mistersnappy » closure http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk intermittent since 2001 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:05:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Another one bites the dust http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk/2009/09/14/another-one-bites-the-dust/ http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk/2009/09/14/another-one-bites-the-dust/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:55:12 +0000 admin http://mistersnappy.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/another-one-bites-the-dust/

Another one bites the dust, originally uploaded by mistersnappy.

Saturday the 12th was the last trading day for SRS, my local photographic shop. Not driven out by the credit crunch, but by a (possibly) greedy landlord.
Such a shame.

]]> http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk/2009/09/14/another-one-bites-the-dust/feed/ 0 For those about to rock… http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk/2009/01/15/for-those-about-to-rock/ http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk/2009/01/15/for-those-about-to-rock/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:12 +0000 admin http://mistersnappy.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/for-those-about-to-rock/

For those about to rock…, originally uploaded by mistersnappy.

On the night that the Astoria and Astoria 2 close their doors for ever, I’m taking a little trip down memory lane to 1995. Back in the days when I was a freelance photographer I photographed The Amps featuring Kim Deal at the Astoria 2.
I saw my first gig at The Astoria (Voice of the Beehive), and possibly the best gig I’ve ever seen at the Astoria 2 was the Foo Fighters up close and personal.
It’s a sad day for the London music scene that these venues are to close and even if they live up to their promise of replacing them with a more modern music venue there will be nothing to match the sticky floors and pints in plastic cups of The Astoria.

More here…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7827999.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Astoria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria_2

]]> http://www.mistersnappy.co.uk/2009/01/15/for-those-about-to-rock/feed/ 0