Just for fun, I’m going to blog my afternoon / evening at the brit awards. We’re on the train at the moment, just past Banbury, and I’m drinking a G&T. I’m going to post updates via comments, so you might want to subscribe to the thread or something if you want to keep updated. I’ve brought a Stupid CD and tonights mission, should I accept it, is to get that CD to someone important.
- Lightroom 3 Plugins. At least 2 or 3 of these will come in handy
Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Lightroom 3 Released; Update on my Plugins - Charles Ardai hits the nail on the head, and sums up the thesis of my MA dissertation in one paragraph.
The Dark Heart of Noir | Mulholland Books - Gabriel Roth's article on the making of a heavy funk 45.
SHITTY IS PRETTY: ANATOMY OF A HEAVY FUNK 45, PART I (BY GABE ROTH) - Very salient article re: the pricing of ebooks. The Innovator's Dilemma reflects exactly what happened in the music industry 6 or 7 years ago, and is what the video industry are also currently going through.
Defending the $9.99 and under ebook market | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - This could be useful. I'm installing the Firefox plugin now to see if I use it.
the Awesome Highlighter >> Highlight text on web pages - Saved for future reading
The Master Fiction Plot | Lester Dent Properties - I'm considering a flash as one of my next camera-based purchases. I would probably have plumped for teh middle one anyway, but good to ave that backed up.
Which Canon Speedlite Flash Is Right for You?
- Lightroom 3 Plugins. At least 2 or 3 of these will come in handy
Stuck on the tube- severe delays, apparently due to some security alert at Earl’s Court, tonight’s venue. this fills me with confidence.
Ajax scott from music week is in the next door carriage, so I guess that means we’re going the right way
Bollocks, just deleted all the comments by accident. Currebtly racing across town in a can to give important people their tickets
And dan, thanks for the comment. I’ll attempt to avoid the purple one’s door-knocking
Ok, checked into the hotel now. I have my Punisher business card holder, my stupid hipflask and my new suit. Time for dinner.
Waiting for dinner. I’m having liver + bacon.
So, all suited and booted and ready to go. Dinner was fairly horrible, but it’s lined the stomach at least.
Earl’s Court 1 is huge – much bigger than the place it’ been in previously. We’re miles away up here in our balcony seats and the Kaiser Chiefs may have well been playin off a CD. Even Harry Hill can’t excuse James Bland winning the first award of the night- best pop.
Lemar monkey won something. No idea what- I was at the bar. But anyway, who cares? On a stage about half a mile away, a small man called prince is playing.
Purple rain!!!
Prince’s lady guitarist looks like daniel bedingfield
Prince just killed everyone. Follow that, coldplay.
Jack johnson just won some award. He was up against the pussycat dolls, so I guess the award was “looks worst in a bikini” or somethin
An important discussion point has just arisen – who is taller; Kylie Minogue or Prince?
Joy- blagged it to the front just in time for coldplay
I can see trevor mcdonald from here. James bland is just starting his set. I have a cold occ beer.
Kelly clarkson is playing and I’m sitting on death row’s table- they haven’t turned up.
From here I can see myleene klass, alan carr and justin thing thing from the friday night project and. Rob thinks he saw billy piper
How odd. KT tunstall has harlequin tap dancers, which seems a bit gratuitous given that she seems to be an OK live act without the gimmicks. Rob says she’s “basically suzi quattro”. I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing or not.
They’re rolling out some big-ass LCD screens onstage. Might this be gorillaz?
Oh, no. It looks likeit’s probably kanye west.
After amassive stage-settinf break, It is kanye west, and he has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of bikini-clad laydeez. Seriously, there are hundreds of em.
Madonna won something. I just saw that girl who used to be in hollyoaks (debby? Dark haired one). Gorillaz are definitely up next. I know this because there’s a big sign what says ‘GORILLAZ’.
Gorillaz aren’t a real band. We all know that. They’re cartoons. So how come they do the best live performance of the evening, including Prince’s? In fact, how come they’ve done the best 2 Brits performances I’ve seen in 6 years of coming? It shouldn’t be possible, should it?
Coldplay. Just won best british album. Woo.
Daniel- no idea. If I get the chance later I will stand them back-to-back and tell you
Chris martin says we won’t hear from them for “a long time” now. Don’t tease me like that, please…
So, while paul weller plays town called malice, I accomplsh my mission by giving zane lowe a stupid, stupid stupid and steve CD.
I’m currently standing within 10ft of paris hilton. I hope I haven’t caught anything
So, end of the night. Bailed the aftershow because we couldn’t be bothered and rob had stolen a beer tray. We saw a few other celebs- some people from blue, fearne cotton, the magic numbers, jayne middlemiss, razorlight (apparently), someone from corrie, peter kaye but couldn’t be arsed with th party- this is the first brits I’ve actually enjoyed so why spoil it with the rubbish aftershow. So now I’m back at the hotel with rob & marc, being rubbish at pool.
And so to bed. All in all, a more enjoyable evening than expected. Only the inevitable getting up and going back to work to contend with now. For the record, I swung by zane lowe’s table and he hadn’t left the CD behind- doesn’t mean he’ll listen to it, but I did the best I could…
Fantastic blog Tim, superb
aye, good stuff.