http://worldofwonder.net/bite/ en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:09:41 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I've just spent lots of money developing some photos taken on a Diana camera. The Diana is a plastic box of magic, first marketed as a toy many years ago. It’s established quite a cult following on the basis that you can never quite predict what any of your shots are going to look like. Part of the appeal is in surrendering yourself to its whims, its random flashes of colour and contrast, your inability to focus it. And so with minimal effort the shots are rendered beautiful by some mysterious in-camera alchemy. And while the photos technically record information much less accurately than a 7 mega-pixel digital smart-ass, this film camera seems to more accurately reflect the moment. All of the developed pictures have an inherent art – creamy, sensate squares. So hailing a cab in New York City looks exactly how it felt. Ami x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/photo_reflections.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/photo_reflections.html Ami Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:09:41 +0000 This may seem rather random! I was searching online for some really cool fake eyelashes as I am going to a fun and colourful club night at the weekend. While on my web search I came across this picture!!!!! OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!! Now this is taking fake lashes too far! For a second I thought the hair was coming out her eye sockets but it's actually just clued to her eye lids! 1 - This cannot be comfortable. 2 - How on earth would you curl this? - forget putting mascara on. 3 - She looks really scary and 4 - WHY???? Could you imagine going to a night club with REALLY hairy eye lids!!!! LMx]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/lashtastic.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/lashtastic.html Laura Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:48:21 +0000 Today is my third day covering the Kiss FM breakfast show with Jez Welham usually executed by the cuties that are Ricky and Melvin - who are on holiday for a couple of weeks. Of course it's stupendously exciting, but at the same time a real insight into the early, early world of morning broadcast. I hereby take my imaginary hat off to everyone that does a breakfast show, full-time... Zena, how do you not look 50 years old???? I do & I've only been getting up at 4.30am for 3 days! I'm on an emotional roller coaster one minute I'm waving my arms in the air swaying to Taio Cruz in the Kiss studio, right near Oxford Street, the next I'm wondering the streets of central London at 9am (the time we finish), Which brings me to my current position typing away underground in a very over priced internet cafe in Soho. I know I should go home & sleep, but I can't seem to stop aimlessly picking up accessories in Hennes like some deranged shopper (that's what I was doing at 10am this morning) or dreamily staring at Vivienne Westwood dress that I can't afford in Liberty (that's what I was doing at 10am yesterday morning!). Anyway, I'm using my £2 per hour time wisely right now, in the dark internet cafe - I just watched this weeks Bite, I loved Zena's hat (I can never wear hats because of my hair )& I'm also bit jealous of Ami's music video.. I also watched last weeks Bite again (episode 17),  talking of hair.. the bit where we go tank paint balling and at the end, I'm like.. "It really messes up your hair" & my hair looks ridiculous makes me cringe slightly... because, my hair always looks a flipping mess!!!!!!!!!! Let's be honest. Don't forget to enter the comp here on the bite website to win a ipod shuffle weekly, I've got one, they are really good, except i filled it with so many tracks that other people detest that loads of my friends have been angry with me when they've borrowed it! He he.. Gemma Xx]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/bad_hair_days_4ever.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/bad_hair_days_4ever.html Gemma Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:09:28 +0000 It doesn't take much these days to get yourself on the flyer for some bottom of the range new skool grime/old skool garage night in a scummy Hoxton bar – all you need is a good disc changing finger and a foolhardy playlist (and you don’t even need that). With a new competition on the Bite website to win yourself an iPod Shuffle weekly, there’s never been a better time to start honing your fading skills, matching up bass lines, and thinking up names for your own DJ collective. To get you wet around the lips at the prospect of walking away with this glittering prize, here are some of our own suggestions of new music for you to iShuffle round your living room to. Rather than get bogged down in a domestic over Amy’s penchant for soppy R’n’B and Antonya’s for misogynistic rap, we’ve opted instead for a bunch of (not entirely) white trash indie boy bands for you to sink your teeth into. The fact they also happen to be our mates is, obviously, neither here nor there… Kingsize could, I’m sure the boys would agree, be as much a tribute to what their trousers are packing as to this foxy quartet’s prowess