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Hello! Enjoy a little foray in to the life & times of Lego Lucy

Friday 30 July 2010

Tramlines Festival 2010 @ SHEFFIELD
















Tramlines is an urban music festival across 50 venues and 3 outdoor stages in Sheffield City Centre.

And it is free...Cheeky Bonus.
 
What an awesome weekend!

On Friday night old school dutch prog rock (nutters) - FOCUS- played at The Leadmill supported by The Arch Nazards and another very friendly band whom I forget the name of.
Never really been in to prog rock but it was definitely worth seeing ...

Focus's Hammond organ on stage.  Very fragile.

 













Sound-checking















Focus - guitarist


















This (LOL) video is Focus back in their glory years, about a minute in the yodelling starts...


 
Everybody should learn from his facial expressions. 














Saturday was utter chaos in town...no-one could even move...think it was the excitement that  not just Craig David and Dane Bowers were playing the main stage but Tinchy Strider as well...Oh My. Crikey Me.
Unfortunately... we could not penetrate the crowds to gain access to that stage...instead there was a mazin gig on at Corporation - a band called Future of the Left.  Upon arrival at said venue we were not allowed in - gutted.  But still I heard the gig was wonderful.

On Sunday we had a chill out in Bungalows & Bears with a few pals and a G&T - was lovely.






Then it was time for the Main Stage, it was slightly less busy today so we got to see Lords of FlatbushShake Aletti, Echo and the Bunnymen...AND Mystery Jets!  


Shake Aletti










Mystery Jets + big beach ball thing

Watching Mystery Jets
Shake Aletti Shakin
It was an awesome festival...

Thank you Tramlines for putting on such a joyous event AND it was my birthday! 
So we celebrated nicely.

Thursday 22 July 2010

Squeezing in to the Kings Arms, Salford, for a gig.

The Kings Arms in Salford is one of those well-kept-secret-type places.  A little pub on a corner in a slightly obscure area, incidentally there is a really cheap (and delicious) chip shop just around the corner.   
 The pub reminded me of somewhere in East Berlin a bit...The DiY style eclectic furniture and disco ball vibe was real cool.
Upstairs there was a small-ish room with a stage where the Helmets4men night would occur later on...
Mister Long Arms sound-checking
















The sound-check was a slightly extended/muddled affair as every effort was made to produce a miraculously awesome sound in slightly tricky circumstances.  






















 As it turned out the sound that night was...well, bad.  
(But that is not to say that the night itself was not a success)
Not to worry the bands said...onwards and upwards... 
or downwards to the bar area at least.

Cheers Lass!












First on that night were Sheffield's Black Horrors -  A wild live act that surprised and even shocked me a little...recommend seeing live.

Then there was Kin – atmospheric Radiohead/PJ Harvey-esque songs.  Really cool. 

Kin using multiple microphones


And last but not least  The Arch Nazards, slight carnage... glasses smashed by falling microphone stands...Wild. 

Anyway check this out for a real review of the night: Review !

AND check out Helmets4Men for videos of the night and previous nights too... 

Great Stuff.  

Toodle Pip.
    

Sunday 11 July 2010

At the top of Sheffield

Well this morning we just popped over to Hunter House Road in Sheffield to get involved with BBC's Symphony for Yorkshire.  It was the last day of filming and there was an open top bus with lots of people on it playing music and Stannington Brass band and lots of other people too...
It was the most awesome view of Sheffield from up there on the bus.  So after we had finished the filming I climbed to the top of our friends house to get an even better view. 

Check it out... 






Amazing!  Sheffield in all its glory...

Wednesday 7 July 2010

Quick trip to Hull, filming for BBC's Symphony for Yorkshire...

Monday morning mission to Hull for the BBC's Symphony for Yorkshire project, 

'A Symphony For Yorkshire has involved the making of a short musical film by musicians from around the county following open auditions ...The full-length version of the Symphony (composed by Benjamin Till) will be played on BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Humberside on Yorkshire Day, August 1. The film will be broadcast on BBC Look North on Monday, August 2...'
 
Representing for Yorkshire YEAH...

Anyway, had a pleasant train journey, quick look around Hull, then on to a bus to get to a bridge in Hull...
Eventually found the right bridge.

 




















The BBC crew then arrived and set up mega quick...

















They had lots to do, tonnes of musicians all to be filmed across the county over the next week...















 Time for the strings to rock out. 






















Mister Till doing some directing...

































 It looked pretty awesome....














The strings packed up and it was time for trumpet, a few takes later and it was time to go home.


As a side note, on the train home I noticed that this drink...

contains 66% of an adult's daily recommended allowance of sugar...
in ONE bottle!  Imagine what would happen to LegoLucy if she necked a bottle of that stuff...she'd be bouncing off the walls...not in a good way.

That is all.


Saturday 3 July 2010

The Dartington Days are over...

Dartington's last ever summer festival was an eventful few days indeed...

But before I go on...a brief bit about Dartington...

Dartington is a cheeky little place, tucked away... Many don't know of its existence, some people thought I meant Darlington when I said I was off to Dartington, not Darlington...Dartington, down south, the south of Devon in fact...A stunning location ...look... 

 



 











Dartington was the lovely countryside setting for a contemporary arts college which is now moving campus after a merger with University College Falmouth in Cornwall, (so now to be known as University College Falmouth incorporating Dartington College of Arts - bit of a mouthful int it!)

This years festival was a pretty big deal for the current students as well as many generations of ex-Dartington students and staff.  The event marked the transition of the College from the Dartington estate to its new home in Falmouth.
Dartington was absolutely heaving for the duration of the festivities...It helped that the weather was beautiful for 4 days straight... Sunshine galore!































Live music in the Tilt yard


There was lots of music on in the Marquee
It got busy in there when Yes Sir Boss played, what an awesome atmosphere...
Not to mention Not Now Bernard... (Check out their myspace page)
















Not Now Bernard in The Marquee...












The festival included work by graduating students alongside work from Dartington alumni, covering Art,Writing, Theatre, Choreography and Music...

An art installation that we checked out...
(should have noted down the creator of this piece...anyone know whos this was?)
There was loads to look at and various theatre performances to go and see, Openbatch being a particularly exciting theatre group to keep an eye on...

We did lots of hanging out and catching up with old and new friends.






















On Sunday night Spree played in Dartington's Great Hall...It was exciting...The sound of the band in this venue was big, especially with the addition of the ultimate string quartet for this particular show.


















 Hanging out before the music started in the great (great) hall...

















SPREE
 
















Spree's Andy...




































The festival was basically the perfect way to say goodbye to Dartington.

- An amazing place that I am sure wont be forgotten by anyone that was lucky enough to experience its charms...Bye Bye

P.s Thanku to Jess & Lisa for the additional snaps.