I so much enjoyed your film at the Showroom last Tuesday; a fascinating =
insight into a very talented, pioneering musician and innovator.

Thank you, too, for the open and candid way way in which you handled the =
questions afterwards.

I’m afraid I missed the opportunity to put my name on the sign-up sheet =
for the DVD, please send me a copy and payments details when it becomes =
available.

Best wishes,

Ken

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Sam Barrett belts out heartfelt country blues on his 12 string resonator that could be from across the Atlantic but are actually totally grounded in Yorkshire, this being my third time I have seen him and though the sound was good he was lost in this place and one is sure the punters failed to get him, what talent he has but one man a guitar is an hard one to pull of at the best of times..

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ob-LONG Tracy Deakins’ deceptively powerful vocals front an immersive rock guitar sound from the band that are ‘generating more buzz than a swarm of bees’ NME.com. About fucking right I first watched this lot following Saxon last year they rocked then, time moves on, they still rock and get tighter. Shame the place was half full, or half empty, seems people will not pay two quid to see a band that rocks.

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The Crookes this fresh-faced indie group base formed at the University of Sheffield and base their lyrics on 60s kitchen sink dramas. A crowd-pleaser every time, there is a lot of hype a serious management team behind this lot, I know that team, with this talent and boyish good looks there going to be rather big indeed, any one for The Housemartins? There I said it, yes they very much remind me of the boys from Hull, look tunes and dance moves, I wonder which one will become the superstar DJ? Who will have a drink problem, I hope not, they’re fucking good this lot..

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Standardfare named after a sign spotted on a bus, this guitar trio use girl-boy vocals to evoke lovelorn lyrics. Shared influences range from Fleetwood Mac to Rancid, now we are talking though by this time the place had halved in numbers, but their loss, next time I see them I hope not to be so knackered, but they had something and playing the tunes from myspace I still stand by them. All good.

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Grammatics combine cello-led grandeur with choral vocals to create art school pop with unashamed indulgence – add a dash of prog rock for good measure, look I have seen this before, seen it so many times before it bores the shit out of me to be frank. Come on, move along nothing new to see here and there wasn’t, the only good from this was the cello. What, a little harsh? Perhaps, but they were rubbish, and that is me being polite..

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I got there to be greeted by security empty your pockets, what’s in you bag a camera, now I had thought no way I could take this inside? A conversation latter, me myself and the camera was inside see the images.

I was here to watch In The Nursery – 12 Angry Men. The defence and the prosecution have rested and the jury files into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty of murder. What seems like an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors’ preconceptions about the accused and each other. The film is entirely set in the claustrophobic jury room on a hot summer’s day. Nigel and Klive Humberstone join forces with saxophonist Rob Skeet to create a complementary, minimal score to this classic courtroom drama, in Court Room Six.

I had been here before, so I had done the security at the door, had sat in the dock where saxophonist Rob Skeet was siting, seen this place at work, now here I was, of course I could not help but think and see this room at work, it was strange to be here on a Sunday night in April.

I crept around taking my images, here is a unique insight to the other side of Sheffield we do not see, an urban exploration with consent, as I write this Court Room Six will be in full flow upholding the so called justice of capitalism, but for one night on a Sunday an Anarchist crept around taking images here are the rest and oh enjoy I know I had a grate time.

Thanks to Nigel and Klive Humberstone, Joe and the countless nameless people that back Sensoria the renowned event it is, and only in Sheffield could this happen..

Music For Real Airports is a live art event, a unique audio and visual collaboration between musicians The Black Dog and Human design studio. Music For Real Airports responds to the reality of occupying the semi public space of an airport – and is a contemporary reply to Brian Eno’s seminal work in the 70s.

The Black Dog have developed the project from over 200 hours of field recordings from airports in an effort to explore the ideas and associations that people have with them today. Previously associated with club appearances/performances, The Black Dog will now bring a new live event to an art gallery environment.

This was a world premier event on Saturday 24 April at Millennium Galleries and will then tour to art galleries around the world.

The normal lovevies and social dysfunctional was omnipresent, you had to be seen, I was there for the images here they are here underclassrising.net then job done, it needed to more loud in your face, the whole event was to polite but well done http://2010.sensoria.org.uk for pulling of another unique event and this is what makes this happen the love of the people involved in putting together something good for that we have to say thank you..