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 3rd, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Uncategorized, Work
I got to meet one of my favourite bands this week. Tegan and Sara are two identical twins from Canada, and I have a couple of their albums. They were gigging in Belfast this week, and we were doing an interview with them for ATL TV, so I sheepishly turned up and had a quick [...]
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 14th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Work
ATL TV’s presenter Rigsy Photo: © BBC
So, the show I’ve been working on all this year, ATL TV, launches on Monday night on BBC Two Northern Ireland. It’ll also be available on the iPlayer, so you can check it out there after Monday. I’ve enjoyed working on it, but due to a couple of issues, [...]
December 18th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Film / TV, Work
After the Christmas bash, I also made it to White’s on Saturday night - it was a brilliant night and the first time I’d been in ages. I also met a nice lady, so communications continue on that front.
On Monday, the BBC announced its new guidelines for competitions, telephony and voting, so it was off [...]
December 18th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Friends, Work
‘Twas the BBC Christmas party on Friday night! Basically it is held in a big studio, which they clear out, and then put tables, a band and most importantly - a bar in. I’m not sure if that’s gramatically correct there, so apologies if it isn’t. Anyway, I decided not to go until 9pm, as [...]
December 4th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Work
OK, so I’m probably due an update about what I’ve been doing at work. I was working on this, but it is now due to come back next year bigger and better, and as something slightly different but kind of similar. So at the moment I’m working up the budget and things for that.
Apart from [...]
November 20th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Work
I had a bit of an unpleasant experience a couple of weeks ago that saw me end up in casualty (that’s ER if you’re in America!)
I’d been out for lunch with a colleague, and had a nice tuna steak sandwich. Ten minutes later, and back at the office, I was absolutely roasting hot. I mentioned [...]
July 15th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Shopping, Work
I’ve been continuing my recce all over Northern Ireland this week for the upcoming TV series I’m working on.
It has been really interesting to be honest. Here are some things I learnt this week that I didn’t know before….
butterflies only live a couple of months
nitrates give bacon its bright pink colour, and [...]
July 4th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Film / TV, Work
I started recceing for my new series today. A recce is when you either go out and check someplace before you film it to see if there are any problems that you might encounter, or to get some ideas about how you might shoot it. Our recces that we’re doing over the next couple of [...]
