Since I bought a new lens in Japan, I’ve been thinking of the need for a new bag. The new lens is a bit massive and has finally forced me to outgrow my little Crumpler thing I’ve used since I started out on this crazy gig. One of the chaps at work has a nice [...]
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I woke up to John Humphreys telling me a car bomb had been found at 2am in Piccadilly Circus. It appears to be developing into another tale of hilarious overreaching ambition by mad incompetent bastards. They should really have started, as I did as a curious pyromaniac kid, by trying to blow up little mounds [...]
God, I’ve blown my load in the last post. I’m sure the Suicide fans will be here to rip me a new one in due course. I’ve plaintively asked elsewhere for education about what makes them legendary. I suspect it’ll be along the lines of “they invented the genre”, in which case, all credit to [...]
I am not sure why, after so many years of going to gigs, I persist in turning up so damn early. Maybe it would be an excusable thing if I were attending with friends, it’s nice get a chance to get some beers in before the main event. In the case of Grinderman’s gig this [...]
London Zoo
01Jun07London Zoo is a great place for photographing things that aren’t humans or buildings. I went along yesterday and quite a bit has moved around in the 6 months since I last visited. The gorilla enclosure is now open and they’ve got a new rainforest enclosure open called Biome. As usual, you can never get [...]
Bread Roulette
11May07[Date: Mon 7th May] I’ve been keeping count of how many times I’ve hit my head in this ryokan. It was built in god-knows-when and is entirely made of dark wood. Smoking is banned by the Asakusa fire department and for good reason. We’d all be incinerated in seconds if so much as a spark [...]
