I was listening to Fairport Convention’s Liege and Lief album today. I hadn’t listened to it for some time, and it was nice to be reminded of why it’s the Best Record Ever. Everything about it is just so damn good. If ever a record deserved to have spawned (as it did) a genre it’s [...]
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Stuff
Whee! It’s working again! Whatever was rendering Blogger unable to publish anything to Dog seems to have gone away. So, Cropredy was, as expected, good. Particular highlights were Richard Thompson and Uiscedwr. Still haven’t sorted out any accommodation for next year in So’ton. Since I still haven’t heard anything, it seems very unlikely that I [...]
Cropredy
Off to Cropredy Festival later today. Some great artists on this year; should be a good one.
Sidmouth
Well, I’m now off to Sidmouth for at least the next few days — quite possibly for the whole week.
Fear and frustration
Off to So’ton on Sunday. It’s time I admitted I’m shitting myself, probably more so than the last time I went off to University. Is this a mistake? Have I got myself sorted out enough over the last year? Do I really know what I need to do differently this time, or am I just [...]
Norfolk and Barbers
I have returned from Norfolk (actually, I returned at about 5.00pm on Friday, but I only just got around to writing about it). Norwich would appear to be a pleasant city. Wandering around it slightly drunk in the early hours of the morning is an activity I would happily recommend to anyone (although the company [...]