This birthday weekend I…
- saw Ben Folds in concert at Carling Academy (mini review: the opening act Clem Snide was quite good, alt-country style — Ben Folds was EXCELLENT, so consistent and as weird as I’d hoped — he didn’t play my favourite songs, though — the folks over 30 appeared to know the old stuff and the terminally hip Uni students only knew the last two albums — I noticed the security was trying, in vain, to stop people taking photos; looking at the quality of my cameraphone pics, you’ll know they had nothing to fear from me)
- went on the Real Mary King’s Close tour with Neil and Shauna (now I want to read more about the history of Edinburgh in the 16th and 17th century), then had lunch at a pub because the place we wanted to go to was full (and I ate a bratwurst sandwich — isn’t this something you really needed to know?)
- met Neil’s pals at the Station (and ended up going back to Brian and Carene’s place and staying far too late, I was practially asleep on my feet by the time we left)
- had a bowl of chicken soup for lunch
- went out to buy The Times for my free Michael Palin DVD (and watched it)
- ate chicken stuffed with haggis for dinner
- did a more leisurely four miles (about seven km) on the treadmill (leisurely in that I didn’t do any speed training)
- watched Star Trek: Insurrection (Patrick Stewart is so manly… mmm)
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did ben have his little red electric keyboard? did the audience get to sing ‘army’? did he play ‘rock this bitch’?
Yes (he broke it by throwing his stool at the piano and it bounced off and hit a key on the synth). Um, dunno (not too up on his latest things). And yes, I think. Probably the same tour you’ve just seen.
His drummer was new, though. Fourth day on the job.
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