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I can’t believe this is happening in London.
Everyone stay safe.
I just hope it doesn’t spread to residential areas.
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Yes, in case you’re wondering, London is a little bit fucked right now. Not quite got to our area yet. Hopefully it won’t reach this far.
They really do show the strength of feeling involved at the protests. And some of the horrors being committed by police
Just had a massive rant with my flatmate about the current government and the state of the country. (There was another tube strike today, to put the conversation in context)
It’s shocking, really, when you actually sit down and think about it. I mean, yes, there are countries where the people are worse off; there are countries with dictators, corrupt governments, genocide, famine, a complete absence of human rights, and that’s terrible. I’m not trying to belittle that in any way.
But look. We’re a first world country. We’re a legitimate global power. And we’re trapping schoolchildren in alleyways in a manner that’s scarily reminiscent of Tiananmen Square.
I read a piece the other day that speculated we might be in for a new age of riots. And to be totally honest, my immediate response to that was “good”.
We have a right to hold the government we elected to the promises they made. We have a right to expect them to act in our best interests. And if they won’t listen to us at the polls, or in our constituencies, then what other recourse do we have?
There’s an 8-bit night in Shoreditch tonight that I really want to go to. The guy running it - gwEm - is someone I got chatting to quite a lot at 8-bit nights last year. He’s a really lovely guy and is doing loads of work to promote chiptune in London and I really want to show my support.
But no-one wants to come with me :-( And I don’t know gwEm enough to go by myself, I don’t think I’d enjoy it.
So - any London based people on here fancy a night out in Shoreditch tonight with some awesome chiptune tunes? I may even be persuaded to buy you drinks :-p (I usually am, to be honest)
So I was going to go to the Tumblr Meet Up on Saturday, but now instead I’m going to go to Lexapalooza at the Flowerpot in Camden because it looks like fun and I get to take pictures and write a review that’ll be published on the interwebs, which is always good.
Sorry, London-based Tumblr people. You don’t really want to meet me though, I’m not all that interesting.
Lonely semi-mental female seeks emotionally dependant male for evening snuggles and drunken conversation. Likes should include obscure bands, comic books and art films. Ability to discuss Doctor Who at length also important. Must not be anti-cider, anti-soft drugs or anti-crazy people. Living outside of London is almost certainly a contraindication.
I am using googlemail chat to talk to my guitarist while I’m supposed to be working. That’s pretty cool.
On the downside though, not one single person has downloaded our album today. That makes me very sad :-(
Any post-rock fans out there who I’ve not badgered already? Any friends who should feel obligated to download it but haven’t yet? Seriously, even one download today would make me feel better.
And, of course, it’s a damn good EP!
Get it here
Time to pimp out my band’s EP again (I won’t do this all the time, I promise!)
We’re nearing 100 downloads in the past week which is terribly exciting. And we have our first gig on Wednesday which is even more exciting!
The EP is free to download from here. It’s instrumental post-rock/ambient/electronica, and has been described as ‘a more concise GY!BE’. Check it out and let us know what you think!
The band also has its own Tumblr. It’s a little sparse at the moment but will soon grow. Adam (our guitarist and electronics-wizard) is planning on open-sourcing all of the software we’ve used for samples/linking films to live performances etc so keep your eyes peeled!
I. AM.
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(Gosh. Typing without spaces is actually quite hard)
This is from my epicly hip photo bimble last Friday. I’ll probably post a few more, but I think this is my favourite.
I was going to try and be creative tonight, but I think instead I’m just going to have a really lazy evening and go to bed early WITHOUT FEELING BAD ABOUT IT.
So there. Fuck You Depression
