Roberto y Gabriela

Saw this awesome guitar duo from Mexico play at the Manchester Academy 2 last night and they absolutely blew me away. Can’t say that I’ve been a special fan of flamingo music in the past but this was that and so much more. The pair have developed this special style of playing the guitar, not just strumming but using the whole guitar. Their style is quite rocky and so powerful. So great to see something different. Check them out www.rodgab.com

Manchester

Eg hef buid i borginni nuna i rumlega thrju ar og eins og eg hef nefnt adur tha er thetta storborg sem stundum er erfitt ad atta sig a. Allskonar folk, mismunandi menningaheimar og bilid milli rikra og fataekra ekki bara fjarhagslegt heldur menningalegt. Lif folks i Moss Side gaeti ekki verid olikara lifi folksins sem byr i Alderly Edge.

En i gaer fekk eg skemmtilega innsyn inn i borgarsoguna thegar eg for a umraedufund sem bar heitid “What was so good about the Hacienda then?”. The Hacienda var mjog vinsaell skemmtistadur i borginni a 9. aratugnum, fra ca. 1982 – 1989. Thar komu fram hljomsveitir eins og Culture Club, New Order og Sex Pistols og oft spiludu thar hljomsveitir rett adur en thaer “meikudu” thad. Sidustu arin throadist klubburinn svo i nutima dansklubb medfara throun “reiva” og thar byrjudu Bretar first ad hlusta a House tonlist fra USA.

Otrulega skemmtileg umraeda og rifjudu margir upp gamla daga og madur fekk skemmtilega innsyn a senuna i Manchester fyrir 20-25 arum sidan, adur en Oasis, Stone Roses and Happy Mondays gerdu allt vitlaust.

Eg hef i raun sjalf ekki mikid stundad klubbana herna i Manchester en herna er otrulega mikil groska i klubbakvoldum, fraegust eru ef til vill Electric Chair med Mr. Scruff og Friends and Family. Forum reyndar a eitt mjog kul kvold sem kalladist Chips with Everything...ja Manchester hefur svo aldeilis upp a margt ad bjoda en madur tharf bara ad leita eftir thvi.

Ta ta

Not too much going on here in Manchester. Andy has started his new job and is over the moon about it. First day was spent walking with academics and artist down Oxford Road to explore the biodiversity of the urban environment. This was done to prepare an exhibition on nature in cities. Sounds very cool. So proud of my man.

In other news. Soldiers keep getting killed over in Iraq. What a complete mess and the dangerous thing is that people are getting use to this. We don’t really see any demonstrations any more. It’s like people have given up hope for this ever coming to an end. They are getting idle and to busy catching up with “Celebrity…get me out of here”.

While this carnage is still going on the most remarkable thing has happened. A group of prisoners have now won a claim against the authorities on the grounds of human rights for letting them go “cold turkey” but they were all heroin addicts. To sum up they sued and won because they were denied access to heroin after being jailed and this breached their constitutional rights. Each got £3500 paid by who else than me and other tax payers of this wonderful country.

What a mess

New photos

Check out some new photos from the last couple of months...

in reverse order

...so clever

We had the best party on Saturday night. Lots of people showed up and we had fireworks because it was bonfire night and a dj, well because we’re just that cool. It was also Andy’s birthday party and you people who know Andy know that he likes to celebrate his birthday and preferably for a month or so. Anyway he got lots of prezzies and cards so he was well happy. Can’t wait for the next one…

Andy

It’s my lovely boyfriend’s birthday today. Happy birthday sweetie:-)

Andy you are the kindest, smartest, funniest, the loveliest person I’ve ever met and I can’t believe my luck that you’re mine.

I love you to the end of the world