Monday, 31 December 2007

I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me



So the wheel of the new year has started to turn once more and the Godess has given birth to the Sun God and we head into the light of the coming summer.
In the seasonal spirit of rejoicing the new year here is my choice for a New Year Eve tune. A message of defiance for any hardship we may face.

MP3: This Year - The Mountain Goats 

Friday, 21 December 2007

The Future is unwritten Joe Strummer (a film by Julian Temple).



As a childhood Clash fan I was eager to watch this film when a friend lent it to me. It's a documentary style film covering Joe Strummer's life and career including: his childhood; his first successful band The 101ers; his days living as a hippie in London squats; the rise and fall of The Clash; his life post Clash including his continued musical career with The Mescaleros. It is not just a rockumentary and tribute to Joe Strummer but also a fascinating insight into the times in which he lived, his personality, and relationships with band members and people he met and worked with. There are many interviews with people who knew Joe, these are filmed in the ambiance of a cosy campfire. Campfire 'get togethers' at music festivals where occaisions for which Joe was renown. The interviews, (Conversations with Joe), are also available on the DVD as an extra feature to watch separately, this also includes interviews that didn't appear in the film itself.
I enjoyed the film and found it informative with great footage and music. This DVD was two hours well spent. Clash and Strummer fans will love it.

For a more eloquent and informed review and loads of MP3 music downloads from the film visit:
Minniapolisfuckingrocks(MFR)

Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Xmas#2



My second, and personal favourite, christmas tune is by a country and western singer from Nashville, Tennessee called Brian Beathard. Damn it I'm Vixen was a single taken from his Debut CD. both are available to buy on his website.

Damn It, I'm Vixen! was written for those people who feel like its always someone other than them in the lime light and that somebody else always seems to get the credit for the things they do. It is important to remember that Rudolph wasn't the only reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh.
ref: link


MP3: Damn it I'm Vixen (full HQ) - Brian Beathard

Friday, 14 December 2007

Save Godiva Festival

This debate and threat seems to come back every year. Let's hope the council see the good for the community that the festival brings. People getting out and meeting each other, coming to our city - that sort of thing. Coventry should be proud of Godiva Festival not shun it!

Coventry's Memorial Park has become a focal point in our city for cultural festivals and events. The Godiva Festival, in particular, regularly attracts more than 60,000 visitors each year, making a valuable contribution both to our local economy and the vibrancy of our city. Residents of the Memorial Park's local vicinity have long campaigned for this small number of festivals to be stopped, claiming 'noise and nuisance' as their reasons. We do not agree that the events held at The Memorial Park cause any undue or additional noise or nuisance to the local residents on the very few days each year they are held. Furthermore, we believe that Coventry's Memorial Park exists for the use of ALL of the people of Coventry. The Godiva Festival is a highlight in the city's cultural calendar, whose benefits to the wider population of the city far outweigh the somewhat questionable case of a very small minority. As such, festivals and events like The Godiva Festival should be protected and continue unhindered and unrestricted.

ref: here

Sign the petition here

PS: Spread the word

Friday, 7 December 2007

Xmas#1

My first festive offering is a cover of a Christmas classic that will be (and rightly so) played to death over the next few weeks. But to offer you something you may not have heard before I thought I’d post this Christy Moore live version. I believe I found it on a blog somewhere a few years back at about this time of year, so it's time to pass it on.

MP3: Fairytale of New York – Christy Moore (live)

Wednesday, 5 December 2007

Driving in darkness

The local traffic was hideous this morning. Driving through Kenilworth and into Leamington at 8am was like queuing to get into Vfestival but without the bacchanalian blowout at the end. As I drove home last night, in the perpetual darkness this time of year offers, I noticed that some people have already bought pine trees and dressed them up like tarts in tinsel and then covered their properties with 2000 rhythmically flashing coloured lights. I don’t mean to be a scrooge, but 'dudes!', your tree will be dead and void of any needles come the big day, half of the lights will have fused and the Santa will have fell from the top of your porch on at least two occasions and will be minus its head. The inflatable snowman hung from the chimney will be deflating and look more like a hung villain rather than festive décor.

It seems that the roman calendar has been altered whilst I was on the nod and it now reads October, November, Christmas, January. Christmas is of course the time of year when Jesus was in the Walsgrave after giving birth to Santa by caesarean. It ordinarily would have annoyed Jesus being in hospital for Christmas but he quite liked the morphine and would be out by New Year’s Eve anyway.

