The business is up and running. Not the apocalyptic launch I had in my head. More the product of not being able to see any reason for not doing it there and then. What better way to occupy that moribund period between Christmas and New Year when, as Michael McIntyre said, it appears you can [...]
The finest, and they’re playing the Astoria in London from 1st to 4th December, performing all four of their albums consecutively, in their entirety: http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/oct/16Coheed_and_Cambria_Neverender_Tour.shtml. I’ll just have to imagine myself going, but given the choice there’s very little I’d rather do. Take in some London vibe during the day, show in the evening, couple [...]
Of joy and relief. For me too as I caught the closing montage of the BBC1 overnight election special. Was just finishing some (very) early morning exercise when I remembered that the world may have changed overnight. I guess I’d blotted it out because I hadn’t dared to hope. Brief memory of dressing in front [...]
Saturday was Lisa’s promised shopping trip as part of her 16th birthday present, with a small coterie of her friends. I’d undertaken to do a bit of remote control chaperoning. Keen late September sunshine. I really should be back at school. Unbroken blue sky. Wyclef Jean and his comment on UK weather. The approach to [...]
I’ve always envied musical talent. Even made a semi-serious attempt once to acquire some competence – to the extent that I could probably still pluck the first few chords of “House Of The Rising Sun” even now. But it’s like training parrots to speak: they don’t actually know what they’re doing. Just to be lost [...]