East Coast Collective: Football Club Gig + Other Stuff

Its taken me a couple of days to get around to writing this blog, mainly because I'm closing in on my University Reassesment deadline and I've been doing the work :p

but yeah, I went to a gig on Friday with some friends of mine (Beth & Emma) £2 entry...for 4bands I think it was (was listed as 5bands but only 4went on) - it would have been £3 but a mate of Beths had a bunch of fliers, which knocked a quid off the entry price...which...you know credit crunch and all that... The bands that were playing, sweet man, loved the music, although one of the bands...not being funny but every song sounded the same, breakdowns in every song...and the guy sounded like a tool (lead singer of Laidback Legends...lead singer from Merseyside, putting on an awful American accent, then saying stuff like "When I say, Metal Haters, You Say... Fuck Dem Ye!"...why... sounded like a total chav prick)

anyway the Lineup was:

LAIDBACK LEGENDS
www.myspace.com/laidbacklegends

SHADOWS CHASING GHOSTS
www.myspace.com/shadowschasingghosts

HEROES LAST ACTIONS
www.myspace.com/heroeslastactions

MERMAIDS IN THE BASEMENT
www.myspace.com/mermaidsinthebasement

FOREVER AND A DAY
www.myspace.com/foreverandadayuk

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gonna start off talking about my favorite band of the night, after spoiling through myself 2nights before, I went to Shadows Chasing Ghosts page, listened to their songs, and loved it, on the night, loved them...loved them so much, I parted with £10 stirling...for a t-shirt (yeah I know I could do my own whatever) spoke to the lead singer for about £10 about random stuff, and he was awesome, down to earth everything, found out hes from an area close to someone I know (Kiz)...anyway

yeah, their music, its sorta like...We are the Ocean...but harder - you should check out some of their stuff on youtube and myspace, you will no be dissapointed

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secondly Forever and a Day... this is Beth's friend's band, I was actually suprised, back when I went to college in beverly I used to see the guy on the bus travelling the same route as me, same college...but I only ever talked to him once or twice, anyway, hes the bassist in this band and they are actually really cool...
definatly going into my favorite bag

(... yes... I have a bag in real life called my favorite bag...its right near my spank bank, just across from my cup of STFU)

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the other bands, yeah they were ok, like I said before though, I really went to see Shadows Chasing Ghost's... (when I found out they were going I was stoked...before that I was going because Beth asked me...and I hate refusing .. lol)

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Games

right, I know its a long-shot...but I really want to...someday goto E3...with an AAA pass, and do whatever the hell I want, just from playing video games and doing reviews, ever since listening/watching 4pp, it actually seems possible!
but Im not sure if its actually worth it...so... meh, put that dream in my "not gonna happen anytime soon box" (next to my favorite bag)

Assassins Creed

I have been playing an awful lot of Assassins Creed lately, after getting it in a rush (as I realised that I hadnt completed it yet) I fell in love with the game...yet, the first time I played it I got bored of it cause it was so repetative...
BUT
after going back to it and playing it again, I realised... yes, it is repetative, but who cares, it functions smooth and has some sweet graphics (the physics are a little boned but classic game)

anyways, I completed it (woohoo, 100G...for completing the game and another 50G for noticing some writing on the wall...that is probably the easiest 50G I ever got...just pressing Y and looking at a wall)
one thing I hate about the ending though...is the credits!!! - you cant skip them...you cant do...anything...its just like a 15minute credit roll....who wants to see that, its pointless...at least put a fastforward function in there or something! (ffs)

The reason I wanted to completed this game was because (as most of you know...) Assassins Creed 2 is coming out this November (North America on November 17, 2009 and in PAL regions on November 20, 2009)
and...imo you cant grasp the story of a sequal without actually finishing the first installment, its like watching Die Hard 2...without watching Die Hard .. WHO DOES THAT

anyway, Im anticipating the arrival of that game...and if I had the money at the moment, I would probably pre-order it like a bitch!

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Thats all the blogging I have time for atm
(Josh wants to play LBP)
I'll catch you guys later!