We are the Robots

Its been an interesting week all round. The course is well underway and fairly intensive at that. We are learning draping, patternmaking, drawing, sewing, and design. Each class runs for 2 1/2 hours but generally they end up going for three hours without a break - so you have some idea of how intensive they are!

The fun stuff.

We saw Ladytron play at Webster Hall on Thursday night. They generally rocked the pants of the establishment with most of the greats getting a play. I particularily enjoy hearing the songs you know with a little ad lib or variation in sound - which is what these guys did. Supposedly Debra Harry was in the audience (the only likely area being the roped-off corner of the balcony) which meant we were potentially 25 metres away from the Queen of New Wave and Punk Disco.

Because we wanted to see the Wired NextFest on sunday we didn't have the funds to attend the Dark Arts Festival (which featured SNOG, Rotersand, Covenant and others) but I'm sure Goldfrapp in three weeks time will make up for that.

Wired NextFest was interesting - supposedly showing the latest and greatest in technology - but it was far from impressive. Most of the signage was dumb-downed and the technology appeared to be variations or enhancements on existing technology, so it was difficult to get too excited by some of it. There was a fairly impressive robot head that had convincing realism as well as some interesting biohousing ideas (using cardboard for furniture....hmmmmmm).