Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Ben Harper
Ben Harper and “guests” were playing at the Hammersmith Apollo. We got there at 9 pm and found out that the support act didn’t play and Ben Harper had been on for an hour. Bummer! We rushed in but didn’t get far, the floor was packed. Luckily the floor is sloped so even at the back you can get a good view if you can the right spot. The sound was very good, you could hear each instrument and Bens voice clearly.
He played many of his classics such as Burn one Down, Faded, Another Lonely Day (I was a little disappointed to miss Excuse Me Mr.). An interesting part of the performance was that on some songs they would play a cover in the middle. The encore consisted of a 45 minute solo acoustic set, which started off great but Lou was getting a bored by the end. We think he played by himself for longer to satisfy latecomers.
John Soane’s Museum
Sir John Soane was a prominent architect in the early 1800’s credited with designing the Bank of England among other civic buildings. After his wife’s death he decided to turn his house into a museum to educate and inspire ‘Amateurs and Students in Painting, Architecture and Sculpture”.
The rooms themselves are tastefully decorated, each room with a distinct colour scheme with both furniture and art in harmony. However it is the artefacts that take your eye, large paintings, marble busts, antique clocks and statues and architectural designs fill every room.
The most amazing room in the house is out the back. There is a large room with a high ceiling with skylights letting in an abundance of natural light. It is full, floor to ceiling, with roman architectural sculpture from full columns to small chards you can only guess from where they originated.
Laurence’s party
Lou’s cousin Laurence turned 30 this weekend. He combined with two others to hire out Dust bar in the trendy Holborn area. One of the other birthday boy’s, did a good job on the turntables. We left a little early and so we could get a good nights sleep, I hope Laurence got home OK.
Greenwich
It has to be done, the whole Greenwich Meantime thing. Luckily the weather was great and we were not too hung over to enjoy it. Greenwich is on the south coast of the Thames in east London. We caught the train to Island Gardens on the northern side of the river and took the foot tunnel to the other side.
Greenwich is like a little town on its own. To the north is the river. Bordering on the east was supposed to be a new Royal Palace but became the Royal Naval Academy and is now a University. To the south is the large Greenwich Park (site of the Royal Observatory).
We grabbed some food from the local market and joined the other picnickers in Greenwich Park. We climbed the hill to the observatory and joined the hundreds of US of A tourists. I must say I was a bit disappointed by the marking of the Meridian line. It was this line of glass with lights underneath bordered by markings of longitudes of cities around the world.
What I found interesting was the incredibly intricate clocks. They were displayed in transparent cases so you could see the inner workings. I also enjoyed the videos showing how the last astrologer based there used to take readings of stars to update the star charts.
Ben Harper and “guests” were playing at the Hammersmith Apollo. We got there at 9 pm and found out that the support act didn’t play and Ben Harper had been on for an hour. Bummer! We rushed in but didn’t get far, the floor was packed. Luckily the floor is sloped so even at the back you can get a good view if you can the right spot. The sound was very good, you could hear each instrument and Bens voice clearly.
He played many of his classics such as Burn one Down, Faded, Another Lonely Day (I was a little disappointed to miss Excuse Me Mr.). An interesting part of the performance was that on some songs they would play a cover in the middle. The encore consisted of a 45 minute solo acoustic set, which started off great but Lou was getting a bored by the end. We think he played by himself for longer to satisfy latecomers.
John Soane’s Museum
Sir John Soane was a prominent architect in the early 1800’s credited with designing the Bank of England among other civic buildings. After his wife’s death he decided to turn his house into a museum to educate and inspire ‘Amateurs and Students in Painting, Architecture and Sculpture”.
The rooms themselves are tastefully decorated, each room with a distinct colour scheme with both furniture and art in harmony. However it is the artefacts that take your eye, large paintings, marble busts, antique clocks and statues and architectural designs fill every room.
The most amazing room in the house is out the back. There is a large room with a high ceiling with skylights letting in an abundance of natural light. It is full, floor to ceiling, with roman architectural sculpture from full columns to small chards you can only guess from where they originated.
Laurence’s party
Lou’s cousin Laurence turned 30 this weekend. He combined with two others to hire out Dust bar in the trendy Holborn area. One of the other birthday boy’s, did a good job on the turntables. We left a little early and so we could get a good nights sleep, I hope Laurence got home OK.
Greenwich
It has to be done, the whole Greenwich Meantime thing. Luckily the weather was great and we were not too hung over to enjoy it. Greenwich is on the south coast of the Thames in east London. We caught the train to Island Gardens on the northern side of the river and took the foot tunnel to the other side.
Greenwich is like a little town on its own. To the north is the river. Bordering on the east was supposed to be a new Royal Palace but became the Royal Naval Academy and is now a University. To the south is the large Greenwich Park (site of the Royal Observatory).
We grabbed some food from the local market and joined the other picnickers in Greenwich Park. We climbed the hill to the observatory and joined the hundreds of US of A tourists. I must say I was a bit disappointed by the marking of the Meridian line. It was this line of glass with lights underneath bordered by markings of longitudes of cities around the world.
What I found interesting was the incredibly intricate clocks. They were displayed in transparent cases so you could see the inner workings. I also enjoyed the videos showing how the last astrologer based there used to take readings of stars to update the star charts.
Comments:
if u go to greenwich a night there's a laser light shining along the meridan... makes it more interesting :)
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