Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Monday, 29 December 2014
#Fireworks Night Twines Folk #NYE #buycooltees #tshirt #dntstore
In the past few years the popularity of London’s New Year’s
Eve firework display has rocketed, and that's probably got
something to do with the spine-tingling spectacle we pulled
off in 2011 to welcome in the Olympic year.
These days, our prodigious pyrotechnics make most other
world cities’ look like damp squibs and crowds of thousands
line the Thames on Dec 31 to see the show live. So many
thousands, in fact, that this year's show will be ticketed. For
the very first time, the best firework viewing locations will
be cordoned off and made only available to ticket-holders.
But this isn't Borris spoiling the party for everyone – tickets
are priced at just £10 each (the cost goes towards safety
measures on the night), with amazing views of the display
guaranteed. Buying a ticket in advance also means you
won't have to set up camp somewhere along the Thames in
the cold at 4pm just to stake out your spot.
You can buy up to four tickets in one transaction
at www.seetickets.com, selecting one of three viewing areas
when you purchase. The three viewing areas are North Area
1, which is between Westminster Bridge and Embankment
Station; North Area 2, which is between Embankment and
Temple Stations, and South Area, which allows ticket-
holders access to the rear of the London Eye and on
Westminster Bridge.
The ever-awesome fireworks kick off at the turn of midnight,
but the celebrations don't end once the last banger has,
erm, banged. There will be a live DJ playing until 12.45am,
and all public transport services will be offering free journey
s (from 11.45pm) until 4.30am on New Year's Day. Thanks, TFL!
Fireworks Night Twines Folk and Pop Together for a
Sinuous, Dark-Edged Sound
Sometimes orchestral, sometimes full-on folk, and
sometimes a little bit chamber pop--London-based Fireworks
Night combines all these genres and a touch of rock as a
vehicle for both joy and tragedy. They excel at bringing the
audience along on a ride through all the peaks and lows,
augmented by sinuous violin and the resonance of an electric
guitar. You can always count on music from Fireworks Night
to evoke strong feelings, whether you're soaring with the strings or rocking to a driving pop-rock beat.
Schedule
Fireworks Night has played extensively throughout London
and the UK. Past venues include The Gladstone, The
Lexington, The Bull & Gate, and The Wheelbarrow--all in
London--and the End of the Road festival in North Dorset.
Some of the bands they've played with include Frog Eyes,
Sunset Rubdown, David Thomas Broughton, and Bleeding Heart Narrative.
Trivia
In an interview with SoundsXP.com, James Lesslie said that
the band's name was just a flippant suggestion that stuck. In
the same interview, two other band mates were asked which
type of firework the band best resembles. One responded
with, "The one that you light, and then it doesn't go off, and
you spend the rest of the evening a bit wary of going near it,
in case it goes off into your eye and you never see properly
again."
At one point almost everybody in the band had mid-length
curly hair. On another unusual note, the vocals to the song
"Long Time Healing" from the band's first album were
recorded while lying under a snooker table.
Band
Fireworks Night consists of front man James Lesslie on
guitar, Rhiannon Armstrong on violin, Ed Seed on
percussion, Tim Hancock on piano and organ, Neil Walsh on
viola and bass guitar, and Nick Gill on a variety of
instruments including guitar, banjo, ukulele and the musical
saw. Lesslie writes the song lyrics, chords and melody, Gill
does the string arrangements, and every member of the
band
contributes back-up vocals except for Lesslie, who sings
lead.
The band's structure for any given gig can vary from two to
six people, and they pride themselves on the fact that past
band mates have always made amicable departures.
Breakthrough
Fireworks Night have always considered themselves
primarily a live touring act, but they saw their greatest
exposure and widest tours starting in 2007 and 2008, the
years they released the album As Fools We Are and the six-
track EP A Mirror, a Ghost, respectively. Two tracks from A
Mirror, a Ghost--"You Holding" and "Echo's Swing"--remain
among the group's three most popular songs on MySpace.
Hit Albums
Fireworks Night's first album was Live on Resonance
FM, released in January of 2000. Two of their most popular
albums wereAs Fools We Are (2007) and A Mirror, a
Ghost (2008). "When We Fell Through the Ice" from As
Fools We Are received public acclaim for evoking a wealth
of feeling in the listener, and was also released as a part of a
two-song, 7-inch vinyl record in 2006.
Show Experience
Fireworks Night tickets will get you in to see a band that
excels at orchestrating complex drama into their live
experiences. They pull the audience with them as they range
from the mournful moan and slink of the strings to an impish
rock sensibility driven by the drums and guitar. Seasoned by
years of touring and playing intimate live gigs, one band
mate isn't afraid to step back and make room for the others.
