How many times have you been out having coffee with a friend and they say ‘I had the strangest dream last night’? What follows is usually a tale of twisted environments, people doing strange things and then a good, shared chuckle. On that token, have you ever had someone come up to you and say ‘I had the most normal dream last night’ …unless you’re a cognitive therapist dealing with a unique patient who has an altered sense of reality, I highly doubt it. Some people are too fixed on being serious or being ‘in real world’ but let me just say, to the subconscious mind, a dream experience is just as real as the physical real world.
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Bristol is regarded as a port city. We’ve got the harbour, we’ve got the bridges, we’ve got the boats, the ferries, the locks, the wildlife and now, thankgod, we’ve got the aquarium too! Winner!

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My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard

When hearing the word “Milkshake”, the naïve among you will no doubt already have a firm favourite from the exhausted choice of strawberry, chocolate, banana or vanilla. This is all well and good if you are content spending those long-awaited summer days sipping on your usual mundane beverage but for some, this does not suffice. To ensure that you are not disappointed with your milky treat, my plan is to delve much deeper into the world of milkshakes in search of weird and wonderful flavours to satisfy the needs of the milkshake thrill seekers of Bristol. There will be six contenders, each marked on originality, generosity of portion and value for money. Let the Bristol Milkshake Challenge begin!!

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The ipod; that quintessential style icon that seems to be omnipresent amongst the street walking masses. Whatever did we do before it came along? How did people manage from day to day without their personal playlist being delivered directly to their brain via their ear canals stuffed with little white earphones? I mean, frankly, the thought of having to be in a public space without being plugged in to this slim status symbol is unthinkable…
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Summer, in reality, is very rarely a collection of postcard moments - that ideal dream we develop throughout the winter of our tanned, carefree selves lounging at a bar under the moonlight or running on a sandy beach clad in brightly coloured bikinis. In reality, our airline will lose our luggage, we will get serious bright red burns instead of the Caribbean tan we were going for, our hair will be a victim of humidity instead of the sun-kissed piece of natural beauty we want, and we will spend quite a lot of time waiting around in crowded airports, stations and other transport-related nightmares getting us to that fleeting vision of a destination. Or we might simply not even go on holiday and the vision will remain just that.
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Everything you need to pack for the ultimate Summer Festival experience. Make 2010 a classic summer!

A Strong Friend – This fellow can be a vital commodity for many things at the festival; carrying beer, sitting on their shoulders for a view and even protection if you happen to bump into the wrong person too many times.

Cereal Bars – Trick your stomach into thinking you’ve eaten a breakfast.

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As I sit down to contemplate my time at Glastonbury Festival, I am quite simply filled with nothing but a warm nostalgic euphoria. It’s only been a week and yet somehow I laugh and smile to myself about times which seemed to have happened years ago in a magical hidden valley in my eternal youth. Glastonbury, it seems, is just that. For five days it is paradise on Earth for that certain group of people who choose to call it their second home.

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Saturday 3rd July 2010 @ St Pauls, Bristol

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Sunday 13th June 2010 @ Louisiana, Bristol
With Support From: Pepino

Ethereal urban foxes Pepino screech to the heavens and ask questions why. Blythe Pepino’s passion comes with ease as she recalls the situations from which these comical and hearty lyrics originated. Clutter, a response to the pains of cleaning other people’s houses, is a thumper of a tune, and their wistful beauty of a song about growing up in the country (not written by Pepino) is rose-tinted and beautiful. The violins and cello add to the juxtaposed sounds of soft, drawn out vocals and gutsy, propelling sounds. Like a Tori Amos/Imogen Heap/Tinkerbell with balls – they’re a contemporary girl de force and unavoidably likeable.
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Roni Size kicked off this New Year with a tune most people had never heard before but one which every single person at The Greatest Show On Earth started whispering about immediately. The track, Where’s My Monkey?, was an instant hit and having been aired on Radio 1 subsequently, it’s pretty fair to say that DJ Parker, one of Bristol’s very favourite sons, has well and truly arrived!

Since launching his debut album, To Eternity, in 2008, Parker has been “the one to watch” on the national Nu Funk scene so it was only a matter of time until he reached the same level of critical acclaim as DJ Yoda, who we believe is a massive fan alongside Massive Attack who have also come out in support of our favourite DJ; not bad, eh?
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