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Tue 16 Mar 10
Sea, Sand And Surfer Dudes In Scarborough (26 images)
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Mon 15 Mar 10
Open Mic Monday at The Hop, Wakefield (25 images)
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Mon 8 Mar 10
Yax The Punto Grande (5 images)
Joel's new Punto Grande, pics taken on the forecourt at Piccadilly Motors in Wakefield.
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Mon 8 Mar 10
Out With Enid At The Hop, Wakefield (16 images)
One of those 'falling into the pub' evenings, where Enid turned up for a few drinks and ended up stumbling out around 1am on a school-night. Oops.
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Sun 7 Mar 10
Spring Sunday In Wrenthorpe (7 images)
The kids climbing the magnolia in the garden on our first decent-weather Sunday of the year.
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Fri 5 Mar 10
Brook Street, New Library & Trinity Walk, Wakefield (18 images)
Before work recommences on the stalled Trinity Walk photos, here's some pics of the Brook Street side including the new Wakefield Library HQ and a look across to the new Marsh Way.
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Sun 28 Feb 10
Nina Zagorski at The Hop, Wakefield (22 images)
An evening at The Hop with singer/pianist Nina Zagorski, with soul/jazz songs reminiscent of a softer version of Steely Dan. Very enjoyable!
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Sun 28 Feb 10
Gethin Amoss at The Hop, Wakefield (11 images)
Gethin Amoss of US band 'Ecstatic' did a solo acoustic set, gentle music which rounded off the weekend quite neatly.
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Sat 27 Feb 10
Ellie at Wakefield Rhubarb Festival (17 images)
A morning in Wakefield, where Ellie had her first fun with a digital SLR (my old Canon 30D) - she wasn't half bad either! Then we explored a bit, and Ellie made a badge, a rhubarb butterfly, and had her face painted in the market hall.
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Thu 25 Feb 10
Heaven's Basement at The Hop, Wakefield (47 images)
Fantastic heavy metal and rock from Heaven's Basement on their UK tour, led by Johnny Fallen and Jonny Rocker. Includes scenes of gratuitous stage-diving and extreme noise.
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Sat 20 Feb 10
Ellie and Fluff (5 images)
Ellie chilling on a Saturday morning with Fluff for company
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Fri 19 Feb 10
Wrongbot at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (24 images)
Wrongbot are a chiptune duo who make noises with toyses they've made themselves. Get yer wonk on!
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Fri 19 Feb 10
The Kiara Elles at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (15 images)
The Kiara Elles performed at Brudenell Social Club, post-punk electro/indie rock fronted by Chiara Lucchini. A visceral live howl and another pop frenzy. "One of those out-of-nowhere indie records that has the man in the street singing along to a guitar riff. Odio will go blog > indie disco > charts > car advert in a matter of months. Enjoy it while you can bear it."
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Fri 19 Feb 10
Paul Morricone at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (18 images)
Opening the night at Brudenell Social Club was Paul Morricone, guitarist from The Scaramanga Six performing an acoustic set.
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Fri 19 Feb 10
Eureka Machines at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (63 images)
Eureka Machines are the coming together of great forces and better tunes, proving that pop and independence are not mutually exclusive... and neither are big tunes and naughty guitars. "Imagine if the Beatles and the Beach Boys met Motorhead, jammed with the Cardiacs and created the best band you’ve never heard. Until now."
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Fri 19 Feb 10
Delorean Drivers at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (47 images)
DeLorean Drivers are Daz from Xi's new band, a nine-piece featuring various chaps from the aforementioned Xi, and Duncan with the big hair who I never see out any more, among others. They sound like a more rock Arcade Fire. Totally pop though, and very cool.
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Mon 15 Feb 10
Open Mic Monday at The Hop, Wakefield (47 images)
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Sat 13 Feb 10
Ellie's 8th Birthday Party, Wrenthorpe (8 images)
For Ellie's 8th birthday party she'd requested that we have a few of her friends round to play High School Musical 'Singstar'. Once they'd overcome their shyness there was lots of fun, followed by the customary nibbles and a sweetie-laden cake cooked by Nicky. Nom!
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Fri 12 Feb 10
Your New Antique at Escobar, Wakefield (41 images)
Huddersfield rockers 'Your New Antique' see in the weekend at Escobar in Wakefield, blasting the cobwebs away from eardrums with some stonking tunes.
