Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Ride The Night Away
So back to semi-normality in my life. Not sure what I prefer. Steady times knowing everything as it is or chaotic unexpected levels of semi alcohol fuelled randomness.
Last Wednesday saw Jimmy Barnes at Londons borderline. An acoustic set with tow of his daughters he played his classics ‘Working Class Man’, ‘You Cant Make Love Without A Soul’ and Cold Chiesel’s ‘Khe Sahn’ apparently an anthem for aussie nurse. I was one of the very few non Australians in the crowd and as you expect from the post in October when I last saw him, a room full of pissed up Aussies led to a good atmosphere. We also got a few covers including ‘Proud Mary’ and the Beatles ‘I Saw Her Standing There’. Another great show by Jimmy although I think I prefer him with a full electric band when he can really rock out!
The weekend saw me visit Birmingham. Firstly for the West Brom game. We had the female lino and everything Mike Newell said about her (& subsequently fined for saying it) was right.She was dreadful, getting most decisions wrong. Having said that the ref also got two big decisions wrong by only giving Curtis Davies a yellow when he brought Kenwynne Jones down when he was clear through and failing to spot an obvious hand ball outside the area by Kiely, although Miss Sowter should have also spotted the latter it was that blatant. Despite dominating the majority of the game we have to settle for a point annoyingly.
The evening saw us in the Birmingham Academy seeing Bloc Party. A fairly rubbish venue unfortunately. Bloc Party were ok, some of their songs were a bit overlong and there was no stage presence at all. Still they had one or two good songs and the youngish crowd seemed to enjoy themselves.
For the first time in ages I had a ‘date’ on Sunday. It was very nice. Alas it’s difficult to see anything developing though considering our respective locations. However, it was good to spend some time with a female and get along with them outside mate’s girlfriends / wives and a work environment.
Considering my resurgence in form I have bottled out of the plan for tonight listed in a previous post. We do have a good choice of TV tonight with the Brits, Bolton Arsenal and at ten o’clock Never Mind The Buzzcocks with a guest walking out on it!
Another fairly social weekend approaches with a friend’s wife birthday on Friday night and footie on Saturday. Am seeing a band called the Long Blondes next week so have bought their album today to prepare. Hopefully it’ll be good.
Last Wednesday saw Jimmy Barnes at Londons borderline. An acoustic set with tow of his daughters he played his classics ‘Working Class Man’, ‘You Cant Make Love Without A Soul’ and Cold Chiesel’s ‘Khe Sahn’ apparently an anthem for aussie nurse. I was one of the very few non Australians in the crowd and as you expect from the post in October when I last saw him, a room full of pissed up Aussies led to a good atmosphere. We also got a few covers including ‘Proud Mary’ and the Beatles ‘I Saw Her Standing There’. Another great show by Jimmy although I think I prefer him with a full electric band when he can really rock out!
The weekend saw me visit Birmingham. Firstly for the West Brom game. We had the female lino and everything Mike Newell said about her (& subsequently fined for saying it) was right.She was dreadful, getting most decisions wrong. Having said that the ref also got two big decisions wrong by only giving Curtis Davies a yellow when he brought Kenwynne Jones down when he was clear through and failing to spot an obvious hand ball outside the area by Kiely, although Miss Sowter should have also spotted the latter it was that blatant. Despite dominating the majority of the game we have to settle for a point annoyingly.
The evening saw us in the Birmingham Academy seeing Bloc Party. A fairly rubbish venue unfortunately. Bloc Party were ok, some of their songs were a bit overlong and there was no stage presence at all. Still they had one or two good songs and the youngish crowd seemed to enjoy themselves.
For the first time in ages I had a ‘date’ on Sunday. It was very nice. Alas it’s difficult to see anything developing though considering our respective locations. However, it was good to spend some time with a female and get along with them outside mate’s girlfriends / wives and a work environment.
Considering my resurgence in form I have bottled out of the plan for tonight listed in a previous post. We do have a good choice of TV tonight with the Brits, Bolton Arsenal and at ten o’clock Never Mind The Buzzcocks with a guest walking out on it!
Another fairly social weekend approaches with a friend’s wife birthday on Friday night and footie on Saturday. Am seeing a band called the Long Blondes next week so have bought their album today to prepare. Hopefully it’ll be good.
# posted by Rich @ 6:24 PM 
