The goings on of last night definitley made up for what was a rather stressfull day earlier on, starting off with the new series of Buzzcocks which I'd been looking forward to.
Highlights included Ralf Little's rant about Kid Rock's recent chart topper and
Simon Amstell saying that he was missing team captain Bill Bailey, resulting in him and Phill Jupitus miming to Jordin Spark's and Chris Brown's "No Air" which was rather amusing.
I hope fellow radio student Stevie McIntosh was watching as he has a bit of a dislike for Jordin Sparks and would have probably found that hilarious.
Mark Ronson was rather rubbish as a team captain however and I wasn't sure about Simon Amstell's haircut but it's good to have the show back on our screens.
Immediately after I headed to Area 51 for the Battle of The Bands where there was quite a moderate turn-out consisting mainly of second years.
Most of the bands performing were good however including Joachim blending in rap with electro beats, Kid Champion with their own catchy number "Forgotten What It Feels Like" and best of all I Am One where J-Swift and Oli were joined by a backing band and two female vocalists whilst still managing to sound laid back and retaining their individualilty.
Being stood right at the front was quite something having never actually seen J-Swift perform live and I'm hoping that's not the last time I see them.
The final band wasn't as good with the chorus of one of their songs sounding very similar to that of Peter, Bjorn and John's "Young Folks". Without the whistling of course.
Overall it wasn't really a battle as such as opposed to a showcase of Westminster's talent with J-Swift performing on one of Joachim's songs showing that there wasn't really any rivalry between each other.
Or maybe it was because all of the bands were a warm up for the headline act "Duke" that had come over specially, who were a trio consisting of a vocalist, a human beatbox and a guitar player who performed a medley of tunes in their own distinctive style such as "Wearing My Rolex", "American Boy" and "Heartbreaker". As the performance went on they also performed a few dance classics such as Gala's "Free From Desire", ATB's "Till I Come" and even Fatboy Slim's "Rockafella Skank".
The set list really was pretty extensive and everyone who was there really did enjoy the performance.
As for today it's the Fresher's Fayre on the Harrow campus and later on it's the school disco at Area. I doubt I'll be wearing the right clothes but overall it should be a good laugh.
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