Recent findings: July/ August

I thought I might keep you posted on some of the things that have been keeping me occupied/ amused over the past few weeks. I'm 11 weeks into the stupidly long university summer holidays with another 6ish weeks to go (what are we paying £4k for again?!). It is very boring, especially without a job/ money for activities so I've had to find a lot of new music, etc.

Music

Django Django - Life's a Beach (album)

I'm going to be honest. This is the first CD I've bought in a long time. Twas recommended to me by the lovely Chester and I surprisingly really like it. They have a really cool sound and I find myself humming their tunes to myself far more often than I care to mention. Above is my favourite song of theirs so far, Hail Bop.

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (single)

I know the song isn't new, and it isn't new to me either but for about three weeks it was stuck in my head and so here it is in my "recent findings" post.. Good one, Laura.

I have recently found myself experiencing a bit of a disco phase. I realised this when I audibly uttered the words "oh yeahhh" upon noticing BBC4's scheduling of Disco at the BBC followed by Nile Rogers & Chic's Glastonbury set. Appropriately then the song of the summer has been Daft Punk - Get Lucky, and I'm still nowhere near over it.

Film

A fantastically inconvenient underlying health issue means that going to the cinema has become a bit of a no-go for me. I won't go into it too much, but basically the combination of a big screen and a high ceiling does something very strange to me, and I quickly find myself very dizzy. Therefore I have been at a massive disadvantage in terms of film viewing (which kinda sucks being a student of film & TV design). I'm desperate to see World's End and Monsters University, but alas, I will have to wait. My only ask is that people don't ruin these films before I have chance to see them!

Books

Jon Richardson - It's Not Me, It's You

I actually read this back in June but it definitely warrants a mention as a lovely little read. I'm a big fan of Jon's stand-up and found myself reading the book in his voice (in my head of course). It's a very sweet book and I found myself desperately just wanting to cuddle him throughout.

HITRECORD & Joseph Gordon-Levitt - The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories (vol 1)

I was recently gifted this as a belated birthday present from my lovely friend Helen and it is just delightful! It's exactly what the title describes it as, a tiny book of tiny stories, most about 3 sentences long and each with a pretty illustration. A cute little book to flick through when you find yourself with a spare few moments.