Sunday, July 08, 2007

New Kingdom City And More Tenby Shots

Its been a funny few weeks, the weather's been wet to say the least, then there's been all the floods and the attempted bombings to depress me. It all feels very distant here, but with an imminent trip to London, it's one more thing to worry about. Then again, in the 90s going to London I was always worried about the IRA bombs going off, so it won't be to much of a change in paranoia levels on visiting the one city I'm happier to pass on. It's just good they used National Health Service supplies to make the bombs. That says it all really.

As for me, I've had my head down and been mainly working on the stuff that's paying the money. On the plus side - I got one personal project done, I finally managed to get a fan site out that I've been working on since April. New Kingdom and the members related projects are some of my favourite bands of the 90s.

Their old official site died a couple of years ago, and I was able to snap up the domain which was put up for sale. I've made a new site so there's finally a permanent site for one of great unappreciated bands of the last decade. I had to keep putting it off to work on more money sites, but thanks to the help of my good friend Nursey, I was able to polish it off and get it live.

As for photos - the constant bad weather and grey skies have kept me away from snapping. The few times the clouds have broken to reveal some light, I got a few snaps. Here's some of the better ones.

Enjoying the sun on the Esplanade gardens in Tenby

Volleyball courts on South Beach

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Nice architecture and clouds around Tenby harbour

Nice architecture and light around Tenby harbour

Posted by Dio Bach at 08:52

6 Comments:

holly said...: I was in London during the Shankhill Road bombing and all that messy aftermath. I was amazed at the fortitude of Londoners when trains were stopped and everyone shuffled off due to "suspect parcels" (great name for a band) and whatnot. Still, be careful out there.

Are these photos taken with the Sony you won? What do you think of it?; 2:19 AM
Dio Bach said...: The Sony hasn't materialised yet - I have to chase them up as to where it is. They were a couple of months late telling me I'd won it, so I'm not holding my breath.; 10:15 AM
Nursey said...: Something about the last shot, the one with the gull that reminds me of your old flat in Falmouth!; 10:30 AM
Dio Bach said...: Yeah - it does a bit - the colour I think. I see what you mean. :); 10:47 AM
holly said...: Your old flat was... beige? ;)

I just noticed the people in the first pic. WTF are they on? Or do folks just randomly levitate in Tenby?

The third one is very Andrew Wyeth meets Hopper thrown in. It caught my eye yesterday and I had to come back for another look today.; 12:55 PM
Dio Bach said...: Beige?! Magnolia if you please... :)

Just reminded me, one of the names we almost choose for our first band was Thee Beige Flush. I suggested that, don't no why, no one else liked it.

They're sat on a bench. I did a closer version shot that I didn't like as much, but the angle and weird appearance is the same.

Wyeth and Hopper are always in my photos. I can't help myself. Their compositions still rock me. :); 1:27 PM