Want your bad romance

Thanks Reading for fueling my, in no way getting out of hand, Hayley Williams obsession.

Create Your Own Adventure

Splendid night at CYOA Montego Bay last night, went to bed dressed as a skeleton and my friend in a chef's hat after building a base... :/

Been listening to these lots today...

http://open.spotify.com/user/djanswer/playlist/4AoX1BzyZEVMPrSaaTV8Aw

http://sharemyplaylists.com/jamaica/

Thrice

Definitely my new favourite band, until Sunday.

Wrap me up

I made the best wrapping paper ever. so I was told.

Rumours forever

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and just Stevie Nicks forever...

Treasure

Sophie's treasure map ♥

Take it to the bridge

Sophie's suicide map :/

CYOA! Part 3: Montego Bay

One week today...

It’s Carnival weekend! We’re choosing a Jamaican adventure!

Hurricane season is approaching and Pirates have overrun the waters off the Florida strait so we’re taking refuge in beautiful Montego Bay with the sweet (and not so sweet) sounds of reggae all night long!

Daddy Ad from the world famous Trojan Sound System will keep you dancing whilst Blackbeard’s ghost will be supplying complimentary gold rum that he acquired in a dangerous heist off the coast of New Providence.

IT’S CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

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Daddy Ad (Trojan Sound System)
Sharkleberry Fin (Ska, Rockers, Dancehall)
Jam Ragga (Sing Ting)
Readers Wifes (X-Rated Rude Reggae)

FREE ENTRY

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Friday 27th August – Doors 9.30pm til 3am
Question Mark Bar – 129 Stoke Newington High Street N16 0PH

Big Chill 2010

This was my first time at the Big Chill fest, and I'd only heard great things about it - amazing setting, cool music, and a nice atmosphere - so I went with high expectations. Arriving late on Thursday evening we were greeted by a massive queue to get into the festival car park, which was frustrating to say the least after a three hour drive to get there. Once we'd got in and set up our tents though excitement kicked in and I was more than happy to see that it was a relatively tiny festival, with our tents being pitched pretty much right next to the arena - Yay!

Waking up on the Friday, the weather wasn't what I'd hoped it was going to be, but the scenery more than made up for it - we were literally surrounded by big green hills. The first band I got to see were actually my favourite of the whole weekend. Despite stupidly missing the beginning of the set, I arrived to see the majority of Mike Patton's Mondo Cane And The Heritage Orchestra. After seeing Faith No More at Download 2009, I was already aware of Patton's greatness, but this put him in a whole new light for me - which I guess is part of said greatness; that he can touch on such a range of genres and still be magic.

Later that evening it was time to watch main stage headliners Massive Attack. Not really knowing what to expect and not having the greatest knowledge of the band's catalogue, I was totally blown away by their performance. I was completely captured by their set which was filled with classics like 'Teardrops', 'Inertia Creeps' and 'Unfinished Sympathy' and a spectacular light show.

On Saturday, the first band I stumbled across were Husky Rescue. A band I'd heard of but had no idea what they sounded like, and I was pleasantly surprised, if not completely overwhelmed, by them. Next up I headed over to the main stage to catch the amazing Patrick Wolf. I'd actually forgotten he was playing so was a bit overexcited that I caught his performance.

Wearing a black and white jumpsuit, Patrick's performance was typically full of energy and really showed off just how talented he is, although I definitely think he deserved a larger crowd.

Later that evening were headliners Roots Manuva and MIA. For me, Roots Manuva was fun but more of a warm up for what was coming next; I've been a fan of MIA from the start although not a huge fan of her most recent work. However, I completely loved her performance and was reminded why I liked her so much. Unfortunately, her set got cut short after she invited a 'few' people up to dance on stage which in no time at all turned into a full on stage invasion of about 200 people, but for it's entertainment value I really didn't mind. Ending the night in one of the dance tents, my fellow festivalers and I danced solidly for about three hours to Mr Scruff's DJ set, proving that it wasn't just his tea that was good.

On the final day, I was faced with the decision of going to see Natty or Morcheeba. Choosing Natty, I'm sure I made the right decision. Playing a mainly chilled out set with a few upbeat tracks here and there, Natty put across his message of the importance of music.

Later that afternoon I caught Villagers' set on the Clash stage. Having missed them earlier in the year I couldn't wait to see them live. It was a perfect chilled out set for a Sunday afternoon, which was suitably followed by Fionn Regan and Newton Faulkner and rounded off with Bonobo.

Despite the atmosphere being a little more on the rowdy side than I had anticipated, the festival as a whole was a lot of fun - an amazing line-up, cool little touches like the cinema tent and outside DJ area, it ranged from chilled out to one big party. GS

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Glassjaw

LOVE

Please come save me!

Tonight I'll be dancing to theeese :)

x

Big Chill

A real proper, written better than this, review coming soon (once I've woken up properly and got over the big chill blues), but for now here are my top three favourite music moments of an amazing weekend...

Favourite number 1 - Mike Patton's Mondo Cane
Playing with the Heritage Orchestra, this was by far the best thing I saw all weekend, even though I stupidly missed the beginning of the set. My Mike Patton obsessive friend Adam is now teaching me all things FNM, Fantomas, Peeping Tom etc etc. He is musically electric, it's true...



Favourite number 2 - Massive Attack
I was going to put Patrick Wolf as one of my faves, cos he is mega talented and I loved and always love his performance(s), but Massive Attack definitely blew me away, I'd never seen them live before and didn't think I'd like them as much as I did, but they were pretty spectacular...



Favourite 3 - MIA
Gangsterrrrr

It's a long, long, long, long way, way down...

Definitely did not listen to this album enough when it first came out...

♥

Sonisphere

RAAWWWWR, I missed Download this year so was more than ready for some metal action at Soni. After a ridiculous attempt to get on the m25 and work out my sat nav, Soph and I finally arrived at Knebworth; getting intoxicated within half an hour, hanging out with 'team metal' and convincing people we weren't on acid (we weren't) were definitely comedy highlights. Running away from wasps every ten minutes, sleeping in my car, and leaving early on the Sunday with a bad bad hangover definitely weren't...

My favourite music moments of the weekend were:

Favourite number 1 - GOOD CHARLOTTE
I'm not ashamed to admit this, their Good Morning Revival album was brilliant. Playing Keep Your Hands Off My Girl would have made me happier, but I still thought their set was ace.



Favourite number 2 - Corey Taylor
Didn't realise he had such an amazing voice - especially loved the Johnny Cash cover, and he even covered Chris Isaak's Wicked Game!



Favourite number 3 - Henry Rollins
Bit of a hero