Week 43

27 October 2019
  • On Monday I went to see And So I Watch You From Afar play through their debut album it was huge and properly good. Every track is a banger.
  • After that I basically had a cold the rest of week which is not worth talking about.
  • The vid of AOC grilling Zuckerberg is brilliant. He and Facebook have so much to answer for.
  • Adjacently related this LRB piece on America was really depressing (and long) but I couldn’t help reading it all.
  • On Friday I saw Battles which was bangin’. I haven’t seen anyone play drums like he does. Although they were having some sort of technical issues with a synth or something, I couldn’t hear anything wrong but it seemed to be stressing them out. I often wonder what that must feel like, artists having a bad time on stage whilst the crowd is loving it anyway… tricky.
  • Bec and I peeled 8kgs of onions and jarred them in vinegar, this is becoming a proper Christmas tradition now.
Jon Heslop in his house
Self-portrait, 09/02/25 — Fujifilm X-Pro3, Leica Summilux-M 50 ƒ/1.4, ASPH

About me

Jon Heslop is a web developer based in Walthamstow, he lives with his wife Rebecca and their dog, Maude. He enjoys cycling, cooking and hanging out with friends.

Enough of the third person... I was born in London, grew up on the Wirral before coming of age in the Midlands (somehow that’s the accent that mostly stuck). I went to university in London and then spent a while in West Wales.

I’ve been building websites since I was a teenager and I have been very lucky with the places and people I’ve worked with over the years.

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