NEW SPECS! Finally after about a 6 months search, i've found and bought a well overdue new pair of glasses. The prescription in my old pair was about two years out of date so I can finally see again.
I splashed out and went for a pair of Ray-Bans, I thought my neglected eyes deserved them. I think the main reason I left it so long was basically because Specsavers range is SHIT! Within 5 mins of going into Optical Express on Briggate, Leeds (despite being slightly hungover) i'd found a new pair. Sure, I paid a fair bit for them but I reckon your eyes are worth looking after! I particularly like them with the tache, which you can donate to for Movember if you like at http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1582026/
Glasses from Optical Express, Leeds http://www.opticalexpress.co.uk/stores/leeds-briggate-53.html
Frames £115
Dodgy Tache £40 so far, help me out to make it a bit more!
This weekend I watched the docu film, Senna. It was amazing! Wanted to share a quick review with you to try and urge you to watch it.
Senna was a racing driver, made famous for his flamboyant, aggressive, exciting driving style throughout the early 70's, 80's and early 90's. In 1994, he met his match at the San Marino GP, hitting a wall and dieing from the impact. The film charts his rise from a go-kart racer all the way through to formula 1, where he was to become a triple world champion. Each championship was won in a completely different way, every one of them telling a story about the type of man he was; determined, ruthless and above all talented. Drawing on thoughts from people close to him and colleagues it pieces together footage of him both on and off the track from his ongoing feud with his main rival Alain Prost to his charity work with poverty stricken children in his beloved country, Brazil.
Whether you knew who Senna was or what he did isn't going to matter. Some would be put off by the fact they don't have any background on someone they're thinking about spending an hour and forty mins watching a story about. Worry not! This has it all, it's exciting, inspiring, humbling & sad. A tale of right versus wrong, corruption and a clear example of how sport can help start to help mend a broken country.
It completely blew me away, watch it!
Get it at Amazon, bargain for £10.99 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Senna-DVD-Ayrton/dp/B004PYD770/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320778269&sr=8-1
Olééééééé, Olé, Olé, Oléééééééé Sennaaaaa Seeeena. Nikolass X
So, it's now official The Stone Roses are reforming. What do we think of this? I for one am very very happy. Fair play to them I say, they missed their chance to make any serious cash way back when and it seems now they're back for the right reasons (Mani's mothers death being the thing that apparently brought them all back together) and actually want to come back properly, new songs and all. They even went to the trouble of playing together before they announced the shows to check they didn't sound shite.
Trouble is i'm not going to be in county to be able to watch what promises to be a monumental, historic gig at Heaton park in Manchester next year. Sure, you'll probably get piss on you and it'll have it's fair share of hooligans getting their melons well and truly twisted. But I have no doubt in my mind, the music and sense of occasion will make up for it. I will be keeping my fingers crossed the 'world tour' comes somewhere near me.
My main tip for anyone going would be not to stand too close that you're in 'the firing line' but close enough that you hear alright, the sound wasn't great last time I was there for an Oasis gig. Also try and arrange getting back to Manchester City Centre before or you could be in for a long wait/ walk. Finally don't try and squeeze yourself into the bus and get your arm stuck in between the two doors, only an idiot would do that.
Take care, have fun and bang drums x
