18 April 2011
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Saturday’s gig at Keble College was interesting.We were positioned in the “minstrels’ gallery”, towards the top right of the photo (not one of my images but available via a Creative Commons licence on Flickr). That posed two challenges: The gallery … Continue reading
13 April 2011
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Last night, I had my final rehearsal with the jazz band I am depping with before we provide dinner jazz for an event at Keble College on Saturday. Apparently the group calls itself Jazz Moves when a name is required; … Continue reading
2 April 2011
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Yesterday’s gig was excellent, with confident sets from both Peter and the Wulf and Sruiti Project. The back hall of the Isis was full and, as far as I could tell, a good time was had by all.
1 April 2011
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With today being the first of April, I need to remember to take anything I read on the Internet with an even bigger pinch of salt than normal. Surely that story on Maggi Dawn’s blog about having to pay £15 … Continue reading
8 March 2011
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I have realised that the woodcut image I borrowed for my Foolish Folk poster was from a book by Camille Flammarion; the artist remains unknown. Ah, well. I suppose a foolish mistake is only fitting!
5 March 2011
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Pete and I made an impromptu trip (as Peter and the Wulf) to Oxford Folk Club last night, and it was good to get back into the swing of giving a performance. We will be running our folk session down … Continue reading
3 March 2011
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I was very impressed with Karma, a Bangladeshi restaurant in Cowley. Jane and I walked down there for dinner this evening. We found it clean and spacious, with polite service and delicious food, immaculately presented. Definitely one to revisit.
17 February 2011
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The biggest booking Peter and the Wulf had lined up for the year was an appearance on the second stage at Oxford Folk Festival. Unfortunately, having looked at the books, the organisers have decided they can’t take the financial risk … Continue reading
14 January 2011
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According to the Oxford Mail, villagers in Horspath are strongly against a wind turbine being erected nearby. In my opinion, what a shame. I don’t know what size the proposed turbine was but the ones I saw at Delabole in … Continue reading
11 January 2011
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I took the afternoon off yesterday to get the exhaust on our car fixed. It had been sounding a bit suspicious for a while but, when we took it down on Saturday, it turned out we needed to wait for … Continue reading