A lot to come

I have had a busy couple of weeks which I am compiling at the moment into blog posts. One on the amazing Take That, one on a piece I wrote last year for the Chichester Observer, one on Guns in the Afternoon a Western film club. I think that's it but obviously I'll stagger the posting don't want to give away too much at once do I.

So first of all I thought I would do a brief piece on Glee. I saw it at the O2 at the end of June and it was amazing! All the gang were there and they performed for just over an hour which was a bit of a disappointment. They came out to Don't Stop Believing and did hit after hit, such as Slave 4 U, River Deep, Mountain High and Kurt and the girls did the Single Ladies dance.

Amber Riley (Mercedes)  and Naya Rivera (Santana) have amazing voices, they can hit the right notes and have voices that can fill the whole of the O2 two fold.

Of course Lea Michelle (Rachel) has an amazing voice and I really think she would be a great Elphaba in Wicked. Really though I think it is a shame they didn't do Light up the World or Thriller/Heads will Roll. As they are some of the best songs over the two seasons.

The Warblers and Blaine made an appearance and although I didn't like them in the show (they freaked me out a bit) he was excellent live, such a great voice that it's a shame he doesn't get to sing more in the show.

Unfortunately Gwyneth Paltrow, Mr Schuh or Sue were there although there were videos of Mr Schuh and Sue which were hilarious.

Of course I have to save the best until last Brittany S. Pears (Heather Morriss) had comic timing to the second and when you see her dance live you can see how she has had a great career as a dancer on the I am.... Sasha Fierce World Tour with Beyonce, phenomenal.

Not as in depth as some gig reviews but Glee Live!

Crazy, crazy, crazy!

Since I started my new job I have had a busy few weeks. On my first day I saw The Rifles at Southampton, not ideal when you have a two hour commute, they were really good though.

It was fairly quiet for a bit then I had my friends hen weekend, cocktail making, clubbing and dinner at Jamie's Italian. For the first time I had a Cosmo and it was really tasty. We had a competition, racing how to make a cocktail, I raced the hen to make a 'woo woo' fairly easy vodka, schnapps and cranberry juice. I got very nervous and got most of the vodka on my hands, but we drew so I had to drink a flatliner... Tabasco, sambuca and tequila AWFUL! My mouth burnt. It was a really good weekend though.

Then the weekend after it was my birthday and Denis did the Stockholm marathon again, then it was my birthday and I spent the day with Denis just chilling.

It's been fairly quiet but last Wednesday I went to a gig at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth. I saw Warpaint, a four piece girl band from America who I first heard on Fearne Cotton's show as part of the Music Generator. They played most of the songs from Fool album including Warpaint and Undertow, they were just beautiful live, such a harmony to their voices. They are not big at the moment but they will be. I could imagine them maybe being on a Twilight soundtrack some of their songs have a tortured quality to their songs that would fit perfectly alongside Paramore and Anya Marina. They are playing a lot of festivals so if you can go see them live make sure you do.

Then on Saturday I went and saw the matinee performance of Glee at the O2. I will admit I am a gleek! They played for about an hour and fifteen minutes which was a bit of a disappointment but overall they were really good. Amber Riley who plays Mercedes has a phenomenal voice and Santana (Naya Rivera) was exceptional, especially when they sung River Deep Mountain High. Lea Michelle was also amazing, her voice would not be out of place in Wicked, I really think she could play Elphaba in Wicked and be just a good as Idina Menzel. A bit different from Warpaint but more of a show than a gig and they were all really good.

On Sunday it was my friend's wedding but there will be a separate post on that.