"I got a stamp on my skin"

2011-07-28T16:42:00.001+01:00

2010-07-07T08:33:00.001+01:00

Summer morning rain

2010-07-05T13:17:00.001+01:00

6music saved - for now.

2010-07-05T08:26:00.001+01:00

Quote from a colleague â€œ Iâ€™ve never really fancied Egypt â€“ is there anything to see there?â€

2010-06-20T22:36:00.001+01:00

very happy to find out that Fuzzy Lights are playing EOTR

2010-06-19T14:28:00.001+01:00

Got recycling leaflets through my door from the council. They're in a plastic bag that can't be recycled

2010-04-17T18:58:00.001+01:00

A TPBR soundcheck is nearly as much fun as a TPBR gig

2010-04-17T08:26:00.001+01:00

is not going to whinge about Fozzie not being picked for England this season and remind himself that the countries loss is the counties gain

2010-04-13T23:43:00.001+01:00

Normally, when I'm handed a guitar it's after a gig and it needs loading in the back of the van, not during and being expected to play it!

2010-03-27T08:28:00.001Z

off to save 6music

2009-12-05T13:51:00.001Z

playing cctv bingo

2009-12-05T12:28:00.001Z

helping to cake map Manchester

2009-11-22T23:00:00.001Z

helpless

2009-11-22T20:11:00.001Z

enjoying the stillness 'tween doors and showtime

2009-11-22T17:06:00.001Z

It's cold, it's wet, it's school tomorrow but tonight is The Duke and The King fresh from their warm up gig last night ;-)

2009-11-07T11:14:00.001Z

something wonderfully decadent about saying "good morning" in a pub

2009-10-05T17:23:00.001+01:00

off to see James Mcmurtry and the Heartless Bastards

2009-10-04T22:27:00.001+01:00

I'm gonna take his flash gun a shove it right up ...

2009-10-04T19:12:00.001+01:00

Jesus walked on water, but so did Marvin Gaye

2009-10-04T18:56:00.001+01:00

kin trains, gonna miss The Pixie :(

2009-10-04T18:11:00.001+01:00

forgot oyster, no trains out of Upminster :(

2009-10-04T17:41:00.001+01:00

off for an evening of Roxy curated music

2009-09-29T23:18:00.001+01:00

The Agnostic Gospel Mountain Choir: plenty of slide, lots of harp and a drummer banging his helmet

2009-09-29T21:08:00.001+01:00

good to see a Retrofin sticker at the Lumi, no idea how it got there, none at all

2009-09-24T23:07:00.001+01:00

Celine is despicable yet I care deeply for her. I thinj I'm being manipulated by a great force

2009-09-24T22:40:00.001+01:00

despite misplacing her surname, Nancy Elizabeth is pretty damn good

2009-09-24T20:00:00.001+01:00

damn draft notes, price worth paying though

2009-09-24T19:17:00.001+01:00

GG reading

2009-09-21T06:50:00.001+01:00

prefers Sunday mornings

2009-09-20T23:40:00.001+01:00

Home. Two gigs. Train Journeys. New people. Good people. Weird. Good Weird.

2009-09-20T21:48:00.001+01:00

a new song, an old song and Divine. I'd have walked back from Leicester for that.

2009-09-20T19:57:00.001+01:00

no sleep, long journey, time for another gig

2009-09-20T14:38:00.001+01:00

and Everards Original is doing the trick

2009-09-20T14:20:00.001+01:00

hoping a pint will cure this hangover

2009-09-19T21:02:00.001+01:00

Emily Barker is even better solo than with her Red Dirt Halo

2009-09-19T17:42:00.001+01:00

supping a Tiger, well, I am in Leicester ^_^

2009-09-19T14:34:00.001+01:00

Dan don't write short songs, the last track tops 9 mins as well

2009-09-19T14:24:00.001+01:00

another album with a magnificent nine minute track in the middle

2009-09-19T13:35:00.001+01:00

on a train, heading north listening to Dan Arborise

2009-09-19T10:50:00.001+01:00

got me hat, got me boots, got me rum. That's me packed for Leicester.

2009-09-19T00:06:00.001+01:00

all in all, "The Duke and The King" are the best band I've seen all year.

2009-09-18T20:07:00.001+01:00

if he don't get a few shots of the fiddle player he's sacked

2009-09-18T19:42:00.001+01:00

got seb in the pit, 3 songs and he's out

2009-09-18T18:36:00.001+01:00

there are occasions when musicians timing can work to in your favour

2009-09-18T18:30:00.001+01:00

stuck in Stratford

2009-09-04T11:18:00.001+01:00

kitchen smelling good

2009-09-03T20:05:00.001+01:00

I'm not saying the Garage didn't need a lick of paint but to go on Pimp My Venue?

