Monday, 22 September 2008

Brick Lane - the over-dressed armpit of London

There's a festival in Shoreditch/Brick Lane area today (last Friday I mean). I'm primarily concerned with catching the Wild Beasts show - they are always splendid and like nothing else even in the face of diversity (ie lots of shrieking drunk people).
Today they're playing to more people than i've ever seen them play to before - and the people are sneaking closer and closer to them and getting more and more appreciative...
They put us all into a dreamy fugue state and we smile gently to ourselves at their slightly eerie otherworldly pop songs about ghosts and devil's art utensils.

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