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Punk Over Pomp: London 2012

July 30, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

So the Games are well underway. The Opening Ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympics took place three days ago. Does that mean I’m too late to write about? Probably. Do I care? Not really. I love the Games. You can watch an entire day’s worth of events and almost feel like you had a vaguely athletic day. It’s also incredible how we all turn into sport aficionados passing judgement from the couch: “They started out too fast…” “Stick your landing!” “Ohhh that splash […]

Categories: Alternative, Pop • Tags: 2012 Olympics, Big Ben, British Music, England, entertainment, Lily Allen, London, London 2012, london 2012 olympics, Mr. Bean, Muse, music, Olympics, Opening Ceremonies, photography, travel, United Kingdom, vacation

Gate ornaments, spikes at Buckingham Palace

London Calling

July 23, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Continuing with bands playing at Osheaga this coming weekend, we have The Sounds. Music imports from Sweden tend to fall into one of two categories: heavy death metal or lively, colourful pop. The Sounds fall under this second grouping and provide exactly the type of fun music we’ve come to expect from this country and their artists: artists like Robyn, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, Caesars, Teddybears, The Hives, I’m from Barcelona, Ace of Base and, of course, the […]

Categories: Alternative, Indie, New Wave, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Rock • Tags: alternative, indie, London, music, photography, pop, Rock, Swedish, travel

“To live will be an awfully great adventure.”

July 7, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

My favourite classic novel of all time is J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. The book is so worth reading. Congratulations to ST who knew what song was played in the post Water Focus. It was a piece by Hans Zimmer called Time composed for the film Inception. This song is another piece composed specifically for images, but this time I won’t make you guess. It’s a cute/short/soft little number written for the show Community. Ironically, the episode it was was used […]

Categories: Acoustic, Soundtrack • Tags: Acoustic, Community, London, music, Peter Pan, photography, soundtrack

One Month

July 6, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Hyde Park trees, London Huzzah! A month ago I went public with this blog and now I’ve had over a thousand hits…. I’m pretty sure only about half of those could have been my mother. Thank you all for checking out my stuff! Your feedback makes me ridiculously happy. Guess who figured out how to embed a youtube video without the video?! Truthfully, it’s incredibly easy… computer code is so cool, you can do anything! Today’s selections were actually supposed […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Experimental, Indie, Lo-fi, Soul • Tags: alternative, beauty, Canadian, experimental, Hyde Park, indie, lo-fi, London, music, nature, photography, tree, tune-yards

Lost and Found at the V&A

May 31, 2011 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I took this photo at the Victoria and Albert Museum a couple months ago. I absolutely love that all the museums in London are free. It’s such a fantastic system. Though… one could make the argument that a lot of the items in their collection were acquired in a colonial manner and so access to them must be universal. If you’re interested in this type of discussion- ownership of items taken from foreign lands, culture exchange, etc.- last summer Michael […]

Categories: Acoustic, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, folk, History, indie, London, museum, music, Ola Podrida, photography

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