Thursday 18 August 2011
Les Miserables
I'm 17 in these videos I think. First lead role in a school play and one of my proudest moments. I still watch and remember this play with huge fondness, loved every minute of it!
Enjoy
Adieu
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Some Weird Acty Stuff I Did Once....
You may not believe this, but this piece of "Theatre" that I created with a group of uni classmates for an assessment got us "The first 1st in the history of that module" And a coveted place at the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough!!!
Enjoy
Adieu
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Wednesday 17 August 2011
Tuesday 9 August 2011
We Like Singing
We're hoping to be getting a demo disc together soon, so I'll post some extracts as and when. 'Citin'!
Adieu
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Thursday 4 August 2011
Saturday 23 July 2011
Sunday 17 July 2011
Saturday 16 July 2011
Sunday 10 July 2011
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Sunday 26 June 2011
St Albans Festival Contd...
Photos will follow....when I have a cable for my camera. I can't put the memory card straight in, because the little ejectable drawer thing you put the card in has...well....ejected itself somewhere!
Adieu
x
Thursday 23 June 2011
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Saturday 18 June 2011
Vlog vloggety Vlog vlog
I've been concocting vloggage plans, so I'm hoping these will become more regular and interesting. Watch this space
Adieu
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Monday 13 June 2011
Getting my arse in gear!
Or more to the point, my vlog. This post is just a way for me to note down ideas for future vlogs, so...feel free to ignore it. Unless you're interested and want to offer up ideas of your own.
I think I need a co presenter. My face is boring, and so is my life. I need someone to bounce ideas off. Unless someone has a biiiiig personality (and I consider mine biig) they need someone of an equal personality to....expand personalty....ness. Or something.
I also want to make a weekly, like, magazine style show, where I have different sections in which I talk about different things: Fashion, music, media, news etc, just to bring in a range of different audiences with different interests. I need to network more, leave comments on more vlogs and blogs. Tweet more, and tag my videos more carefully and effectively.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
I think I need a co presenter. My face is boring, and so is my life. I need someone to bounce ideas off. Unless someone has a biiiiig personality (and I consider mine biig) they need someone of an equal personality to....expand personalty....ness. Or something.
I also want to make a weekly, like, magazine style show, where I have different sections in which I talk about different things: Fashion, music, media, news etc, just to bring in a range of different audiences with different interests. I need to network more, leave comments on more vlogs and blogs. Tweet more, and tag my videos more carefully and effectively.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Oh...Harro
I feel it's been a while. But when I can't vlog, my desire to blog seems to vanish. I guess it should be the other way round, and I should want to blog to make up for the lack of vloggage. Anyhoozles. I am in a good mood today. No reason why really. Just one of those random "I'm happy and I don't know why" days. I trained on the box office at work today. I was really, REALLY nervous, but it was actually good fun. I love having a job I enjoy. I wish more people could be as fortunate as I am in that. It makes me sad that people have to get themselves stuck into unsatisfying, ungratifying dead end jobs, for the sake of money and living. The team I work with is so lovely and funny, and we have a right laugh together. Sometimes I really don't want to go into work, and I'm kinda wanting to leave as well, just because it doesn't pay me as well as I need to be paid, but I'm so blessed.
I'm starting a thing. It's called.....Hmmmmm....not sure yet. I'll think about it. But basically, I'm really fascinated by the English language; words' meanings and how they came about, words that have dropped out of use, and weird and unusual words you don't often hear. So on each of my blog posts from now on, I'm going to introduce you to a new wonderful word, and tell you where it came from, and what it means....it will be called....
JESS'S SALMAGUNDI!
And I guess I should start with....Salmagundi.
It's original usage was to describe a dish made of chopped meat, anchovies, and eggs, garnished with onion and lemon juice. It arrived in the English language in the 17th century, from the French 'Salmigondis', meaning hotch-potch. One theory reckons the word derives from a dish served to King Henri IV (or VI) by a nobleman's wife, and that the dish was named after her. Others think it derives from the Italian 'Salame conditi', meaning 'pickled meat'. The English corrupted the word to Solomon-Gundy, in the eighteenth century, and it is possibly related to the children's rhyme "Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday..."
So there you go, you've learned something new today, whether you're interested or not. I am, so I'm going to keep finding fab words and telling you about them.
