Last nights show by Coldplay at Philips Arena can only be described in one word
AWESOME!
More of that later… After my ingenious plan of using a disposable camera as a decoy to allow me to sneak my digital camera in proved to be pretty must worthless as soon as I entered the arena as security didn’t particularly care about people using cameras (as this shot shows).
Anyways, onto the show… The support act was Rilo Kiley and they were pretty good, a few catchy songs in their set, most noteably a song called “It’s A Hit” which I think I had heard before, but never knew who it was by.
Then there was a huge wait for the main act but once they arrived (complete with countdown on the video screen behind the stage) it was just a great show… Though, I’ve heard them play live before they mixed things up slightly by playing most of the memorable songs like “Politik,” “Yellow” and “Speed of Sound” early in the set. Usually you would expect these to be played later on.
Anyways, Chris Martin was downright bubbly throughout the night, running around the small stage like a man possessed and also taking a moment to run through the capacity crowd to the back of the arena during “In My Place.” He also managed to screw up the start of “The Scientist” which he compared to being voted off American Idol… He was also throwing out special mentions to Atlanta left and right, even managing to work OutKast, Michael Stipe and “Georgia On My Mind” into the lyrics of “Politik” and later on during the encore he brought out a special guest in the shape of Michael Stipe who then went on to sing “Nightswimming” with Martin on the piano to the delight of all there.
The show was a hugely enjoyable spectacle, well worth the wait and extortionately high ticket price… I doubt you’ll find anyone who was there who’d say a bad word about the show, easily one of the best ones I’ve been to…
As a footnote, I’ve been contacted by the Deputy Picture Editor at NME who has expressed an interest in using one of my pictures of Chris Martin and Michael Stipe in next weeks edition… Sweet or what??
Originally uploaded by FLC.
After months and months of waiting (almost 4) tonight is the night…
And I’m fully prepped… The ticket may say “No Cameras”, but I’m being superbly secrative after an idea was tossed up by Slingerdoo… I’m not taking my camera, but I’m taking Robyn’s old one instead, it’s slimmer and easier to hide than mine, and a decoy disposable one just incase they have jobsworth security on hand.
Hopefully I’ll get a few shots, and I’ll have to remember not to be so greedy like I was in Nashville when I was busted with a camera at the Ben Folds/Weezer show a few months back.
A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post. “The criminal indictment of Majority Leader Tom Delay is the latest example that Republicans in Congress are plagued by a culture of corruption at the expense of the American people,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California.
Kirsten Dunst blows Spider-Man 3 villains… Talk about a misleading headline… What they actually mean is she gives away a factoid about Thomas Haden Church playing Sandman and Topher Grace playing Venom (sweet!) in the next installment of Spider-Man
Problems with the recently launched iPod Nano are emerging as owners complain of broken or scratched screens. And this is news why? Everyone knows that if you so much as look at an iPod the wrong way it’ll get all scratched up, it’s been like that for years and years…
Look very closely at the square marked “A” and the square marked “B” in the image below…
Got it? Good… Now would you believe me if I said they were the same colour?
I’m such a sucker for great optical illusions…
Fernando Alonso became the youngest ever Formula One champion with a third-place finish behind Juan Pablo Montoya in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Finally something newsworthy in the world of Formula One, is the days of Ferrari dominance over? It certainely looks that way with Michael Schumacher 57 points behind in the standings…
Water is pouring over a patched-up levee in New Orleans, increasing fears that rains brought by Hurricane Rita could flood the city again. A stream of water at least nine metres (30ft) wide was reported to be spilling into the low-lying Lower Ninth Ward.
Up to 24 people are feared dead after fire engulfs a bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita. It’s not even hit land and already it’s claimed 24 lives…
I got an invitation to use WordPress.com today, quite unexpected… It feels all very Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-esque.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away you entered your email address on http://wordpress.com/ to get a blog.
We’re now inviting small groups to use WordPress.com and your email address was selected today!
While you’re on a string of good luck it might be a good day to buy a lottery ticket.
Cheers,
The WordPress.com Team
Sweet or what? Now I’m getting a sneak preview of the new look backside of WordPress 1.6 (I believe) which is chock full of AJAX (or insert relevant buzzword here) goodness… As it’s a Blogger hosted type service the options are a bit limited, like only 8 themes to choose from (6 new as well as the default and classic) and you can’t customise these themes neither, though I hope that changes in the future.
On with the screenshots I guess…
This is the dashboard area, much like the present one except it has links to new WP.com posts and hot WP.com blogs etc. It also shows the new colour scheme for the admin interface…
The biggest change is in the posting page, the box can be dynamically resized, and it has also been dumbed down, no more entering html by default (though there is an option for that) it’s now like a bog standard text editor, a lot like Microsoft Word for example (probably a bad one), I’m none too fond of it though…
Just a little example of the themes available…
so there you have it, if you want to see my empty space, go to scamcity.wordpress.com, I’m not sure what to put there…
Oh another thing… I have invites for WP.com, so if anyone else wants a wordpress.com blog, drop a comment and I’ll hook you up, assuming the story you provide explainig why you want/need one is good enough…
The iPod Nano stress test. What does it take to destroy an iPod nano? Well… Apparently a lot…
“Greedy” record companies are pushing for an increase in the price of music downloads, Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs has said. Jobs also said companies already made a bigger profit through iTunes than in CD sales.
One of the top priorities for the Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is committing FBI agents to investigate and harass the pornographic community, not child porn, or other such badness, but regular, consensual, adult based normal porn. This administration has its collective heads up its own asses far deeper than anything you see in porn…
This comes via MacMove, and it’s a funny take on the iPod Nano commercial thats everywhere nowadays…
Ahhhh, the old Apple Macintosh Classic II… Takes me back.