Riceboy Sleeps

Last Monday, I kickstarted my summer holiday with a trip to the Barbican to see the UK premiere of Riceboy Sleeps.
A week or so earlier, the performance had been given its World Premiere at the Sydney Opera House. Watch a few of the tracks here...
This was so beautiful.

Current listening...

Saw Jonsi on Monday at the Barbican... stunning...
This is one of his greatest songs and performances.


And I saw this live performance too... still remember the energy...

Jonsi and Latitude

Spent the weekend Mission:Exploring at the Latitude festival in Suffolk.

Here's the blog post I wrote last night on returning, via the GEOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE blog...

The Geography Collective's summer of festivals has been continuing with a trip to Suffolk for the Latitude Festival, where the tent went up in the Kid's Field as showers came and went, and then the heat on the final day triggered dust devils in the straw... Micro-climates and major crowds... Mating damselflies, and flower garlands...

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We had a stream of young explorers keen to experience the festival in different ways, armed with our mission sheets, prismatic viewers and active imaginations. Once again, we had wide-ranging discussions with the grown-ups about the nature of geography and exploration, and also met our competition winners, and some Twitter friends.

Once the exploring workshops were over, members of the collective were free to enjoy the music and the cold beers. Latitude is known for having a thriving range of literature, comedy, theatre

and other cultural events as well as the music.

I enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to Mumford & Sons, Yeasayer in the Word tent, and some comedic action. The highlight by far was meeting Jonsi, and his 45 minute set in the evening which was ecstatic, soaring and symphonic. Next stop... The Secret Garden Party !!

Check out this YOUTUBE channel for some videos that give some sense for the atmosphere at the concert, but not the physicality of it...

Jonsi

Image copyright: Lilja Birgisdóttir

Have posted several times about Sigur Ros, and the use of their music to accompany images of landscapes...

Been listening to new JONSI album most of today thanks to stream by NPR.

Check it out....