something for the weekend, sir?

hello

didn't expect to be online so soon but there's a lovely wireless connection here in the liquid room in edinburgh.

so! this is the first gig. i may have to stop suddenly and this may be a little incoherent, my apologies...
the divine comedy are on stage as i type (man, they are good! i'm impressed), and the audience are rapt, so business is in lull mode, but the gig has sold out and it'd be a mean feat for anyone to reach the merch desk through the crush. i say merch desk, it actually consists of 2 huge drum boxes but alas they are on wheels that don't lock and the crowd are a persistantly swelling tide pushing us backward into the corner.
duke did a great opening set, pete's tour manager's writing emails on her laptop, i'm munching on a banana as i type, and chip has joined us in our dark little corner to say hello and we are now trapped.
neil hannon has the sexiest voice when he drops an octave in speech... christopher robin meets barry white.

i spent last night with my aunt. we had a few glasses of vino and stayed up rather late chatting 'bout important stuff we have in common. it was moving and wonderful. i did a little shopping this morning and then some prep work on my laptop outside a cafe on cockburn street and the sun shone and i thought for all the panoramas on offer in this my favourite of my home cities, the view down that street just fills me with a sense of delight...

but so far, all is well and folks have been friendly and welcoming. but we'll see if my stock and takings add up before i can even remotely relax. i'm on the duke coach tonight. pete and i are gonna discuss tattoos i think...

right better get back into work mode. something tells me this is going to get a little crazy at the end of show. the end of the night is when all the hard speedy graft has to be done.

well, who knows where i'll be next time i post... when i said i'd try and post from the road i didn't actually mean from inside a gig...

oh, i think i know this one... it's about a ferris wheel...someone stuck it on a compilation for me a few years back... it's all very miss marple this stuff... if feel the need for a pair of seamed stockings and a rations book ...

LB,x