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Blue Hour BBC
A few nights ago we were heading back to our AirBNB place (near the BT Tower) from Soho in London. We decided to go into the BBC. We were the only ones there and were able to watch a live newscast. There was also a great overview of the working area of the BBC employees. Really cool. And free!
An odd thing about London is everything is either free or really expensive. Museums, views, tours, etc. either cost you nothing or 20+ pounds. I can’t think of a single thing that was in the 1-10£ range (like most of the rest of the world).
Parading down The Mall
A couple days ago we headed out early to catch the “Changing of the Guard” at Buckingham Palace. Turns out we weren’t nearly early enough for much of a view of anything. However, as things were breaking up at noon we happened to be crossing the street toward St. James’s Park when today’s scene unfolded before us.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One & Two (Palace Theatre, London, England)
We went out for dinner in London’s Chinatown a few nights back. We got a bit lost on the way and ended up standing in front of the Palace Theatre on the night of the Harry Potter premiere. Of course the show had been sold out forever, but the theater was rather lovely at dusk.
The next day the book was released. We saw people reading it on the Tube.
Tonight we are going to see “One For My Baby” at the Tristan Bates Theatre. Thursday night, our final night in London, we will see Rory Scovel at The Invisible Dot.
Diamond Head @ 2016 Metal Brew (part 3)
Brian Tatler of Diamond Head (July 30, 2016)
I first heard Diamond Head in the early 80s. They weren’t regularly played on the radio in the USA, but a DJ was trying to be cute and played Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell, Heaven and Hell, and To Heaven from Hell in that order. I remember this thirty-something years later because I was taping the radio and listened to those four songs dozens, if not hundreds, of times over the next few years on cassette.
A few years later Metallica covered not one, but four, Diamond Head songs. They also ripped off several Diamond Head riffs in songs that were Metallica “originals”. Once Metallica stopped covering Diamond Head in about 1987 Metallica turned into crap.
Anyway, I purchased Diamond Head’s “Borrowed Time” in Japan on CD in 1988, and have listened to it regularly ever since. I never dreamed I’d be seeing them from the front row in England three decades later. What a great time!
Diamond Head setlist @ 2016 Metal Brew