Meanwhile, Lesslie's almost painfully sincere vocals weave
the lyrics, alternately hopeful and tinged with a dark edge,
into what truly should be called folk noir.
Sunday, 28 December 2014
#Jennifer Lawrence #The Top-Grossing Actor Of 2014
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990)is an American actress. Her first major role was as a lead cast member on the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007–09). She subsequently appeared in the independent drama films The Burning Plain (2008) and Winter's Bone (2010), for which she received her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination; at the time, she was the second youngest person to receive a nomination in the category.
At age 22, Lawrence's performance as Tiffany Maxwell in the David O. Russell-directed romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook (2012) earned her critical acclaim and several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) and the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second-youngest Best Actress winner at the Oscars. For her supporting role in Russell's comedy-drama American Hustle (2013), she was awarded the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award and received a third Academy Award nomination.
Lawrence is also known for playing Raven Darkhölme (Mystique) in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011) and its sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Beginning in 2012, she gained international fame and acclaim for playing the heroine Katniss Everdeen, in the commercially successful The Hunger Games film series, which established her as the highest-grossing action heroine of all time.
Jennifer Lawrence Is The Top-Grossing Actor Of 2014
Next year, the last installment of The Hunger Games series hits theaters. For many actors, this would be a difficult career moment. When actors like Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson reached the end of the franchises that made them stars, they had to prove to Hollywood that they were more than just lucky beneficiaries of can’t-miss roles. Lawrence won’t have that problem thanks to her strong performances in movies like X-Men, American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook. Her first post-Hunger Games movie will reunite her with American Hustle director David O. Russell. Joy, about a Long Island single mother who becomes a successful entrepreneur, is based on a true story.
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Friday, 26 December 2014
#Sydney Morning Herald #reports #new year #RMIT #tshirt #cool stuff #Australia
'I think in the next 12 months something else will happen': Terror expert's warning over future attacks as Sydney steps up security measures for New Year's Eve celebrations
- Police are working with event organisers to improve security measures in the lead up to New Year's Eve
- It comes after Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned of heightened terrorist 'chatter'
- A terror expert also believes 'in the next 12 months something else will happen'
- The Boxing Day Test and Sydney to Hobart yacht race have started with plenty of security in place
Police are
working closely with event organisers to increase security measures in
the lead up to one of Sydney's biggest celebrations - New Year's Eve -
just days after Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned of
heightened terrorist 'chatter'.
It comes as a terror expert told the Sydney Morning Herald he believes another attack will transpire 'in the next 12 months'.
'I
wouldn't want to put a percentage on it, but I think in the next 12
months something else will happen, either in Australia or in Indonesia
directed at Australians,' claimed Jeff Lewis, terrorism expert at RMIT
Wednesday, 24 December 2014
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
#Tis The Season! #cool #DeckTheHall #tshirt #dntstore
Tis the season!: Google Doodle celebrates first day of the Christmas holidays
The winter doodle has wished people a ‘Happy Holidays’ in previous years
The festive “’Tis the season!” doodle, which gets a new
incarnation each year, is the search giant’s way of celebrating the
start of the Christmas holiday season for its users across the globe.
Starting on Monday in New Zealand, the doodle will roll out across a number of countries, including Australia, the US, and countries in Central and South America, Europe, parts of the Middle East and Asia.
In previous years Google’s dedicated festive doodle, starting on any day between 21 and 23 December, has wished people a “Happy holidays,” but the message has been tweaked for this particular animation.
Starting on Monday in New Zealand, the doodle will roll out across a number of countries, including Australia, the US, and countries in Central and South America, Europe, parts of the Middle East and Asia.
In previous years Google’s dedicated festive doodle, starting on any day between 21 and 23 December, has wished people a “Happy holidays,” but the message has been tweaked for this particular animation.
The English lyrics first appeared (still called "Nos Gallan") in volume 2 of Welsh Melodies, a set of four volumes authored by John Thomas with Welsh words by John Jones (Talhaiarn) and English words by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, although the repeated "fa la la" goes back to the original Welsh "Nos Galan" and may originate from medieval ballads.The song is in AABA form.The series Welsh Melodies appears in four volumes, the first two in 1862, the third in 1870 and the final volume in 1874. As can be seen from the translation of "Nos Galan" below, "Deck the Hall(s)" is not a translation but new words by Oliphant to an old song.
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