with a bass guitar and lyric sheet. They’ve supported Ash and the Pigeon Detectives in recent European jaunts and claim to be masters in “hard-hitting, straight down the line rock’n’roll with a great pop sensibility”. We just like their haircuts. North London three-piece the Golden Silvers won Glastonbury’s new bands competition to play at the festival in 2008 and can count Zane Lowe, Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley as part of their growing fanclub. Their tour dates for summer/autumn are eye watering but you can catch them at Bronze Club at The Macbeth in Camden monthly – remember to dress accordingly! Finally, keeping fame in the family are Carlotti, winners of VOX unsigned bands of 2007 and regulars on XFM’s evening show. They’ve been described as “a cross between Oasis-y sing alongs and Libertines-y guitars” by XFM, and “one of the best bands in the world” by Liam Gallagher… ahem. For the record we don’t fancy guitarist Bobby, he’s Amy’s cousin, and that would be wrong. If this doesn’t get us guest list at your next event boys, you can count yourselves two Bite presenters short of a celebrity fanclub. Oh yes, the life of a boy band groupie is long and hard, girls, long and hard… A & A ]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/get_your_ishuffle_on.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/get_your_ishuffle_on.html Amy and Antonya Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:21:41 +0000 as they possibly could right at the front of the stage. The expressions of joy on their faces my favourite part of the whole gig….. oh, and then I met Tony Soprano…. Being in NY for only two days we didn’t want to keep it low-key. We followed the Sumner kids to The Box where the last vestiges of the little girl in me were painfully extracted by the show stopping show. I couldn’t begin to mention what happened in there on this public blog but let me just tell you it was all ugly and you’d have your mouth agape the entire time if it weren’t for fear of flying excrement. Apparently those trendy New Yorkers have seen it all. The following day we hit Central Park, a burger joint, and the Diesel Store before catching a ferry to Liberty Island to watch Radiohead playing at All Points West (AKA Coachella East).
Good golly gosh- as if their light show wasn’t enough, the huge stage backed by Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty really was a sight to behold. Too bad we spent the whole time searching for the bar (which we never found). After the video work I’ve done for the Police, it was cool to check out the Radiohead video screens- they used only six or so static cameras and split the screens up to show them all simultaneously- the result was what I’d call a juxtaposition of the honest and the arty. After a quick ferry back and a disheartening 2 hour struggle to find a cab downtown, we were safely on our way across the bridge into Brooklyn. The previous night at the Box, while I had been sharing inane and obscene words with two hot gay men, the gloriously straight man in my life had been chatting with Brooke, the owner of the Glasslands Gallery. The place is what you might call a Brooklyn Jazz Club with a giant shrimp on the wall. We headed there to hear Jon Spencer (of the Blues Explosion) playing with other band, Heavy Trash whose Myspace page declares they sound like: rrrraa-a-a-ahhhh, ba-BAM! st-ba-rrrrrrooo-ba-ba-boom! Wop-BOP-a-be-ba-ba-rrrrrrrraaahh-ra-ra-CRASHH-bang-blaaaa-ah-ah-BABY! BABY! B-B-B-ABY! Doom-doom-doom-doom-sssss-zzzzz-ping! RAAHHHK! RAAAAHHHHK! boink. Despite disabling bouts of jet lag induced open-eye dreaming I could tell the gig was rocking and Jon seemed like a pretty straight up guy when we talked to him later. Jon was even so kind as to offer us his sweaty signature on the CD we bought. Particularly kind as we’d bought it at the Radiohead gig. Ami x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/they_built_this_city_on_rock_a.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/they_built_this_city_on_rock_a.html Ami Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:31:47 +0000 ]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/tassels_and_kickers_1.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/tassels_and_kickers_1.html Gemma Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:33 +0000 I want to tell you about the strangest of occurrences- I was in a gym. On a Saturday. Before noon. There were rows of joggers lined up on treadmills, trainers to the rubber, intimidating me. The smell of chlorine and flapping noticeboards intoxicating. Thank god I was there for Tango lessons and not some plug-in sweat session. So Tango, tango tango. A lucky trip to Argentina sowed the seed. The ever thoughtful friend who introduced me to my fiancée Jordan also introduced us to Tango. The Buenos Aires tango shows sold with dinner and a bottle of wine are crazy wired routines for tourists but, in a dark and fabulous club call La Catedral, tango showed us its true colours. Couples locked together and stepping in the dark of the smoky hall, a big bleeding heart hanging from one wall and a battered red halo of lights above the dance floor. Tango is improvised. And the man leads. Back in LA Fitness in Clerkenwell. Liz