Tuesday, 20 November 2007

Saturday, 17 November 2007

Sunday, 4 November 2007

Boom!




An appropriate track for today from one of my favourite local bands called Death by Miss Adventure. This is the title track from their Fireworks EP. Enjoy.

Discover more

MP3:
Fireworks

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

New material from the Verve



The Thaw Session is being given away by the NME. This quarter of an hour studio jam from  newly reformed The Verve is a taster of the haunting melancholy melodies, rolling drums and etheral vocals that we can expect to come.

MP3: The Thaw Session (32MB!)

Monday, 22 October 2007

At least the sun came out

A shite weekend sports wise with England, Lewis and City all being the big losers. The party I attended to watch the rugby was at least a raucous and drunken affair, and made up, to some degree, for the lack of success by our local football and international Rugby team. After the match we listened to some tunes and had a failed attempt to download ‘In Rainbows’, I still haven’t heard it. But we did listen to some decent Adrian Sherwood stuff and chilled out ‘til late.
I felt bad on Sunday, I probably shouldn’t drink like that. I was also having feelings of doubt about Lewis’s F1 championship title race. It turned out my paranoia was proven right as only moments after the start it was basically all over for Lewis, and a few laps later a technical gremlin meant that his championship hopes were over. So not wanting to watch yet more disappointing sport I turned it off and watched Simpson’s repeats and ate some food, which was something I hadn’t really done since Friday.

Sunday, 14 October 2007

Restructuring

Well its been an exciting week for me as there has been some restructuring going on at work which has meant I have been frantically compiling my CV - as a precaution. So my music-listening has been somewhat limited this week as trials and tribulations have been prevelent, I even have an unheard copy of the new PJ Harvey CD - White Chalk.  Whats wrong with me!!!

Monday, 8 October 2007

Ukuelele Orchestra of Great Britain



I was introduced to this band of ukulele brandishing cover version fiends a couple of years ago when a friend played to me their album Secret of Life. At first I thought it was a novelty act but on listening closer I realised they where actually very talented. My favourite song from that album is Otis Redding’s Hard to Handle.
So I was pleased the other day when emitting from iTunes I suddenly heard a familiar twang of Ukulele’s covering Smells like Teen Spirit and I thought ‘hey’ that’s new and I was right it was. Well at least it was to me, and that is how I discovered their 2007 album Precious Little. It contains another classic Ukulele Orchestra track, which is the cover of Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer. Brilliant.

The eagerly awaited album of 2007.
Ukuleles are small and endearing. For the player, it's sometimes difficult to find the right ukulele.
Hence the title: Precious Little. It's precious and it's little.
Tracks include: Smells like teen spirit, Theme from Shaft, Bang Bang (you shot me down), Psycho Killer, and The Girl from Devizes, a possible Bebop classic. Jazz, rock, grunge, country and the unclassifiable. All played on ukuleles and nothing but.


Website: www.ukuleleorchestra.com

MP3: Psycho Killer

Friday, 28 September 2007

Manchester United 0 Coventry City 2




Congratulations to the giant killing Sky Blues for their Wednesday night Carling Cup slaying of the mighty Manchester United and three cheers for the Maltese Falcon Mifsud for his brace of goals. Marvelous.
story

Other city news includes local band The Enemy who have apparently snubbed a civic-reception with Coventry's mayor and instead offered to take him for a curry at the Ocean restaurant on Jubilee Cresent Radford. I'll be keeping an ear out for developments on this one.
story on I spy

Wednesday, 26 September 2007

Back that up




I had to change the back up tapes for our company server today and I have the honour tomorrow as well. Unfortunately something had gone wrong and no back ups had been created yesterday and it didn’t look like it was going to happen today either. The bloody back-up tape kept ejecting itself after only a few minutes. An emergency back up was hastily created onto a hard drive somewhere on a computer I couldn’t find. Dodgy tapes have been blamed but I think it’s ‘gremlins’, little green buggers, it’s the only reasonable explanation.
Things haven’t been good on our servers since the IT guy left so I have saved a shed load of data onto my computer. Because the server will probably explode into a million glistening particles when I attempt to touch the tape drive tomorrow morning.

