( Yoko's birthday )

Went to a Flaming Lips gig last night, along with Pete, Allie, Inkoh, Alex and others.
We met up at the Old Fire Station, a pub built in - yes, an old fire station.  Fun decor (including fire bucket urinals in the gents'), good pub food, and De Konincks on tap.
Then onto the Hammersmith Apollo for the sold-out show.
( Gig )

Went to a benefit gig yesterday at Shakespeare's Globe, for Reprieve, which works to defend death row prisoners in the US. wascally_weasel had heard about it from someone he met who noticed his Steve Earle T shirt, as Steve was headlining ( Read more... )

( Goldfrapp gig )

Saw Batman Begins today.  Wasn't the greatest film I've ever seen, but I'd say it was the best Batman film I've ever seen.  Went right back to what makes Batman/Bruce Wayne tick, and didn't make the mistake of using over-flamboyant scene-stealing villains.  First Batman film to pick up on the way he disappears in mid-conversation with friends and ( Read more... )

Went over to Iain's yesterday for sword practice.  Neither of us was on top form after a break of a couple of months, but we enjoyed sparring.  We tried out the wooden wasters he'd brought back from Prague (including one as a birthday present for me), and discovered that the pommels tend to fall off in comical fashion.  Job for some wood glue, I ( Read more... )

My friend Sara from work said on Monday how much she'd enjoyed meeting my friends, which was good - but, sadly, Charmaine had actually made it to the pub but bottled out from meeeting a group of new people.  Shame.
On Saturday, Sara told us about Villain Supply - might come in handy for the Despot of Frangipania ( Read more... )