Archive for July, 2006



And they’re off

I don’t even know where to start… Diane and Luka went away to Scotland last week, and thus began a whirlwind week of gigs, music, late nights and sunshine, the strange wakings to silence and missing my little boy. But the major event was the starting of the new record!!

Ghost of Zidane

I was thinking about the strangeness of synchronicity… in my street, we were out watering plants, a babble of neighbourhood chatter over fences, cups of tea, the ticking over of a perfectly ordinary Sunday. Yet in Germany, the biggest sporting event in the world, the expectation of nations, a time for heroes and heroic actions… [...]

A fine old day. Only because there were a couple of big storms, which I love. When the thunder really gets overhead, I get an unsuppressable urge to go out in the rain. I loved Sydney for the big summer storms every afternoon… these little ones in London pale in comparison.
Well, its been more web [...]

Scene Memory

I just got a copy of Leo Abrahams’ new record ‘Scene Memory’ through the post. Much to my amazement he called me on Friday to say that he had dedicated the record to me. I was completely overcome and very emotional. I have a deep bond with the record - it pulled me through some [...]