and her incongruously large breasts begin teaching us to Tango. With chests locked and faces close, it’s easier than you might imagine to be led by your man. Movement is facilitated by keeping weight on only one foot at a time, mirroring your partner, swaying in sync. The moving is natural, like walking. The man improvises the patterns you create on the floor to the melody of the music. Other couples are with us in the class, all of us having arrived here via a tango club in Argentina. I notice that we’re the only couple who seem to be making a song as well as a dance out of it. Me giggling at Jordan like a smitten 14 year old, and him yodeling along to the swells in the music. We step together with our thighs touching, toes not leaving the floor, feet coming back together in the middle of every step like a flirtation. And then we have to swap partners! Oh how the body and the souls of lovers find each other across the cosmos as if sought and bound through the ages, fitting together like snugly packed picnic hampers. Suddenly I’m touching the lackluster biceps of David. The biscuit smell of his breath the only thing in the space between us. This is quite a different dance. I cannot perceive the intention of his body, knowing not even which side of his body is carrying his weight and therefore not which foot will be leading. Partner after partner follows freakishly, the differing feel of the bodies, so not my betrothed, is unnerving. I strain to decipher the signals of their bodies, the way of their will until I am once more in the arms of my one true tangiero. Not to say that when we tango we don't look like dancing lobsters. Ha ha, and delightfully Google images has a photo of that…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e_Rbts5Q9Q&feature=related Ami x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/it_takes_two_2.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/08/it_takes_two_2.html Ami Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:52:19 +0000 OH YES! An entire evening dedicated to 'Wonder Bra'! This is taking it all the way to raise money for charity...and what a great way to do it! I wonder what the goody bags will be filled with...? So if you, or all your work mates fancy making a difference in the most luxurious way - then get yourself there! Guaranteed to be a great night...I'm guessing there will be a lot of men there! Ha ha. LMx]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/i_wonder.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/i_wonder.html Laura Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:10:54 +0000 The thick feral sleep of my fiancé and I has been blissfully awakened this week by Tim’s guitar playing from the hammock outside on the roof. The hammock from which I now write. What will I do when he’s gone? Resume the daily unknowing snooze to the chorus of three frantic alarm clocks. Tonight Tim will be doing some live drawing on stage with my fiancé’s band Hot Head Show. Maybe I’ll film a bit….. Ami x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/a_welcome_visitor.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/a_welcome_visitor.html Ami Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:21:04 +0000 P.S - Don't spray paint fabric unless you are planning to wear it once, and want to ruin the garment because the fabric becomes very crispy! But spray painting sunglasses works, just don't forget to pop the lenses out (if possible!) before you do it & make sure it's the right type of spray paint! Gemma xX]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/i_know_ur_girlfriends_hates_me.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/i_know_ur_girlfriends_hates_me.html Gemma Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:39:33 +0000 I am probably the most excited person in the world! This weekend I am presenting T in the Park with the lovely Edith Bowman. The only problem is the weather but WHO CARES???!!!! YYYIIIPPPPPEEEE! I just wanted to post up a link to a pretty huge fun article that is front page of todays Daily Record! I will write 'Hello' on my hand for everyone who is watching....and if you're going - come and say HEY! I will let you know how it went and how wet I got next week. PARTY!!! Lots of love from a VERY excited Laura Marks x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/woo_hoo.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/woo_hoo.html Laura Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:55:14 +0000 That today is Independence Day has fallen rather into insignificance for today is also Zena's Wedding. Today, in a church in sunny Miami, Zena will become Mrs Gibbs!!! My own engagement period bliss was last night enhanced by a blubbering trip to the cinema to finally see Sex And The City. In the words of Charlotte's husband, 'I'm just a bundle of love today' and I'm so excited for Zena who is probably still catching up on a little beauty sleep at the time this goes online. Good luck Zena and send us some photos. Oh my gosh- I'm quoting SATC! Ami x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/independance_day.