2009-09-03T11:06:00.001+01:00

the sweetest edibles are always prepared in advance

2009-08-31T16:38:00.001+01:00

I've realised I should no longer climb trees :-(

2009-08-28T01:18:00.001+01:00

I think TPBR have new boots and panties

2009-08-27T22:10:00.001+01:00

I think I'm watching The Old Grey Whistle Test, in The Lexington

2009-08-23T17:49:00.001+01:00

That's it! They're back!

2009-08-23T17:37:00.001+01:00

harmy on a hatrick!

2009-08-23T17:35:00.001+01:00

only two more needed

2009-08-23T17:19:00.001+01:00

a miracle - Colly holds on to one! 7 down, nearly there

2009-08-23T17:12:00.001+01:00

They actually caught one!

2009-08-23T15:15:00.001+01:00

North gone! great stumping

2009-08-23T14:41:00.001+01:00

Clarke gone as well!

2009-08-23T14:35:00.001+01:00

Ponting gone!

2009-08-23T13:55:00.001+01:00

should be working but can't leave the cricket

2009-08-22T17:17:00.001+01:00

so bell's not in the side for his fielding then

2009-08-21T17:21:00.001+01:00

a collapse of English proportions

2009-08-15T14:02:00.001+01:00

Five hours of gardening, time for lunch before round two.

2009-08-11T22:17:00.001+01:00

nearly time for the cedars

2009-08-11T21:23:00.001+01:00

I've read that the Green River Band are "mournfull"- sound like my kind of band.

2009-08-11T20:57:00.001+01:00

Lana - more Mowtown than Americana

2009-08-11T20:39:00.001+01:00

I think I've just heard the appalacian monkies!

2009-08-11T20:24:00.001+01:00

a slapped bass fiddle, a sliding resonator and murder ballads ^_^

2009-08-11T19:49:00.001+01:00

Best food in London

2009-08-11T18:31:00.001+01:00

another evening, another London bound train. I hope there's a gig at the end of this one.

2009-08-11T07:23:00.001+01:00

Bush Hall tonight

2009-08-10T20:09:00.001+01:00

gig cancelled due to power failure. Do I go tomorrow and let down the bands I'm reviewing?

2009-08-10T19:58:00.001+01:00

doors should have been an hour ago, queued down Grays Inn Road

2009-08-10T13:04:00.001+01:00

Brandi at The Scala tonight. Must not forget ticket.

2009-08-10T08:54:00.001+01:00

left phone at home :-(

2009-08-09T14:34:00.001+01:00

seems to be a play wherever you sit gig

2009-08-09T14:06:00.001+01:00

Heavens above, a gig that starts on time. Aliyah Keshani

2009-08-09T13:04:00.001+01:00

watching a crazy house building coot

2009-08-09T12:24:00.001+01:00

3 part mullet on the tube, scarey

2009-08-09T10:41:00.001+01:00

an acoustic afternoon in a wildlife sanctuary, 'twill be blissfull

2009-08-06T21:14:00.001+01:00

http://ping.fm/vgyil Fatea's review of CFF09

2009-08-06T18:53:00.001+01:00

http://ping.fm/YNDal Fatea's CFF09 website

2009-08-04T21:22:00.001+01:00

basic gig info is all I expect

2009-08-03T07:58:00.001+01:00

battery died before the last act at coldams. Heres to cff10 cff09

2009-08-02T21:38:00.001+01:00

I think I'm in love ^_^ cff09

2009-08-02T21:17:00.001+01:00

what's that pool on the floor? That would be my heart melting cff09

2009-08-02T21:10:00.001+01:00

just been congratulated on my whooping cff09

2009-08-02T20:58:00.001+01:00

i want Lucinda's hat cff09

2009-08-02T19:47:00.001+01:00

Imelda is stacked, no elbow room and I wanna dance cff09

2009-08-02T19:33:00.001+01:00

imelda may stage 2, if there's a god they'll play the 12 bar cff09

2009-08-02T17:15:00.001+01:00

grand time in club tent cff09

2009-08-02T15:58:00.001+01:00

barkeep: "it tastes a bit like strongbow", punter: "you might want to work on your sales pitch" cff09

2009-08-02T15:10:00.001+01:00

large mocha and a rich brownie, Sunday lunch cff09

2009-08-02T14:00:00.001+01:00

bye bye love in the beer tent, mandolins and harmonies cff09

2009-08-02T13:56:00.001+01:00

a pleasant pint with Fatea crew before the Diana Jones set cff09

2009-08-02T13:07:00.001+01:00

got the only chair in the beer tent cff09

2009-08-02T12:50:00.001+01:00

arthur's, a firm festival favourite cff09

2009-08-02T12:33:00.001+01:00

kilted major of cambridge just joined in with a session in the Guinness tent cff09

2009-08-02T12:17:00.001+01:00

Pixie food, Yaay! Cff09

2009-08-02T11:40:00.001+01:00

forgot tankard, back to tent. Forgot wallet, back to tent. Touch & go if I see Bella. cff09