The online adventures of dooza
Dooza
These are just general posts.
Loo’s New Tattoo
Mar 2nd
This is my wife Loo’s new tattoo, its her fourth, and is really cute. Its on her right arm, where its really sensitive. She got it done at Paradise Tattoo on Castle Street, High Wycombe. Sy did the work for her this afternoon.
I also have an ohm on my my chest, it was the first one I had done many years ago. Mine was done by Woody when he was first starting out and was operating in the same shop that Paradise Tattoo now uses.
Ostinelli & Priest
Feb 24th
I have just taken over maintaining a site for a friend of a friend. The site is the portfolio for a pair of ceramic artists based in Hazlemere. Their creations are unique, I have not seen anything like it.
To take on the site I had to convert it from a purely image and frame based layout into a CSS positioned site. It looks almost identical, but should load a lot faster, be found by search engines, and be easily updated.
The site is www.ostinellipriest.co.uk, let me know what you think.
Glade Festival 2010
Feb 19th
Now in its 7th year, Glade Festival is growing and growing. Its on this year from 15th to 18th July and is once again at the Matterley Bowl near Winchester. There is loads of information about the festival on their new website.
We (Fushion Sound System) will be there, hopefully doing the same as last year, and maybe more. Last year we did the Origin Stage (lighting) and the Interstella Circus tent (sound and lighting). I worked in the Circus tent and enjoyed the cabaret acts as well as the live music. I also provided some lights to the Psymusic tent, hopefully this year it will be bigger and need a fully managed lighting solution.
As soon as I know more information I will post about it, in the mean time check out the photos from last year.
The end of Unit 3/Melt/The Attic/Club X
Jan 16th
Main room
Old lighting truss
The DJ booth
Main room
Rear of the main room
Magic posters
These photos were taken in the summer of 2009 before the main part of J. Needhams complex was pulled down. The snooker hall and bingo hall were attached to the rear of the club. You can still see the rear of the club from the main road, but it will soon be a Lidl store.
I spent many years as a punter and working in this famous club. My first experience of it was when I was at Bucks Uni in 91/93. It was called The Attic then, and was very strange.
When I returned from Derby Uni in 95 it became my usual weekend haunt. At some point I got a job in the cloakroom, and then on the door, not as security, just taking the door tax. I had many great nights in there, and put on my first party there. An eclectic night called Garble.
The Attic closed down late in the 90’s but was soon reopened as Melt. It had a refit and was popular once again. This lasted a year or two before it closed. I am not sure why it closed, but when it reopened at Unit 3 it received a major refit.
I was asked to bring Magic in as one of the main nights. We had reasonable success, but it was never a major crowd puller. Eventually after a year or two the club closed due to not being able to get insurance. It was sad to see it close, and hoped it would eventually come back. This was not to happen, and we now know its going to be pulled down.
I have many good memories from this club, its where I met my wife, and made some great friends. If you too have some special memories, please post them below as a comment.
If you also have some photos that you would like to share, get in contact with me and I will post them.
The Final Mo
Dec 6th
A little bit late posting this (whats new!) but this was my Mo for Movember on the last day of November. I raised £190 online, with another £15 collected in cash. I want to thank everyone for helping me raise this money for Prostate Cancer Charity, but mostly I want to thank my wife Louise for the support, and putting up with my Mo.
You can still donate to the cause, its not too late. Just pop along to my page over at Movember and give as much as you like.
