March 16th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Travel, Work
Day 3 at South by Southwest baby! I can honestly say the weather has been brilliant this week - it’s been around 95° every day, which is very nice.
Thursday then was to have the same pattern as the next couple of days for me really. Rigsy, our presenter, Feargal and Jim, our cameraman went out [...]
March 16th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Travel, Uncategorized, Work
Day two at South by Southwest! And I have got a bit behind with this so have some catching up to do!
Wednesday was our first day filming - so we went off to a Belfast / Nashville Sister City party to hear and film some Northern Irish acts performing. The main attraction for a lot of people [...]
March 13th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Travel
So on Monday, we arrived in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest 2008 - it’s the biggest music industry gathering in the world, with over 1700 bands attending and playing showcases during the week. We’re staying at a hotel a bit out of the centre, which is slightly annoying, as it’s a 10 minute taxi [...]
February 28th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Film / TV, Music, Travel, Work
I am going to South by Southwest in Austin, TX the week after next to film for a week for ATL TV, following bands from Northern Ireland as they do their thing out there. It’s basically the biggest music industry showcasing event / conference in the world! I am extremely excited, ‘cos it’s meant to [...]
February 2nd, 2008 | by Simon | published in Fashion, Shopping, Travel
I was in London yesterday for a quick visit, meeting two presenters I’m hoping will come and work in Northern Ireland on a summer series. I managed a quick trip to Regent Street, where I was a bit dismayed to see that American clothes retailers are arriving. Banana Republic opens in Spring 2008. Part of [...]
December 26th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Family, Travel
Merry Christmas everybody! I have come to Texas for Christmas to spend it with the family. For the last couple of days, including Christmas itself, we have been staying at a nice hotel in San Antonio which is about five hours drive from Dallas. It is a celebrity haunt as we have seen Thierry Henri [...]
December 18th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Travel
I am off to Dallas town for Christmas and New Year (although I’ll actually be spending Christmas in San Antonio). Anyway, I’m at Gatwick Airport tonight and am staying in the new Yotel - a Japanese style hotel (although not quite a capsule hotel) right in the airport terminal.
Because I am crazeee I have done [...]
November 19th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Family, Scotland, Travel
My wee sister turned 21 last month! That was a bit sad really as it means I’m getting old - I can vaguely remember the day we went to hospital to pick her up. Anyway, to celebrate, I flew over to Scotland to surprise her, and my other sister flew over from Dallas (I think [...]
September 4th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Travel, Weird
I hate posting without a picture, but I don’t want my ass sued, so there are no pictures in this post. There are however two links to interesting slideshows on the Reuters site….
Some German restaurant that isn’t self-service yet which does not have waiters - see what it looks like here
I love Paris and would like [...]
August 28th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Shopping, Travel
On my trip, I discovered that there is a chain of record shops in California called Rasputin Music. Rasputin was basically a guy that lived in Russia at the turn of the 20th Century. He was really controversial because he came to have a lot of influence over the Russian Royal Family at the time. He [...]
