Started the day with The Specials. We are using Ghost Town as some intro music for a play next week, and it got me craving a bit of a reminisce. Came home from my walk this morning with a spring in my step as a result. Followed it up with a listen to some ska from the Trojan label. Well worth a search on Spotify for Trojan....some great stuff on there. The day continued with the usual series of last minute panics that you get used to in the week before a show, but nothing of any significance to worry about (Yet). I received an email from the Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine mailing list advising that they would again be reforming for a gig on November at Brixton Academy. Carter USM were quite a significant band for me back in the late 80's early 90's. Their early single Sheriff Fatman was played on the Gary Crowley programme on Greater London Radio the same week that my band's demo was played, and they were really the soundtrack to a short period of my life. Meeting Mrs Plug, coincided with the release of one of their albums, and again it has many happy memories for me. I never got to see them live, so knowing that tickets were going on sale the next day filled me with reminiscent excitement. Mrs Plug is up for going too, so I shall be lurking on the Buy Tickets button in the morning. Having seen Jim Bob live, it was nice to get to hear one or two of our old favourites live, but this will be a bit special, being, as it is, at my favourite music venue. The trouble is, I will have to wait until November to see them. In the meantime, I shall be listening to the old songs, and probably get a little soppy over them. They were dismissed by some as a bit of a novelty band, but anyone listening to the lyrics will know different...
In other news, silly people are getting worried by other silly people, which then leads to aforementioned silly people phoning me to discuss the other silly people. I think this is all too silly, and therefore, I have promised not to discuss the silly people with anyone, as life is too precious to waste on the unimportant.
In even more other news, Spurs went to the San Siro and played AC Milan, and won! What an amazing game, and what a thrill to see the team of massive underachievers actually begin to look like a decent team. I am sure that it will all end in glorious failure, but what glory. The whole family ended up watching the last half an hour, and it was a nice thing for us to share....happy days...
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