Music to My Ears

Oh, Kassi, this one’s for you. (I hope I can name at least one band you don’t recognize.)

Last night Drew and I attended the UK Festival Awards 2008 at the O2.  

The Awards Ceremony was actually held in a smaller venue than the main stadium, called the IndigO2.

Headlining the show was a band called Pete and the Pirates. You can’t see much more than lights, but Pete and his Pirates are pretty good.
 
Apparently, a Festival Organizer (that Drew has met and may work with quite a bit) loved festivals so much that he came up with an idea to create an online community for festival planners and patrons so that the tradition could continue. Annually, Virtual Festivals gathers feedback from the community and throws a party.  They give away awards for festival acts, but most of the awards are for festivals.  (They also raise money for music-related charities.  Festival goers vote via the website on things like the greenest, best loo, best ticketing process, and best line-up. This not only promotes the community, but also gives the vital feedback needed to keep the festivals running.

It was fun to be back in the swing of something more normal.  You know, hanging out with people we don’t know, listening to bands we had barely ever heard of…  Cool stuff.

You are going to want to check out MGMT and The Ting Tings, too.

If you do some research, there is more cool music promoted all over the Virtual Festivals website.

I have packed up almost all of our stuff, washed the sheets/pillows/duvet cover/towels, hung everything to dry, clean all the surfaces, and put all dishes back. I am really feeling a chill that I can’t shake; when I woke up my eyes were swollen and I thought I had my earplugs in. Allergies? I better take a little something and have a nap.

See you very soon. Something in the neighborhood of 50-55 days. Bigs hugs (and kisses to those that require them)!