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Fri 12 Feb 10
Chat Noir at Escobar, Wakefield (26 images)
Bez and Chloe's band 'Chat Noir' once again play Escobar, standing in at short notice on a quiet night. They're definitely getting better though!
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Fri 12 Feb 10
Beers In The Back Room Of The Hop, Wakefield (9 images)
After a heavy evening of gig photography, myself, Bez and Si went and had a few beers in the back room of The Hop. We bumped into Antonio and Elly as well, what a lovely surprise!
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Mon 8 Feb 10
Ellie's 8th Birthday (10 images)
Our little girl turned 8, and we'd got her a new bike for her birthday - no stabilisers! Dean popped round to bring back a lens he'd borrowed, and we had a bit of fun with the fisheye lens as well.
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Sat 6 Feb 10
Obvious Pseudonym Pre and Post-Gig Beers, Wakefield (36 images)
We were gigging at Escobar and had a couple of drinks before the show, then met all our friends at The Hop for yet more beers until the small hours. Joel had the fish-eye lens which made for some comedy shots.
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Fri 5 Feb 10
Fun With The Canon 15mm Fisheye (14 images)
The fisheye lens which I got with my Calumet voucher win arrived, so lots of messing around was called for. I think I need to do more with it than just make grotesques tho  |
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Mon 1 Feb 10
The Three Caballeros (3 images)
Another alcoholic night in The Hop, Wakefield...
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Sun 31 Jan 10
The Cheese Factory (3 images)
While waiting for some audio to bounce down I took a pic of the current setup I'm using to write songs for Obvious Pseudonym.
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Sun 31 Jan 10
Painthorpe Country Club Staff Reunion, Wakefield (23 images)
After almost 15 years, staff from Painthorpe House Golf & Country Club met up once more for a drink in The Hop, Wakefield. The numbers were far less than the 30 or so who'd promised to come but we still had enough folks to catch up on old times and get thoroughly mortal together.
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Fri 29 Jan 10
Colin's Leaving Do, Sandinista, Leeds (52 images)
Our friend Colin is emigrating to Canada in just over a week's time; lots of friends gathered together to wish him well and get hammered at Sandinista in Leeds, fuelled by Peroni and Amstel.
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Thu 28 Jan 10
Canon CPS Roadshow at Calumet, Manchester (18 images)
Canon Professional Services / Network Roadshow in Manchester featured hands-on lens testing, new camera bodies, and a load of printers. Sadly lacking in things to take photos <i>of</i>, but still a fun afternoon playing with toys.
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Sun 24 Jan 10
Some Family Pics (6 images)
Family photos on a Sunday while out visiting.
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Mon 18 Jan 10
Chat Noir at Escobar, Wakefield (11 images)
Electro-indie band 'Chat Noir' play 'Escobar' again in Wakefield as part of Unsigned Mondays.
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Sat 16 Jan 10
Sushi In Leeds (7 images)
Our Saturday lunchtime trip to Yo Sushi to use Nicky's birthday voucher - much consumed, and we found out (totally by accident) that Ben can use chopsticks.
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Fri 15 Jan 10
St Gregory Orange, Skaphoid vs Miim, Cutz & Kickz at Escobar, Wakefield (64 images)
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Mon 11 Jan 10
Open Mic Monday at The Hop, Wakefield (37 images)
A bit of a quiet one this week, but stellar performances from Seb, Matt 'Skint & Demoralised', Bernadette Dales, Blake Hemingway, Hollie Cooper and a few other folks. I hadn't been down for a while but managed to get some stonking photos with the f/1.2 85mm.
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Sat 9 Jan 10
Ben's 6th Birthday Party at Soccer City, Leeds (51 images)
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Fri 8 Jan 10
Ben's 6th Birthday (18 images)
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Thu 7 Jan 10
Snow Day II in Wrenthorpe (17 images)
The snow continued overnight, and Joel attempted to get to work - returning two hours later after a very cold foray to Outwood station. The approach to the M1 was chockablock and school was closed (again) - still, at least it had stopped snowing by mid-morning.
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Tue 5 Jan 10
Snow Day I in Wrenthorpe (20 images)
The snow came, and blocked off Wrenthorpe Road. The school closed, neither of us could get to work, the buses and trains stopped running - so Joel worked from home and Nicky built a snowman with the kids followed by doing jigsaws in front of the fire.
