OH DEAR! blog 17…

Oh Noooo! My gig at San Moritz has been cancelled this saturday, bummer! I was looking forward to getting into my flipflops…

For those of you who were planning to come, i’m sorry! I guess you will have to come to my next gig, I’m doing Yoyo at the Nottinghill Arts Club on the 19th of March. I have played there before and was a  cool evening. If you have got nothing to do on Saturday night i recomend Benjamin Button. I cried for the last half an hour of the film, literally! GOD I’M LIKE MY MOTHER! Not that thats a bad thing she is a top Mum. But we are emotional women when it comes to movies/Brad Pitt.

Sorry again…
Roots xxx

Blog 16… The Cherry Jam!!

Pretty little things… Monday blog again! To get rid of the doom and gloom!

So… I have got my own residency at The Cherry Jam in London! It starts in April and i will be on every Wednesday throughout April! You can buy tickets here –> Cherry Jam. See tickets. It’s gonna be great fun. I am gonna try and do something a little bit different and you will get to here a few more new songs! I can’t believe it, my own shooowwww! WOOOOOOHHHH! …


Don’t forget i am playing Ban Jan this Saturday @ San Moritz… 159 Wardour Street Lodnon. W1. Love to see you there!

I love the sun today, makes it feel like summer! And summer always has a certain smell! I love the smell of summer….All warm and crisp and happy… I am gonna check out some cinema times! Then ring and book a pilates class for my achey breaky back.

Haveee a wicked week
Rootsaaaaaaaaay x

 

Blog 15 CHANGE OF PERFORMANCE TIME

yoyooyooooo
Just a quick one to let you know that i come on tonight at Proud Galleries at 9.45 instead of 10! So don’t be late
Roots xxx

Blog 14, Fashion Showwww

Crazy Night last night, i got invited to this amazing Fashion Show in Shoreditch! It was hosted by Johnny Blue Eyes and was called “DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARKNESS WITHIN”. Will Young was there and just in my moment to get a good shot my camera wouldn’t even turn on! Jodie Harsh was there i think with this woman chasing after her asking loads of questions! The lead from the Feeling…What a night :)

Pretty scary at some points those because i had a naked woman within touching distance with red glitter in areas red glitter should never be in!

Also everyone got goodie bags and sat there looking really cool and didn’t even look through them. As soon as i got mine i was going mad, i don’t know whether it’s fashion rules not to look through the goodie bags, but who cares???

Sorry didn’t take any piccies because the camera wasn’t loving me yesterday
Remember i’m playing at Proud Galleries tomorow night in Camden! Should be a good one, i looked on the Proud Gallerie’s website, they have had The Enemy, Dirty Pretty Things, Amy Winehouse and Lethal Bizzle perform… I’m on at 10pm 

Roots xxx
 

Blog 13, Cab drivers, Baloons and just life really

Hey everyone, Gloomy Monday so i thought i could cheer you up with some pics and vids! The video i was talking about on my previous blog is up on Youtube, just not on Myspace yet, here is the link….Slomo Alex .

My Music video for Fake shouldddd be on Myspace some time today, it takes AAAGGGEESS. But i can’t wait for you to see it and let me know what you think! I had such a laugh filming it and i hope it comes across in the vid. And now, maybe you can get a hint of ‘Ginaaa’ who i keep mentioning!

I had a gig on Saturday night at ‘The Egg’ in Kings Cross. I didn’t come on until 2 am so thanks those of you who waited. Because it was a gig in association with Fashion Week, loads of young designers and people at fashion schools were selling items and doing catwalks of their stuff… I met some really querky people! I have uploaded an album of some of the things i saw on Saturday! Amazing cakes, This cool but kinda scary guy who was dressed up in Geisha! Really cool stuff that people were selling. These two women were walking around in dresses made out of balloons! 

I met Rene from Wonky Pop who got me the gig at Egg, there is a pic of us two while he is working his magic on Saturday.I loved his set…..