Adieu
x
I'm starting a thing. It's called.....Hmmmmm....not sure yet. I'll think about it. But basically, I'm really fascinated by the English language; words' meanings and how they came about, words that have dropped out of use, and weird and unusual words you don't often hear. So on each of my blog posts from now on, I'm going to introduce you to a new wonderful word, and tell you where it came from, and what it means....it will be called....
JESS'S SALMAGUNDI!
And I guess I should start with....Salmagundi.
It's original usage was to describe a dish made of chopped meat, anchovies, and eggs, garnished with onion and lemon juice. It arrived in the English language in the 17th century, from the French 'Salmigondis', meaning hotch-potch. One theory reckons the word derives from a dish served to King Henri IV (or VI) by a nobleman's wife, and that the dish was named after her. Others think it derives from the Italian 'Salame conditi', meaning 'pickled meat'. The English corrupted the word to Solomon-Gundy, in the eighteenth century, and it is possibly related to the children's rhyme "Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday..."
So there you go, you've learned something new today, whether you're interested or not. I am, so I'm going to keep finding fab words and telling you about them.
Adieu
x
Oh....Harro
I feel it's been a while. But when I can't vlog, my desire to blog seems to vanish. I guess it should be the other way round, and I should want to blog to make up for the lack of vloggage. Anyhoozles. I am in a good mood today. No reason why really. Just one of those random "I'm happy and I don't know why" days. I trained on the box office at work today. I was really, REALLY nervous, but it was actually good fun. I love having a job I enjoy. I wish more people could be as fortunate as I am in that. It makes me sad that people have to get themselves stuck into unsatisfying, ungratifying dead end jobs, for the sake of money and living. The team I work with is so lovely and funny, and we have a right laugh together. Sometimes I really don't want to go into work, and I'm kinda wanting to leave as well, just because it doesn't pay me as well as I need to be paid, but I'm so blessed.
I'm starting a thing. It's called.....Hmmmmm....not sure yet. I'll think about it. But basically, I'm really fascinated by the English language; words' meanings and how they came about, words that have dropped out of use, and weird and unusual words you don't often hear. So on each of my blog posts from now on, I'm going to introduce you to a new wonderful word, and tell you where it came from, and what it means....it will be called....
JESS'S SALMAGUNDI!
And I guess I should start with....Salmagundi.
It's original usage was to describe a dish made of chopped meat, anchovies, and eggs, garnished with onion and lemon juice. It arrived in the English language in the 17th century, from the French 'Salmigondis', meaning hotch-potch. One theory reckons the word derives from a dish served to King Henri IV (or VI) by a nobleman's wife, and that the dish was named after her. Others think it derives from the Italian 'Salame conditi', meaning 'pickled meat'. The English corrupted the word to Solomon-Gundy, in the eighteenth century, and it is possibly related to the children's rhyme "Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday..."
So there you go, you've learned something new today, whether you're interested or not. I am, so I'm going to keep finding fab words and telling you about them.
Adieu
x
I'm starting a thing. It's called.....Hmmmmm....not sure yet. I'll think about it. But basically, I'm really fascinated by the English language; words' meanings and how they came about, words that have dropped out of use, and weird and unusual words you don't often hear. So on each of my blog posts from now on, I'm going to introduce you to a new wonderful word, and tell you where it came from, and what it means....it will be called....
JESS'S SALMAGUNDI!
And I guess I should start with....Salmagundi.
It's original usage was to describe a dish made of chopped meat, anchovies, and eggs, garnished with onion and lemon juice. It arrived in the English language in the 17th century, from the French 'Salmigondis', meaning hotch-potch. One theory reckons the word derives from a dish served to King Henri IV (or VI) by a nobleman's wife, and that the dish was named after her. Others think it derives from the Italian 'Salame conditi', meaning 'pickled meat'. The English corrupted the word to Solomon-Gundy, in the eighteenth century, and it is possibly related to the children's rhyme "Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday..."
So there you go, you've learned something new today, whether you're interested or not. I am, so I'm going to keep finding fab words and telling you about them.
Adieu
x
Thursday 2 June 2011
It's been a while!
Hey. So....I did a silly, silly thing today. I wanted to make a new vlog, but my camera wasn't playing ball, so...I formatted it....without transfering any of my videos so it's ALL GONE! There was nothing that great on it to be fair, but it still sucks.
