First Apple brought us the Ipod, then came the Ipod Nano, followed by the Ipod Shuffle.
Each time the product got smaller. Now, Apple bring you something even smaller…

This was the first time our boys (8 and 4 yrs old) have been to see a major band – and then they get to see six in one go. They’ve seen live bands before at motorcycle events, and while they’ve been impressed with the acts before nothing could prepare them for the performance from the Levellers et al.

The rain held off – we even had bouts of sunshine.

Here is a short run-down of the acts:

3 Daft Monkeys – a three-piece acoustic band that played, amongst other instruments, the fiddle, and guitars. Their set was very good and they impressed the crowd enough to ask for an encore (or two).
Chumbawamba – you may remember their ‘TubThumping’ single from a few years ago but they’ve been around a lot longer than that and they’ve played at a quite number of events since then. Their act was thought provoking and funny, even though they had a semi-political agenda.
Nathan & Quinn were, apparently, brought in at short notice – but you’d have never guessed it from the performance they gave. There set can best be explained as a brilliant acoustic folk guitar playing duo.
Seth Lakeman & his band. Mr Lakeman is an accomplished musician: he played the guitar and violin, and he sang well. They were good songs, delivered well, but he didn’t spark me off as the other acts did.
Dreadzone – Awesome, electric, brilliant, fun, cool (man). This group brought the event to it’s feet. Nearly everyone danced to the sound generated by this band – a mixture of dub, reggae, techno, and trance. I was so impressed I’ve now bought their second album ‘Second Light’.
The Levellers – after a short interval, while they prepared the stage after Dreadzone, the Levellers appeared and the headline act got the crowd back on their feet. For those that haven’t heard of them they are a folk rock band that play tunes that you can’t help singing (and dancing along to). During their encore they were rejoined back on stage by 3 Daft Monkeys to perform the final number.

This was all followed by a spectacular fireworks display.

All-in-all a brilliant days entertainment -
definitely ‘A Beautiful Day Out’.

So, call me a big kid (and many do) but watching cartoons and animations still ranks high on my enjoyment list.
So imagine my eyes, the size of the moon, as the trailer for Pixar’s new film Wall.e appeared.

The basis for the story is about a lonely robot on earth, cleaning up all the mess humans had left behind after migrating to a new planet.

What makes this interesting (apart from the gorgeous animation) is the fact that for first 45mins of the film, there is no dialogue. The creators tried to capture human emotions and transfer that to Wall.e through sounds and gestures.

Did they manage to accomplish this, I hear you ask? Well, why not take a peek at the trailer below and judge for yourself.

As BDA are a bunch of soup connoisseur’s, whats the UK’s favorite soup? answers?

One of natures funniest off shoots & proves that Darwin wasn’t always right. Survival of the funniest not the fittest.

“Besides the myotonia, other distinguishing features of the fainting goat are prominently set eyes, where the eye protrudes from the eye socket, as opposed to recessed eyes seen in other breeds. The profile is straight as opposed to convex or “roman” profile.

In the past they were used for protecting livestock such as sheep by involuntarily “sacrificing themselves” to predators, allowing the sheep to escape.^“

Last thought for this week….

…Having had a series of meetings today and devouring numerous biscuits of all shapes and sizes. I was just wondering if there was a survey as to the most popular meeting biscuits, what assortment would win?

I think Bourbon.

I had this sent to me and I had to put this ‘Red Bull Flugtag Flight Lab’ up on the site and share it with you. What a great bit of Flash this is!