Now that dark days and rain are here again, I’m harking back to those glorious halcyon summer days of the festivals (although I’m off to Green Man in two weeks) By providing you with a list of my favorite summer camping gadgets and goodies! So let the fun begin!

Now understand that this isn’t necessarily going to be an affordable list, but rather a list of all the really nice stuff that’s out there right now.

1. Rolling Garden cooler

Yes, you’re right, it is a bit bulky for a festival. And at £250 steep is an understatement;, But picture the scene: The sun is shining, you can hear the sound of Laura Marling singing in the background, you pull up in your lime green VW Camper van Bring out your Rolling Garden cooler full of micro-brewery beer and you set yourself down in your…

2… Penguin Book Deck Chair

I need it. Although I definitely can’t afford it… Moving swiftly on.

3. Solar Lanterns.

These would look so pretty on strings surrounding your tent in the evening- Imagine having a post gig pint under these. Bliss.

4. The tent.

You Know by now that I love all things retro, and this just tops the lot. Yes I know brown isn’t everyone’s favorite, but it’s such a lovely ‘umptious’ colour. And you just know that this baby would stand out in a crowd!

And who needs wellies or a sleeping bag when you have these lovely things?

I have something new to show you, and It blows the shoes and the bracelet out of the water. Take a look at this beauty:

It’s a Lightsaber Umbrella! Ok, the store calls it a ‘Blade Runner Style Umbrella’.But I chose to ignore this and instead attach it to a far superior (well, the original three anyway) film franchise.

This Umbrella makes miracles happen, Look how this otherwise ignorable kid becomes Awesome when given this umbrella:

Oh, oh, and this one’s really cool too:

I can feel a recurring awesome umbrella feature coming on…

more later!

Kanye West has aired a preview of the video for his track ‘Power’ on MTV.

Sampling British prog rockers King Crimson’s ’21st Century Schizoid Man’, the accompanying video for ‘Power’ is equally unconventional for the Hip Hop genre. Directed by Marco Brambilla, Kanye has described it as more of an animated painting than a conventional music video (well, he tweeted ‘It’s not a video .. It’s a moving Painting!!!’) and as you can see below it’s an accurate description for the oddly hypnotic clip.