Wow, the lineup for Radio 1’s Big weekend is usually pretty terrible, but there is usually at least one artist that appears on the list that I would want to see. Not this time.
I find it quite difficult to put into words how much I dislike Dizzy Rascal, the little cretin has been vomiting his chart topping dibble onto the charts for far to long.
Florence and the Machines are so overrated it’s not even funny anymore, Lostprophets (no thank you), 30 seconds to mars are nothing short of terrible poprock singing tools and I’d rather slit my wrists than sit through a Scouting For Girls set.
The most promising are Stornoway (still a little iffy about these though) and Bombay Bicycle club.
One of the more impressive things I’ve seen on the net in a while is the news that a record breaking beer mat house has been created (and subsequently destroyed).
Over 250,000 beer mats were used (but not harmed) in the construction of this beer mat house. The house included chairs, tables, furniture, beds all pain stackingly (pun!) created.
The construction must have taken ages to complete, I half expected it to all fall over at once, like a domino rally.. turns out they are much more stable than domino’s though. More absorbent as well.
No glue or adhesive were used in the construction.
Pub owners have started to realize the potential marketing benefits of using Twitter to try and “tweet talk” potential drinkers to pubs.
Pub owners are now using Twitter to try and connect with local communities.
If you haven’t heard of twitter, it’s basically an online social network (similar to Facebook) that has grown over 1000% in the past 12 months. Twitter allows users to post 130 character “tweets” that can be followed, commented on and re-tweeted by other users.
Over 6 pubs per week are now closing throughout the UK, I guess anything that looks like it could boost sales a little is a good thing.