Quite a week!

Dearest friends,

This week has been quite a hazy excursion into the world. Going to most excellent museums, going on magical foggy afternoon walks through Hampstead Heath, chilling with new friends, travelling around London's majestic west end, going to see indie rock bands at the various hipsterish places around London's east end, going to random nightclubs that look like something out of an Al Pacino movie and just living at my Aunt's place in Hampstead. It's a very posh sort of life style, but money is limited and I'm kind of missing the quiet country life of North Yorkshire, so I'm heading back there this friday with my cousin, Little Richard. So far, for my current adventures in London have not yet come to an end, my time here has been most triumphant! Definitely only just scratched the surface of London though. I feel that I definitely want to come back. And I will, for Christmas, with all 5 of my family (yay!!), for a week. It should definitely be fun.

On thursday I went to the Tate Modern. A very cool, modern, hip, slightly pretentious, museum for contemporay art. It was very good, I must say that I was amazed. Once again, I only definitely scratched the surface, so I will most likely be going back!
Later that night I ventured down to Old Street to check out some bands at the Hoxton bar and grill. The main band, Airship, was incredible! They were like a post rock/indie rock outfit; totally loud. I managed to exchange a DG cd for 2 of their eps! Definitely a good night. And check them out! Classic Mancunian rock n roll.

Friday I went to the British museum!! It totally brought back memories. The last time I had been there I was 9. Totally seeing it with new eyes. And again, I only just scratched the surface. Definitely going back. Fabulous architecture, fantastic exhibits. The only thing was that the reading room was closed.
Later that night I met up with my new friends, Sam and Tass, both scientists, at a rock and roll joint called the old blue last. Great bands played that night, I don't remember any of them, but great bands indeed. From there we went to a pub, and from there we went to Sam's GF's house and from there to get a mighty tasty lamashan (or however you spell that) and then from there to Sam's place where I stayed the night.

Saturday I got up and had coffee and breakfast with Tas, and we took the tube to west London, and walked to the Serpentine river, close to Hide Park, to meet up with some people, and walking along we noticed the front of the Hogwarts train... it was crazy random.
After a most excellent fireworks display at the Lord Mayor's Show, Tas and I went to get some korean food and then went to our respective habitations... later we met at Brixton tube station for a most triumphant night of disco/house music at the Brixton Clubhouse. The main act was Dimitri from Paris, this suave frenchman with a keen knack for house, funk, and parisian sounds. The other acts, I can't really remember, we're totally awesome as well, especially my good facebook friend Justin Winks, head honcho of Mullet Records (Tesla Boy, Casio Social Club). It was funny, because I had never met him before, just through facebook, but there he was partying away, and i went up and was like "Justin? Its Benedict!" and it turned out that he was this totally nice and cool guy and was glad I had made it out, and I was totally glad too, it was definitely not in the least dissapointing. Check out his music on youtube, just search Casio Social Club. So that was totally cool. We got home from the clubhouse at like 5 am, after taking some really sketchy busses... sunday was a recovery day, I said goodbye to Tass, and went home to Hampstead. And now it is monday.. and all is quiet on the eastern, er western? front.

Keep on rocking the Discotheque!
And thanks for reading!

-Benedict