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Sun 3 Jan 10
Sunday Lunch at Rinaldi's (7 images)
I couldn't be bothered to cook - Rinaldi's in Durkar seemed like a good option. We ventured out into the snow and had Italian for lunch.
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Thu 31 Dec 09
New Year's Eve Party at Wrenthorpe (11 images)
Our annual 'New Year's Eve Party For People With Nothing Better To Do' - plenty of friends came along this time and the sun lounge became the world's smallest club. Top dancing, lots of drinking, and a happy new year!
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Sat 26 Dec 09
Chat Noir at Escobar, Wakefield (28 images)
Bez's band Chat Noir played Escobar on Boxing Day, Tim and myself pottered along to see their set before we headed out to The Hop for more drinkies with friends.
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Fri 25 Dec 09
Christmas Day at Wrenthorpe (27 images)
Santa's come to Wrenthorpe again bringing lots of stuff for us all, hoorah! Christmas dinner with the family, and carnage fuelled by brandy.
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Thu 24 Dec 09
Christmas Eve Snow In Leeds (9 images)
An early start to get to Leeds Market through bad weather and the city was absolutely deserted giving me a good shot at getting a few snow and ice pics in the centre of the city.
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Wed 23 Dec 09
Joel & Ellie's Trip To France & Belgium (18 images)
Time for our pre-Christmas trip, shopping in France and Belgium. Again the weather tried its best to prevent us from travelling but we managed and had a great time in Bruges eating mussels and wandering around the shops.
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Sun 20 Dec 09
Pet Shop Boys at MEN Arena, Manchester (25 images)
We braved the snow and ice across the Pennines to the MEN Arena in Manchester, to see the Pet Shop Boys on their 'Pandemonium' tour supported by Bernard Sumner's latest band 'Bad Lieutenant'. Despite the inclement weather the arena was chock-full of PSB fans and we weren't disappointed with a show which climaxed in dancing Christmas trees and snow - yay!
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Fri 18 Dec 09
Mad Friday With Si in Wakefield (5 images)
Me and Si propped the bar up at The Hop from about 8:15pm thru to 2am, and were befriended by a mad woman called Ann. It wasn't so much carnage as a slow decline...
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Thu 17 Dec 09
A Light Dusting Of Snow At Saltaire Railway Station (5 images)
We were expecting a thick snowfall and got a light dusting. It was coming down quite thickly though when I took these photos while waiting for the train home, maybe it settled... I'll find out tomorrow I guess!
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Wed 16 Dec 09
Public Image Ltd at O2 Academy, Leeds (21 images)
"You never listen to a word that I say, you only like me for the clothes that I wear." Mr John Lydon and his band Public Image Ltd need more money and had embarked on a short reunion tour of the UK - Dan and I went to see them at the O2 Academy (formerly the Town & Country Club) in Leeds.
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Mon 14 Dec 09
Obvious Pseudonym's Third Escobar Jaunt, Wakefield (20 images)
We went back to Escobar for a third Monday appearance as part of 'Louder Than Bombs' unsigned bands night. A quiet evening, not very well attended (we always struggle on a Monday) but some nice unexpected appearances from friends wanting to see Joel's pink suit.
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Sun 13 Dec 09
Barnsley Metropolitan Band at Clarence Park, Wakefield (45 images)
Wakefield Music Collective continued their programme of events at Clarence Park Bandstand with a Christmas concert from Barnsley Metropolitan Band. Despite the cold it was a very well-attended concert and with the next stage of the Bandstand restoration complete and security roller-shutters fitted there was the opportunity to make it a little more Christmassy than in previous years.
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Sat 12 Dec 09
Mum Wade's 60th Birthday, Nordest, Doncaster (19 images)
Off to Tickhill near Doncaster for an Italian meal at 'Nordest' with Mum Wade and the rest of the family. Ellie sulked a lot, but Ben was full of beans and a definite gigglepuss, and we all sang Happy Birthday and got cake. Mmmm, cake.
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Sat 12 Dec 09
Christmas Shopping Trip to Leeds (11 images)
With Christmas on its way we bit the bullet and took the train into Leeds - it wasn't as hellish as we'd first feared, and enjoyed the day finishing with a latte in Leeds railway station while awaiting the train home. I'm sure the shop assistants in Lush aren't meant to recognise you either...
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