NOVEMBER

So we supported Jeffrey Lewis on November 3rd,

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an honour for which I lobbied promoter Jonny Ackroyd after having back in March received an email of praise for my album (i.e. The Wayward Buskers) out of the blue from the great man himself (Jeff, not Jonny). I had supported him solo (both of us playing solo) in 2006, a much more low ( Read more... )

OCTOBER

Gareth Cutter premiered his new performance piece about loneliness “Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto”, a mishmash of different elements, but all with his fresh-faced wit. It was part of “Emergency Accommodation”, a two day performance fest in Manchester with lots of interesting stuff ranging from comedy, interactive theatre and some self- ( Read more... )

JUNE

My brother and his girlfriend came to stay for a Korfball tournament. thus see my first ever korfball games. They later come and see me DJ at Don't Falter. Spotify playlist of my DJ set this time: http://open.spotify.com/user/marksturdy ... qaWbLHl4El


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APRIL

Ah Spring, a fine time to ignore reality, hide the to-do list, and generally act like everything's OK.
As the world rumbled and crumbled, and in my own life and that of my friends not all was well, still I remember a pretty glorious Spring and early summer. A bluebell-bedecked time of solace.


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Oof! I'm just terrified about this:

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But first, a quick inches update
Our show tomorrow in Sheffield is cancelled. See our tour dates below for another gig in the city of steel:

24 Jun 2008      20:00
    Mugwump @ Sharkey’s with The Rocky Nest     Hull

5 Jul 2008     20:00
    Cardigan Arms with the Bonsai Kittens, Beasts and Cowtown     Leeds

21 Jul 2008     20:00
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Hello, I am back! Well actually, Dear Diary, I got back on Lundi but I have avoided you until now. Anyhow, this is what I am doing on Samedi. We're on first and it's only three pounds and you get to see lots of great stuff afterwards (I particularly like MJ Hibbett) so you can't see fairer than that really.

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Well, the gig on Thursday went very well, even though I had to scale back my plans dramatically as half my guests couldn't make it, and the song I was going to sing over a backing track with a bagful of props looked like being too much of a headache. I did bring a lot of posters to brighten up the Atrium, though, which worked very well (not to ( Read more... )

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Cosmic Claire videoed our St Nicolas's day show (see previous entry for photographs) and Shaun has now put them on the you-tube. Now, before you moan, I KNOW you can't see anything except when someone's camera flash goes off. But at least it's free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKDt1LEFgqo">And they're off
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