The past 3 weeks - The Highlights.
Okay, its been a pretty busy 3 weeks(hence the lack of bloggage) so here are the highlights...
Monday April 2nd - turned 30 and in typical Soops-fashion, promptly celebrated for a week rather than the traditional 1 day! Spent actual birthday with my lovely family round and about Camden, going for pizza(what else?) then up Primrose Hill to bask in the sun and take in the view, here's a wonky picture of it just in case you've never had the pleasure!
I then got spoilt rotten by my mates at work the next day which was rather lovely(and a total surprise which made it even better). Wednesday me and some mates from work went to the rather splendid Dirty Boots at Proud Galleries, great venue and great bands(I particularly enjoyed Winterkids and The Natives' sets), get yourselves to the next one on June 6th!
The night after that was meant to be a Finance pub crawl round Putney loosely tied in with my birthday(like Finance need a reason for a piss up)but it just ended up with our lot staying in the Bells all night. Needless to say I stayed in on the Friday to recover. Saturday, finally, was my proper 30th birthday bash at my mate Jamie's night Grimble & Porn. Here's some pictures of loads of people you don't know drunkenly posing, if you're particularly interested...
The following week was spent mostly pubbing or watching dvds over at mate's houses with a picnic on the Sunday on the aforementioned Primrose Hill. When I wasn't doing that I was more than likely watching my beloved Mighty Boosh dvds. Never heard of The Mighty Boosh? Really? Here they are singing a song dedicated to me...
Yeah, okay maybe it's not about me but who cares, they're ace anyway...
Last week was a fairly busy one on the socialising/gig front again, Tuesday I FINALLY got see Feist at Shepherds Bush Empire(I've been wanting to see her play live for ages ever since I heard her last album Let It Die).
We were on Level 3 which all of you that have been to the Empire know aint the best place to be. Didn't matter - she was exquisite. My little brother(who got me into her)is quite possibly the most laid back person on the planet, even he was on the edge of his seat and completely mesmerized! The next night I saw The Stills(whose first album Logic Will Break Your Heart is one of my favourite albums ever - result!)and Kings Of Leon at Hammersmith Apollo. Both bands were great - I always love seeing The Stills(especially as its so rare that they come over from Canada)and KoL were even better than their gig at The Astoria a couple of months back, I thought.
The rest of the week's evening were spent in sticky indie clubs and engaging in impromptu girls-rules pool tournaments with the Royalties birds - good fun all round! Looking like this week could be a quiet one ahead until another weekend of mates' birthdays, but then again, maybe not...
