Abigail Brady

Does anyone fancy coming along to these things? I bought extra tickets on the basis I would try and persuade friends to come along with me. So, friends, what do you say?

• Saturday September 14th, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live tour, at the Hackney Empire; most of the original surviving cast; it was awesome last year; I booked 4 and still have a spare ticket - £25. all gone
  
• Tuesday November 5th, Art Brut at the Village Underground in Shoreditch. Art Brut were difficult enough for me to explain in 2005, when I first saw them (three times in a year!): see their early singles Formed A Band and Emily Kane. I have a spare ticket.
  
• Sunday, November 17th. Toby Hadoke performs a double-bill of his two Doctor Who one-man shows "Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf" and "My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver" at the Garrick. I have a spare ticket. gone
  

Nobody likes Art Brut? What is wrong with you all? :-(

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( having fun trying to unpick the web of PR myths and suchforth. )

Of course, some people are decrying her as manufactured evil for even having a manager/PR agency, whilst other people are saying "omg! how dare you accuse her of such things." I think, as with most things in life, the real situation is more complicated, a shade of grey. My best guess is the narrative above, but who knows? My real problem with her is that her song is stupid: purposely so, true, but nontheless.

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Covenant (and support bands) good. Rest of evening also good. :)

very tired now. will have to injest caffeine on way to Sheffield.

zeitgeist ii went pretty well, considering. a few bands i shall be looking up on interweb. a few i shan't. my head hurts now. :/

oh. and i finished Frankenstein now. not sure what to read next. i really should make a start on some of these recommendations really. ;)

and happy may day!

and a further addendum: when i got back into my building late last night i was greeted by a cloud of dust which made me choke and i could barely get through. some idiot appears to have let off most if not all of a powder fire extinguisher in the entrance area. rah!

went to psychocandyclub/nowhere on saturday, which was fun. quiet but oh well. met new people. got excessively drunk, enough that at the end when Journey of the Sorcerer by The Eagles (also known as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy music) was played, I danced very enthusiastically.

this evening went to see Regina Spektor, who was Quite Good &tm;. Because she was sitting down much of the time, the fact I forgot to bring a camera didn't really matter.

Likely going to see Skindred at the Charlotte. If you like ragga metal you should come.

Yesterday evening consisted of watching the newly-arrived City of Death DVDs with vjbseven, between which was a visit to the Attik to watch Uniting the Elements and return their mike stand. Apart from putting us on the guestlist, they gave us a free album even. And also were quite good. Yay.

I am at Ashton Keynes now.

Just arrived back from Reading, which I attended with secretlondon Was excellent. Bumped into emmadacockney at St Pancras who kept me company on the trains and train replacement bus service back.

The bands I saw :-

Thursday: went to the Rising Sun to see some random bands. Whilst there met a chap named Pete who knows my ex-colleague Ez who used to hang out there. Small world syndrome!

Friday: Goldie Lookin' Chain (the end of), Wedding Present (again, having seen them at Summer Sundae), the end of the Dropkick Murphies, the Subways, The Coral, Queens of the Stone Age (for the first time since 1999), The Killers, Pixies.

Saturday: All-American Rejects (the end of), Roots Manuva, Dinosaur Jr, The Charlatans, Hot Hot Heat, The Caesars, Sleater-Kinney, part of Babyshambles, Foo Fighters.

Sunday: The Modern (upon the advice of greeba), Art Brut (the third time this year), Hot Chip (again), VHS or Beta, the end of Funeral for a Friend, NoFX, The Stooges, Incubus, Marilyn Manson, Iron Maiden.

Pixies were great. Kim Deal's grin was probably bigger than her.

Foo Fighters also good. Dave Grohl drummed during one song and let Taylor song, which apparently marks the first time Dave has drummed at Reading in 13 years.

Iron Maiden also good! Set consisted entirely of songs from their first four albums, (of which only a few from their 3rd). They have three guitarists now, apart from their bassists, and they run around the stage in formation like crazy people.

May post more notes later. But thoroughly good!

Back from Day 1 of Summer Sundae. This was pretty cool. I managed to catch Bathysphere, Post War Years, Acoustic Ladyland, Sons and Daughters, Malcom Middleton, British Sea Power, Trashcan Sinatras and Idlewild.

Seems a very civilised festival. Chairs and tables in the indoor stage (well, it is DMH). Not a burger and chips van on site.

Tomorrow I must remember to take CDs along so I can get them signed. Art Brut, The Magic Numbers, Lemon Jelly, and Mylo will be particular targets.

Suzanne Vega fabulous. She played a mix of stuff from all stages of her career, with some new songs thrown in, which were called Unbound (about a plant. most strange), Anniversary (written on September 11, 2002), part of one called Mr B (which she sung a capella until she got so far and then said "that's all i've written") and one called something like "Edith Walton's figurines".

Support act was pretty good too. Huge throng of people trying to get CDs and of course they ran out.