Horse & Bamboo presents Hansel & Gretel at the Montgomery Theatre.
Went with Sarah Oldfield and enjoyed the production…especially the evil raven.
Sarah gave me a backy on her bike (first time Id done that since childhood) (sadly stolen a few weeks later) and we went to meet Gerald Garratty and Josh Waller at the Radhuni Indian restaurant on London Road.
Eventful afternoon with Gerald Garratty …within the space of about four hours I’d tried 7 dim sum dishes, stumbled on a crack den, met a graffiti artist, bought a sofa, traveled in a lift (that surprisingly was fully functional – including talking to us) in a derelict block of flats and wandered round one of Sheffield’s roughest areas without getting my camera nicked.
Dim Sum was at Wong Ting on Matilda Street in Sheffield. We met there at 12:30.
I’d only had bits of this type of food in the past and was keen to try a selection. Gerald ordered a selection marking them off on a paper sheet.
We had Prawn Dumplings
Char Sui Buns
Fish Ball & Mooli
Roasted Pork in Steamed Rice Balls
Pan Fried Radish Pastry with Chinese Sausages
Pan Fried Meat and Vegetable Buns
Deep Fried Mixed Meat Dough Balls
Then we decided to do a walk around the industrial area and down to the graffiti spot near the closed club Niche. We cut through the fence and found a guy huddled in a small derelict room. We moved past and a few minutes later he came out spooked by our presence. He was about to take cocaine and we’d disturbed him. We got talking and it turned out he was a graffiti artist and he showed us designs on his phone. They were cool. He plans to put them on shutters if commissioned so they stay in place rather than get pained over.
The next stop was supposed to be Kelham Island but we took a detour over to Park Hill flats. Cant believe that although all the rows are fenced off and no one lives in them that the lifts are still fully functional. The light works, the voice works. We went to the top, and admired the view.
Next stop was through Wybourn Estate, just before we got there I spotted a sofa dealer and saw one that suited what I needed, so a few minutes deliberation and the credit card was out. . At Wybourn we got to hear a bloke call his friend a cunt. We’d arrived!
Just starting to learn MVC using CodeIgniter and thought I would save links to tutorials, tips and other things that I found useful along my journey.
Here’s a useful tutorial explaining in clear step by step How To Install CodeIgniter on an Ubuntu 12.04 Cloud Server.
My test/training environment is on local with a WAMP set up, and everything explained could still be used.
It covers installation of CodeIgniter (I’d already done that). Configuration of the database config file to be sure the set up connects to your mysql db.
Code snippet to clean up length urls by removing index.php and a bit of htaccess rewrite.
Black Light Ray are guitarists Paul Dorrington and Missy Tassles (with Victor the drum machine) they played at The Rocking Chair in Sheffield supported by jangly, noisy indiepoppers The Sweet Nothings.
Black Light Ray 10pm
The Sweet Nothings 9.15pm
I went with Jack Straker – £3 to get in.
photo taken with iphone – it’s a small venue!
Ballet School played to just 26 people at Bungalows & Bears with support from Bernard + Edith and The Slow Revolt. Such a shame because they really played well and did a great set. Also very impressive were Bernard + Edith. Top night with Gerald Garratty.
Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere played to a small audience at Burngreave Cemetery chapel
It was to promote the launch of their new album Θ2 – Discus 47CD and was an improvisation in two parts with a short break in between.
Martin Archer – keys, woodwind
Chris Bywater – keys, laptop
Yvonna Magda – electric violin
Michael Somerset – woodwind
Frostlake – voice
Terry Todd – bass guitar
Steve Dinsdale – drums, synth
Walt Shaw – percussion, electronics.
Cost £5 to get in
Michael Somerset
Bass guitarist Terry Todd
Mogwai gave us an aural treat when they played in Rotherham’s Magna Science Adventure Centre.
Seemed to take ages to get from the entrance to the stage, but well worth the walk …great venue!
The set list was:
Heard About You Last Night
Friend of the Night
Ithica 27ø9
White Noise
Rano Pano
Ex-Cowboy
Auto Rock
Hunted by a Freak
Deesh
Remurdered
How to Be a Werewolf
Mexican Grand Prix
And they came back on to a do an encore with:
New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1
Batcat
They were supported by RM Hubbert
Attended the first of many gigs with Gerald Garratty
Carter Tutti headlined at a new venue – The Abbeydale Road Picture House. They played Chris & Cosey material and were supported by Wrangler, featuring Mal from Cabaret Voltaire.
Wrangler pulled a bigger crowd of people off all ages, some enjoying the new sounds others reminiscing the good old days.
Great venue. Met up with old friends Mark & Angie Holmes, Rob Baker and Kath Furniss
Wayne Hussey of the Mission came to The Greystones pub in Sheffield on his Songs Of Candlelight & Razorblades Tour. He played for roughly 2 hours and covered many Mission songs, along with a few other people’s tracks including one from George Michael Careless Whisper and All About Eve’s Martha’s Harbour.
The show came to a finale with guest guitarist Simon Hinkler joining Wayne on stage for three numbers ending with Deliverance. A great evening!
Support band was Sheffield synth pop act, Silent Age
By chance, while walking through Lincoln City centre yesterday, some bloke thrust a flier in my face. It was for Golden Eagle Festival at the Golden Eagle Pub. Free entry and lots of bands I’d never heard of. I went and experienced the outdoor daylight selection – noon to 6pm. One band stood out – Falling Lights. Some excellent guitar playing and cool post /prog rock drum progressions. Totally unexpected after what had gone before and a few moments of goosebumps especially the opening piece. Turns out the bloke who handed me the flier was the organiser, and one of the musicians playing –
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