White Air Festival
I went to this last year – it was amazing. So much fun – I wish they had something like that over this side of the world. I found this on you tube and had to post it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3JEf66wSDA
If you’re in the UK for this anytime I would definitely recommend going. This year its held at Brighton Beach 18- 19th September. It’s a mix of extreme sports and great music – just had a look at the line up for this year – Biffy Clyro, British Sea Power, Doves, The Cribs, The Boxer Rebellion, Sky Larkin and Natty to name a few. Sure to be a fantastic couple of days.
#19: Oakdale Comprehensive School
Those inauspicious buildings above, squat and purposeful, house Oakdale Comprehensive School, an educational institution I’ve never visited but one which has for one reason or another provided the three key cultural forces to emerge from Wales over the last three decades.
Steve Strange, The Manic Street Preachers and Joe Calzaghe. Strange ran a club night, The [...]
The Paradise Way
We’re standing nervously in a queue, without quite knowing why. But the longer we stand there the more we’re certain that it must be the right thing to do. If you’re not allowed to hail a cab then you’ve got to join an outlandish queue for one. We’ll allow that. And if everyone else is [...]
