Just wanted to chill out and look at my magazine that I never really read. Look at the hello kitty clock,adorable! Love that thing but note, I am here before 7 am.
Hello,
Any of you who are familiar with London music venues, or having a good night out in West London will be familiar with the venue Ginglik.
Formally an underground gents toilet, the local government seems to have other plans for the site.
For all you Facebookers out there who are interested in saving this important venue there is this group you can join:
http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=532554330#/group.php?gid=35587928336
It gvies you email addresses to send messages of support and such, plus a couple of events to save the venue.
I wrote to the coucil folk stated in the group and put my best grown up voice on. Don't send some ranty message, just something stating why you think it's important for the venue to stay:
Hello council folk,
Apologies if these messages are becoming a pain, however I thought it would be important to highlight the importance of the Ginglik venue from both a music industry and local community perspective.
Working as a talent scout for a major label gets me to pretty much every venue in London. The Ginglik's accessibility to both emerging acts and promoters makes this an invaluable resource of new music to the local population and music industry. Also, it's placing means that many people from areas such as Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush have easy access to a solid grass-roots multicultural music venue. I do not no of one A&R person or artist who does not know the venue well. I also have many friends and colleagues who live in the surrounding area who are very concerned that the venue is under threat.
To remove this as a venue would further fence off live music to the areas of central, north and east London, remove yet another accessible venue for new and out of town acts and also remove a valuable asset that forms part of the area's cultural image. In the years I have lived in London I have seen local governments efforts to tidy up Shepherds Bush green and surrounding areas which have been noticed. However removing this important cultural centrepiece of Shepherds Bush Green would have a detrimental effect to both the area's image and micro economy.
kind regards
So be sure to join the group and let's see if we can save the venue! :-)
Hope all is well with you.
We went out to Crabtree to look around at home decor. I need a bigger selection than what was provided. We ate at Sarku Japan, the woman behind the counter is always there and nice. I was freaked out by GNC the weird pill store. We went to Barnes and Noble tried to smooch Tom, got rejected. I remembered I neede some girly and soy milk items from Wal Mart. I take photos of nail polish colors to figure out what's the most complimentary to use. I went with the purple.
I am trying these out to see how I like it and if I would do this again. I'm a little excited to see what it will be like.
My new hair! I recently rebleached my hair and used a new mix of Special Effects Dyes. I mixed Wildflower and Electric Blue. And I completely love the result, it came out a bright blue with a strangely light pink highlight. It's really neat!
Gene Simmons Family Jewels! I love this show and I watch it every week. Their family is so funny and they seem to have a really good relationship.
Loving Txts! Tom sent me these really loving texts on Sunday and it gave me a surge of happiness that night. It's the little things that make me happy.
Old Hello Kitty Items! I recently put my Hello Kitty Korea cell phone charm back on my phone. I can never get over that cute kitty in a hanbok! And I've gone back to using my old Hello Kitty Alarm clock I bought for $7. It's a night light and alarm clock. I always liked the clock and I'm sooo glad to be using it once again!
Fresh Oysters! Gosh, I forget how good it is to eat oysters raw! Put a little salt and just swallow! They have such a great flavor, the only way to make them better? Steam them!
Days Off! I've been working a bunch of days in a row and it made me realized I kind of spoil myself with days off, to the point I expect them on certain days (*cough*Sunday,Monday*cough*). When it didn't work that way this week, I was a bit upset but now, I'm glad, it's making me appreciate the time I do have off, which is TUESDAY! I'm going to use it wisely.
Business Cards! Tom is having some business cards made up so he can promote his photography and he made me some little cards of my own that I can use to promote my blog! I look forward to look into getting them printed! So Excited!
Pink and Blue! I just love pale pink with blue. Dark Blue, light blue, electric elue, and blue jeans. I'm in love with the combination so much I am going to go on a crazy search for the perfect pink frames for me! I tried some on last night that really was squeezing my head so hard, it gave me an instant headache! I hope to find a frame that won't do that and be pink! I think these colors go so well together, they're like PB&J. Hell, it's even in nature. A pink sunset against a blue sky.
My TILT is feels a little short this week and to tell you the truth, this week has been a bit trying and it's a little hard to think of everything I love (today) when you've had a rough time and feel all over the place. But actually doing this has made me feel a lot better and I wanted to express this. I really wasn't looking forward to making this list but once I started, it really started to make me feel pretty good. I think it reminded me that there are good things to look forward to and good things to look back on. So this is a Thank You to myself for going through with what I started and committed myself to.
Hello,
Apologies that I haven't been around for a while. I've been swamped in sorting out my new place and worrying about Visa's n such. All quite complicated but I think it's all heading in the right direction now.
I finally moved the rest of my stuff into the new place. Which is a huge load off my mind, and my brother's van. He volunteered to help me move again. Which I think is increadable after the last move. All involved, including bystanders, were left emotionally scarred by that experience.
The highlights of the move involved getting a punchbag set up and getting a sofa onto a roof, up a fire escape and having to take a door (and part of the frame) off. Luckily my brother is a joiner so he made a very quick job of it. Although my brother's first words on seeing what needed to be done was "I hate you" in his most deadpan voice, he still went through with it and carried shteloads. He explained afterwards that he's saving all these favours up for later on in life to ask one huge favour. I dread what it's going to be.
I'm now in the process of gradually whittling down my stuff as I have tonnes. But the room is useable, just.
Music highlights of the past couple of weeks included seeing the Cold War Kids. I've never had much interest in seeing them live but my girlfriend is a big fan and bribed a bouncer to get us in which I was well impressed with. I've also just found out that I'm heading to the Connect Festival which I'm really looking forward to. Mainly because Amplifico and Sparrow and the Workshop are playing. Both of whome are amazing.
Spent last night watching Richard Prior do standup with gf and friend who is visiting from the states. I'm quickly becoming a fan.
Anyhoo, apologies for the non-correspondence. If you've sent an email and had no response I am trying to get through them all. I have 500+ messages still to get through with more landing each day. Please don't send the "Hey, check me out messages" as that's what the A&R group is for. All it does is fill my messagebox.
Anyhow, I hope all is well with you and I will continue with regular posts again. Let me know what you're up to.
yeah...that's VOX for you. Uploaded the track last night and the art won't
show in large mode. I'm too lazy to upload something else. You'd think
after a year or so of this happening somebody would either fix it or
explain why it happens. You'll probably also have to give the track a nudge to get started...doesn't seem to want to auto start.
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Are any of these me? I like the red half frames and the PINK ONES!