Sooooo....I had a fun bank holiday weekend, I hope y'all did too? On Saturday I went to a gig at the Southbank Centre. It was called "In Search of Nic Jones" and it was a group of folk artists celebrating the work of Nic Jones. He was there, and sang in his final EVER live performance, so it was wicked to be there. Jim Moray was there too, with his sister, Jackie Oates, who has a stunning voice. Martin Carthy, Ashely Hutchings and is son Blair Dunlop were playing too, Damien Barber, of "The Demon Barbers" fame, and an American girl called Anais Mitchell, were all there, to honour Nic, who was really influential in the folk movement of, like...the 70s...I think. To be honest, I don't know much about him, but I was invited by a mate and....JIM MORAY WAS THERE! And honestly, until that day, I'd never been to a gig and felt that I was experiencing the work of legends. Even when I've been to see my favourite people play. But this really was a meeting of legends; people who paved the way for the folk music I adore today, and made it what it is.
I will link you to these artistes' websites at the end of this entry if you want to check them out....it's highly reccommended.
On Sunday I went to my mate's birthday bbq and had EPIC cheesecake!
On Monday a few of us went to West Wycombe, to a place called The Hell Fire Caves. Basically, these tunnels were comissioned to be built by Sir Francis Dashwood, with the sole intention of providing work for men during a time of enormous poverty and unemployment. The tunnels took 100 men six years to cut out of the chalk hillside, and when it was finally done, Dashwood used them as the meeting place for his Hell Fire Club. This men's only club was patronized (is that the American spelling?) by politicians, doctors, painters, and men of great importance and influence, and so the 300 foot deep tunnels were the perfect secret hide away for men who didn't want their naughty habits to be revealed to the public. They drank, hung out with prostitutes, dabbled in a bit of Devil worshipping, and, according to some, did a bit of sacrificing of living creatures too...animals or humans? I don't know. Anyhoozles, so, I was dead excited about seeing them, because they were featured on Ghost Hunters, which I watch every morning, and I was excited to see if we could find any ghosties and ghoulies....we didn't :( but it was pretty awesome anyway. I don't want to post up photos, because they're not mine and I don't want to get fined or...whatever, so follow the links HERE and HERE to find out all about them.
Then we went to the Church on top of the hill the tunnels run under. It's called The Church of St Lawrence and Golden Ball....St Lawrence after the area's patron saint...Golden Ball after....well...a giant, golden ball on top of the church tower. We climbed up to the top of the tower, which was TERRIFYING! I'm not normally bad with heights. In fact, I normally quite enjoy them, but for some reason, this was awful. It was sooooo windy, and the platform was small, and the barrier was low, and the door was an open trapdoor. And the stairs were tiny, and a really, really tight spiral and I hated it! The views were pretty though.
Then we saw the Dashwood family home, which was lovely. AMAZING ceilings. Link HERE
The highlight of the day for me was the Civil war re enactment happening in the mansion's grounds. We learned how to make cheese, and how blacksmith's used to make their weapons, and loads of people had set up camp and were wandering around in old Civil war era costumes. And there were loads of loud guns and muskets. That was a good video...I'm sad I lost that one. STUPID ME!!! I love stuff like that, stepping back into history, and almost experiencing it first hand.
Anyway, I'm REALLY dizzy so I'm going to bed now...but I leave you with relevant links to the wonderful musicians I saw on Saturday. Enjoy
Martin Carthy
Ashley Hutchings
Blair Dunlop
Jim Moray
Jackie Oates
Jim Causley
Anais Mitchell(She has an official site as well, but my computer doesn't seem to like it...Google her)
Damien Barber
And, of course Nic Jones
Other musicians were there, and awesome, including Nic's son, Joe Jones. But sadly, I've forgotten their names. They were all awesome though.
Also worth checking out is Bright Young Folk which lists up coming gigs, reviews, releases, biogs and loads more. It's neat!