MP3:
Computer Song - Jim Noir

Monday, 24 September 2007

The Bucks Hill Tornado

Emergency services were called to Bucks Hill, Nuneaton this morning as high winds ripped apart trees and tore roof tiles from homes. This was the scene that greeted me as I drove up Bucks Hill at 6:45am this morning. The journey from Coventry had been bad enough contending with torrential rain and gusty wind but as I climbed Bucks Hill towards The Bucksford I noticed there were parts of tree branches all over the road and up ahead was the blue flashing lights of a police patrol car that was blocking the entry to Trafford Drive. The trees near the Trafford Drive shops on Bucks Hill looked like they had been savaged. I managed to squeeze my car past the police car, which I don’t think particularly impressed the copper inside, but then I had to pull up immediately anyway as there were more police cars and a whacking great fire engine blocking Mallard Ave and the houses on the corner of Trafford Drive and Mallard Ave had varying degrees of their roof tiles missing and there was debris all over the road and pavement.
It was blatantly obvious I was not going to get to my destination down Mallard Ave anytime soon so I turned the car around and headed back to Coventry. On the way I went down Astley Lane to discover Seeswood pool had partially flooded the road, and The Nuneaton Road near Fillongly was also flooded. I finally managed to get to work in Leamington Spa praying the rain would ease up as Leamington Spa floods like a bath.

Sunday, 23 September 2007

Brownsauce.org




I found this site whilst Googling to try and find out why Daddies brown sauce has mysteriously disappeared from the shelves at Tesco's. Brownsauce.org is a fantastic Birmingham based blog site by Adham that covers everything you need to know about brown sauce and gets involved with the ketchup/brown sauce debate. He has documented the rise and fall of HP sauce in Birmingham in a humourous and informative way. The site has everything from photographs and film outside the gates at HP, to a heartfelt song about his beloved condiment. The site also contains recipes including one for an original style brown sauce that uses tomatoes and Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce, incidently, a similar product produced by Lea and Perrins is now stocked at Tescos and is what we now buy instead of Daddies brown sauce. I haven't figured out the whole thing with Adham and his towel head-dress perhaps you'll have more luck. The effort put into this sites content makes it worth a visit. Also if you know or find out what has happened to Daddies brown sauce please let me know.

Monday, 17 September 2007

Malamarismo




Favourite recent listening, for me, amongst others has included Malamarismo, the third album from Spanish hip-hop artist Mala Rodriguez. She is kind of the latino answer to Lady Sovereign. Sadly, I can’t understand a word she’s singing but I didn’t have to, to know it’s good. I believe this song has something to do with domestic violence.

MP3: Nanai


Saturday, 8 September 2007

Hard-Fi at the Colly -7 Sep 2007

Big band little venue is a good recipe. The Colosseum, Coventry, was pretty much packed and inside it was hot and sweaty, and your beer came in a plastic cup, just like a gig should be. Hard-Fi got Suburban Knight’s out of the way about third track in and the crowd really to rose it. The highlights of the show included the clash-esque Television and We Need Love which was my personal favourite. Most of the new CD was covered plus Cash Machine and a really loud version of Tied Up Too Tight, (cue crowd participation and leaping around) I can’t remember the exact set-list as I had been drinking and generally enjoying myself but I can remember a good spirited crowd who were really up for blowing off a bit of steam on a Friday night. There was an encore but my wife and I headed for the doors because we were knackered and it was also easier to get a pint in the other downstairs bar, in which I discovered there was a DJ performing. The Colly is still the good old tatty venue it has been for an age but now features a very strange fellow in the gents with aftershave and other cleansing potions and a smokers area which runs down the side of the venue.

Verdict: Good laugh

Saturday, 1 September 2007

Freecycle Coventry




A website bought to my attention today that I thought was worth a mention. Freecycle is a global organisation that finds homes for unwanted items that otherwise would end up in a land-fill. Basically, it’s an internet network moderated by volunteers who set up local groups. By joining your local Freecycle group you get access to a message forum where people offer and giveaway items to those who want them.

Thursday, 30 August 2007

'I spy' - Highlight of Reading 2007

A lad I know who did the weekend at Reading remains unshaven and still has the armband tightly clamped round his wrist. I'm not sure if he realises that it's all over yet. He can occasionally be heard mumbling something about how lucky they were with the weather, but he's definately still dancin' inside. Below is my highlight of what I heard on the TV coverage, Get cape, Wear cape, Fly performing a classic festival audience sing-a-long moment, the sort that makes you impatient for summer when you listen to it in January. Local lads The Enemy also played another electric show.

