So there was this woman and she was on a airplane

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:12:43 GMT

My second day in Barcelona, I'm sat on the tiniest balcony with me laptop in me, well lap over looking terracotta rooftops, satillite dishes; to one side of me is the ocean and to the other sise is mountains I can't even see what is at the top of, but I know the lights twinkle at night time. Peoples washing hangs in the balance 12 story's high, and I be questioning where my smalls were gonna fall if I was them.

But this is Spain, and as is the nature of the county, anything goes. It's uber chilled out, maybe its the sun, or may be it's the cheap wine. (I bought bottle of red vino for €1.01 and i thought that was a bit ruddy steep)

Sonar was wicked. Although I spent 2 whole hours trying to find it. I thought it couldn’t be THAT hard to find the biggest dance festival in the west in this city, but it was. I traveled tube after tube, going down street after street, stopping for an ice lolly and trying to remember the Spanish for receipt. I even tried latching a group of yoofs who looked like they were heading to a festival and almost ended up in their apartment. It was fun, I had my ipod on, and without asking for directions, with only my a-z of Barcelona and Less Than Jake to help me I found it…

I'm sure I saw the guy who sang the Macarena get on the tube.
I’m not one for striking up a conversation with anyone…but I had a mission and I wasn’t going to fail, so with a few cerveza in the sunshine down I went in head first for schmoozing at Sonar 2007.
I hung out in the Sonar Pro area, a make shift haven for museos and industry professionals, trying to latch on to converations mid way through, leaving NOISE magazines here and there and trying to get an ear for this 'dance music'.

I'm having a ball- and picking up some ace ideas for NOISE 2008. Who needs mud up to your eyeballs and a tent- when you can have Spanish sun, some wierd technilogical advancements and humming bass?

Down in the Sonar Tech area there's a section to test out the lastest in web- delevlopment. One section, Sonar highlights the best music sites making an impact on the ol' internet. Big things are happening in the world of samples, mash-ups and copyright. The big question is should a track be soley owned by the artist or can it be laid out as an open invite for DJs, producers and budding bedroom superstars to tinkle with to make it something extra special? Check out Creative Commons for more on this, and how you can sample/ use specially licensed tracks

The odd thing was..Sonar doesnt want you just to stand at a desk to surf these sites.No siree, You have to wrestle yourself into a chair come recliner come desk- and visit the websites almost lying down - legs acimbo- with huge earphones on. It was one thing trying to get in them, and quite an adventure getting out of them. It was like Krypton Factor.

I took snaps of everything like a mad-man- scribbled notes - just so's when i get back to the rainy city it'll be like I'm bringing back a little bit of Sonar with me.

Sonar by night kicks off in a few hours. I may pop along, after a ickle siesta.

I'm having an amazing little time on me own, but I'd be lying if i didnt want someone else here, if only to sit here and share this amazing view with me.

bueno no?

the eagle has landed....

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:12:00 GMT

Having woke up in Manchester and tried to take something back in Primark this dinner time, I'm now sat on a balcony over looking all these lush twinkly lights of Barcelona at half 12 at night.

It's warm and I can see people getting ready for bed.

Oh and I'm on my own. For those of you who know me, I am terrified of flying, so this is a pretty big deal for me, even though i can't quite remember getting on the plane.

So far I've managed to wake up a pair ‘friendly’ Spaniard blokes when i tried to open their apartment with my keys, and splashed red wine half way up the window and interior of the aero plane and myself.

This is all very bizarre, it may be one of the most stupidest things i have ever done, or one of the most fantastic.

So here's to me adding 'o' to every word to make it sound Spanish, and having my own little adventure!

Makin' some NOISE: Travel

So there was this woman and she was on a airplane

the eagle has landed....