Anyway, dizziness and nausea well and truly setting in now. I'll vlog soon
Adieu
x
Sooooo....I had a fun bank holiday weekend, I hope y'all did too? On Saturday I went to a gig at the Southbank Centre. It was called "In Search of Nic Jones" and it was a group of folk artists celebrating the work of Nic Jones. He was there, and sang in his final EVER live performance, so it was wicked to be there. Jim Moray was there too, with his sister, Jackie Oates, who has a stunning voice. Martin Carthy, Ashely Hutchings and is son Blair Dunlop were playing too, Damien Barber, of "The Demon Barbers" fame, and an American girl called Anais Mitchell, were all there, to honour Nic, who was really influential in the folk movement of, like...the 70s...I think. To be honest, I don't know much about him, but I was invited by a mate and....JIM MORAY WAS THERE! And honestly, until that day, I'd never been to a gig and felt that I was experiencing the work of legends. Even when I've been to see my favourite people play. But this really was a meeting of legends; people who paved the way for the folk music I adore today, and made it what it is.
I will link you to these artistes' websites at the end of this entry if you want to check them out....it's highly reccommended.
On Sunday I went to my mate's birthday bbq and had EPIC cheesecake!
On Monday a few of us went to West Wycombe, to a place called The Hell Fire Caves. Basically, these tunnels were comissioned to be built by Sir Francis Dashwood, with the sole intention of providing work for men during a time of enormous poverty and unemployment. The tunnels took 100 men six years to cut out of the chalk hillside, and when it was finally done, Dashwood used them as the meeting place for his Hell Fire Club. This men's only club was patronized (is that the American spelling?) by politicians, doctors, painters, and men of great importance and influence, and so the 300 foot deep tunnels were the perfect secret hide away for men who didn't want their naughty habits to be revealed to the public. They drank, hung out with prostitutes, dabbled in a bit of Devil worshipping, and, according to some, did a bit of sacrificing of living creatures too...animals or humans? I don't know. Anyhoozles, so, I was dead excited about seeing them, because they were featured on Ghost Hunters, which I watch every morning, and I was excited to see if we could find any ghosties and ghoulies....we didn't :( but it was pretty awesome anyway. I don't want to post up photos, because they're not mine and I don't want to get fined or...whatever, so follow the links HERE and HERE to find out all about them.
Then we saw the Dashwood family home, which was lovely. AMAZING ceilings. Link HERE
The highlight of the day for me was the Civil war re enactment happening in the mansion's grounds. We learned how to make cheese, and how blacksmith's used to make their weapons, and loads of people had set up camp and were wandering around in old Civil war era costumes. And there were loads of loud guns and muskets. That was a good video...I'm sad I lost that one. STUPID ME!!! I love stuff like that, stepping back into history, and almost experiencing it first hand.
Anyway, I'm REALLY dizzy so I'm going to bed now...but I leave you with relevant links to the wonderful musicians I saw on Saturday. Enjoy
Martin Carthy
Ashley Hutchings
Blair Dunlop
Jim Moray
Jackie Oates
Jim Causley
Anais Mitchell(She has an official site as well, but my computer doesn't seem to like it...Google her)
Damien Barber
And, of course Nic Jones
Other musicians were there, and awesome, including Nic's son, Joe Jones. But sadly, I've forgotten their names. They were all awesome though.
Also worth checking out is Bright Young Folk which lists up coming gigs, reviews, releases, biogs and loads more. It's neat!
Anyway, dizziness and nausea well and truly setting in now. I'll vlog soon
Adieu
x
Thursday 19 May 2011
An added note of excitedness!
I've just found this hilarious selection of videos. Now, I've never watched Jersey Shore, but I have no doubt I would hate it, and find the American "stars" of the show irritating yet hilarious for their general stupidity (this isn't a judgement on Americans in general, I like Americans, but shows like this wouldn't do well if they chose to follow interesting, intelligent people would it? Human nature)
So the stars of Broadway's The 39 Steps, learnt some of the transcripts from the show, and acted them out, Oscar Wilde styley, complete with plumby English accents. Genius. Watch it HERE
Also, if you're anything like me, you're hugely excited about the upcoming The Hobbit film, from the team that brought us the incredible Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you are, follow Peter Jackson, the films' director on Facebook, which also has updates on other projects he is involved in, such as TinTin, and also general news and insights, and his blog, with behind the scenes footage of the filming process. Tis tres awesome, non?
