...a plethora of creative nonsense...
Occasional posts on other matters, or those of interest to people less interested in specific creative endeavours
Reading Time: 3 minutesA little more restrained this year than the 150 or so pictures I got when massively excited by my new camera last year), here’s a few from Kirkstall Festival this year. Kirkstall Festival is a bit of a mixed bag. It has a masive funfair, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the food festival the other day it seems I am back in Roundhay again. It’s easy to forget how much Roundhay Park has to offer. It is quite huge, over 700 acres in total. After being under various ownerships over centuries, Roundhay park was …
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo one of my good friends has had a little birthday shindig, and I have been along capturing the event, and also roped into sound engineering. As seems to be the thing at the moment, we had a bit of Burlesque. This of course, I …
Reading Time: 2 minutesWell, this was just one of the random things. My Partner answered one of those random radio phone in call outs and got some tickets to the Leeds Food Festival in Roundhay Park. I love food, I love nice food, but this is something that …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you move in such circles, you may have heard about the stupid fucking furore surrounding Thimbleberry Festival. This is a small underground festival, which as had it’s license pulled and the organiser up on criminal charges for alleged drug issues at the event. Here’s …
Reading Time: 3 minutesKirkstall is a very interesting area of Leeds, if you spend the time to look around. This is where the river aire flows into the city though a mish mash of old industry, reclaimed nature reserves, and of course the Abbey, once the true gateway …
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo, with somewhat better weather this year, after the horrors of the Tornado of 2009, we’ve just got back from Bearded Theory. This year we’ve had The King Blues, New Model Army and Dreadzone, plus The Wonder Stuff, Pama International, Neville Staple, Dodgy, Banco De …
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnd again, I have got to go play round London. My love of food lead me again to Borough Market, as is typical, and I decided to walk further along the river this time. I’ve focussed a lot on looking up at the rooftops in …
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo the people in the Royal Park School have been evicted, but are currently going through extensive fundraising to attempt to buy the building for cummunity use. Miranda Aria has organised this gig at the Brudenell Social to raise some funds for this, and alongside …
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat could be a better antidote to the winter blues than this. An evening of Burlesque at the Brudenell Social. Photographers welcome.
I actually really enjoyed this. Of course, who (if you are into girls that is) would not like a bit of sexy performance. But it was a privilage to be able to take photos as well, as this is a new thing to try.
On The Road
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe went to Opera in The Park, which was brilliant, and had me in tears when they opened with O Fortuna! from Carmina Burana. Much as I complain at times about Leeds Shitty Council wasting money, I think there are worse things they could spend …