Gigs Galore!!
Sorry again for lack of pics, will try soon, I have lots too!!
Hello all, and sorry for the lack of adventures of late- it’s not because there hasn’t been any, rather there’s been SO MUCH going on, I’ve barely had time to fart, let alone relay them to you via the blog!!
So for this part I will talk about none-work stuff! The excitement in the old social life just before, and the night I moved back, was going to see a couple of live bands with my friend Ceris, the primary small mammal keeper on the farm who joined the company about a year or so ago, and we quickly became friends. The first band we went to see were Feeder, playing in London. My friend Stan works doing tech and rigging for bands on tour so got us on the guest list (thanks Stan!!!) and our free tickets included the after show party, but unfortunately we lost one of the tickets so missed that bit. It didn’t matter though because it finished so late anyway and we had a wicked time. I got the train from Cambridge, where I was staying with my mum and sister at the time, and Ceris drove down from the farm in Oxford.
A week or so later, we went to see the Levellers play at the town hall in Cheltenham. It was the final date of their last tour of all time so we were lucky to get tickets! I hadn’t seen them since I was very young and the gig was awesome. The guy who plays the fiddle is so amazing. For the encore the lights all went out and then a guy in glowing UV makeup came on the stage and played a didgeridoo through a special microphone. The sound went right through your body, trembling and buzzing your guts, putting goose bumps on your skin and making the hairs on your neck stand on end. It caused some primeval tribal stirring in everybody standing there open mouthed and soaking up the sounds and feelings. Then all the rest of the band came in, mainly drums and fiddle and it was SO GOOD!!
Hello all, and sorry for the lack of adventures of late- it’s not because there hasn’t been any, rather there’s been SO MUCH going on, I’ve barely had time to fart, let alone relay them to you via the blog!!
So for this part I will talk about none-work stuff! The excitement in the old social life just before, and the night I moved back, was going to see a couple of live bands with my friend Ceris, the primary small mammal keeper on the farm who joined the company about a year or so ago, and we quickly became friends. The first band we went to see were Feeder, playing in London. My friend Stan works doing tech and rigging for bands on tour so got us on the guest list (thanks Stan!!!) and our free tickets included the after show party, but unfortunately we lost one of the tickets so missed that bit. It didn’t matter though because it finished so late anyway and we had a wicked time. I got the train from Cambridge, where I was staying with my mum and sister at the time, and Ceris drove down from the farm in Oxford.
A week or so later, we went to see the Levellers play at the town hall in Cheltenham. It was the final date of their last tour of all time so we were lucky to get tickets! I hadn’t seen them since I was very young and the gig was awesome. The guy who plays the fiddle is so amazing. For the encore the lights all went out and then a guy in glowing UV makeup came on the stage and played a didgeridoo through a special microphone. The sound went right through your body, trembling and buzzing your guts, putting goose bumps on your skin and making the hairs on your neck stand on end. It caused some primeval tribal stirring in everybody standing there open mouthed and soaking up the sounds and feelings. Then all the rest of the band came in, mainly drums and fiddle and it was SO GOOD!!
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