I think I’ve finally figured out what the happy sound was…its Skype on the mac telling me someone has come online, which all makes sense.
There are some things I should tell you about before they get lost in the mists of time. I took a day off to head up to the Manuskript gig in Cambridge a couple of weeks back. This is why I go to gigs, sometimes everything just clicks, everything is right and the people are great, the show is great, theres a buzz in the air. It doesn’t happen very often but when it does its wonderful. I can’t really describe it but you know it when it happens.
And then, last friday, the management of the Water Rats get a *BIG THUMBS DOWN* for trying to run another event the same night as BMovie. I somewhat object to venues thinking they can run two events in a night anyway, it feels like profiteering, at least its not as bad as the Underworld where they kick you out for 10 so the club can start. However the waily indie kids weren’t really my cup of tea and, given I had to go catch my train early anyway, I decided to cut my loses and make a break for it – if I stayed I would have gotten just two or three songs before it was time to leave anyway. All in all quite a shame, if thats going to be a common feature of BMovie nights I’m going to have to stop going, it turns into too much waiting and not enough music to be viable for me.
Meanwhile I seem to be burning bridges faster than I’m building them – I wish I had the energy to drive some things more forcefully.