Gherkin

Busy day today moving house. But nice and positive day! Hope you are all having a good end to your weekend and looking forward to the week ahead.

Just a quick one today, here's a photo I snapped up on my way to Liverpool Street Station in east London. I really liked how the old buildings looked so unreal, even fake, in front of the Gherkin. Looked like a painting when I was there hopefully the picture captures it.

More DBD History

The last night for me in the mansion. My last night in London for 6 weeks. Here are a bunch of photos I scraped together from my old iPhone from the last 18 months. Really hard to find decent pics of the festivals etc. because well, I was usually on the other side of the camera...

First ever practice!

Summer was fun
 

Picking up the van!

Notting Hill Carnival 2011

Carnvial 2!

The night barnaby split my lip dancing.

First ever gig. Gloucester Guildhall 24/9/11.

Paris with Red One Nov '11

Chill

Paris studio December 15 2012

Recording a music video with Ant Brant and Carrie Fletcher

Dean moves in to his tiny room...

McFly tour again!

Download wristbands!

Wakestock festival 2012 CREW

The House Of Dreams?

As I draw ever nearer to my last 24 hours in chez Dive Bella Dive, I find myself reminiscing about some of the epic (and not so epic) things that have happened during my short 19 months here. Focusing mainly on the epic!

In the first week that I stayed here back in June 2011, I had just finished an arena tour and summer festival shows with City Stereo supporting McFly. The very first night we went to a club in Mayfair. To be honest none of us slotted in particularly well but we got to know each other over a few drinks and a kebab! Somehow, I really don't remember how, the second night was insane. We went to "Miss Asian Model 2011" in an underground club I have never even seen since. No idea where. We then went to the Kerrang! awards after party. Saw some friends there, met a ton of ridiculously awesome people. Played singstar with Barnaby & Oli Sykes for example. Mental.

Barnaby in Mayfair

Me, Max of youmeatsix and Barnaby at the Kerrang Awards

Life wasn't always as crazy as those first two nights though. After that first week together I went back home to continue touring with City Stereo. I then moved in for real in July. Since then we have done so many things that I have loved and I'm gonna throw a bunch of memories here...

The first time I took the guys to Salisbury. (via bournemouth beach!)
This was the first weekend we got the van!

Christmas Time Dean!

Recording Studio - Paris

Camden Barfly w/Dolly Rockers

Mine and Dan's top floor hotel room in Paris

In the studio with Red One, Paris

Sheffield, McFly tour 2012

Spend The Night video shoot!

Leeds O2 - McFly tour 2012

To be honest there's so many many more good times in this house. These are all in one folder on my computer so it made it easy for me!

Here's to the next chapter of our lives living separately. See what the next 18 months brings us! I'm excited.

Holy Cheat Day

Today is the first day of 2013 where this blog nearly passed me by! I nearly completely forgot about it. That's bad, right?

I have spent about 6 hours doing this:

Not really the ideal "get your creative juices flowing" activity. Though I did see some improvement in my game... briefly.

In fact, I haven't really had much of a day in the way of achievements. I have struggled to get myself in gear today and in fact, been quite the little grumpus this evening. I didn't make it to the gym for the first day in a long time either.

I guess today is my "cheat day". I haven't really done anything of note but I've had a good day anyway. And I think that's okay every now and then right? A cheat day. I like that idea. As long as I don't cheat every day then I'm still winning. I reckon.

One Of Those Days

"Too much to do and too little time" = today.

I have a blessed life. I get to do the job I've always wanted, with people I love and a large portion of the time I'm not very busy at all. Sure studio time and touring etc takes it out of you, but for the most part I'm lucky as hell and get to be free as a bird! As you have seen in this blog I'm lucky enough to get to spend some days just wondering the streets taking photos, or spend time surfing the web, reading, writing... No complaints here.

Today is a busy day though, for personal reasons rather than to do with "work". Today my list looked something like this:

1-Wake up at 9 [failed, 10:55]
2-Gym
3-Shower
4-Find iPhone 4
5-Find packaging for iPhone 4
6-Post iPhone 4
7-Help Joe move stuff to sisters house
8-Food Shopping
9-Start packing to move house
10-Pack old clothes for charity shop
11-Write blog
12-Organise ~20 people to get to a party tonight in Camden
13-Get to party on time

Somewhere in there I have already fit in 3 meals and am expecting my friend Russell to arrive any second. I haven't anywhere near prepared for moving. Fortunately I have 3 more days to do so. If you saw my photo yesterday of my cupboards, those are now empty. There's a whole load of stuff on the floor now though...

So as you see writing in this blog slipped right down to number 11 in my plans today. Some days it's one of only 2 or 3 things and the ideas flow all day about what to write. Today nothing came to me other than structuring my day, kicking ass and taking names. So that's what I'm sharing with you today. The incredible story of how I kicked Wednesday's ass, and ALMOST got all that stuff up there done between 11am and 5pm.

Not too bad for a lazy drummer.

So tonight I'm off to a Made In Chelsea party in Camden. That's right. You heard it here first. I am that cool.

Peas.



Edit: The title of this blog suggests so much negativity. There is no negativity here, not one bit. I had a great day. It's nice to feel like you've crammed a lot in and got shit done! I hope the rest of you get some sense of accomplishment in your today, it's a bitchin feeling. Good bye and good night!

Out With The Old

So this Sunday I am moving home to my mother's house for 6 weeks, before moving back up to a new flat in London. Until now I have put off even thinking about packing but to be honest, I had better start soon or I'm gonna be in trouble! There is a fair amount to sort...

Just one corner of the stuff I need to sort...

I have accumulated quite a lot of random objects whilst living with the band... I have a collection of citrus fruits from bars and gigs for example. A collection of citrus fruits that probably aren't worth transporting! Each drawer and section of cupboard space is full of old clothes and other random bits. Luckily, my room is one of the smallest in the house so I haven't had the opportunity to fill up a giant room like Barnaby, Sam and Dan have.

I quite like the thought of moving! Looking forward to the prospect of the new place, living in a new part of London and having a new clean slate of a bedroom to start again. Those are exciting things for me! I'm never afraid of a bit of a change, a new challenge and new daily routine in life! Plus, I get to go home, get my shit together and save a bit of money! Winner?

My half-finished photo wall will never be finished!

So, it's time to be ruthless with what items get to continue their existence in my life. Tomorrow I hope to throw away more than I save, for a really effective move and new start in a new pad! However, I have been known to keep things lying around for quite some time so I need to be strict with myself in what stays and what goes. The room I'm moving in to is slightly smaller than this one as well so the last thing I need is a cluttered room!

Wish me luck...

Snow Daze

About time I jumped on the bandwagon, right? I have been pretty snap happy during the last few days of snow to be honest! I have been all over various parts of London so there's quite a selection. Enjoy!

Kingston, 20/1

Ealing 20/1

People making a snowman! Kingston, 20/1

Crystal Palace vs Bolton Wanderers, 19/1

View from my window, 21/1 early morning

Snow runway 21/1

Sam Bartl drift triking! 18/1
 

Ed and his mannequin friend 18/1

Shooting in the snow, Ed, 18/1

Kennington, 18/1

My back garden, 19/1

Joe's a tall white mocha, I'm a short flat white. 18/1

Joe in Ealing, 18/1

DBD Van, 18/1

Ealing, 18/1

The coldest part of this whole weekend was that football game, SO cold. Hope whoever's had snow has enjoyed it!