Ginger DJ Rob

With the Brighton Festival being launched this week I've tried picking out some Fringe events that might be worth their ticket price. Their printed brochure won't be published and on the streets until 17th March so we'll have to put up with their clunky website. Since I know a little about CMS run websites I couldn't help myself to email the Fringe people and moan about it as its so slow and takes forever to go through ever event. Here's some interesting comedy events I've found so far: How To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse 1, 2, 4 and 5 May at Komedia, £8 In 2010 the Sell-Out Cult Hit of the 2009 Edfringe is destroying brains across the UK! Join Dr. Dale and his team as they teach you inventively insane ways to survive the inevitable rise of the undead in this 'Brilliantly Bizarre' (Broadway Baby) & 'Wonderfully Weird' (ThreeWeeks) life saving seminar. Four stars from British Theatre Guide, Broadway Baby and Zombiecommand.com Phi...

Finally, a glimpse of Spring and Summer entertainment that's coming to Brighton. Can't wait to see the back of Winter. Both the Brighton Festival and Fringe websites have gone live with this year's events. Brian Eno is the big name for the festival but I'm struggling to find anything accessible that's not up its own arse. The Brighton Festival Fringe website is completely useless as you have to search by date or category with no real idea of the highlights. Getting the printed brochure this weekend will be one of my priorities. Here are some Festival events that appeal to me at the moment: Electric Hotel - 14 and 15 May Described as: Electric Hotel is a bizarre and beautiful outdoor spectacle; a uniquely designed, fly-by-night residence brought to life through dance and sound. Sitting on the outside looking in, you snatch glimpses of the do-not-disturb lives unfolding behind the floor-to-ceiling windows. Wearing headphones to eavesdrop on the intern...

Here's a film to get excited about after a two month lull of cinema entertainment. Banksy is the star of Exit through the Gift Shop (linked to Guardian review) and will be showing at the Duke of Yorks , Brighton and other independent cinemas from 5th March. Trailer below: A few more Banksy YouTube moments to get you in the mood including the Paris Hilton CD artwork: And a more political stunt at Disneyland: Related articles by Zemanta Banksy film has pop-up premiere (guardian.co.uk) Some Inscrutable Banksy Thing: The Movie [Trailer Park] (gawker.com) Sundance: Banksy Speaks At 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' Premiere (cinematical.com)

Image by Ginger DJ via Flickr Thanks to my Twitter sources I found out about this art meets landmark meets silent rave event and drove down to the West Pier armed with camera. According to the Brighton Argus it was to celebrate the Chinese new year of the Tiger as a Tiger beer promotion. They could have at least given out free promotional beer as I didn't see any connection until I read the paper. More photos on my Flickr site . Argus article: Brighton's West Pier lit up by green lasers

The last couple of times we saw Massive Attack were slightly disappointing. Although they deserve huge arenas being the legends they are, their recent past output had Robert '3D' del Naja fully at the controls using his almost whispery voice getting lost within a huge moody soundtrack. I hadn't heard any of their new album, Heligoland as it has only just been released plus after 100th Window not really repeating the winning formula of Mezzanine I hadn't made an effort to preview it. Unfortunately Kerry couldn't join me for the gig so Kev stood in. The band set up consisted of two drum kits, the guitar player who looked like Derek Acorah who's been around since Mezzanine, a keyboardist looking like Heston Blumenthol, a bassist and the vocalists of 3D, Daddy G (can you believe he's 50 years old!), Horace Andy and a couple of ladies, one to do the Shara Nelson songs and the other, recent addtion, Martina Topley-Bird who was the previous support act. No ...

Its been a busy few weeks which have mainly consisted of stripping horrid lime/disabled car green paint the past house owners had. Slightly gutted we missed out on a surprise Pirate Paul's Disco Dungeon special guest of one half of the Filthy Dukes. A couple of nice highlights over the past few weeks were snowboarding at Xscape in Milton Keynes and finally mastering my technique without falling over. I'm desperate to update my 10 year old boots and bindings now. But the best highlight is booking our next big holiday which will be cycling in Vietnam ! We'll actually be taking it over Christmas and New Year flying out a few days after my birthday. We're using a company called Exodus and including their Cambodia extension to see Angkor Wat (see pic) and Phnom Penh . We'll be using rented cycles even though they allow you to bring your own and for about a week we'll be cycling between 60 and 90 kilometres a day! Ignoring the presenters, the Top Gear Vietnam...

Just found this YouTube video interview of Daft Punk, unmasked and looking very, very young.