Rich

In the studio this weekend with Train To Skaville. 😎😎 

Overheard an exchange earlier between a man and his very young daughter, in a supermarket car park:
Man: we're just going to wait here for a while.
Daughter: why?
Man: because mummy's in the shop.
Daughter: why?
Man: she's buying some chocolate. 
Daughter: why?
Man: because she needs some. 
Daughter: why?
Man: *laughs*
It was a laugh that said "when you have your own bloody children, you'll know".

What's the difference between The Polar Express and HS2?
One's an improbable fantasy about a train, and the other is a film with Tom Hanks.

24 songs to learn for a dep gig tomorrow evening... eek.

(although in truth, I already know a handful of them)

DR Black Beauties have arrived and are now on the SkaJazz. OHMYGODTHEYLOOKAMAZING. Pics later. 😎

As an aside... superb service from Lord Of The Strings. I'll definitely be using them again.

Fresh set of batteries in the Shuker, because (I can barely believe I'm saying this) I've actually got a full band rehearsal tomorrow

Two gigs yesterday; 45 minute set at a festival in the afternoon, and a proper 2-setter at a party in the evening. The supplied backline at the festival served to remind me why I really don't get on with Ashdown amps... couldn't get a sound I liked no matter how I tried. When I fired up my Shuttle 6 in the evening, I could have kissed it.

Channel 999 on Virgin cable right now - Hans Zimmer live in Prague. Band, orchestra and choir... amazing spine-tingling stuff. Yolanda on the bass.

Mario at Il Bottelino's. Xi at the Golden Horse. Janet at The Old Farmhouse. Thus concludes today's waiters update.

Pure Mania (1977), V2 (1978), Guilty (1982), Alaska 127 (1984), Fifth Amendment (1985), Recharged (1988), etc. This concludes today's Vibrators update.

Does anyone have any experience with St Modwen Homes as a builder? Have seen one of their houses that I reeeeeeally fancy but I want to make sure they're not shoddy/cowboys.

The only thing worse than going home from a holiday, is going home from a holiday on the day the bloody sun finally comes out. #raingod

One excellent side-effect of good bank holiday weather... everybody's having days out, so there was a really short queue for petrol at Costco. 134p a litre, get in