Adieu
x
So the stars of Broadway's The 39 Steps, learnt some of the transcripts from the show, and acted them out, Oscar Wilde styley, complete with plumby English accents. Genius. Watch it HERE
Also, if you're anything like me, you're hugely excited about the upcoming The Hobbit film, from the team that brought us the incredible Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you are, follow Peter Jackson, the films' director on Facebook, which also has updates on other projects he is involved in, such as TinTin, and also general news and insights, and his blog, with behind the scenes footage of the filming process. Tis tres awesome, non?
Adieu
x
Technology and doors both hate me!
Finally, I have a new vlog up, after a week of technology being a bastard! My computer's very poorly at the moment.
Anyway, how are we all? I have an awesome link for you to this....BBC Radio 2 celebrating Bob Dylan's 70th birthday. Totally listen, 'tis sehr, sehr, SEHR gut!
And....my picture of the day iiiiiiiissssss.....not chosen yet, so give me a moment.....
It's of Shrewsbury Folk Festival, which I'm going to this year, and am dead excited about. Listening to the Bob Dylan programme on the Radio has got me all in the folky mood so....hence the theme. If you're interested in going here's a link....HERE!The line up is absolutely incredible (The only person missing that would have topped it off for me is Seth Lakeman, but hey, you can't have it all)
I'll leave links to other folky festivals throughout the weeks, 'cos they're well worth going to. I wish I could afford them all. One day, I'll do a summer of just travelling around from festival to festival, but til then, I'll stick with Shrewsbury. Actually, I'm going to a couple of others, but they're only a day long each. Links HERE And HERE
So, I hope people are watching my vlogs, and enjoying them. I get the impression they're not, but I suppose it takes a while doesn't it. Any ideas how I can make it more interesting and appealing?
Subscribe to my stuff if you like it. It's nice to know who's watching and reading regularly. Also, follow me on Twitter, and my website HERE. That would be lovely!
I'll be more interesting next time, I promise. Just stick with me and I'll get better at all this, I'm just finding my feet and feeling my way.
Adieu
x
Thursday 12 May 2011
Oh, to have more money!
There is a flaw in women's fashion these days. Why, oh why are all women's decent t shirts only made in skinny fit? I hate, hate, HATE skinny fit, but usually really like the pictures and slogans on them. But they're always too tight under the arms and generally yucky to wear. But men's small t shirts (Which I find normally have better/funnier pictures and slogans on anyway) Are just cut wrong for the female form! We need more baggy fit women's t shirts.
So I've been looking for some, and have found an AWESOME website that sells unisex, baggy t shirts complete with awesome/amusing pictures/slogans, in abundance. So abundantly, in fact, that I could easily spend.....so far £62!! ON T SHIRTS! The website is HERE.
And these are the t shirts I like so far....yes, I know I'm a massive geek!
The Yaarwhal one doesn't really make sense, until you see THIS ONE, which my mate is buying...
Anyway...there are others too. By my favourite vloggers...yes...I know....massive geek!
Ok these ones are from the guys at CTFxC
And this one from The Shaytards
You should check these two channels out, they're seriously addictive watching. Really funny! I'm a bit, well...addicted.
So, I think that's about £115 worth of t shirts. Hmmmmmmm!
What else is new?.....
I filmed an episode of Holby City yesterday, with my big sister. That was awesome fun. My "part" is very blink and you'll miss it, not even a line to say, but...that's what I do, fill in the gaps in the background, professionaly. Lol. Holby has a wicked set. I'd never been on a permanent set before, and it was a strange experience. On film sets, that are built inside massive warehouses, once you open the warehouse door, you're on the set. But on Holby, it's just another corridor in their office building. I didn't even realise straight away that we had entered the set, it was just another generic corridor....until I saw the arrow to Darwin Ward and all the NHS signs, then my suspicions arose. And....trade secret, so keep it hush hush....the radiology suite...ISN'T A RADIOLOGY SUITE! It's a greenroom to keep the supporting artistes in, in between scenes! DUN DUN DUUUUUUN!
Well, that's about it I think....vlog on it's way on my Youtube channel, hopefully this evening. Don't forget to subscribe! :)
Adieu
x
So I've been looking for some, and have found an AWESOME website that sells unisex, baggy t shirts complete with awesome/amusing pictures/slogans, in abundance. So abundantly, in fact, that I could easily spend.....so far £62!! ON T SHIRTS! The website is HERE.
