• Interview with Barney JC of Autoheart

    Last March, I had the opportunity to speak with Barney JC, member of the London-based music group Autoheart, alongside singer Jody Gadsden and piano man Simon Neilson. At the time, they had released their first album and an EP, but had dropped off the radar for a few months while working on their second album, which…

  • Only the Beginning

    Almost a year ago (or maybe more, I can’t remember), I convinced my grandmother to go on a trip to Ireland with me as a leg of my bigger trip. She seemed excited initially as well as terrified– I knew after going she wouldn’t be so scared, but it was getting to that point that…

  • That’s so Ravenclaw

    I decided to find even MORE Harry Potter-related things in London. So I spent a whole day just walking through the city looking for them. Generally, London hasn’t been bad. It’s been misty, rainy, cold, dark, and damp, but at least it hadn’t been windy. I was just thinking how awful it would be if…

  • Looking for Harry Potter

    “We’re currently leaving Las Canarias where it’s sunny and 32 degrees (like 90 Fahrenheit), and we’ll be landing in London about four hours where it’s raining and 8 degrees (46 Fahrenheit).” Oh, the sadness.  As soon as I landed in London, I was lost. There were no marked signs about where to go for which…