There was a power cut here this morning, that's called 'outage' in the States I think...(usually it's the US who have more literal names for things)...we were told it could last until 4pm so I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to do any work today as I seem to need a computer to do anything these days. However, those good old boys got it up and running again by mid-morning. Bastards, now I've got no excuse for not working.

Last Week
Fairly quiet. I spent Saturday night in Boston (Lincolnshire) having watched an enthralling stock car meeting in Kings Lynn. There was a Monstor Truck demonstration, it does 54 yards to the gallon. There's very little chance of a carbon-neutral stock car meeting.

I did get chance to add a home video to my youtube channel. So click below for a version of 'Young, Lost And Hopeful'.

Young Lost And Hopeful Video

I'm enjoying making these little films. For one it saves going out doing them at a gig! I know it's not quite the same, but thinking logically I've done over 1000 gigs and managed to promote the song a little, whereas I can film it at home and immediately post it for people all over the place to view. The chances being these people will actually want to see it, unlike the majority at a gig!

This week:
The big Stock Car finale in Coventry Saturday night. I have my priorities right!

A-Z of Music:
There was a major splash on Elton John over the weekend, with an hour-long 'One Show' (good music, and twice as long to watch Alex Jones), then there was 3 hours on Saturday night. I'm still watching these but the opening documentary was very good. I shared his sentiments about clubland (if I hadn't been fronting the bands I'd have stormed off too!), and the anecdote about Stevie Wonder made me laugh. Have to say Robert Crampton's derrogatory remarks about Sir Elton in the Times mag belonged more in the Sun than elsewhere. I don't recall him being a music critic, not that that would have made it any better.

I've also been listening to Tangerine Dream for the first time in years. I still enjoyed that. And then to follow that I've had a listen to some really old stuff I recorded. This was a mixture of cringing and pleasant nostalgia in equal measures. But good to remember those parts of songs I'd forgotten, those middle 8's and instrumentals I couldn't remember writing...