Ears a ringing

It's Saturday, mid afternoon. I can't hear properly. Still.

Why? Because Sonic Youth are amazing. They played the London Roundhouse last night and performed Daydream Nation in its entirity. And I stood front row infront of Thurston Moore and the speaker stacks. Possibly not the best place to stand for after effects but at the time - amazing.

Getting there, however, wasn't quite so amazing. Imagine the scene: 2 O'Clock Friday, just getting into London on the train - you know how it it, it slows to a near crawl for the last 4 stops - when Dan suddenly looks shocked, searches through his pockets and realises he's left the tickets in his car. In Ashford. So, off at London Bridge. Wait for a train that suddenly dissappears off of the departures board. Run across to another platform for a train a few minutes later only to see it come up as delayed just as the original train to Ashford arrives and promplty leaves the platform we were on moments ago. Argh! Back to Ashford, all the while trying to think of something other than murdering Dan. Then I have to sprint back to the car which is parked in the overflow Eurostar carpark - not exactly close by - as Dan is having genuine troubles with his knee. Then sprint back and get a relatively fast train that gets us into London by ten to six. Tube it across town to find Camden closed up. Oh well, as Dan said - at least we didn't blow all our money in record shops. Instead it all got saved for the merch stand and my belting new Sonic Youth shirt.

Also, the support band CarSick Cars were spot on. Check em out here, I thoroughly enjoyed their set - just as much innovation and experimentation as SY and the other glorious band BrokenOrchestra.

On the subject of BrokenOrchestra, things are going from great to fantastic. Yesterdays concert proved that we've been heading on the right route sonically (every pun intended). We've got a new song ready to record and another itching to burst out of my head into the ears of anyone who'll listen along with a rather delicate little thing I'm currently fine tuning. We're now on the look out for someone to pound the skins for us. Gotta crack on if we're gonna make it to the Roundhouse.

For those who still don't see what all the SY fuss is all about: