Yes, you heard it right, after a couple years of silence The Awakening returns to Play in Reading to celebrate its 10th Birthday.
16th April at Play Reading
9pm – 4am
£5 door tax
In The Main Room (PsyTrance / PsyBreaks)
Live
Psyfi
Abstraction
DJ’s
Jimjam
Dark Angel
Jamez 23
Second Room (Breaks, Tech House, Psy)
Hosted by Special Guests Glowball
DJ’s
Tim Sharpe
Jaxx
PurplesPink
Myst
Sound by Fushion Sound System
Lighting by me, Dooza
On Tuesday 23rd November I came home to find Evie dead on the sofa. She was stretched out like she was having a lovely sleep. When she didn’t respond to my greeting my heart broke and panic set in. She was perfectly fine when we left her in the morning, and to be honest, we don’t know what happened.
Thankfully my parents were calm and helped by taking her away and burying her in there garden. My parents have done this several times with their own cats, and know how it feels to lose a pet. It was especially hard for Loo and me due to Evie being our first cat. We will never forget her, she was our princess.
Just after Christmas we decided it was time to move on and find another cat who needed our love. After a quick look online we found a male cat called Joey who was with the RSPCA. His owners got divorced and neither side wanted him. We found this hard to believe as he was so pretty. He is an 8 year old Russian Blue, well, mostly, I am pretty sure he isn’t 100%, but looks and behaves just like one.
Joey settled in such a short time, and is loving our flat. He has so much love to give, and loads of energy. He is a totally different cat to Evie, so will never be a replacement (no cat could ever be).
There will be loads of photos appearing soon 
Finally some news about the future of the Glade Festival! They are going back to their roots, with a smaller festival at a new site. There is very little information at the moment, but it was tweeted earlier today and the Facebook page has this accouncement:
GLADE FESTIVAL… IS BACK… we are so excited to tell you.. WE – ARE – BACK…. 10,11,12th June… 1.5 hours from LONDON – in English idyllic parkland!!!… SMALLER, BACK TO ITS ROOTS…. Earlybirds on sale 25th January 2011, make sure you join the mailing list for updates… SEE YOU THERE xx
When I hear more news I will post it here. I am really hoping that my lighting services will still be needed, it would be a shame not to be involved again, the first 6 years were amazing, and I really want to play with my new toys!
Minerva Beads and Crafts is opening this Saturday in Glastonbury, you will find them on the High Street.
Tabatha and James have been running the business from home, taking there wares to markets around Somerset and Devon. They have now expanded and have there own shop in Glastonbury.
I have helped build them an online presence where you can also buy some of their huge range of beads and associated bits and bobs. When I say huge I really mean huge, I have never seen such variation in beads!
If you have had anything to do with the club/party/dj scene in the last 20 odd years you will be fully aware of the Technics 1200/1210 turntables. Its been the market leader for years, they kept supplies low so the demand was always high, many DJs refused to use anything else. They just keep on working, they are solid and reliable, and have exactly the right features.
For the last few years rumours have been flying around of its demise, but nothing concrete ever appeared.
Gizmo, the owner of the leading tech site Skratchworx, has been trying to get the truth for a long time, and has now published an open letter in an attempt to get a response from Panasonic.
Read the open letter and see what you think: http://www.skratchworx.com/news3/comments.php?id=1567
