As much as I usually enjoy my job, I really cannot wait for the opportunity to take some much earned time off and go back home to Manchester for Manchester Pride. So much so, that I have a countdown clock on my work computer’s desktop marking the (slowly) deminishing time between me and the end […]
X-Factor 2009 – Week One (Auditions)
A few quick thoughts on tonight’s X-Factor auditions, the first of the series and the first in the new ‘live’ audition format: Use of backing music – I dislike this. I can only figure that it’s there so that the ‘bad’ auditionees cannot hear some of the giggling and snide comments coming from the audience(?) […]
vLog: 22nd August 2009
For anyone unable to see the above vimeo clips, please visit http://www.vimeo.com/darkaeon to view these in your browser. FORBURY GARDENS LINK: https://darkaeon.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/railway-porn-and-forbury-gardens/ Bit of a pity that I couldn’t make use of one of the nicer bits of the garden (the bit I was in was starting to die off, though had looked amazing in […]
Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
A colleague recently recommended me to have a listen to Prom 45 (2009 season); the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. I have to say, I absolutely loved it and I am very pleased that they were given the opportunity to perform on a platform such as the Proms, which will invariably help them to gain […]
X-Factor Audition Process 2009
For my main posts on X-Factor 2009, please click HERE. ******************************************************************* I’ve just come across this somewhat scathing article on the X-Factor audition process for 2009 and thought that I’d share. I think that this is what we’ve all known for years, but even still, it does turn me off this new format quite a […]
Gari Wellingham 