It was an interesting day. I have a lot to think about.
Category: Events
Things are going on all the time!, This category is about things I’ve been to or sometimes would have liked to have been to. Also, it’s about events I’m a part of or have had some hand in running.
The Ethometric Museum
I saw the Ethometric Museum again last night. This time at the Battersea Arts Centre. The performance was exactly as I remembered it, but as it wasn’t in a cellar this time there was no need for hard hats.
I got to take a few more pictures than last time in Edinburgh, so I thought I’d share the pictures of these amazing machines.
Einstein on the beach
I’ve held off writing about this performance until I’d had some time to think about it. I had very high hopes of this production. I saw ‘The Cave’ some years ago and it was incredible, and I sort of had that in my mind when I went along to see ‘Einstein on the beach’. But they’re not the same in any way.
I can’t say that I really understood any of it at all. It was almost completely incomprehensible. I also thought that a lot of the music was very poor indeed. There were a few sections of the show that I did enjoy. The dance sequences were very good indeed, but on the whole, the show wasn’t worth it in my opinion. I didn’t really enjoy it, or understand it.
It’s a bit of a shame really.
New Order at the Brixton Academy
I have to say that I was really looking forward to this gig, and it was worth the wait. The first few tracks were a little off on the mix front, but it did improve after that. They played all the greats as you’d expect, and they finished off with a couple of Joy Division tracks too.
So it was worth going for sure, and actually, the light show was pretty amazing too.
A man in Brixton playing a tuba with fire
As I was on my way to see New Order yesterday I saw this chap in Brixton who was playing a tuba, and with every note that he played a small burst of flame came out of the tuba. I’ve no idea why he was doing that at all, and he appeared not even be collecting money at all.
His playing was quite good too.
The Ethometric Museum comes to the Battersea Arts Centre in May
Great news. I saw this at the Edinburgh Festival last year and it was truly amazing, so I’m definitely going to see it again. You can find the details at the Battersea Art Centre site.
Happy Birthday ZX Spectrum
The dear old Speccy is 30 today. Who could believe that! Amazing isn’t it? I think I should celebrate with some ZX Goodness today. I’ll see what I can come up with and post something more later perhaps.
Happy Record Store day
Great to see that this is being kept alive. I have very fond memories of time spent searching around in record stores for something unique and interesting. Especially second hand stores like the sadly missed Beanos which used to be in Surrey Street.
I hope that events like this keep people visiting record stores, not just on a day like today, but far more often.
The British Design Exhibition at the V&A
I heard about this a few weeks ago and was attracted to it because of the stuff connected to Factory Records, but actually there was loads more there. In fact there’s almost too much in this exhibition, and not enough, it that makes any sense at all.
It almost leaves you wanting lots more in every category. I loved the mini, but then wanted to see a load more vintage and classic cars, and the Jag was great I have to admit. The games stuff and the ZX Spectrum just fueled my craving for a Speccy and a ZX81.
I can see myself visiting this exhibition again in a few weeks as there’s too much to take in with one visit. But it’s well worth a look as is the V&A as a whole.
A Dickens walk around London on a wet and windy day
It was almost the worst possible weather for this kind of event, but even so, it was really worth going to. The guy who was leading the walk is involved with the Spitalfields Life blog, which is a great read if you don’t know it.
I have to say that the walk did bring Dickens to life in his native Shadwell and Limehouse, and despite the poor weather I did enjoy the walk. I might even do another one at some point in the future, although I might wait for better weather next time.
It also made me realise just how much of London I don’t know at all.
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