Jamie T Live at the Astoria

Please forgive the lateness of my post.

The other night, Wednesday 24th January 2007 to be precise, I saw Jamie T play to a sell out crowd at the charing cross Astoria. The gig was extra special as my good mate Neil's and his band - Them Nudes, were supporting. Most bands may have crumbled with the nerves and pressure but the guys relished the oppourtunity to play such a renowned venue and it was probably the best level I personally have ever seen them play to. Also supporting were the brilliant Maccabees, fronted by Orlando Weeks who never fails to dress for the occasion, he was wearing a sequin waistcoat as I recall.

Onto the main attraction - Jamie T, he played a set with lasted over an hour and saw him showcase most of his debut 'Panic Prevention', This was my first time experiencing Jamie with his full backing band(The Pacemakers), so it was great to hear some of the tracks played across 5 musicians rather than just on an acoustic bass(which he still encorporated into his set). His encore was to be blunt - mad: including solo renditions 'Living with Betty' and his cover of Billy Bragg's 'A New England', before closing with a special sped up version of his latest lift 'Calm Down Dearest'.

As if an excellent bill wasn't enough I also met up with a few ex-Northolt mates, the wintermans, Ben off course, a handfull of people from my halls of residence, two guys I met at a Bloc Party gig over a year ago, and a few of my flatmates ...in Sainsbury's of all places.

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Refreshers Week at Roe!

It's been awsomely brought to my attention that the RSU are brewing up a 'Refreshers Week' for the week of the 5th-11th to gear all of us freshly-loaned students into the Spring semester. I'm mostly looking foreward to the Belfry reunion for the Digby crowd, Bands night, and the fancy dress bop.

Heres how the week takes shape:

Mon 5th
- Welcome Back Do, Hammersmith Palais
Tues 6th
- Digby reunion at the Belfry
Wed 7th
- Fez Club, Putney
Thurs 8th
- Bands Night
Fri 9th
-Refreshers Fair, The Bop(Fancy Dress)
Sun 11th
- Film night: Forest Gump and American Pie

For full and more pretty looking information clicky here.

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Whilst The Workload's Away Anant Will Play

After a long hard two week stretch my autumn photography modules finally over. I had to present my photos to a group of about 20 students and lecturer's in and out of the studios today. It went suprisingly well and despite the pressure of grilling by lecturers(they seemed to dig them!) I dont think I did bad at all, trust me - when nervous, OD on skittles and bottled water. It turned out to be quite a strange day, with a humungus tree branch rolling down the studio roof(Roehamptons known for its tree's) and freak wind so strong it walks you down the street.

So anyway, now all that hard graft's done and dusted I can get down to some old skool fun during my Uni's two week 'Inter-Semester break' !Not entirly sure how to use the hours, probably meet up with some friends, watch snakes on a plane on DVD another 12 times over, review a couple albums and buy alot of crap online. Aren't Holidays just bliss?With rumours of 'refreshers week' at Roe spring semester looks bright and yes...orange. Roll on Spring!

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Crisis Vols Party

If I could sum it up in one piece of dialogue it would have to be the following:

Anant: "Hey Andy, Happy new year! How're you doing?Do you remember me?"
Andy: "Yeh, off course I remember you Memec!"

Twas a good night with dancing and random people who liked my face!

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Chris Cain Shaves His Tache!

Chris Cain of We Are Scientists has shaved off his infamous heavyweight moustache to recreate a scene from the Nicole Kidman movie 'My Life" ...for a laugh. It see's him giving a short leson on how to shave for his son- whom he will never see as he's been diagnosed with a terminal disease.

The guilty-to-love-yet-hilarious video, filmed by W.A.S singer/guitar man Keith Murray is on the bands youtube channel and can be seen below:



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Them Nudes Last Night

Went out to see my chum Neil play the Koko last night, exactly a month after my last gig (Maccabees, ULU). The gig was part of Club NME night and saw Neil's band Them Nudes play a short half hour set around midnight. I also had Aakash and Claire for company whilst in the lavish backstage area. We were amused by the cartoon put on loop which seemed to have the Harlem Globetrotters in it. The gig itself went great with the crowd diggin' Them Nudes alot. I've uploaded my favourite photos from the night to my flickr site, be sure to check them out! In other news, I moved back into uni this evening.Hurrah!

Them Nudes Myspace
Photos

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Muse - BH&R Most Downloaded Album of 2006

My Album of the year for 2006, Muse's 'Black Holes & Revelations' has been crowned the most popular album based on download sales, fending off the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Gnarls Barkley, and Snow Patrol - whose album 'Eyes Open' was actually the most popular album of 2006 based on sales across all sales platforms. This makes me a very happy bunny considering Muse are my all time favourite band!

Long Live Muse!

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LOAN RANGER!

Just been informed that I've recieved my Student Loan for this term! Woo, now have £2586 and 25 fine pense to my name lol. Gives me some ammunition for my inter semester break which starts around the 20th Jan! Shudn't need it all, I'm quite well with my account front, only got overdrawn on last day of term last year - thats quite a stat I'm sure many would agree.

To 2007!

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Seeing The Grates!

I've just bought tickets to see jumpcentric Aussies The Grates + The Blood Arm at ULU in March. If the Kings College gig last October was anything to go by it shud be mental and uber fun-filled. Last time I met the band and walked away with a bunch of free balloons.If anyone fancies tickets their still available here.

The Grates Official Site
The Grates Myspace
Read my review of The Grates at KCLSU last October

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Facebook

...Is the most addictive thing in the world to me right now. Just signed up this morning after I found my like 105th invite to join in my hotmail inbox. If I could sum it up I'd say its like friends reunited for friends who needent be reunited. Also I think facbook would probably suck if you didnt go to uni as it seems to revolve around uni friend networks. It's like myspace minus the bands, but plus the photo albums.

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New Years Resolution

My New Years Resolution for 2007 is a mixture of getting down to work and getting down to some old skool fun, its the time honoured tradition of "working hard and playing hard". My schedule for January seems a great way to kick this off, with deadlines for 15th and then a series of gigs to cap off the month. These holidays have also taught me that I want to use my time more productively, so I definatly want to do more then laze about in my four months off during the summer too.

Keep checking back contantly to see how well Anant keeps his set goals during 2007!

Anant.