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20/05/24 - 27/05/24
Jun. 10th, 2024 07:30 pmI've switched away from the drop-in on Mondays to yet again try to focus me away from frontline work and had a quiet, constructive day at Argon House, trying to catch up on months of notes, before coming home for D&D. I was in on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings as well, spending them cooking, crosswording with N, scrapbooking and working my way through The Witcher.
On Thursday I came home for food then headed out to a gig at the Old Blue Last which started with an artist who'd been billed as Ella Morgan but announced her band as The Mirrors: once again they seemed an anticipatory buzz, despite this being apparently their first ever gig, although time it seemed more justified their blues-rock, and especially her incredible voice, really impressed. Next up was Jorinde, a duo comprised of what seemed to be a female European singer-guitarist and a male American bassist: they were more music- than vocal-led and it was thrumming and absorbing. I was there for the first gig from The Preventions, a new project from Ted, who'd been the driving force in Latenight Honeymoon- they had the same drummer as The Mirrors and had sold out their first show, which was a lot of fun. Ted had also brought bunch of LNHM memorabilia for me, which was very sweet.
I had another Friday on my own in the office and spent it getting on top of 16 months worth of petty cash receipts, which had been shamefully neglected, then I slipped away early as I had somehow been talked into going up to Birmingham for the evening for a gig. It was at Deadwax Digbeth and support was from solo acts rapper Jack Left and the amazing-voiced Quarry. I'd been lured up by Try2Smile and had hoped to see him with a good hometown crowd but apparently various clashes had drawn people away, but it was still enjoyable chaos. I rushed off to get my train but ended up having to kill a fair bit of time at New Street as it was delayed, so it was well past 2 by the time I got home. 4 1/2 hours of train journeys, however much I enjoy the freedom of being able to read and get in with stuff that being on a train gives me, had probably been a bit much for one little gig, even for me.
I was also off out of London again early on Saturday: N made us breakfast and then came with me on the Oxford Tube as I headed to L's for our Iris AGM, while he carried on into town. We went up to a pub in Headington Quarry, once the meeting was done and L's colleague D had headed off, but only got to see A & family for all of 5 minutes before N finished and I managed to get on the same coach as him back to London. After a bit of wandering, we ended up having dinner at a little East Asian place that had recently opened in Clerkenwell, then headed on home. Sunday was more home-y: I did my shop, worked through the afternoon while N was out and about, then did a long cook for us in the evening, before joining Family Zoomtime.
For the end-of-May Bank Holiday on Monday we headed over to Gospel Oak and met M at the Kentish Town City Farm, where we showed E all the farm animals, it's gloriously overgrown kitchen-garden and very friendly cat, before wandering up to the Heath for some lunch. We travelled back to Tottenham to meet up with R&L (plus R's friend Ruth) at the Bluecoats for a couple of drinks, although I left them when it was time for D&D to start.
On Thursday I came home for food then headed out to a gig at the Old Blue Last which started with an artist who'd been billed as Ella Morgan but announced her band as The Mirrors: once again they seemed an anticipatory buzz, despite this being apparently their first ever gig, although time it seemed more justified their blues-rock, and especially her incredible voice, really impressed. Next up was Jorinde, a duo comprised of what seemed to be a female European singer-guitarist and a male American bassist: they were more music- than vocal-led and it was thrumming and absorbing. I was there for the first gig from The Preventions, a new project from Ted, who'd been the driving force in Latenight Honeymoon- they had the same drummer as The Mirrors and had sold out their first show, which was a lot of fun. Ted had also brought bunch of LNHM memorabilia for me, which was very sweet.
I had another Friday on my own in the office and spent it getting on top of 16 months worth of petty cash receipts, which had been shamefully neglected, then I slipped away early as I had somehow been talked into going up to Birmingham for the evening for a gig. It was at Deadwax Digbeth and support was from solo acts rapper Jack Left and the amazing-voiced Quarry. I'd been lured up by Try2Smile and had hoped to see him with a good hometown crowd but apparently various clashes had drawn people away, but it was still enjoyable chaos. I rushed off to get my train but ended up having to kill a fair bit of time at New Street as it was delayed, so it was well past 2 by the time I got home. 4 1/2 hours of train journeys, however much I enjoy the freedom of being able to read and get in with stuff that being on a train gives me, had probably been a bit much for one little gig, even for me.
I was also off out of London again early on Saturday: N made us breakfast and then came with me on the Oxford Tube as I headed to L's for our Iris AGM, while he carried on into town. We went up to a pub in Headington Quarry, once the meeting was done and L's colleague D had headed off, but only got to see A & family for all of 5 minutes before N finished and I managed to get on the same coach as him back to London. After a bit of wandering, we ended up having dinner at a little East Asian place that had recently opened in Clerkenwell, then headed on home. Sunday was more home-y: I did my shop, worked through the afternoon while N was out and about, then did a long cook for us in the evening, before joining Family Zoomtime.
For the end-of-May Bank Holiday on Monday we headed over to Gospel Oak and met M at the Kentish Town City Farm, where we showed E all the farm animals, it's gloriously overgrown kitchen-garden and very friendly cat, before wandering up to the Heath for some lunch. We travelled back to Tottenham to meet up with R&L (plus R's friend Ruth) at the Bluecoats for a couple of drinks, although I left them when it was time for D&D to start.
