It’s been a strange week and I’ve not really taken the opportunity to really delve into the music on offer from this week’s artist. As my wonderful friend Elisa put it, Jessie Ware probably isn’t my bag anyway. What I Knew Before: Jessie is short for Jessica. What I Know Now: Jessie Ware has three albums. […]
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Music Jar – week 9
Names go into jar. Hand goes into jar. One winner appears (each week). This week was the turn of the real (Canadian) People’s Princess, Alanis Morissette. What I Knew Before: I knew Jagged Little Pill very well. I could shout a lot of the lyrics at you when drunk. I also knew that people like […]
Music Jar – week 8
Inspired by The Larson House, I put 52 bands/artists in a pickle jar. Each week I take a name out and focus on listening to them. This week was the turn of empirical sad girl, Lana Del Rey. What I Knew Before: Lana Del Rey is a mystical and beautiful beast who has a significant […]
Music Jar – Week 7
After reading about a project by The Larson House, I put the names of 52 bands/artists in a pickle jar. Each week I listen to one in the hope of finding new favourites and eventually, the leap home. This week was the turn of the thinking woman’s crumpet, Guy Garvey, and his sticky wicket band, […]
Music Jar – Week 3
Every week, I open up a pickle jar, take out a slip of paper and listen to that artist. This week it was the turn of Brighton Rock rockers, Black Honey. What I Knew Before: I knew the two words separately, but I don’t believe I had seem them working together. What I Know Now: […]
My big commitment.
In 2019, I committed myself in a way that I had never done before. I paid in advance for a Odeon Limitless card for the year. This meant that I could watch as many films as possible for one fixed fee. I don’t know if it’s of any interest to anyone else but I watched: […]
NaNoWriMo 19
It’s 18th November, 2019. I have finished the first draft of my National Novel Writing Month project. It’s been an interesting two and a half weeks where I’ve had to carry my laptop with me at all times, desperately squirreling away when I get some time to myself to work. This was the first time […]
Hangovers pass.
I was driving through central London at the weekend with a rip-roaring hangover when I noticed people were staring at me because there was a mysterious ticking noise under my bonnet. I pulled over in Bermondsey and got covered in an unholy amount of oil before discovering that my fan belt had split and was […]
Copenhagen.
Copenhagen wasn’t at the top of my list of cities to visit, but when flights from the airport ten minutes from my flat came up for £18.00 return, it was suddenly promoted. This weekend, Jaz, Ross, Jess and I took on the city of pastries, Hans Christian Andersen and fancy dinnerware. Jaz and I stayed […]
Southend Improvathon 2019.
My heart is very full. This weekend I got to work alongside some of the greatest and most depraved minds in Southend’s second 24-hour improvathon. For those of you who have not seen an improvathon, it’s a long-form improvised theatre production featuring the same cast and characters. Some did shifts, others did the full twenty-four. […]
