the songs and the craftsmanship that they showed. In fact, so much so that I bought the album on vinyl. It’s well worth it.
His material is also available for free on SoundCloud too.
I go to this every year, or at least I do my best to, and it never fails to please on so many levels. Firstly there’s the music, which is probably my main reason for going. There’s three stages, a main stage, a cafe stage and a performing arts marquee. The main stage is ok, I did see one thing that I liked on it this year, which was a band using repurposed tech like guitar hero controllers to make some fairly enjoyable lofi music.
The music cafe had mainly a mix of folk and blue which was really nice, and great to see a hurdy-gurdy on stage in one of the bands. In fact there were quite a lot of acts on here that I enjoyed listening to. Nothing that I’d probably go out of my way to seek out, but very pleasant listening nonetheless.
Lastly there was the performing arts stage. There were a few things on this that I really liked and a couple that I intend to seek out when I have some time.
So, overall in terms of music it was a really useful, enjoyable, and left me with one or two things to follow up on. But that wasn’t the end of the day.
But I’ll save that for another post.
Having actually been to Pompeii a few years ago I thought that this would be a really good exhibition to visit. It was, but it wasn’t quite what I’d expected to be honest. That’s not to say that it wasn’t worth going to. Not at all, but I expected a more interactive exhibition.
Nevertheless I’m glad I went. It brought back loads of memories of Pompeii.
Hadn’t been here for years and years. It was good to go back again. Obviously it’s changed a great deal. I loved the tree top walk especially.
I’ve always liked the collaborations between John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen and this is no exception. This time I bought the CD / 12″ bundle, which is really nice. I did take me a little while to get into the tracks, but having taken the time to listen to them properly I really like them now.
I was always a big fan of the TV show “Who’s line is it anyway” and so thought this might be a good show to see. It was. All the improv elements were provided by the audience before we went in to see the show and then called out by the director after ringing a little bell. It worked very well and was very funny indeed.
Loved the show.
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