Yesterday we went for brunch at Plan 9 with Raven. Even the waitress commented on how awesome her “heart attack bagel” looked, it was a proper rockstar breakfast. We couldn’t help but notice how fit, healthy and pregnant everyone else in Maida Vale is at the moment.

I won weekend tickets to the Sonsisphere festival, so we put on our wellies and headed up to Knebworth to meet up with Tony and Nick, who were also going. It was such a hot day and almost everyone was wearing black!

We saw a bit of Feeder and then headed over to see Limp Bizkit, a band who I had hopped to forgot since being 14. It was a bit like an f-word contest and Fred Durst is way too middle-aged for that these days.

We went for a wander and saw a few other bands. Raz was there too but we didn’t bump in to him.

We watched bikers doing tricks for a while and then went to see Nine Inch Nails, before heading back to London for dinner at Vapianos. The weekend has been full of sin (fast food and alcohol), so today I’m getting back to my yoga, jogging and healthy living!

Today was awesome because we got to hang out with Ben Kweller in Brighton. We bumped in to him at the train station and shared a cab down to the shore.

BK treated us to milkshakes and fried food in an America diner – I had gingerbread flavor and he had marshmallow, but my one won the taste test! We chatted about root beer, music, our favorite iPhone apps, London / America, temporary tattoos, webdesign and he took a bunch of CO+K Moo cards to give to his wife, Lizzie. He thinks Tom looks like Adam Green.

We got to hang out during his soundcheck and then we all headed to a secret gig in a park, where he played lots of requests and dedicated Penny On The Train Tracks to us. After that, we nipped away to send postcards and catch a few songs of Catherine AD’s performance.

In the evening we went to BK’s show, which was really good, and said goodbye to him (he wants T to email and “chat web”) and then headed off to see Idlewild on the DiS stage. I ♥ Brighton, I think we’re going to come down in a few weeks, when the weather is really nice, and spend the day exploring and hanging out on the beach.

Today we headed off to Brighton for The Great Escape music festival. A lot of people have told me that I’d love the town and I did. It’s like a place where you’d become a sailor girl and hang out with mermaids. Only an hour away from London by train.

The beach is cool, especially with the burnt-out pier sitting offshore in the distance.

I stole a few pebbles from the beach to take home.

The main pier was really cool too. We gambled our change away in the penny falls and then caught a few bands in the bar. 

Tomorrow we’re going to take our 2p savings jar and spend the lot.

They gave us passes with demon-eyed photos, because we’re delegating for DiS (they spelt my surname wrong ). In the evening we went to see a bunch of bands, including Emmy The Great & My Latest Novel. Tomorrow we’re meeting up with Claire, going to see Metric and attending music industry conferences.

A picnic of jelly fried eggs, sherbet UFO’s, jelly laces, lollipops and candy necklaces may not be the healthiest lunch, but it’s certainly a lot cheaper than any other festival food.

Today, we’re at the Offset festival in East London. Our friend Martyn had a ticket to go, so Tom and I decided to tag along as we hadn’t had our festival fix this year – I’m taking photos for Raz’s site Thrash Hits. There’s a very cool fairy shop with a fairy who covers everyone in glitter, I want to buy or make some wings now.

Last night was The Faint at Cargo, I danced and danced until I felt like I would faint. It was one of the hottest and sweatiest gigs I had been to in a long time and it was awesome.

The latest Clash Magazine has a selection of Cut Out + Keep projects for it’s DIY Festival Fashion segment.