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London Eye: Up Close and Personal

Donal — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:18:31 +0000

Final pictures from the London Eye, until the next time I’m in London at least. These shots seemed to have been over-exposed but I quite like the way they look as if it’s a film negative. I exposed for the available light on manual but the lit-up sections came out much brighter than expected.

See all the shots from my brief trip to London.

London Eye Revisited

Donal — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:32:41 +0000

In keeping with the current London Eye theme, here’s another picture of this wonderful structure. Cork has it’s very own “Eye” at the moment… Well OK it’s Funderland down at the Showgrounds but it has a big wheel! Must get a photo and do a comparison.

London Eye by Night

Donal — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:00:31 +0000

After approaching the London Eye I took a few close up shots. We didn’t stay too long because it was freezing cold and it was eerily quiet there at about 2am. I’m not sure how safe it is do be around this area at this time of night, especially with a full-size tripod and taking thirty second exposure shots!

Approaching the London Eye

Donal — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:38:23 +0000

Last weekend I was over in London for a short break with C. The weather wasn’t great so I had to make do with a few night shots and a few sneaky shots at Stomp, to come in the next few days.

We got a great deal on LastMinute.com where we booked our hotel the night before leaving. Managed to get a 4 star hotel for the price of a normal hotel in London. It wasn’t far from this spot if you know London…

Cooling Down

Donal — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:46:03 +0000

Before the summer really disappears, here’s a reminder of the great weather we had this year. Admittedly, this was taken in London but it wasn’t so bad here either.

The Frank and Walters Live

Donal — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:01:44 +0000

In the last month or so I was lucky enough to see The Frank and Walters play twice. The first was at a wedding in London, and the second was at the Spiegeltent here in
Cork on the last night of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

The wedding gig was a bit unusual in that it wasn’t the usual crowd of lads jumping around like mad who were there but that didn’t deter the band. I must say, it was an odd sight to see flower girls dancing to The Franks! After a while it felt like a usual Frank and Walters gig as there was a big group of Corkonians at the wedding but people who were new to the band were also getting into the swing of things. It gave the lads an opportunity to try out some new songs from their forthcoming album “Renewed Interest In Happiness” which is due out in September according to their website.

The Spiegeltent gig was class, pure and simple class! I was really looking forward to seeing them there after seeing Fred not so long before.

Revere (see above) played support and as is customary, at Irish gigs anyway, everybody crammed into the aisles at the side not wanting to get out onto the main floor. It must be fairly disconcerting to the band to play to an audience like that. The lead singer, Jon Carroll, played guitar but was really excellent on the piano. There was a touch of Ben Folds in their style of music I thought.

Finally the Franks came on stage and people started to shift forward. Again, they tried out some of the new material which went down pretty well, I’m looking forward to the release of that album. It’s been a while since they released a new album, notwithstanding “Souvenirs”, a best of album.

Next gig is in Mitchelstown at the Mitchelstown Festival, on Sunday August 6th. That will be some feast of Irish bands with the The Chalets supporting The Franks and the Sultans of Ping playing earlier that day. As I’ve already mentioned Roesy is also playing down there that weekend. This will certainly be one of the best Mitchelstown Festivals ever.

Full set of photos from the Franks gigs can be found here but one last pic for fans of Funky Cold Medina .

Fancy Some Johnny Cash?

Donal — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:57:22 +0000

A street trader in London who had an assortment of Johnny Cash albums but I resisted. I’m glad I did as I’m going to treat myself to the new album American V – A Hundred Highways. I heard one song off it last week and even though it was recorded close to his death, Johnny still had it. One of a few artists I wish I had seen live, Nina Simone being another notable one.

Shoreditch Station Closes Down

Donal — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:40:37 +0000

Shoreditch Station closed down on the 9th of June. I was only on this train once but it was an end of an era for anyone living there. Here are a few pictures from the station on its last day.

And finally, one of the last trains to leave Shoreditch. The last one was about an hour later than this I think and the place was already full of people taking photos.

No 1 London Bridge

Donal — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:40:24 +0000

Looking up at No 1 London Bridge.

A building across the way from No 1 reflected in the windows.

Borough Market

Donal — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:35:59 +0000

Some stalls at Borough Market in London a few weeks back.

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London Eye: Up Close and Personal

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