Tisch Premiere 2008, Best of IMRO showcase 2008.

This was my first time at one of the Tisch nights. Some of the videos done by the Tisch students in the past have been done really well (Grand Pocket Orchestra’s ‘Odd Socks’) so I had some hopes, though they remained sensibly around the medium mark. Unfortunately few of the videos impressed on the night but I’ve yet to figure out if it’s because I don’t like the music/band or not. I know this isn’t true in a few cases. The free pizza from Apache was discovered waaay too late, when all was on offer was a pile of rejected sweetcorn slices. (sad face here). I’m sure the videos will be finding their way around the internet very very soon so do keep an eye out.

And finally, I have found a spare minute to throw a few shots from the IMRO ‘Best of’ (yeah right) Showcase from the Village the other night. If I don’t have shots of every band who played up here then it’s only because I didn’t like the shot. Although there is a shot of Halves up there that I don’t like but I felt I’d throw it up anyway for the craic. Felt like a black and white, grainy moment… (I just realised that there are a lot of closed eyes here. )

Got my ticket for Transmission Festival this morning. This brings a bit of happiness in the face of such a slightly depressing blog. (See below post).