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Bestival 2010 – Which artists will you see?

§ September 2nd, 2010 § Filed under london § No Comments

There are a ton of bands playing at Bestival that I didn’t recognize so I pulled together a few tunes to listen to from each artist (that had content on Spotify) and made two playlists:

Bestival 2010 Live bands –> http://www.tinyurl.com/bestival2010

Bestival 2010 DJ’s –> http://www.tinyurl.com/bestivaldjs

I also created a spreadsheet at http://www.tinyurl.com/bestivalbands to rate the bands and make notes about which ones I may want to see. The full lineup with times won’t be available until Wednesday (via the iPhone app) so no way to plan a specific route yet.

Getting excited! Now to work on my fancy dress outfit…

Madam Pain’s Boudoir Circus (Photoshoot 1)

§ April 15th, 2010 § Filed under istoleyoursoulforthis § Tagged aerial, aerial arts, aircraft circus, behind the scenes, boudoir circus, circus, hair, london, madam pain, mask, performance § No Comments

{ originally posted at istoleyoursoulforthis.com }

These are the first behind-the-scenes photos of the Aircraft Circus preparing for their performance of Madam Pain’s Boudoir Circus in London this summer. These particular photos are of the characters Natalia and Natasha (Talia & Tasha).

London vs Texas Rollergirls – A Fistful of Rollers

§ March 21st, 2010 § Filed under istoleyoursoulforthis § Tagged derby, london, london rollergirls, roller derby, sport, texas rollergirls, whip it § 1 Comment

{ originally posted at istoleyoursoulforthis.com }

On March 20th 2010 the Hustlers of the Texas Rollergirls traveled to London to play the London Brawling London Rollergirls team in the A Fistful of Rollers bout. It was an intense match and incredibly close (tied at several points throughout most of the bout) with the Hustlers finally pulling ahead to win 84-63.

In addition to the bout, the Texas Rollergirls hosted a roller derby bootcamp where they trained 175 participants. On their travel blog they added, “We loved their enthusiasm and watch out America–Europe has some amazing skaters and they’re going to be gunning for us all someday in the near future…”

Roller Derby is getting big in the UK and many other parts of the world and received a huge boost in attention from the release of the movie Whip It, based on Shauna Cross’ Derby Girl, starring Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page, about Texas Roller Derby.

As a photographer originally from Austin Texas (where I’m proud to say I was a Texas Rollergirls fan!) that now lives in London (where I’m proud to say I’m a London Rollergirls fan!), I want to thank both teams for coordinating a matchup I could previously only dream of and congratulate both teams for a well played bout!

Thames Tunnel Opening

§ March 13th, 2010 § Filed under london § 8 Comments

The Thames Tunnel opening was a finale to London’s 2010 East Festival. The tunnel was only open on Friday and Saturday and was the first time pedestrians have walked the tunnel in 145 years. It was once considered the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ and half the city of London paid to walk the tunnel when it opened in 1843. The tunnel, which runs between Rotherhithe and Wapping and was built by Marc Isambard Brunel, took 18 years to dig and was the first to built underneath a navigable river. In 2010 it will reopen officially as part of the London Overground.