Ok, so a bit of an update on where I am with my London NY resolution…
I am doing pretty well so far, day 25 and one gallery and two gigs down. I went to the Annie Liebovitz exhibition at the Portrait Gallery early on in the month. I thought it was really good – a fascinating mix of professional and personal images, all mixed up together. Interesting juxtoposition of a Vogue-esque cover photo of some young bejewelled starlet alongside an extremely personal image of Susan Sontag on her deathbed.
Musically, I am really keen to see lots of bands this year. I had an interesting lunch break a couple of weeks ago – somehow won a competition to go and see Razorlight a couple of weeks ago. They were playing to about 30 of us as part of a recording for a radio show. I’m not massively into them – although I really like a couple of tracks from their new album – but it seemed like a silly thing not to go. Something different on a Friday lunchtime with less than 24 hrs notice – only in London! Johnny Borrell is tiny.
Going in quite a different direction, my sister and I went to see the Gutter Twins at the Union Chapel last week. Mark Lanegan has an incredible voice, and although clearly very rougharound the edges, he has an understated charm that has led to a mini crush on my part. We saw him play with Isobel Campbell before Christmas, which was an amazing gig – the Union Chapel is an incredible venue.
I haven’t got anything else up my sleeve at the moment gig-wise, but the sis and I are going to see Pete Postlethwaite in King Lear at the Young Vic next month, which I am really looking forward to. Should be fab.
