Archive for June, 2007



St. Petersburg Bluesky

It was pretty much perfect. Getting out of the minibus to catch the midnight train to St. Petersburg, there was some Russian brass band music playing at the station in Moscow. The train is straight from a movie scene - Earl (Air drummer) and I are sharing a compartment at the end of a long [...]

I’m into day four of looking after Luka on my own, and I have to say its more than a full-time job. All of a sudden, the perspective from which I have never seen life is etched in my soul. The mothers who freak out when their hardworking husbands say “well, all you do is [...]

Sgt. Pepper

When all’s said and done, how good a singer is Bryan Adams?
Pity his music sucks so badly.

That time of night

Later with Jools Holland is rattling away on the TV. Aside from the mighty White Stripes, its been a bit uninspiring to say the least. I saw the White Stripes play in Top Of The Pops once. We were all sitting there thinking, “here we go with a royal display of bluffing…” at which point [...]