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Last week WithWood went out disco dancing in Leith, which resulted in a mixed review:

Ocean terminal is a strange venue in which to trip the light fantastic, entering a club via escalator and queuing up besides Starbucks is an odd way to get the party started, especially since no espressos were available mid queue.

We’d already seen Felix in the same venue a couple of weeks prior and that was a rip-roaring success, as a result we decided to make a blanket assumption that all other nights would follow the prescription.

The Annie Mac night was a little bit annoying, which either means I am becoming less tolerable of mankind or not preparing thoroughly to become tolerable before putting on my dancing shoes.

Issues were as follows:

• The queue took approximately 3 days, even though tickets were pre-booked;
• Average age in the dance hall was 17;
• Drinks spilt as a result of arrogant dancers/pushers amounted to 3;
• The music was too quiet and then at one point non-existent.

Redeeming features:

• FakeBlood;
• The participating crowd WithWood;
• Proximity to the flat.

A lot of the signs seem to tie in with me getting older – trouble hearing, revelling in the short distance home and complaints about the ill mannered youths of today.

I need to go out again and re-assess my perspective.

For a more detailed analysis of the night, please refer to the following:

Happy June the 8th

After a long holiday I am thinking of blogging off again, it was a bit of fun and would be a shame to waste all these creative juices.

A brief update on my current habits includes mostly study and procrastination in the form of  free legal streaming music (somehow makes me feel honest). You can stream almost anything within a media player that looks nicer than itunes, plus you are able to share playlists with the world:

http://open.spotify.com/user/gary.wood/playlist/5txyzVrgqMK2J68myDSUVD

Get spotify from here:

http://www.spotify.com/en/products/free/

No subscription necessary, just an occasional annoying advert, an acceptable cost.

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Rockness Part III

Need I say more?

Are We Human?

In times of study you will notice my blog move away from Leith and into music, this is mainly due to my incarceration in the flat.

This weeks method of procrastination has been the latest Killers album, produced by Stuart Price – which will probably be the most remixed album of the year:

Here is the first:

Human (Thin White Duke Remix)

Keeping on the Stuart Price theme, another artist to look out for is FrankMusic:

FrankMusic – 3 Little Words

As soon as exams are over I will be back to journalism, visiting the much discussed ASDA of Leith.

What Credit Crunch?

Time to get topical…

Tried to get new credit card.

Got one.

Easy.

I see no trouble ahead.

I urge you all to invest in credit cards, my financial advice is nothing but sound, get at least three.

Once you do, buy the following albums:

Van She – V

Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke

Indilectro

A good reason to start your weekend one day early.

Just What the Doctor Ordered

The festival is over (of which I am still due to report back on), but the real fun is just around the corner .

Always with a finger on the pulse, we at withwood are able to let you in on a secret, a new night is coming to Edinburgh, one to get very slightly excited about.

Keep Thursday the 25th of September free, it’s the launch night of idielectro, which I have been told ‘will be guaranteed fun’. So, make sure you come on down, book off the next day off work if you have to, which you do.

WithWood will be there with bells on. Literally.

I imagine it will sound somewhat like this:

Stripping in the Fringe

On our travels we found two collections of abandoned human attire.

I can only assume that people either had catastrophic soiling incidents, or stripped down as part of the fringe festival. WithWood is hoping for a disgusting combination of the two.

Did anybody see these people disrobe in Leith or on bus?

As well as bringing the excitement of nudity and the fear of no dancing, the fringe will also provide some laughter. Last year I saw two of my childhood comic heroes (Lee and Herring) and had intentions of repeating this, sadly something went terribly wrong with the purchase of the Stewart Lee ticket, I didn’t seem to go through with the order online.

I stood in the box office for about 30 minutes trying to collect the tickets I hadn’t bought, it was fun, almost.

Well, at least I have tickets for Richard Herring, which in my opinion was the superior show last year, I’ll be sure to let you know if it good. Although there aren’t many more performances left.

So what else is on the cards WithWood?

DEADMAU5 @ Liquid Rooms

I knew I was fated to see this DJ when I saw a dead mouse swimming in the Waters of Leith, this will be one special weekend.

Now I’m off to find Edinburgh’s best Mexican!

Previosuly, on WithWood

I’ve been away so long, not sure about sitting here and recalling all of my adventures, I don’t have the time or the memory capacity.

Forwards, not backwards, sometimes sideways, but not often. So, instead of letting you all in on the past few weeks WithOutWood, I thought I would just delve deep into my phone and show you what we achieved.

Here we go…

Hay-fever

A WithWood special – but for now summer has been and gone, time to replace my summer sneezes with festival flu.

Festival Furore

I forgot that the festival was happening so soon and left it too late to buy the cheaper tickets, I’ve already started to become annoyed by tourists – which is a great sign of me finally being a Scottish.

Sculpture

My housemate got play-doh for his birthday, I couldn’t help but rekindle my love for Henry Moore.

The phallus was later thrown against the living room wall, in years to come people will wonder why there is a green stain in our flat, they’ll never guess! Unless they are you.

Meat

The local curry house seemed to have some of the strangest meat in their bins…

I don’t search all bins, just interesting ones, the smell from the restaurant was amazing, but the screams from the kitchen were a little over the top.

Music

Polish DJs are amazing, but I was slightly dissapointed by the foam party only lasting one hour.

Rested

Another speciality, my feet settled in to the new flat pretty quickly, although my hands are a different story altogether.

So that’s my life in a pistachio nut shell, I think we’re all up to speed now. Soon I can update you on my new pet, my new pub, my new friend and my new shoes. Excited? I doubt it.

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Camping WithWood

Rockness is upon us, a festival deemed to be so good that the DJs don’t even want to leave. Felix da Housecat wants to play both nights, promising us something extra special.

It’s a well deserved rest for the WithWood team, expect some interesting stories when we return and maybe you’ll even see us on TV.

Over and out (for now).