In April 2018, Barbados will host it’s first electronic music festival. Running from the 4th until the 8th, the festival will be held in five different locations on each day; Farley Hill, Holetown, South Beach Zone, and the East and West coasts. The largest event will take place on the Saturday.
In a press release from The Confluence, the creative media agency which has partnered with the festival, Vujaday is described as “an entirely new experience” and “like nothing you have ever seen or felt before.” The press release also quoted festival co-founder Ryan Kruger as saying:
“We couldn’t be more excited to bring a major electronic festival to Barbados. The island is brimming with a vivid culture and amazing sights to take in, and we wanted to make sure that the festival format allowed for guests to experience more than just a single location while enjoying music from around the world.”
Kruger said in an interview with Caribbean Life that the popularity of electronic music has been growing on the island. Adding that “there has been a general shift towards destination style electronic music events like ours driven by a maturing fanbase…We are now eagerly anticipating launching sales as soon as mid August.”
Managing director of A&B Music Supplies, Norman Barrow, has been added to the Vujaday team to “ensure the local culture is well-represented.”
The line up will be announced at a later date, but will be “focused on different styles of house and techno, roping in internationally renowned DJs and local favourites”. In the mean time, guests can visit the Vujaday Music Fesitval website and register for updates concerning ticket and travel packages, promotions and e newsletters. You can also visit the festivals Facebook page.
As Olenna did in last week’s episode, Bronn earned the MVP award for this one. He gets along so well with the Lannister brothers and his rapport with Jamie is about as fun as his with Tyrion. He was always a likeable rascal, but this week he truly shined and the growth of his character was evident. He’s more than just a greedy sellsword who only cares about himself and money now. But more on him later.
The Golden Company was founded by Aegor Rivers, a legitimised Targaryen bastard, when he fled Westeros after the first Blackfyre rebellion. It’s comprised of exiled Westerosi and their sons. So although they’re based in Essos, they’re not exactly foreign soldiers.
As the remaining Stark children have finally come back together – except for Jon, but he’ll be back home soon – one of their greatest supporters departed. Meera left Bran to return home to her family (are we ever going to see present day Howland Reed?). She looked so tired and broken. Before that moment it had never occurred to me how much she went through and suffered whilst with Bran. She suffered everything that he did and his emotionless goodbye was heartbreaking. I don’t think it’s likely we’ll be seeing her again.
Considering all of the hype and speculation that surrounded Arya having the dagger in promotional images, it’s kind of anti-climactic that Bran just gave it to her. That’s no fault of the writers of course. It’s ours for building it up so much. That being said, she could still kill him. Bran knows all and could tell her about his involvement in he assassination attempt against him. More likely is that, if Arya and Sansa ever tell each other their stories, his name will be added to her list and swiftly removed.
Arya is about as good with a sword as Brienne. Them being more or less evenly matched was thrilling and the choreography was great. I want to question how Arya got so good with a sword when we’ve only seen her training with a staff when she was at the House of Black and White, but whatever. I hope we see more of her training with Brienne than we did her training there.
Everything Jon showed Daenerys in the cave aroused a sense of wonder and awe in her. From the beauty of the dragonglass to the markings of the Children of the Forest, he had her enraptured. He may have been doing it to prove the White Walkers to her, but he was being unintentionally smooth all the same. And he touched her hand when he led her to the carving of the White Walkers! And she didn’t pull away!
There was a bit of a Stark reunion on Dragonstone as well when Theon returned. He may not be a Stark by blood, but he was raised with them and might as well be one. I’d never thought of it before, but Sansa clearly told Jon about at least some of what happened to her, so he must know that Bran is alive right? Although he only cited Sansa as the reason why he didn’t kill him. Theon still can’t catch a break.
Kudos to the Lannister soldiers for not emptying their bowels and running for the hills the second Drogon flew in. Brave men they were. Kudos especially to Bronn. He barely hesitated to abandon his precious gold when he dropped it and continued on toward the scorpion. He could have taken the gold and run to safety but instead, he decided to try to take down a dragon. A dragon! That he’d just seen instantly kill dozens of men. Despite his fear.
Will is basking in the success of his latest stage hit Two Gentleman of Verona, which did even better than his last. He’s starting to make a name for himself; people recognise and call him by name as he walks down the street. Will is also seeing success in his love life, since Alice no longer seems to be concerned with the fact that Will has a wife. Remember when that bothered her? Like two episodes ago? I do.
I was on Southwell’s side in this scene. Not just in chiding Will for his growing pride, but for chastising him for his relationship with Alice. I didn’t much appreciate him calling her a whore later in the episode, however. Will seems to have forgotten that he has a wife. Maybe I could get behind this ship if I’d felt any real chemistry between the actors or between the characters. I just don’t, nor do I care about either of them much. I just don’t root for them as a couple.