And these are the t shirts I like so far....yes, I know I'm a massive geek!
The Yaarwhal one doesn't really make sense, until you see THIS ONE, which my mate is buying...Anyway...there are others too. By my favourite vloggers...yes...I know....massive geek!
Ok these ones are from the guys at CTFxC
And this one from The Shaytards
You should check these two channels out, they're seriously addictive watching. Really funny! I'm a bit, well...addicted.
So, I think that's about £115 worth of t shirts. Hmmmmmmm!
What else is new?.....
I filmed an episode of Holby City yesterday, with my big sister. That was awesome fun. My "part" is very blink and you'll miss it, not even a line to say, but...that's what I do, fill in the gaps in the background, professionaly. Lol. Holby has a wicked set. I'd never been on a permanent set before, and it was a strange experience. On film sets, that are built inside massive warehouses, once you open the warehouse door, you're on the set. But on Holby, it's just another corridor in their office building. I didn't even realise straight away that we had entered the set, it was just another generic corridor....until I saw the arrow to Darwin Ward and all the NHS signs, then my suspicions arose. And....trade secret, so keep it hush hush....the radiology suite...ISN'T A RADIOLOGY SUITE! It's a greenroom to keep the supporting artistes in, in between scenes! DUN DUN DUUUUUUN!
Well, that's about it I think....vlog on it's way on my Youtube channel, hopefully this evening. Don't forget to subscribe! :)
Adieu
x
Saturday 7 May 2011
I'm Hungover and Sleep Deprived! BLEURGH!
So....music time. Today I have chosen this little gem from Mr Jim Moray....
It's one of the most passionate songs I know. The way he sings it is heartbreaking, and it gives me chills every time. I could literally listen to that song all day without getting bored. Just a shame it's not accompanied by a music video involving torrential rain.....mmmmmm.
Ahem!
Picture of day.....
This was painted by a geezer called Caspar David Friedric (Info on him HERE) He's my favourite artist. I like the mystery he adds to his art by painting the people always facing away from the viewer. I always wonder what they look like, and what they think of the view they're witnessing. LOVE! It also inspired the poster for The RSC's most recent incarnation of Hamlet, starring David Tennant. I saw this production a few years ago and LOVE IT SO MUCH! Here's the pretty poster....
I highly recommend you try and watch the dvd of this production. It's not the stage play filmed, but a film made very similarly to the stage play, on the stage...only, looking more.....filmy and less.....stagey. Can't explain, just watch! You can buy it HERE.
And here's today's Vlog. It's a bit of a random cos....well.....alcohol. You know how it is.
So that's it for today, 'cos I need sleep. Got my second rehearsal for my play tomorrow. Not relishing the experience, but hey.
Adieu
x
Ps...can you see my writing well enough on this background, or should I have a block colour to make the text easier to see? I don't wanna, 'cos it'll cover up my pretty picture, but....if I have to, I will. Let me know!
It's one of the most passionate songs I know. The way he sings it is heartbreaking, and it gives me chills every time. I could literally listen to that song all day without getting bored. Just a shame it's not accompanied by a music video involving torrential rain.....mmmmmm.
Ahem!
Picture of day.....
This was painted by a geezer called Caspar David Friedric (Info on him HERE) He's my favourite artist. I like the mystery he adds to his art by painting the people always facing away from the viewer. I always wonder what they look like, and what they think of the view they're witnessing. LOVE! It also inspired the poster for The RSC's most recent incarnation of Hamlet, starring David Tennant. I saw this production a few years ago and LOVE IT SO MUCH! Here's the pretty poster....
I highly recommend you try and watch the dvd of this production. It's not the stage play filmed, but a film made very similarly to the stage play, on the stage...only, looking more.....filmy and less.....stagey. Can't explain, just watch! You can buy it HERE.
And here's today's Vlog. It's a bit of a random cos....well.....alcohol. You know how it is.
So that's it for today, 'cos I need sleep. Got my second rehearsal for my play tomorrow. Not relishing the experience, but hey.
Adieu
x
Ps...can you see my writing well enough on this background, or should I have a block colour to make the text easier to see? I don't wanna, 'cos it'll cover up my pretty picture, but....if I have to, I will. Let me know!
Tuesday 3 May 2011
I like Things
G'day.
