Big Weekend

Thoughts of the Gig of the Year //
stifling air sits trapped between the throbbing mass and the beats above... suspended in the sound that is bloc party... the lights cut through the heat and the music entrances and rocks through your soul //
lean back and resist the crowd... don't get trampled... hold your ground... get to the front

We're at Alexandra Palace, set high overlooking London from the north. Outside, london's lights twinkle in the crisp night. Inside the huge hall, the crowd is alight. Anth and I are somewhere towards the front, lost in a sea and lost to the music that is driving this party crazy.

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obscenities fly from the mouth of the short bald guy to the left of Fernando, he hates them. Distaste rolls off his tongue like a shower of nails. He sneers, he jeers. This is Arsenal and we're at the new Emirates stadium, Arsenal is playing Chelsea and there is no love lost. The atmosphere here too is electric. A 1-0 victory for the Gunners and we leave happy; I'm tired from a big weekend, but I reckon the buzz will last for a week.


And then it's Christmas :-)