Archive for December, 2005

Seasons Greetings 2005

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

A quick post to wish one and all a very Merry Christmas. I’ll be spending the big day over with my parent’s on a rare day off from the Rat Pack Christmas show in Birmingham. Should be a lot of fun…

When blogs make you laugh out loud…

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

I’ve just finished my daily trawl through my Blogroll and I’m still sniggering to myself following the most recent post at Dooce.com.
If you’re not familiar with the site, you should really check it out.

And The Winner Is…

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Atholl arrived at 7.53pm so Matt was the closest.
Well done Matt!!!

The Annual Descarga Sweepstake

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

We’re at a gig at a hotel in Wilmslow, near Manchester. We’re having what is becoming an increasingly regular occurence at our gigs; a sweepstake over what time Atholl, the sax player, arrives. We’ve been here since 4.15pm and he’s “just coming into Piccadilly now”!! He’s often late…
For posterity, here are the times we bet [...]

A Musician in a Marathon?

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Sounds unlikely, I know, but a friend of mine Pete Shelley; saxophonist on the Rat Pack Christmas show here in Birmingham, is running in the Flora London Marathon 2006. He’s managed to get an entry running for a charity called “Help The Hospices” and now needs people to sponsor him so he’s allowed to finally [...]