July viewing
Thought I’d better round up a few things I’ve seen recently, just to prove I’m not dead, or worse. * * * * * Heart in the Park is the latest brand to be added to the ever-growing list of summertime mini-festivals taking place in Hyde Park. If you think my paying to attend a Heart FM event instantly destroys any lingering sense of reviewer credibility and makes me a properly middle-aged sod then you’d be right on both counts. But, well, Chic were playing, and the weather was going to be nice and that. We arrived in time to catch some of Eliza Doolittle . My dad used to sing “Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag” to me, a song familiar from his own youth. Although music has always recycled itself to appeal to new generations, I still can’t quite get my head around a young pop artiste singing a remixed version of it in 2013. Bizarre. Unfortunately Chic were bedevilled with sound problems from the off, the Hyde Park sound system again not proving