What do you call a Canon 5D out in the rain?
A Canon Fried D! Get it!
Yesterday I went out to Newcastle Uni for the annual Beach Party do, and it rained like a mo-fo. It had been raining on and off all day, and I was really trying my hardest not to go out there but I hadn’t seen two of my favourite local bands in a while so I figured I would brave it and use the comp ticket anyway.
First up was Head Of State, my mates band, and the weather was holding out well enough with only a couple of little showers before they went on. Head Of States set was probably their best I’ve ever seen, the boys were on fire cranking out a couple of newer songs along with a few of the better known ones. And to mix it up they played a cover of Purple Rain, so so very different to the original and actually really rock.
Anyway here’s a bunch of photos I shot of the boys during their set……before Here Come The Birds (photos coming later on), and the downpour that drowned my Canon 5D.
Dualit Kitchen Radio
So where do you go when you’re looking for a new radio? Probably an electronics store, yeh? Well check this stylish looking bad boy, it’s from a catering equipment company called Dualit. Yeh it’s a little on the expensive side at 150 quid, but cool does cost.
DAB Kitchen Radio
The Dualit digital kitchen radio offers the most advanced sound quality. The extra large screen makes navigating easy from a choice of DAB and FM. The internal NiMH rechargeable battery pack means you can enjoy your Dualit radio anywhere in the home.
The Dualit DAB digital radio received a ‘Five star’ review in What Hi Fi? Sound and Vision magazine, January 2007 issue.
- DAB & FM reception
- 5 presets for each mode
- High performance 8 Watt, 4 inch speaker
- Bass port for rich sound
- Powered via mains or NiMH rechargeable battery
- Kitchen timer
- Alarm with snooze and sleep options
- Cast aluminium casing
- Soft Touch® central wrap
- Stereo & optical output
- AUX IN for use with other music devices
- Two year guarantee
It comes in Cream, Polished, Red, and Black, and can be bought direct from the Dualit website.
MPM Records - coming very soon!
Those who read my blog here on a daily basis will have seen the teaser image I posted last week when I had a head ache, well it wouldn’t have taken a brain surgeon to work out what it was all about but I figured I would fill you in on all the details anyway.
Recently I was catching up with a mate and he was telling me how hard a time he was having trying to sort out the distribution of his band’s new CD. After some thinking, and a little bit of a business plan, and a few emails to contacts I have in the industry, I decided to start my own record label which will forever be known as MPM Records.
The initial launch of MPM Records will happen either late this week or early next week, and will be hotly followed by the names of the first couple of bands that I’ve signed. At this point in time it’s only being setup as a distribution label, but hopefully if all goes well it will grow to the size where it becomes both a recording and distro label.
Currently I’m talking with 5 bands from Newcastle who I would like to sign to my label and so far they’re all really keen. We’ve still got a few things to finalise on the contracts, mostly to do with how much management and promotion the bands actually need vs. royalty returns, but hopefully I will be announcing the names of the first couple of bands next week some time.
Anyway, this is looking like a really fun project and hopefully it will help kickstart the careers of these bands and show the world that there’s more than just silverchair in Newcastle.
Oh, the website should also be live later this week and once it is I’ll post the links here.
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