Saturday 14 June 2008

Walpole Park

This was my first go at making a package and i hope i have added the one with the voice over. If i haven't, enjoy the pictures.

Sound of Music

A new Maria will be gracing the stage in the West End show The Sound Of Music. Summer Strallen's switch from teen Tv soap Hollyoaks to the London Palladium is meant to attract a younger audience, but will it work?

Our showbiz reporter Edward Asta caught up with her to see if it will work.

(A big thanks to Neil Sean for helping me arrange this interview)

Friday 13 June 2008

MOMA


During my recent visit to the Big Apple i dropped by the Museum of Modern Art.
What could be better a modern art museum in one of the worlds trendiest and richest cities in the world? I was ready to see something new different, bold, mind bending but i did not find this.


Instead i found the same mediums such paintings, photo's and weirdly shaped object just with a slightly more modern take on things. What did i expect? This is modern art? True, but i would have quite liked to have seen something that Incorporated two or more styles in one piece. Something with abit of a shock and awe factor, something incomprehensible or too complicated for words and pictures.


The closest thing i could get to that was the work of Jackson Pollock and as a result i am now ab it of a fan. His work is craziness on a page and fantastic as a result. If you think about what it means it will drive you crazy as well, trust me i have tried. The picture above is a relatively tame creation but make my point. You couldn't explain or describe this accuarately in any meduim which currently exists.
And if you find yourself looking at a melee of colours ask yourself why did this piece end up like this? You'll soon get lost.

Saturday 7 June 2008

A Hattrick

I'm at work at 9.45 pm on a Saturday night and may miss Germanys opening game of the European Cup , so i'm in a bad mood and don't have much time to write an indepth piece.

But here are a few of my opinions on a couple of issues.

New York City - An amazing place. It was less glamourous and dirtier than i expected, but was twice as good.

Euro 2008 - Germany or France will win it. No Cannavaro rules Italy out and France's tricky run in means they may could be knocked out at any stage, where as Germany will progress steadily and will only have overcome Croatia, Portugal and Someone else in the final.

Foo Fighters at Wembley Staduim- Awesome- too good to put into words, listen to their albums and imagine 86,000 people singing, dancing, moshing and getting smashed together and you'll be somewhere close to it, but still nowhere near the mark.

My Computer - Exploding piece of rubbish.