7:58 PM
#WONDERLAND: “Time for yourself / Be Wokey” says the sign. #hamburg #gaußstaße
BILLINGHAM550 | Tuesday, August 9, 2022
9:32 PM
#BILLINGHAM550: I’m packing up to leave the UK, and this beast is still with me. 30 years ago, @dgovarnie and I went shopping to buy him a guitar and me a camera bag. I don’t know if that guitar is still alive but this bag, the venerable Billingham 550 definitely is. Needs a service and a replacement end pocket but it’s still carting my camera gear or my clothes, depending on the occasion. £150 in 1992. They’re still making it! £689 in 2022! I don’t think I have anything else from when I was 18, do you? #camerabag #madeinbritain #billingham
SEQUINSKATE | Monday, July 18, 2022
7:02 PM
#SEQUINSKATE: it happened, mainly thanks to @conroybryony lending me her hotpants and @saffstickles pinning them to my actual pants, additional support from @sparkyspx, @lolainlondon and @brian_beaver, and general good vibes from everyone on the @lfns.co.uk Sunday Stroll team. I’m 48½ and this is NOT happening again. Over £1100 raised for @sheltercharity [ [ LINK IN BIO ] ] and I have a slightly more positive body image of myself, which was completely unexpected, so there’s a tale for @_bodygossip. Shortish skate, 9 miles in the heat, but great tunes from @steve.brown.58323431 and big shout to #Northops for setting the challenge, creating the fundraiser, raising most of the cash in minutes, and being the most prestigious tech community around. Join them on Slack! #skate #charity #hotpants #london
HOTTERTHANJULY | Sunday, July 10, 2022
1:53 PM
#HOTTERTHANJULY: the glorious crew at #Northops have raised over £1000 for @sheltercharity if I #skate through #London on the #SundayStroll wearing these - and we are in for next Sunday, weather will be 33℃, and while nobody needs to see a middle-aged man doing this, at least I don’t have to worry about being cold. #HotPants #sequins #rosabloom - borrowed from @conroybryony and being fitted by @saffstickles - so I’d better not fall over… #shelter #endhomelessness
GUNSNROSES | Friday, July 1, 2022
10:00 PM
#GUNSNROSES: dragged there by @cj.moore2018 who found a loophole in my policy against gigs by artists over the age of 50 by buying the ticket himself. A fine time was had despite the complete and utter fuckery at the stadium. My third stadium gig since 1988. Also: good grief, #Slash is phenomenal. Lovely crowd, unexpectedly nice and polite everywhere. Was not expecting that. 👍🏽👍🏽 #gig #london
STVINCENT | Wednesday, June 29, 2022
10:14 PM
#STVINCENT: as the Berlin gig was canned, I hastily bought the last standing ticket on Saturday night, and got in early to bag a decent spot. Never disappointing watching Annie becoming St Vincent with a band this good not seen since Prince used to ply his trade, and constant entertainment on stage from the cheerleader serving drinks to the band and generally being a delight. Annie Clark is a genius. #gig #london
11:09 PM
#ALTJ: started well, ended well, unfortunately the middle was #Brexit converted to music and I felt like immediately leaving the country. They really can play together, sound of the trio was great, but songs a bit dull. New album is pretty good but there’s too many sleepy bedwetting tunes in the setlist. Thanks @banquetrecords for putting these little gigs on, though. #gig #london #kingston
