"Priceless"

(last post deleted due to discrepancy of source. hah)

Last night, I attended a preview of this film. Despite having a bunch of chavs sat behind us ("LE HORS DE PRIXS.. BWAAHAHHAHA.. AWWWHHH NAAAAW.. IT REALLY IS IN FRENCH!!"), I really enjoyed it.

Set in the French Riviera, the film follows Irene (Audrey Tautou of "Amelie" fame), a young gold digger, trying to find that perfect old rich man that she can live off for the rest of her life. I say perfect, as, apparently, there is such thing as a flawed old rich man. She wants a man with no alimony to pay off, who can afford her 700€ underwear sets, Chanel shoes, and afternoon sipping of expensive champagne.

One night, when her Sugar Daddy gets drunk and passes out, she goes down to the hotel bar and meets Jean, a hotel employee working behind the bar, a point that he forgets to raise with her. Drunk on champagne cocktails, they hook up.

The film follows Jeans quest to get the girl, who, in the meantime teaches him her ways of gold digging.

A cute romantic comedy with an unrealistic ending that leaves you with a warm feeling inside.

Go see it if you can!

CLEARING MY NAME

Dear Kerrang!

I did not say, in my vox pop, that I wanted to go out to buy the latest "This Is Hell" album from HMV when asked what I thought about their show at the Barfly last month.

What I, in fact, said was "I enjoyed them more than I did last time they played here in London at the Electric Ballroom, and were not as good as the first time they played at the Underworld."

As you can see, this is not what was put in the magazine.

I have not been into the cd section of an HMV for about 5 years. The only reason I have set foot into said store is to buy DVDs. And, while I think This Is Hell are a pretty good band, they would not be the band that I would break my "large record store" hiatus for.

Thank you.

May xx


PS. Face erased as the pic you took of me was awful. But ferguss and Trumans are staying

Sex and the City, Part 2

Teaser trailers. I spent a week at university going to lectures on this. Its a known fact that they show the best parts of the film.

But, i'm watching some special on channel 4, and they have just given the whole plot of the film away.

Yeah, thanks guys. REALLY.

9 Years Ago

I lived with my old best friend Nicky. We used to wake up on Sundays, bum around the house for a bit and inevitably end up at the local "its a scream" pub watching the Chelsea match. Sunday lunch, followed by a couple of drinks ("a couple") followed by 90 minutes of us screaming at a large screen.. Wise was still playing for us, and Vialli was Manager. It was the perfect way to spend a Sunday.

Now, don't get me wrong, watching the footie with the boys is awesome but:

1. none of them support Chelsea
2. watching it with Nicky was better.. not only were we on the same side, but saying "aww isn't he cute" about football players to boys is possibly a bigger sin than being at a show and mentioning a guy in a band/the crowd is hot. Boys see this as you not taking their passion seriously, and thus will look at you like you are insane for saying such a thing, turn away and not pay any attention to your views from that point on, forgetting that you are a girl, and that if a dude is cute, a dude is cute, but that is another post for another day.

ANYHOW, Chelsea reached the Champions League Final and last night, in Moscow, played against Manchester United.

We watched the first half in a pub in Kingston about 75% full of Man U fans (HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN IN KINGSTON?!) and it was awesome but i felt myself getting carried away, mostly because Chelsea were playing and it was the last chance for the team to win ANYTHING this season, but partly because i HATE Christian Ronaldo.

While an amazing striker, I will give him that, he's a fucking cheat. I know that my hatred for the boy is much more deep rooted and stems from "the wink", but still. He makes my skin crawl.


I then spent the rest of the night running from the room in The Peel with the stage whilst Crime In Stereo were on (they are playing tomorrow so I am going to watch the whole set then) and the bar where they were showing the match that eventually went to penalties. And we lost.

That was it. My night was ruined. The game ended, CIS did about 4 encores, and still I was miserable.

