Alex Harries's diary

It is strangely encouraging to see that, about the same time that Pugwash News was suffering its own dramas during issue 9 this year, Imperial College Union's Felix newspaper was suffering as a result of non-editorial pressure to censor itself.

This isn't going to be a rant - or any kind of discussion - about the role of independent student media within a parent students' union institution, but it is interesting to read the following comment:

Just a quick note to say that I'm blogging elsewhere now - over at greyhead.co.uk in fact.

I'll probably still copy work bits and bobs on here in parallel with Greyhead over the next couple of weeks :o)

Rejoice! As my time at the Union draws to a close, I've actually managed to get myself organised and have moved my blog over to a new interwebsite - none other than Greyhead.co.uk. Huzzah!

So, apart from a few work-related bits and bobs on here, if you want to keep up with my Fascinatingly Interesting Life, you'll need to come over to the new website.

Huge thanks go to Clive at Meteoric for providing the hosting for the new website (as well as UPSU.net) at a great rate.

And, just as soon as I can figure out how this interweb malarky works, I'll be putting up some podcasts of my latest mixes.

(Please note: everything in this post was written tongue in cheek. Apart from the thanks to Clive - he really is a top chap. So please don't think I actually think my life is interesting. It isn't. Apart from the bits where I get to hang out with wild llamas. That's pretty cool...) 

Mini-update time:

• Ibiza: Steph and I have booked our flights back to 'beefa for the 2nd August. We're outta here, baby!
• DJing: new mixer arrived today. Nothing spectacular at all - just a (very) cheap 'n cheerful Behringer mixer (with an instruction manual featuring a late-80's photo of the German chap who runs the company complete with a very shiny comb-over, saying "Hi, I'm so-and-so and I'd like to thank you for buying my mixer", etc etc etc). Fun times.
• New website: Greyhead.co.uk has its own hosting, courtesy of the amazingly Clive at Meteoric. You want super-fast, reliable web hosting with a personal touch? Go speak to Clive, and tell him Bob sent you... I'm currently tweaking a Wordpress installation and working out how to get it to automagically generate podcasts. Wee!
  
• Mixes and podcasts: to kick off the new website, mixer, Final Scratch's resurrection (I finally got it working again on the Mac - woo), and my impending trip to Ibiza, I'm going to knock together a few mixes and podcast them from the new site. If you fancy some free tuneage, I'll stick a big "get the Greyhead house music podcast here" link in the side-bar of the blog once I've figured out how to use the incredibly good Podcast Maker from Lemonzdream.com
• Photos: the Nikon D50 is lovely - very fast, very easy to use, and produces great photos. What more could you ask for? :o)

Sadly (for my colleagues) I'm back to work next Monday - boo. Still, it's only 2 1/2 more weeks left before Ibiza - yey!

One tune which will definitely be leaving an indelible imprint on the memories of clubbers in Ibiza this year will be Paul Keeley's "Homecoming". The tune's floaty synths coupled with the chugging bassline will have no trouble getting even the most laid-back clubbers to work up a sweat, and I promise you'll remember exactly where you were when you first heard it played out.

I can't remember whether I heard this at Space or in Paul Van Dyk's amazing Cream Amnesia set, or if I imagined it and actually heard it somewhere else, but I don't care - this is an absolute builder :o)

£1.99 at Beatport now :o) (out on Anjunabeats)