MP3: I spy - Get cape, Wear cape, fly (live Reading 2007)

Monday, 27 August 2007

Air Ambulance Festival photographs

Photography by Chris Johnson from the event can be found here

Away from Here - The Enemy (Godiva Festival 2007)

Friday, 24 August 2007

Celebrating Coventry Weekend


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Reading and Leeds weekend is here, at which local lads The Enemy are playing. and it looks like it’ll be bathed in sunshine unlike Vfestival last weekend. Last night, I met up with a friend who was at VStafford and he said despite the rain he had enjoyed the weekend his highlight being Mark Ronson’s set, he described it in full detail, non of which I can remember. He did mention some heavy handedness by the police a sentiment which was echoed by someone else I talked to who was there, he said the festival was ‘a bit on top’, I will find out exactly what he means when he returns from Skegness were he has been holed up recovering from last weekend.

Local fun this weekend includes various theatre, dance and music taking place arcoss the city centre under the banner of Celebrating Coventry Weekend. I hope it goes well, my wife has been down town this evening and said the music had already started. Sunday will see local artists and bands, signed and unsigned, playing in the Upper Precinct between 12:00 & 3:00pm which will be kicked off by Olivia Broadfield who we rate highly and we once saw perform with SumladfromCov at The Maudsley, she has now adobted a more electronica sound since those acoustic days, you can find out for yourselves on her myspace page where you can have a listen. Thats my tip for the day.

A bunch of us have also managed to grab a couple of tickets to see Hard-Fi at The Coliseum in Coventry on Sep 7th, so we are looking forward to that the last time we saw them was at The Brixton Academy last year and with a hotel and The Mega Bus this time it'll be less of a journey.

Wednesday, 22 August 2007

Stonehenge photographed August 2007


Photograph by K.Tomlin

Sunday, 19 August 2007

V2007 (without the rain)




Well I 've just watched Channel 4s afternoon coverage of yesterdays Chelmsford Vfestival and whilst annoyingly short it was quite a treat. The show contained performances by The Kooks, Snowpatrol, Just Jack, The Hoosiers, The Editors, Paolo Nutini, Pink (??? - main stage), Kanye West and the Foo Fighters. Despite the weather it looked like a day of music worth experiencing. It looked like the festival goers may have had some dry periods today, although, it is, at the moment, pissing it down in Coventry. Anyway here is, in my opinion, the best track from the coverage I have seen so far, a grand performance by what sounds on occaission like the 
Scottish Bob Marley - Paolo Nutini. A track from his 2006 album 
These Streets.

And yes, I would rather be there, than watching it on tele.

Text from V2007 - Stafford:
Just seen him mate (Paolo Nutini) very good. Killers were good last night. Pished it down all weekend.


MP3: Paolo Nutini - Jenny don't be hasty (live V2007)

Saturday, 18 August 2007

Its Vfestival weekend

Sadly I am not present at this years festival. As for many festivals this summer it looks like the revellers that are attending are going to have to contend with at least some rain. This includes several close friends who are either camping or have day tickets. The coverage on tele isn't as comprehensive as it was for Glastonbury but there is some coverage on E4.


Kenilworth town centre earlier this week


BBQ review 2



Last weekend we managed to have another BBQ and we roadtested another disposable BBQ. This time is was a Supagrill Instant barbecue (spelt this way), which was bought at our local shop. As with the Sainsbury's one this came with legs in the form of a wire stand. It lit easily and got to temperature better than the Sainsburys one and featured vents in the foil container to aid air circulation. It didn't come with a lighting 'stick' as the Sainsburys one did but this BBQ performed and cooked better (although the veggy burgers I chose to cook turned out to taste like shite). So enroute to becoming a disposable BBQ connoisseur I have now discovered that I can buy a better disposable BBQ closer to home and help support the local economy without going all the way to a Sainsbury's, who were out gunned here by a specialist manufacturer. I have a Morrisons one to test but looking out the window I don't think that will be this weekend. More later.

