You'll be glad to know, if you read the previous post, that I managed to get my bags of change gig fee exchanged for pound notes.

This leads us onto Friday, the 1st of May no less. We were back on form here with a gig at the Kings Arms, Heaton. This continues to be one of my favourite venues, and this despite the presence of a noise meter! I thought we played very well and at least had a crowd to feed off. It's another score of 7 from me.

On Sunday night I played solo at the Barge& Barrel beer fest in Elland. I've worked quite hard on making the solo set a)more interesting to play and b)hopefully more interesting to watch! I was pleased to be able to combine playing some that interest me and some well-known stuff at the same time. As with many gigs where people have another purpose for being there (the beer!), some were a bit unsure about who this scrote with the keyboard was...but most were receptive enough and some even quite enjoyed it! I'll score it a 5.

I spent my bank holiday chasing round the North of England watching stock cars. This started at Sheffield in the dry at 12noon and ended soaked to the skin at Manchester at 9:00pm. Having dried myself out by using an autovac at a carwash (standing in front of a jet engine had already failed) I made it to the pub. Here I got carried away taking the micky out of people who go to B&Q or SofaWorld for their bank holiday fun. Then I looked down at the inches of mud on my shoes and wondered who had the last laugh! It won't stop me though :)

My blog was also mentioned in my latest e-zine (that's a newsletter in the real world I think). So hopefully one or two more readers can be added to the list. If you saw something you found amusing please let me know!

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I'd also like to give a quick mention to John at UIC Radio who has been playing some of my songs on his Monday show. There's no podcast archive at the moment but I wanted to thank him just the same, it's really appreciated.

All the best til next time.