Facebooker! - 31 July, 2008
Sit on my facebook!
For anyone who is on facebook you can now be kept updated with my latest interesting facts, general confusions and of course check out the latest pictures.
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Captcha Goes to Hawaii for its 1st Birthday! - 21 July, 2008
Captcha celebrated its first birthday in hawaiian style at the Coalition on Friday Night with the Bands The Woo!worths, My Tiger, My Timing, left Hand Red and live art from Subism Artists
Photos for your enjoyment…
Dave x
(Images are also as a gallery here)
Showcase and Beyond, Coalition, Brighton 12/7/08 - 16 July, 2008
WTL Unsigned Promo Advert - 11 July, 2008
Secret Garden Party - 11 July, 2008
Just confirmed that I shall be in attendance at this years Secret Garden Party in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. After reading up and chatting with some friends I am more excited than ever at the prospect of a mad party festival, that is as much (if not more) about the hedonistic festival vibe as it is about the music. With a heavy focus on art, dressing up and party vibes this should be a visual spectacle worth checking out.
I’m also heading there with reggae boys The Resonators.
Watch this space for photos and updates.
Zoo Thousand 08 Festival, Kent - 7 July, 2008
Zoo Thousand 08 Festival, Port Lympne Wildlife Park, Kent.
Pictures also on the Web Gallery HERE
Long Weekend Promo Shoot for ‘Holiday’ Single - 7 July, 2008
Long Weekend Promo Shoot for ‘Holiday’ Single.
Zoo 08 Festival - 7 July, 2008
Just wanted to make a note of how disappointed I was with the Zoo 08 festival in Kent this weekend. Whilst on paper the festival sounds great, good location, charity backed, line-up looks great and its reasonably priced! Great!…
Until half the main bands drop out that is. Dizee Rascal, The Rascals, Frank Turner, Roni Size, Whiley and Late of the Pier to name a few, all citing the lack of being paid as the reason, fair enough, I wouldn’t work for free, but where has the money gone? why were the bands allowed to reach the site before being informed that there was no money to pay them and why was the festival so badly managed that it got to this stage for so many fans to be disappointed? The cynic in many people might see it as a get rich quick scheme for the festival, drop the big bands at the last minute once the tickets have been sold and save a few grand per band.
To compound the problems on site for fans the second stage was closed for most of the second and third day with the VIP stage doubling up to host some of the second stage bands, but that only those with specific VIP tickets could see these bands, bands that people had paid a lot of money to see. And getting to see the bands you wanted was impossible with all the constant lineup changes meaning no one was on the right stage at the time they were billed…and that was after you had paid £6 for the privilege of knowing what times the bands were on.
Even getting onto the site via public transport was a nightmare as the promised shuttle buses were none existent, instead festivals-goers were reliant on the sketchy local buses, running round all the back villages, and stopping everywhere before getting to the site, and only if you could stand waiting long enough for one to arrive in the first place. Once on site you were lucky to get a camping space as by the second day officials were saying the site was full. Yet ticket sales were down apparently, they hadn’t made enough money to pay the bands, how could the site be full?
Poor management, lack of consideration for fans and a disappointing series of drop-outs and cancellations, a direct result of a badly organised festival may leave a sour taste in many peoples mouths, and one that many might not want to repeat next year.