On the Radio

I'm listening to the radio right now and they're playing the Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony.

It is one of the many songs that make me stand up and move. (This makes it very hard to type; the typing is interrupted).

It is all down to the drums; well, the drums, and the infamous Stones' string sample.

I have a very strong memory associated with this song: a hotel in Harrogate, one winter's evening - November or February, perhaps eight years ago; I had driven down from Edinburgh in the dark.

It was a large hotel room; and it had a large, very Victorian bathroom. I ran a bath.

And Bitter Sweet Symphony came on the radio. I turned the volume right up, and danced slowly around the room.

I felt very free.

No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change.

On the Radio

I'm listening to the radio right now and they're playing the Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony.

It is one of the many songs that make me stand up and move. (This makes it very hard to type; the typing is interrupted).

It is all down to the drums; well, the drums, and the infamous Stones' string sample.

I have a very strong memory associated with this song: a hotel in Harrogate, one winter's evening - November or February, perhaps eight years ago; I had driven down from Edinburgh in the dark.

It was a large hotel room; and it had a large, very Victorian bathroom. I ran a bath.

And Bitter Sweet Symphony came on the radio. I turned the volume right up, and danced slowly around the room.

I felt very free.

No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change.

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Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead London

Because obviously, everyone in London doesn't have enough things to do. And needs advice from someone who doesn't live there.

But still. I read last weekend that Slava's SnowShow is coming to London next week.

We went to see this in Edinburgh a few years ago. It was one of the best pieces of theatre I have seen. It was beautiful and wonderful. It was so good that the audience stayed in the theatre for forty five minutes after the show had finished, playing with child-like glee. According to the blurb, Simon Callow said "This is the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a theatre in my life."

The show is in Milton Keynes this weekend, and then in Wimbledon next week. And I see it is in Glasgow sometime next month...

Also, those of you that frequent the SMWS may be aware of this already, but Jamie Primrose, one of my neighbours and a very good (and prolific) painter, has an exhibition at the SMWS rooms in Greville St in November. There are a couple of private views if you want to grab a glass of wine whilst looking at the paintings - the SMWS events list has details.

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Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead London

Because obviously, everyone in London doesn't have enough things to do. And needs advice from someone who doesn't live there.

But still. I read last weekend that Slava's SnowShow is coming to London next week.

We went to see this in Edinburgh a few years ago. It was one of the best pieces of theatre I have seen. It was beautiful and wonderful. It was so good that the audience stayed in the theatre for forty five minutes after the show had finished, playing with child-like glee. According to the blurb, Simon Callow said "This is the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a theatre in my life."

The show is in Milton Keynes this weekend, and then in Wimbledon next week. And I see it is in Glasgow sometime next month...

Also, those of you that frequent the SMWS may be aware of this already, but Jamie Primrose, one of my neighbours and a very good (and prolific) painter, has an exhibition at the SMWS rooms in Greville St in November. There are a couple of private views if you want to grab a glass of wine whilst looking at the paintings - the SMWS events list has details.

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