Keep On Movin’ (Friday, July 1, 2011) Official “Big Feastival” pass: Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival @ Clapham Common My awesome friend Kate S. works for Jamie Oliver, and used her powers of said awesomeness to sort us some free tickets to his Big Feastival in Clapham Common. I’d never been there before, and though it took literally 6 trains to get us all that way West, once we arrived, it was a lovely evening for some outdoor food and tunes amongst the Guardian readers. Or, as my companion put it, “It’s nice to be middle class.”We ate: pulled pork, a posh scotch egg with cider mayo, a banoffee pie crumpet, a homemade Oreo, complemented by mixed berry Kopparberg FTW.We saw: Norman Jay! He was playing a great set which included lots of Motown and soul, but also lots of drum n’ bass. This is why I love living in London. Soul II Soul were headlining, and we caught a bit of their set as we were heading back East. Caron Wheeler was doing that thing that singers do where they’re all like, “Sometimes, when you have love in your life, you do a thing with another thing. And if you believe in yourself you can achieve some stuff, and I wrote this song about it.” But still…at least now I can say I’ve seen Soul II Soul!(Burger bike bell ring to Nick S. for the photo assist).

Keep On Movin’ (Friday, July 1, 2011)

Official “Big Feastival” pass: Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival @ Clapham Common

My awesome friend Kate S. works for Jamie Oliver, and used her powers of said awesomeness to sort us some free tickets to his Big Feastival in Clapham Common. I’d never been there before, and though it took literally 6 trains to get us all that way West, once we arrived, it was a lovely evening for some outdoor food and tunes amongst the Guardian readers. Or, as my companion put it, “It’s nice to be middle class.”

We ate: pulled pork, a posh scotch egg with cider mayo, a banoffee pie crumpet, a homemade Oreo, complemented by mixed berry Kopparberg FTW.

We saw: Norman Jay! He was playing a great set which included lots of Motown and soul, but also lots of drum n’ bass. This is why I love living in London. Soul II Soul were headlining, and we caught a bit of their set as we were heading back East. Caron Wheeler was doing that thing that singers do where they’re all like, “Sometimes, when you have love in your life, you do a thing with another thing. And if you believe in yourself you can achieve some stuff, and I wrote this song about it.” But still…at least now I can say I’ve seen Soul II Soul!

(Burger bike bell ring to Nick S. for the photo assist).