On the bus home last night, I thought about Nicky, and how, even if we lost the match, happy we would be at the end of those Sunday evenings, not thinking about how awful we would feel the next day.. I miss those days.

Several things in one entry

- Sex And The City
Ask any female you know. They will have seen this show at least once, even if to only see what the fuss was about. The film comes out next week and the world has gone Sex and The City mad.
Apparently, HBO was a terribly male orientated channel till Sex and The City came along, but apparently, quite a large percentage of straight men are fans of the show, but will not admit it in public.
Boys. Own up. Every boy/man I know despises this show. The reason? Because men don't want to think that us females discuss them as frankly as they discuss us. They like to think that female conversation is limited to what we allow them to hear when they are around. Yes, they have heard us talk about men, but not as we do when with the ladies. Every group of girls really is like the Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte, albeit on scales of how rich they are and possibly much less free time (I know I don't have time or money to meet my friends every morning for breakfast, dinner and drinks every night).
I'm excited. Watch out, Great Britain. Cinemas everywhere are going to be taken over by gaggles of giggling women.

-Madonna
Does anyone other than me watch her and cringe? You are in your 50's love. You can't continue to parade around like a 30 year old forever. It's just the video for 4 minutes. Seriously. You look good but you also look like a drunk mum at a party trying to be in with the kids.

-NERD.
A couple of months ago, there was a call on the Bridge 9 board for hardcore kids to star in the latest NERD video.
A couple of weeks ago, kids started posting about the shoot. Standard extra rates ($100 for a days work). Most didn't get used and were sent at home.
The finished product looks like that it has come out of the pages of Vice, styled by American Apparel. The best part of this video is Pharrell skanking.

Everybody Nose
by yardie4lifever2

When I was younger, I was an extra and it SUCKS. It involves a lot of standing around and waiting to be told what to do. Being an extra in a music video sucks even more. When you aren't standing around, you and about 100 other people are being herded around like cattle, all the while, you have to listen to the same song for hours on end so I feel terribly for those kids.. Not saying that I wouldn't do it again hah.
(anyone that even mentions that I look like the drugged up girl at the end of a night out without the drugs but with a bit to drink gets a smack hahah)

Groezrock shortest rundown ever.

Excuse my terrible camera. Plans to purchase a new on payday that isnt held together with gaffa tape in the books (any suggestions for one under £200 would be awesome).

In fact, im just going to tell you what happened via pics.

We stayed with Rudi. Kid is fucking awesome and so nice. We all went to see Down To Nothing and No Turning Back in Holland.


The coolest van in the world was our mode of transport for the weekend and is owned by Max. Run on vegetable oil, the van has a kitchen, a bed, a tv and a playstation with guitar hero.







Getting stuck in the biggest traffic jam in Holland is great. Dudes bring you bottles of water. You cant see it but there are people running down the hard shoulder towards me:



Down to Nothing, despite the fact that they didn't play Home Sweet Home, my favourite of theirs, were awesome. The reaction in Arhnem reminded me of the reaction the band got the first time they played London. Kids were into it but not as much as any london show nowadays which I obviously prefer and they deserve.

Watching NTB now in a town that was close to their home town, at a record release, was awesome. I have seen NTB in Holland before but this was over 4 years ago when I was doing merch for Caliber and they hadn't reached the height of popularity that they are at now.

The next morning at 9am, we headed off for Groezrock. The show was awesome. It was spent sitting in the sun, gossiping with friends, having a few drinks *ahem* and watching awesome bands. I caught The Loved Ones, Cursed, SOIA, a bit of Bouncing Souls, and Agnostic Front.

I seriously doubt I would have been able to get home if it wasnt for Joe. Thank you.

I should have taken a pic from the side of the stage when the braveheart was happening but, man, i was not in the best of states haha.

O HAI

My weekend fucking ruled.

Wimbledon

Wimbledon on a late Friday evening. Look at the sky.

Home.