wheres the rum?
June 25th, 2007
I took today off work ‘cos (a) it sucks and (b) I have lots of photographs to organise and edit. It has been a very productive day!
I had another jolly good weekend on this the 26th weekend so far this year. Friday consisted of alcohol, though thanks to my wonderful friends, I got some free alcohol. Then rum…
Saturday, was spent chillin’ in front of a big flatscreen TV watching You’ve Been Framed, (which I’m surprised is still going but I suppose that’s besides the point).
That night the Oh Yeah Building was opened for a special Super Sweet Sixteen birthday party, and I was there to capture it. What I wasn’t expecting however was so many scantily dressed girls, making me feel weird taking photographs, though someone made a good point, that it would be worrying if I didn’t feel weird in that situation. It was a fun night, and the kids seemed to enjoy it – even though there was no alcohol, the kids still went nuts. I dunno how they did it.
Things really got started when the Olympic Lifts took to the stage. I remember the first time I saw them thinking… “wait a second, I’m not supposed to like rap… but I like this… ahh I’m confussed.” This confusion resulted in my brain suddenly exploding all over the walls of Auntie Annies, even getting in peoples drinks. I was approached by bouncers who dragged me out the door, but I escaped their evil hold to hear the rest of the set. At which point I ran home crying, not knowing what to do if I liked rap now. Then I listened to The Game lots.
They even have the coolest dj, who bought his dj clothes before learning how to do all the scratchy shit.
(crap photos follow so as minors are indistinguishable)
DJ Jen kept the kids entertained once the band finished
and they danced the night away…
As a new project designed with under-18s in mind, this night has been evident that it could very well work, it was also an opportunity for the kids to see the venue who didn’t go to the open day in May.
So whats the plan for this week you ask?
Tuesday
Auntie Annies – Up In The Attic with Boathouse and Cars in Walls. Boathouse are just awesome and Cars in Walls, from their myspace tracks, sound awesome so I’m hoping this will be a good one.
Wednesday
The Vagina Monologues – The Black Blox (Cathedral Quarter, Belfast). This is being performed tonight (Mon), Tues and Wed this week, though on the final night there will be an auction of vagina inspired artwork (VaginART) with proceeds going to the Belfast Rape Crisis Centre, including this piece by myself.
Thursday sees the launch of The Delawares long awaited E.P. titled ‘The Space Between Us’ at the Empire Music Hall.
Support comes from The Cartoon Thieves, The 45s and The Greeters
Weekends are never to structured, and thats the way I like it. Anything can happen. As always, there will be weekday updates, if time permits.
