New Zealand-itis...

I seem to have been spotting many NZ related things in the UK media this weekend.

Well 3, but thats not bad for two days!

1. In a story last weekend (which I only read on Saturday) on Kate Middleton (Prince Williams' squeeze) there was a photo of her with him at the rugby a couple of weeks ago. And what was the future King of England wearing but a Line7 jacket from the America's Cup days, with Steinlager and Telecom branding clearly visible... Where on earth would he get one of those - and why on earth would he wear it??!!
2. Watching the truly fantastic Life on Mars, stuck on a locker in the police station was a clipping advertising a game - England vs New Zealand. A Kiwi in the props room perhaps?
3. Barclays Bank using Split Apple Rock as the main picture in their new ad campaign, with the tag line 'Anything is possible' (or something like that). Not credited to NZ of course, but I've been there/seen it, so I know the real thing!
4. Not exactly media, but I also noticed that Waitrose (my local supermarket) is now selling 42Below as well... (and I have to say that the 42 website has the worst song soundtrack - terrible!
   

Gazing Westward

Gazing Westward
Originally uploaded by enetheru_2006.

Fantastic photo of Sam's - been there, loved it!

Interesting article

I read this article yesterday and thought it was very interesting - good expose of how the big brewing companies here in the UK run the pub scene, and are slowly but surely squeezing out all the local brewers.

Feed The Cows

My friend Nicola sent me this link today and I thought it was fantastic! Lets hope those cows don't go hungry!!

Check out the cows here....

Fab Arcade Fire gig.. but no Arctic Monkeys

Mhairi and I went to see Arcade Fire at Brixton Academy on Thursday night - absolutely brilliant gig. Despite still feeling full of cold I loved them. Loads of musicians on the stage, all playing different instruments, and the most amazing guy who turned playing a tambourine into an aerobic work out! Since then have been listening to their new album, Neon Bible which is also pretty damn good!

I also applied for tickets to Arctic Monkeys - you had to apply through their website but I was not successful. As I had to put my age down (and I was honest!), I can't help wondering if I was considered too old... Although they say that it was completely randomly generated by a computer - but I'm not sure I believe that!

Fantastic slide show

This is a great slide show of the Midsummer Nights Dream performance I went to - works best with sound! Click here to check it out.

Shots (and a cold...)

Last Tuesday I went off to the Doctor's to get my required shots for my upcoming trip to Jordan and promptly came down with a cold. That cold conveniently brewed for the next few days, then came out with a bang on Sunday which I'm still suffering from :-(. I don't normally get colds, but I seem to have had a few this year and this one has been a bit of a doozy. Woe is me - I'm not one who 'soldiers on' through colds, so hopefully I'm over the worst of it now.

Looking forward to the holiday tho!

Shakespeare like I've not seen it before...

Went to see A Midsummer Night's Dream last Thursday at the Roundhouse in Camden. It was absolutely fantastic - although I'm glad I read a synopsis of the story before I went. I'm not that familiar with the play and I think I would have struggled a bit if I hadn't any idea of what was going on, but it was a very clever production.

Lunar Eclipse Totality

Lunar Eclipse Totality
Originally uploaded by murky.

Not my photo - blogged from Flickr!

Lunar eclipse

So there was a full lunar eclipse last night and we had relatively clear skies to see it as well. I tried to take some photos of it, but it didn't really work out - all I got was a lot of black sky with a pin hole image of the moon... Here's what the BBC said about it. There are also some great photos on Flickr as well.

I had quite a good view, and could definitely see the redness of it - very cool!!