Marlowe, I know I keep saying this but…I really don’t know what he wants. Just in general. But especially with Will. He takes Will (and Alice, Richard and one of the other members of the theatre troupe) to a debaucherous party. Alice immediately gets jealous when another woman gives Will attention and Marlowe takes will upstairs to the “real” party.
Speaking of Topcliffe, he still has Matthew in custody and is still torturing him for information on how to find Southwell. Information which the man refuses to give. At this point, it’s kind of a moot point since he’d already given him so much and proceeds to give him even more by telling Topcliffe about Southwell’s manuscript. Topcliffe kills him in a rage and blames Southwell for Matthew’s death, concluding that writers are a corrupting force.
Alice returns to the theatre just as Will begins to workshop some of Henry VI with Richard and Moll. They make up – obviously – but shortly thereafter Topcliffe’s men show up for Will. He willingly (no pun intended) goes along with them, only for Topcliffe to tell him that he wants him to write him a play. He just escaped Southwell trying to drag him into the conflict, only to be pulled in by Topcliffe.
By the gods she was an insufferable tw*t for a lot of this episode. Hell, she’d been so (for me) since she said that Jon needed to come to Dragonstone and bend the knee. I’m pretty sure that the only reason I’ve come to notice this about her was because she was doing it to Jon, whose been my favourite character since Ned was executed.
Granted, she herself has earned the love and devotion of the people who follow her, but still. I loved that Jon brushed off her oft repeated line “I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms and I will.” Her arrogance is largely due to the fact that she’s too accustomed to wining. So I’m happy that she’s losing the war right now. She needs to be humbled. To truly do that one of her dragons has to – needs to – die. She needs to realise she is not invulnerable just because she has dragons. Has she not been told of the Dance of Dragons?
Cersei has no intention of marrying Euron and I would like to think he’s smart enough to realise that. Delaying their “marriage” until after the war ends is a clear indication of her intentions. It won’t stop him from trying to woo her though. Euron is just that kind of guy. I love him and his whole character and persona, but he’s just as terrible a person as Cersei so he needs to be gotten rid of too. Jamie would be very glad if he was because he is having none of his taunting. He absolutely hates Euron. I’m sure it’s a mixture of jealousy and recognition that he’s a loose cannon and not trustworthy at all. Also, how did Euron know how Myrcella died?
Jamie has sort of proven that he is a better battle commander than Tyrion. Which makes sense because, unlike Tyrion, he’s a seasoned warrior. Borrowing Robb’s tactics was a smart move, but I think that perhaps by referencing Robb and having Jamie follow his actions, the writers are signalling that the Lannisters will meet the same fate that Robb and his army did; that they will win the battles but not the war.
Sansa’s actually doing a very good job as Lady of Winterfell. She’s making very sensible decisions with reasonable logic behind them. Littlefinger is still giving her unsolicited advice, despite her brushing him off every single time. The man is persistent. He’s thankfully interrupted by an unexpected Stark reunion. Bran returned to Winterfell. I want whatever he is smoking because he is super chill. And creepy. To be fair, Bran has seen all the things. Even his sister getting raped apparently. Anyone who’d seen as much as Bran has, likely would be the same way if they’d managed to survive it. He did a terrible job of explaining what it means to be the Three-Eyed Raven. I love that his first order of business was seeing Jon.
The guilt of Baxter having died in Will’s place was still eating away at him. So much so that he was having visions of Baxter’s death. I liked that the writers didn’t just brush side Will’s feelings on the matter and leave them behind in the last episode. It was good to see it carry over here considering how strongly he reacted to Baxter simply being arrested instead of him, let alone killed. They kind of did drop it by the end of the episode, however.
Marlowe too was having difficulties writing and bumped into Will as he was on his way to Southwell. I honestly thought that he was going to offer Will a place to stay. Not that Will would have accepted it, but I would have much preferred Will staying with Marlowe that Southwell (slimy and scheming as Marlowe is). Luckily, Southwell’s attempt to lure Will in backfired somewhat; instead of inspiring him to join him, it gave Will an idea of how to tackle his new play and get past his writer’s block.
Southwell still managed to rope Will in by giving him his unfinished book which he intends to give the Queen. A tome which he wants Will to help him write. One which has to be so compelling that the Queen would be “unable to deny the justness of [their] cause.” But not just the Queen, anyone who reads it. It looks like he wants to distribute it to the masses. I get the feeling that what he’s doing is producing propaganda.
I must say that this is the first time I actually felt sorry for Presto. I want to say that his sister is an idiot, but that’s really harsh and inconsiderate. I will say that at this point, I want him to forget about her and leave her where she is. That way he can take care of and better himself. She’s perfectly fine with her life as it is, it seems.
