It's been a while since my last post, and the last 24 hours have been eventful enough to justify a post.
Last night I went up to London to see Converge. It was very much a last minute thing, and I would not say their style is quite up my street, but seeing them live was still very enjoyable, and I even got out without any long term injuries. Kerrang gave their Brighton performance KKKKK, and showed a picture of the singer topless with the fans. Electric Ballroom had barriers (which they did apologise for, but nevertheless), so that was not really possible. Perhaps the Brighton people are more receptive ;-) . Towards the end I ended up closer to the speakers than I intended, which resulted in ringy ears.
This morning found me still in London, so I went to see the new Harry Potter movie, Order of the Phoenix. As far as Harry Potter movies go it did not disappoint. The biggest thing I found wrong with it was the age of the actors - they were supposed to be in their GCSE year, but appeared to be of university-going age. The length of the film is over 130min, but it felt slightly too short. As with the last film it seems the Order of the Phoenix assumes everyone watching has read the book, and so skips over much of the background story, concentrating on main events. Overall I give this film 7/10.
From the cinema I took Waterloo and City line to Waterloo, and wandered around the Millennium Bridge and St. Paul's area. I saw something that resembled synchronous scaffolding climbing: about ten people clinging onto some scaffolding, climbing around to form various patterns. Very random.
Finally I went to see some soapboxes, arranged in a maze, with lots of threads and comments on them. It looked as if someone took an on-line forum, tore it out of cyberspace, and placed it into a large room. It seems the aim was to encourage sensible discussion of interesting topics: there were many thought provoking questions dotted around the place. Most of the responses however did not rise above the average level you would expect from a web forum. One that is unmoderated.