I'm going to start a thing, because I like things. Things are fun. So every time I post a blog, I'm gonna post my "song of the day" and my "picture of the day". Just things that amaze me, or inspire me, or make me happy, or sad, or make me think, and that I think are worth sharing. But first of all, here's my latest vlog...it's too big to post up here :(
It's not much, just clips of my Easter and of the Royal wedding weekend.
So I have an account on this website called Stumbleupon.com, and basically, you tell it what your favourite subjects are (ie humour, art, photography, music etc) and it takes you to random websites, that, otherwise, you may never have found before. This is SERIOUSLY addictive! You should totally check it out. I'm telling you about it, because that's how my photo of the day was found. And here it is...
The full story behind this photo can be found HERE, but, basically, some dead creative guys put a skin over a speaker, put blobs of paint on the skin, played sound through the speaker a took highspeed photos. Totally worth a look, there's more pictures and a video. I love creative minds!
Now on to my music of the day. This is kinda two pieces of music in one, cos, it's a massive orchestral piece, with choirs and shiz, and then a kinda remixxy version. It's called Requiem For a Tower, and it's a reworking of Requiem For a Dream by Clint Mansell, made for a Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer. This version was done by some guys called Simone Benyacar, Daniel Nielsen and Veigar Margeirsson. It's tres bon! Check it!
And then there's the remixxy version, by Escala....Check it here!
Awesome no? Oh, and I guess you should hear Clint Mansell's original too. Here
I think it was written for the Requiem for a Dream film....I assume so.
Anyway, that's it for today guys, hope you enjoy my little gems. Until next time,
Adieu
x
I'm going to start a thing, because I like things. Things are fun. So every time I post a blog, I'm gonna post my "song of the day" and my "picture of the day". Just things that amaze me, or inspire me, or make me happy, or sad, or make me think, and that I think are worth sharing. But first of all, here's my latest vlog...it's too big to post up here :(
It's not much, just clips of my Easter and of the Royal wedding weekend.
So I have an account on this website called Stumbleupon.com, and basically, you tell it what your favourite subjects are (ie humour, art, photography, music etc) and it takes you to random websites, that, otherwise, you may never have found before. This is SERIOUSLY addictive! You should totally check it out. I'm telling you about it, because that's how my photo of the day was found. And here it is...
The full story behind this photo can be found HERE, but, basically, some dead creative guys put a skin over a speaker, put blobs of paint on the skin, played sound through the speaker a took highspeed photos. Totally worth a look, there's more pictures and a video. I love creative minds!
Now on to my music of the day. This is kinda two pieces of music in one, cos, it's a massive orchestral piece, with choirs and shiz, and then a kinda remixxy version. It's called Requiem For a Tower, and it's a reworking of Requiem For a Dream by Clint Mansell, made for a Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer. This version was done by some guys called Simone Benyacar, Daniel Nielsen and Veigar Margeirsson. It's tres bon! Check it!
And then there's the remixxy version, by Escala....Check it here!
Awesome no? Oh, and I guess you should hear Clint Mansell's original too. Here
I think it was written for the Requiem for a Dream film....I assume so.
Anyway, that's it for today guys, hope you enjoy my little gems. Until next time,
Adieu
x
Thursday 28 April 2011
Ok....here it goes
Hi guys, how you doing? So, I've been a bit slow with getting this started because I have no idea what I'm doing. But I'm getting the hang of it now. So...I say so a lot. I have a channel on Youtube, called The JessDis League, you should probs go check it out. I'm gonna post my videos on here too though, with some writing if I feel so inclined, and maybe some special treats I won't put on Youtube. But if you've come across this, please subscribe to my Youtube Channel, if you like what you see here, 'cos it's always nice to know people like what you're doing. I've done 8 videos so far. My aim's been to do 2 videos a week, but that has been a massive failure....
Check it!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJessDisLeague
Check it!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJessDisLeague
Saturday 16 April 2011
Getting Started
So, as you can see, this is still a bit of a building site. I have no idea really what I'm doing at the mo, but...I'll get it sorted asap. Please be patient. And my videos will be up soooooon too, and it'll look all pretty, and have photos and writing and interesting links and shiny things and toys to play with and.....stuff....so
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE!!! XD
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE!!! XD
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