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Murder in Monochrome live at Barfly, this was a submission for the theme “Music” for the muser Playground, feel free to take part if you dwell in the Muse board and post some of your photos to the pool.

Went to see Murder in Monochrome with Michelle, was quite fun. Had a FOURTH nando’s meal (had one with my dad, new years and one with Alice) in a short period of time which was hilarious. We then sat at the local pub a bit before they were on. The gig was quite fun and photo taking was cooler then before (haven’t done much photo taking in a while). So yeah, enjoy the photos

Oh yeah

Today was quite a disturbingly hectic day, so many things arranged and plan in the last minute. Kazzie spoke to me on msn and asked me if I wanted to go out and have Yo Sushi! with her and Stu. I originally was going to decline the offer since I was pretty tired from Regina Spektor gig and all, thought since Michelle was also inviting me to see We Are Physics at the buffalo bar as well I decided I might as well make the day of it and have a proper day out again.

Yo Sushi and a very late stu

Upon arriving fashionable late I met up with Kazzie and got a seat at Yo Sushi! We were still waiting for Stu to arrive so we just sat around and drank some green tea, I ordered some cold dishes so that they were immediately ready when Stu was about and Kazzie ordered a chicken yakisoba to eat. The wait was pretty long as I believe Stu was almost an hour late. We eventually got nice and cosy and ate our food, Kazzie promised Stu that if he came today she would eat a Salmon Nigiri so we ordered just that (I persuaded her to do it so I could have her nigiri if she couldn’t finish the other one off hehe). The dish arrived and kazzie actually kept her promise and ate the thing. Though it’s nothing for us (me, alice, inn, kev and loads others), it was quite remarkable that Kazzie did eat raw salmon when she didn’t like fish in general!

I ordered a salmon skin hand roll, a tamago nigiri and a beef ramen which kept the bill nice and small (should of got a rainbow combo to be honest). I mentioned the gig I was going and Kazzie and Stu were pretty much up for it, we were then contemplating what to do between the gig and after Yo Sushi! After paying the bill and leaving victoria we headed off to the Apple store in Regent Street to have a look at the new ipods as well as perv at the iMacs. Stu did some research and found out that imax were showing Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix in a hour and a bit so we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon watching Harry Potter! The difference was that it was at the imax (one of the biggest screens in the UK) and the last battle scene was in 3D! I think the idea of watching it all in 3D was too much to miss so we went to waterloo to pay imax a visit.

mmm Dumbledore in 3d

We were given large specs at imax and were able to buy decent tickets to the show and all. We were also able to catch a few 3d trailers to really enjoy the 3d experience, it was amazing! Things were popping out right in front of you and stuff, it just made us desperate to see what 3d harry potter had to offer!

The film was amazing, if you exclude hermione’s moving eyebrows, kazzie’s constant giggling about them, the large number of discrepancies from the film and the book and the fact that our seats were slightly to the left. The 3d bit however was flawless, it was amazing watching it all in 3d. The best bit was when Dumbledore was fighting Voldermort. Stu laughed at Dumbledore’s whipping wand technique and I was just gormless when the the glass at the ministry of magic shattered. It was all pretty jaw dropping when it was in 3d.

We are Physics! Did they goto the imax too?

After the film we decided to head off to the buffalo bar at Highbury Islington station. Stu decided that he was tired after watching Dumbledore in 3d so we left us at Euston. Kazzie brought her dslr camera so we were ready to take some lovely photos of the band at it. We met up with Michelle (who was with Caff) and headed to the venue to go check out the band. They were pretty amazing, really reminded me of Polysics as they were really jumpy and fun to watch. Photo taking was slightly tedious since the lighting was inconsistent and all. However with the help of flash I was able to take a few decent shots. The guitarist was wearing 3d specs which led me to believe that they might have went to see Harry Potter too haha.

After the gig there was also another band playing but due to time we had to leave at 11pm, was a shame since I wouldn’t mind watching them myself (they’re headling and all). But yeah, the venue was pretty far away from where I lived so it was best to call it a night instead of risking taking a painful night bus back home!

Back in London I was going to go see Regina Spektor in the Royal Festival Hall. It was going to be a fun event since Regina Spektor photos always gurantee’d photos on explore as well as the fact that Royal Festival Hall having the most amazing lightings (see my Howling Bells photos). I was going on my own since nobody I know wants to come with me (they either don’t like Regina Spektor or don’t live in London). So yeah, last time I went I was on my own so it wasn’t too bad watching the gig by yourself, plus I was hoping to pop into the photo pit and take photos so I would have only annoyed the person I was with.

Once in the venue I was panicing, the seats I bought were pretty far from the stage, I really couldn’t do much at my distance so taking photos sitting down was NOT an option haha. The second problem was the fact that there was someone asking to see photo passes in the photo pit, last time I went they didn’t check so I was pretty nervous in how I could get into the pit and take photos.

Eventually everything worked out, not only was I able to simply sneak into the photo pit with everyone else (the guy asking for passes wasn’t there when Regina was playing), I was also able to sit a lot closer to the stage because there were a few no showers and taking up one seat was pretty easy! The gig was amazing, I was able to take a lot of nice photos and sit back and enjoy the rest of the gig after the photo pit session. Enjoy the photos

The above photo is disturbingly sharp

At the end I was able to get a bit of the set list, it was quite a funny story since other people wanted it and the setlist itself was kind of torned apart since people were snatching it and all, I was the true owner of it since the set list did land next to me but it was torn and of no use. I wasn’t bothered on a torn up set list but hey, it’s still a set list so i just casually shoved it in my back pocket. The guy to my right who wanted the set list was swearing like a twat. I really didn’t like him since he was the reason why the set list was torn. Right after leaving the venue he actually had the balls to steal my setlist from my backpocket when i was busy looking at my photos. I didn’t bother chasing him since the set list was torn and it simply wasn’t worth the effort, however I did enjoy watching him run like a girl, scared that i would deck him one haha.