I didn’t really feel tired until i got into a cab on the way home and this guy with overly curly hair was blaring out some sort of obscure hardcore dance music, which usually i would appreciate, but nooooooooo not when i was tired. And then as he pulled into my road, he played a bit of Barry White or some sort of smooth track like that, bliss for ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m off to watch skins now, love it sooo much, i would love to play a character in that show, finally a teenage drama that shows reality for people who dont own over 5 billiontrilliongazillion poundsss .

p.s If anyone hasn’t seen Pinapple express, you haven’t lived ‘ I wanna be inside you homessssss’….

p.ss I love to ramble ….

p.sss I went to pizza express today and had a salad, probably the hardest day of my life…..

x
 

Blog 12…

Cant believe Coldplay didn’t win a brit last night… Loved Kings of Leon! And Lady Gaga was so lucky to play with the pet shop boys!
Found out today that i don’t come on until 1 am on Saturday night, so for all you early bunnies get some quality zzzz’s in! I’ll have to take it easy on friday night and chillax
I know i said there would be videos up by now… sorry…. But there should be one coming up as we speak.. Another video where i’m working hard in rehearsals, we take it so seriously…
Q music online have done a really good review, check it out
http://news.q4music.com/2009/02/alex_roots.html
Roots x

Blog 11, Happy Valentines day beautiful

Valentines Valentinesssssss, i have been swarmed with cards……..NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well i got a kiss from my Daddy so far, and its 11am…. still got the rest of the day to go

Just thought i would update you all on the current news! I was featured on Pop Bitch, really cool review and my myspace went crazy after that so thanks PopBitch and thanks for those who listened! …

I’m really looking forward to my gig on the 21st, Wonky Pop at Egg, i got my outift for it, fashion week and all! Also my gig on the 26th at Proud Galleries in Camden should be a laugh cos one of my best mates is having it as his birthday night out, so loadsaa people i know are gonna come down and watchhhh.
The main thing i wanna say is that if you sign up to my mailing list you can get a real stripped down “RAW” version of fake, for FREE! It’s not the actual single but it’s just an exclusive track for you guys who support me. I’m not giving it to anyone else, just you if you sign up, let me know what you think! ….

Had a really good night out in Covent Garden with my mates last night, it was a reunion of my old class, loadsa familiar faces! Eat loads of food and went to this really cool place after with Belly Dancers, was soooo funny, we made my mate get up and dance! ….
Hope everyone spreads the love today….
Looooove Lovee Loveee xxxxxx Alex xxxxxx

Blog number 10… ooooh double figures

Valentines day is coming up and i love you all so will you be my valentine?
Just added up some new photos, from the video shoot and from the acoustic jam session i had the other day! Enjoyyyyy
Went to the studio today to see my mate Lauby, we carried on working on that song i told you about ages ago called Stone, i love it! We need to stop though because the album is done, we have too many songs we don’t know what to do with! I’m really sad that all the snow has gone… now every where looks discusting and grey again, i wish everywhere was like the hugeeeeee room in willy wonker (the old movie of course) OMG i have never thought about that before, it would be ammmmaazziinnngggg, because i am theeeee biggest sweet maniac in the world, i love them almost as much as i love my parents,jesus i’m sad.
I’m going shopping tomorow because i am doing a gig as part of London Fashion week so a woman gots to look goooooood if you know what i mean! any ideas???
Gonna go post a twitter, make some chicken stir fry and then watch the new series of America’s next top model, it looks dramalicious! Also got to remind myself to get the silver paint of my mums best brush with white spirit. oooops
 
Alex xxx

Taken over by snow (Blog number 9)


Tried coming on here the other day to say sorry about my gig being cancelled but my myspace was playing up!! The reason i didn’t play the Music Week Unearthed gig at  ‘Rough Trade’ was because of the snow which i have LOVED by the way. Threw so many snow balls, got such a numb face from having my cheek as a target for snow, had a winter bbq. Almost as good as a summer bbq but colder.
Hopefully my gig will be re-scheduled.

Have been in an office (boringggg) ediiting videos for you all today, gonna add a new one up every three days!

I wanna talk to you on TWITTER we can all follow eachother, do it! Everyone is doing it!
Peace and love
Roots x


Making Of My Music Video FAKE! Blog 8! Current mood: rockin

So yesterday on  28th I shot my music video for ‘Fake’ and it was the one of the BEST days of my little little life! It was an 18 hour day, but i kept strong with coffee and bananasss! We took loads of videos and we are going to attempt editing them on Tuesday so that you can see all the behind the scenes footage! I won’t tell you what happens in the actual video yet because hopefully we will have my music vid within two weeks! So you can find out then!
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All I will say is this….. There were dogs, snakes, disco balls and lots of eye lashes!
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I’m playing at the Amershan Arms in New cross tomorow night, I come on at 11:30, its free entry so get your hineys down to New Cross and check us out!
I’m also playing on Monday at a really cool place called Rough Trade (East) for Music Week, A Record Store, also free entry and i’m on at 7!
The gig went well in Hoxton the other week, we played at the Mother Bar. Good gig, tough one to play but the audience were having a groove.
Speak sooon, chow darlingsssss…. xxxxx….

P.s look out for ‘Ginaaaaa’ x