Glenn Tilbrook was awesome. The Sage decided to go with seating for this gig in Hall 2 – are they saying we’re old?
He was thankful for being able to do what he does for a living, trying to learn this same life lesson.
We only caught the last song of the opening act Floe. We didn’t mind… they rhymed love with glove…shades of Phil Collins…when I’m feeling blue…all I have to do…is take a look at you…then I’m not so blue.
The annoying thing is we wanted to like them. Right before they performed their last song they told the crowd that anyone who really wants their CD should get one from the merch table…there is a suggested price but they want their music out there so if someone can’t afford it they should get one anyway. Enlightened sales policy, crappy, lazy rhyme.
She is young and has a gorgeous voice, is very cute and very creative. What’s the problem?
Part of her persona is giggling through a bunch of messing up. She is from the area and the crowd is supportive but it is annoying when you pay money to see someone in a fantastic venue and it doesn’t seem like they have bothered to rehearse very much and have possibly spent more time planning outfits.
I highly recommmend her EP and hope she gets her sh*t together for future gigs.
lyrics of zorbing
Conkers shining on the ground,
The air is cooler
And i feel like i just started uni
Walking backwards to my van
You’re at your window,
And I’m tripping every time i think of
Lying in your attic
I can feel the static
The storm has broken, Heavens open
Send my body out to work
But leave my senses
In orbit over south east London
Wind the window down and pinch
Me on the shoulder
Whilst i’ll be driving off to dream of
Lying in your attic
I can feel the static
The storm has broken, Heavens open
So electrifying, Oh I’m nearly flying
Lost my heart between the sheets of lightning
I’ve been singing you this song,
Inside a bubble,
Been Zorbing through the streets of Cowley,
We were always meant to be,
Zorbing together, And i think its high time we started
Lying in your attic
I can feel the static
The storm is breaking, windows shaking
So electrifying, Oh I’m nearly flying
Lost my heart between the sheets of lightning
Lying in your attic
I can feel the static
The storm has broken, Heavens open
So electrifying, Oh im nearly flying
Lost my heart between the sheets of lightning
Had a day off of work today. Took the train to Sunderland to meet Richard. We started off going to Sunderland library home of the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. There were a couple of exhibitions on. Giuseppe Davies: Vie is an interactive installation on until the 3rd of April. It is a screen that responds to touch with lights and sound. It’s very pretty. The larger exhibition on is Think Tank: A marketplace of ideas ending 13th of Feb so we are lucky we caught it. A bunch of ideas to reflect and improve society…Richard liked the We Not Me poster. I liked the Institute of Economic Affairs map, simple, pretty and interesting – reminiscent of the Information Aesthetics Blog.
Then we went to Angelo’s Ristorante for excellent Italian food which Richard got to order with a silly Italian accent – good fun. For appetizers we had Formaggio di Capra e Rosti di Patate Croccante and Camembert. The main event was Ravioli alla Pizzaiola and Tagliatelle con Vedura e Zafferano.
For desert we went to Stardust which has a cute and crafty gift shop downstairs and a pretty cafe upstairs. Picked up the ring at left from the gift shop. Under £4 and a bit of fun. Upstairs, it’s a shame there weren’t more people there – the couches are the kind you sink into and the coffee and lemon cake were yummy. It seems like a perfect spot for students to camp out in with laptops and to just hang out.
I then attempted to recreate the artwork on the wall of Stardust, a photograph of a sculpture just outside. It is a 2008 sculpture called Seachange by Laura Johnston. It is meant to recall the hull of a ship and the shipbuilding heritage of the area as it transforms into something new. [Part of the Sunderland City Centre Public Art Trail]
Unfortunately it was raining so we didn’t want to spend too much time attempting to get the shot. You can see my few attempts on flickr.
I got distracted from the original mission of recreating the photo in the cafe because I loved the trees being reflected in the steel:
Seachange sculpture in Sunderland
To get out of the rain we headed into Primark and picked up some cheap and cheerful shiny, pretty things – a sparkly bracelet for £2 and some pillar candles for £1.75 each. The little charge you get from picking something up for £2 and £10 is really the same and lasts about the same amount of time (and £100 doesn’t really last ten times as long) – it’s a good thing to remember. We then stopped off at Richard’s to pick up the cute and stinky Florence and set off for Hartlepool.
I am a terrible navigator. Hopefully this will change when I learn how to drive. After a number of phone calls to Kev to set us back in the right direction we had a nice relaxed evening with some gewurztraminer from Chile via Morrisons and a quick sweet and sour chickeny bits with rice dish a la Kev.
Mostly it’s just the two of us but it was nice to have company too. It’s easy to forget when you get into you routine.
For desert we went to 
To get out of the rain we headed into