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

Neon Neon




I only heard this for the first time today and I love it, definately track of the week. Neon Neon is another project between Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Boom Bip . Trick for Treat was released on 25th June 2007. I can't wait to hear the album, which also features Spank Rock, Yo Majesty and Fat Lip. (ref)

MP3:
Trick for Treat - Neon Neon

reference for origin of mp3 | purchase track

Saturday, 11 August 2007

Tony Wilson dies



Tony Wilson who formed Factory Records has died of kidney cancer aged 57. He started off his career on TV as a news reader on Granada Reports and also presented So It Goes which gave The Sex Pistols their television debut, but he will be best known for his influence on popular music and culture throughout the 1980’s .
Factory Records, formed with Alan Erasmus in 1978, had many well known artists and acts on their label including Joy Division, New Order, OMD and The Happy Mondays. Factory Records and New Order also opened The Haçienda (FAC51) nightclub in 1982 which became a legend with the ‘rave-ecstacy’ generation in the late eighties.

RIP

Tuesday, 7 August 2007

Mid week blast from the past




A past classic from Carter USM. Their 7th single taken from the groups 1992 The Love Album.
Carter are reforming later this year for two shows at the Brixton Academy (Sold Out) & Glasgow Barrowlands.
You can download Glam Rock Cops from their myspace page and also listen to other tunes including Sheriff Fatman which is another bloody classic too.


MP3: The only living boy in New-Cross

Saturday, 4 August 2007

Goodnight Irene




I've had this track for some years and somewhere along the way it got lost or formatted or was involved in some computer related disaster. Anyway whilst searching a rather knackered looking CD I rediscovered it. Finding it was like finding an old friend. Its Mike Seeds cover of Goodnight Irene a track originally realeased in the 40's by Lead Belly but has been covered by many others including Johnny Cash. I reckon this version blows the others out the water. The track now appears on his 2005 album Songs For The Wintering Show Troupe. Its a feel bad to feel good record and dispite the rather despairing lyrics it always leaves me chuckling.
Mike Seed peddles a unique brand of experimental folk, and it can be sampled on his SVC records page where other tracks from his solo albums are available to download free. You can also buy them for 3 quid which isn't bad is it.

MP3: Goodnight Irene

I also discovered that the Spoilt Victorian Child MP3 blog is back and I was well pleased with my days discoveries.

Notes from a small island



OK, well this week I have read Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson. It’s a travelogue of a tour of the British mainland, mainly on public transport, which he undertook before moving back to the US with his family. It’s a descriptive, funny and informative book and makes you realise how much of Britain you miss whilst zipping up a motorway at 70mph. It seemed odd that an American should be teaching me so many intriguing facts and statistics about Britain that I didn’t know. You really get a feel for Bryson’s character from reading this book, especially his interaction with the characters he met on route. The book was originally published in 1995 and reading it now already felt like reading about a by-gone age.
He didn't visit Coventry on his tour, or perhaps more surprisingly Birmingham, though I do seem to remember a fleeting mention of Hinckley.

Wednesday, 1 August 2007

Always Outsiders, Never Outdone


Musicremixed are giving away, for free, an MP3 album called "Always, Outsiders, Never, Outdone" a collaborative remix of The Prodigy's album "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned" . It may have been available a while but it only came to my attention today.

Download it here: Always Outsiders, Never Outdone (MP3 page)

Other Musicremixed projects here: http://www.musicremixed.org/

Sunday, 29 July 2007

Mixed reviews and Bar B Qs




This week I’ve been listening to dance music mixes, its been some time since I last did and I just wondered what was going on. I had been hearing about the crack down on dealing and drug culture in Ibiza and the fact several of the big opening parties had been postponded and major clubs temporarily closed. It was during reading about this that I was first sucked into a DJ mix loop earlier this week. I discovered podcasts by Streetlife DJs & Roger Sanchez on iTunes both of which are free. Then last night a friend bought me round copies of GUO32 Adam Freeland: Mexico city and Fabriclive 32 Krafty Kuts. The Adam Freeland mix is a 2CD set. The first CD is a pacy techno mix and includes tracks and remixes from the likes of Carl Craig, Sebastian, Justice, Para One, Kavinsky and Adam Freeland himself. The second CD is an altogether more ethereal, steady and groovy experience and in the context of a lazy Sunday morning was preferable to the first. It contained such artists as Spaceman 3, Gui Boratto, Mylo and Andy Weatherall, out of the three CDs I was given this was my favourite. However, that takes nothing away from Fabriclive 32: Krafty Kuts. This Fabriclive mix had a hip-hop and funky vibe, it pulled no punches and included guaranteed favourites such as a version of The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five but was also eclectic enough to include Funky Jam by Primal Scream.
We also managed do a BBQ this weekend and we roadtested a Sainsbury’s disposable BBQ with legs. It also came with a lighting stick – very posh!, the coals were in a bag which you lit. It roared away to start with but then unforunately nearly went out, after much wafting it got hot enough to cook but left a black carbon imprint of the grill on the bangers. So although a Sainsburys disposable with legs is a bit of a pose the performance was disapointing. Proving I shouldn’t have strayed from the usual Morrisons disposable.