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/07/independance_day.html Ami Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:14:48 +0000 When I got a call asking me if I wanted to be dressed as a skeleton at this year's Glastonbury & dance behind Kate Nash during the skeleton song I squealed with delight, having been good friends with Kate for a couple of years I thought it was a genius plan of hers to ensure all her chums got to come to Glasto with her & had visions of us all jumping up  & down, skipping around the stage having the best fun, similar to what we do when we're at her gigs or dancing in her living room! BUT, I realised when I got to the rehearsal studio last week that I was in fact quite wrong and that we were expected to produce a seriously impressive dance routine!??? I quite frankly, shat myself.... At the end of the day, I don't mind shaking my thang at a disco, but not so hot on the whole structured '5,6,7,8' type of routine. "Don't you dare back out, just focus and learn it" Said Kate when I rang and expressed my concerns. So there I was Friday morning, one of my best friend's was getting ready to open the pyramid stage at Glastonbury. It felt like her wedding and we were the weird skeleton bridesmaids... The sense of fear had left me & was replaced with pride. I will admit I had a little tear when I saw the thousands of people that had got up to come to sing along at 10.30am (ish). By the time it was time for my skeleton dancing debut, I was thoroughly in the swing of things & giggled my way through a whole '5,6,7,8' routine, dressed in a white afro wig, top hat and skeleton jumpsuit. I'm so glad I didn't back out, it was sooooo much fun! Xx P.S I then got on the train back to London, did my Big Ears show, where I was astonished to be discussing Dennis spitting in Mo's face....& John McCririck was in the studio.... then I went home for some sleep & got back on the train to Glasto the next morning, to watch Amy Winehouse and Jay Z!!!!!!! - I've had an amazing weekend, my body is aching though. ]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/06/skeletons_have_fun_at_glastonb.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/06/skeletons_have_fun_at_glastonb.html Gemma Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:16:16 +0000 Apparently locals were quite moved by what can clearly only be described as a bona fide sighting of the Virgin Mary in Mississippi last year- excluding the three people in the picture who are just wondering where the beer is. Further googles on ‘belly button’ came up with this blog Annoyingly he calls his blog a web-log as if he didn't get the message some how. As I suppose should be obvious mynavel.co.uk is about as interesting as a guy contemplating his navel can be. His most recent entry is quite amusing, however, and details the some of the google searches that directed people to his page such as 'my son loves my belly button' amongst others. On the blog- sorry- Log, you will find a photo diary of each day's belly button fluff with a discussion on the effects of his attire and the tucking in of his top. Now I'm quite familiar with this belly fluff phenomenon after living with my fluff producing beloved husband to be for over 6 years now- and I’ve always found it rather charming- one of the great wonders of the world blah, blah, blah, swoon, swoon… Mr mynavel.co.uk has unfortunately put a whole different (hairier) slant on the whole thing. If you think you are man enough I'd encourage you to take a look at this guy's fluff. It's surprisingly personal and rather unpleasant. For your information, my man's fluffs are an entirely different species- beautiful, perfectly formed, and always blue. Oh my god- is that what love does to you?!- you get competitive over belly button fluff!!!!! Ami x]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/06/under_the_weather.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/06/under_the_weather.html Ami Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:47:09 +0000 No trip to the pictures is complete for me without a tasty tub of ice cream, however I was slightly disappointed with my usual choice of Classic Vanilla. It was just far too runny and slightly resembled the taste of chalk - not that I know what chalk tastes like. You're probably wondering where I am goin with this! Anyway...I was sitting there trying to enjoy my 'runny chalk mixture' when it occured to me that I could make my own Ice Cream MUCH better! Well...with the help of an Ice Cream maker of course - there is no way I was going to stir my creation every hour by hand till it freezes. So I got online (as usual) and found a lovely wee battery powered Ice Cream maker from Amazon.co.uk - at a very good price I may add. Coupled with the help of www.ice-cream-recipes.com - a delious home made Vanilla Ice Cream was born! I mixed in some raspberries and crushed some biscuit on top to be extra naughty! YUMMY! It is soooooooooo good and is, as you will guess, the whole tub is nearly finished. So have a go yourself...it's a lot of fun and very very very easy...and very tasty! I do admire anyone who makes their own Ice Ceam by hand - I'm just not very paitent. LMxxx ]]> http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/06/homemade_is_best.html http://worldofwonder.net/bite/2008/06/homemade_is_best.html Laura Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:20:01 +0000