Streetlife Festival 2015

 On Sunday I'd been asked to come along and watch the boys from ZebraThought perform at the Streetlife Festival on the M95.4 stage. Michael and I decided to make a little excursion out of it, seeing as the weather was so lovely and Michael had been in Denmark and I had been inside working on my last few essays for school the whole holiday. 

The festival showcases plenty of physical activities that can be done on a leisurely level, such as skateboarding, rollerblading, speedmington and many more. Many stands offered to let you try these activities out, something Michael decided to take advantage of. 

First we had a look at the skateboarders and Michael decided it was time to whip his camera out and do a little bit of filming. Sister is kind of proud.

Zebra Thought

As per tradition (it seems) of this damned blog, here is another post that is extraordinarily delayed.

Back in June I was invited to take some shots of my friends in the band Narin (photos here). Performing the same night, was ZebraThought. 

Three quarters of the band preparing - the wee girl decided to experience the music up close

As it turned out, I ended up taking photos for them too, which was a pleasure as all four lads revealed themselves to be ridiculously photogenic.

Narin at Soundcafe, 27th June, 2014

It's been an (embarrassingly) long time, but I'm finally getting around to writing this post for my boys from Narin.

A month ago, I was invited to the Soundcafe to take photos for Narin, who were performing that evening. 

Unfortunately a couple of band members were missing, so a couple of substitutes jumped in for them - that meant that they weren't able to play their full planned programme. However, what they did perform, they performed smashingly. 

And as I'd (kind of) promised, here are the photos:

Deus Ex Machina

Let me introduce you to Deus Ex Machina - your new favourite musician/band/awesome-thing.

And let me tell you this, the music is awesome. 

Mr. Deus-ex-machina, or Shi as he's called when he's not being a superhero, runs a Facebook page as well as a Soundcloud account where you can stalk all their activity (totally not what I'll be doing these next weeks/months/forever). 

This shiz is first class sleepy time music. Shi tells me it's post rock/ambient, I have no clue what exactly that is but Deus Ex Machina is right up my street, and it's probably up your street, too. So have a listen






>>My tip: have a listen to The Great Timewaster - super soothing and just all around amazing

Deus Ex Machina is not just an excellent source of wonderful music, it also aspires to be a source of happiness. The name refers to the Latin phrase - "god from the machine" - a sudden solution to an otherwise seemingly unsolvable problem, which is what Deus Ex Machina's goal is: for their music to be the solution to your problems. 

Let this take you to the better place, for the better days.

-Deus Ex Machina