Monday, 23 July 2007

Wet weekend


Photo: Finham - Coventry


During a very wet weekend I have been making the most of things whilst all around me were being washed away by enjoying some music.
http://www.myspace.com/hushthemany (Hush the Many) who featured in this weeks BBC unsigned podcast and local lad www.myspace.com/whoiswes (Wes Finch) who has several mp3s to download.

I also have been laughing at this:

Saturday, 21 July 2007

Emerald city preview

John Vanderslice has put Emerald City, his new album, up to listen to in it's entirety on his myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/johnvanderslice

Wednesday, 18 July 2007

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon



This novel is one I read recently whilst I was on my holiday after it was recommended to me. It’s quite unique. It’s written from the view point and narrated by a 15yr old boy who has autism. It might sound like quite a daunting read but actually it’s laugh out loud funny. The emotionless, highly logical and mathematical mind of the lead character Christopher, means the whole world around him and the way he interacts with it and people is very different to the way you or I would. (Assuming that you are not autistic).

WARNING SPOILERS

The story stems from Christopher finding Mrs Shears, his neighbours’, dog speared with a garden fork. He decides to turn detective to discover ‘who done it’ and to write a book about what he findsout. During his investigations he discovers that his father had lied about the death of his mother, who is alive and well and shacked up across London with Mr Shears. He also discovers that his Father had had an affair with Mrs Shears, the neighbour - who’s dog was ‘murdered’. Christopher takes all this in his stride. But when it turns out that it was his father that had killed Mrs Shears’ dog he decides he can no longer trust him and sets off across London with his pet rat, Toby, to find his mother. Pursued by police he finally arrives at his mothers and Mr Shears’ flat intent on living there. However, his presence puts strain on his mother’s relationship with Mr Shears, which eventually breaks down. During this escapade he also manages to pass his Maths A Level, this is all part of his plan to become a Scientist.


Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Emerald City

Today I decided to check if there was any news about the new album from John Vanderslice and discovered that Emerald City is about to be released (24 July) and is available to pre-order from Barsuk. There is also a track from the album called White Dove (mp3) that is available to download as a taster. John Vanderslice also covers Karma Police on Stereogum’s OKX a tribute to the tenth anniversary of Radiohead's OK Computer. OKX is available to download free (mp3) in its entirety.

Order Emerald City & download White Dove here (mp3)
Download Stereogum’s OKX here (mp3s)
Emerald City on Amazon with track samples to stream

Monday, 16 July 2007

The Enemy No.1

The Enemy have a number one album with We'll live and die in these towns.

chart link

Sunday, 15 July 2007

The 10th Godiva Festival.







We had a lovely afternoon yesterday mingling with the revellers at The Godiva Festival. The weather had been kind on this second day of the festival. Arriving in a car meant a 20min queue in traffic but the car parking was plenty adequate. We got to the 'electric tent' in time to see The Noisettes, The Cribs and then a blinding hometown gig by The Enemy, for which the crowd decended in droves. The sides of the tent this year had been removed to provide a view for more people than managed to squish into the main arena. This was the busiest I have seen the Godiva Festival and the atmosphere was generally very friendly if not a little tipsy. The bar was good if not a little soggy underfoot and there was plenty of choice of grub. Caulk this up as another successful Godiva festival.

Mikey b37's Godiva photo album - a great collection of photos here including one of the lad who hung upside down from the tent during the enemy set. Remember him?

Friday, 13 July 2007

Gruissan 9 July 2007










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Gruissan

Neuf Ecluses 8 July 2007




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Neuf Ecluses

Cathedral Bezier 8 July 2007


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Cathedral Agde 6 July 2007


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Sailing off Sete 6 July 2007


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Thursday, 12 July 2007