So, yeah. In the City is happening this week in Manchester. It's like totally an important festival about music. I work in ?media? so managed to get a press pass for it.
I hate saying it, but I'm famous on Twitter. I get spotted all the time, so the festival will do well by having me on board and tweeting about their event. I used to be a freelance photographer too so I'll be taking pictures and filming the gigs, they?ll get that content for free, I'm good like that.
I'll put them on my social networks. I also have a radio show, so I'll talk about it on there too. I'll be hungover on the show, it's tomorrow. I'm terrible, I'm always hungover on my show.
Anyway, I got my press pass, although I'm not happy, because despite me asking, they put my real name on it. I hate this, because I'm quite controversial, and don't like my real name on things. Well, I don't feel the need to wear it around my neck all the time anyway like all those other press idiots, I mean, what's that all about? Have they never been press at a festival before?
They?re all like, ‘check me out, I'm press, with my green pass. Look at my camera and everything.’
I don't even feel the need to have a real camera with me, I just use my little compact. I can film bands on it too. It's about the quality of the content, not the size of the camera. Some of the best pictures I've taken have been on my compact, not my SLR.
I would know, I used to be a freelance photographer.
They say they work in the media, but when you ask them they're all like ?Oh, yeah, the publication I write for has readers in Manchester and Chicago? and your like, ‘Oh what publication is it?’ And they're all evasive. It's probably just their blog and they only have 2 readers. Them and their sister in Chicago! I've got a blog It's just a blog. I hardly even write on it. I wrote this stupid post about an awards thing I was at the other week and it got retweeted all over the place and everything. Which was funny, cos it was well shit!
I know the guys who did the website for the festival and made the iPhone app. I don't feel the need to have an iPhone, I've got another smartphone that's just as good. I didn't get sucked into all the media hype that everyone else did. So I can't get the app and I had a go at the guys who made the app for just catering for Apple drones, but it is actually really good. It monitors The Buzz going on around each band on Twitter and has a ??buzz chart? so you can go and see the most popular bands.
I went to a gig at Band on The Wall and they let me use their staff internet, cos I know the guys there and there was this guy playing synth on stage in a hoodie – what a hipster. Ha!
This was about the time that everyone was talking about Lilly Allen being in our local, the Castle Hotel. She wasn?t there, because I know the owners and they would have told me. She is in the city though, but who cares, she's a knob anyway. I'm not interested in meeting her, I don't know what the fuss is about.
Me and my friend went to Gullivers then. Who would have known that it had an amazing gig venue upstairs? It's dirty and rough, but that's why I liked it.
It’s real.
I think I’m going to start putting gigs on in there. I know the owners and my friend writes a magazine and with my twitter following, it would be easy to promote. I’ve put on loads of gigs. It's easy. I wont do it for money though, just the love of music. I also know some of the best illustrators, they could do our flyers. I don't mind doing the photography, I used to do it freelance.
There's one more day left of the festival and all of the industry are down for it. I'm not going to make any of the talks because I'm too busy with my day job (which I took on to pay the bills when the recession hit, but I'm going to go freelance again soon) but I don't mind, because I know most of the people on the panels anyway.
But I'll be out tonight, I've got flu, I shouldn’t be out at all! I'm terrible. I think it's going to be a big one, I'm going to try and get to as many venues as I can so I can check in on Foursquare. Don't roll your eyes, I have to use it it's my job. I cant be a freelancer in social media and not use foursquare.
DM me your number yeah?
The post was written by A. Vanguard
Editors note: If you're actually interested in the bands or talks at In The City tonight, look? at the website: http://www.inthecity.co.uk/
robot says
You’re a really crap hipster because you’ve not even attempted to write this well.