So it’s a beautiful day in London. I had been very impressed with this flickr set and I wanted to go into Leicester Square and take some myself. Along the way I figured I’d take a walk for a while and take some photos. And so I did. Unfortunately when I got there, I found that tonight is the London premiere and so it was a) packed and b) mainly shut off. So I didn’t manage to get anything good. I’ll probably try again this evening.
I’m more than settled on what I want to go camera wise. I’ve decided on a Canon EOS 350D and I may even be able to afford it around the start of September which would be very nice indeed. Until then, I’m getting a whole lot better results from my lovely little Ixus and I’m very pleased with some of today’s photos. In particular the one I’ve used here.
In other news, my phone bill arrived yesterday. I am really going to have to cut back on using it for calls to Ireland and calls when I’m over in Ireland. I thought it was going to be a bit more than normal, but not over four times more. Ouch. That’s a chunk of money for a new camera gone out the window. Of course sometimes it’s worth it all to be able to talk to a friend.
It’s a quiet Sunday night here. Alex is back tomorrow (I think) so a little cleaning to get through. The Subways are playing a Street Festival just off Charing Cross Road. If I’d known about it before I passed this afternoon, I’d have gone in this evening but it’s just too much hassle right now. Seen ’em a few times and they are allright, nothing as special as I thought they could have been.
R.E.M. last night was my 6th time seeing them (Dublin, Brixton, Glastonbury, Hammersmith, Live 8 being the previous). I suspect that’s about right. Radiohead is 4, U2 is 4, Kings of Leon is 5, Hope of The States is probably 5 too. The good stuff adds up 🙂
I was going to buy a new CD today. I had picked it up and was pretty much going to go and pay and then I thought to myself why. One of the things I had been talking to Mike about before the gig last night was people queuing for Harry Potter. We both agreed that we might someday queue for a book but couldn’t come up with an idea of what we would queue for. A new album on the other hand could have us there in line waiting for a midnight opening. And in fact if the net does not come through with a copy of Sigur Ros’s new album before release date, I will be headed into work early to stop off and pick it up. But, the main reason I didn’t buy the cd today, I could not listen to it then and there. Previously when I had a discman it was great, I could just pop it in, turn it on and away I’d go. But now, with an iPod I would have had to wait for hours till I got home.
In Virgin, you can listen to any cd at all at a listening post by scanning it’s barcode. Now I don’t believe for a second that is anything other than comptuerised so why not offer anyone with an MP3 player, who has just bought the CD, an instant addition of their new music? How cool would that be? Just pay your money, plug into a cable and bingo, walk out the door with sweet sweet new music going strong. I guess it’s all DRM related but it has to happen sooner rather than later.
Music: People = Shit – Slipknot