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Mugged In Broad Daylight. By A Seagull.
No really! Yesterday, I had a sandwich stolen from my hand mid-bite! I was enjoying my lunch as I walked towards the theatre in Aberdeen when I was slapped in the side of the head by what felt like a football going at full pelt. It proved to be said vicious sea-bird!
A word to the wise: don’t eat in the open air in Aberdeen!
Tags: touring, vicious seabirds
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Insomnia Rules.
May 19th, 2008 - 2:29 am
Tags: grumbling, insomnia, touring
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I have an early-ish start tomorrow and, as usual, this means I’m still up at 2.27am. What is it about preparing and packing that renders me incapable of sleep? You’d think I’d be used to travelling so much by now….
Who Does He Think He Is?
May 11th, 2008 - 4:17 pm
Tags: frank sinatra, humour, iPhone, photos, rat pack uk tour, stephen triffitt, touring
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Here’s Stephen Triffitt, in full Frank Sinatra garb, forgetting (as usual) that he’s not the real thing!!!
Typical!
Fine Times In Atlanta
October 2nd, 2007 - 6:42 pm
Tags: Rat Pack, touring
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Haven’t got time to go into this right now, but suffice to say: great band, great hang, great times.
More shortly…
Back To The USA
September 24th, 2007 - 9:13 pm
Tags: touring, travel
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Following an enormous gap between posts during a summer which has seen me going all over the place, I’m now back on the Rat Pack – Live At The Sands US Tour. We’re opening this season’s tour in Atlanta tomorrow night and I’m very much enjoying being here in the warm weather. Certainly a nice [...]
Mucho Airport Time!
April 24th, 2007 - 4:48 am
Tags: gigs, music, personal, Rat Pack, touring, travel, trumpet
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I’m writing this at 6.30am in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on the way back from my most recent excursion with “Rat Pack – Live At The Sands” US tour. Life has been really crazy lately with more travelling than I would have thought I’d ever do. Running backwards and forwards between UK and US Tour dates [...]
Planned UK Road Pricing
I’ve come to this a little late because I’ve been out of the country, but it seems that in December the Government announced plans for a forthcoming Road Pricing scheme in the UK. It seems that, from researching this on the internet, there are conflicting reports and opinions on how this would actually work, but certain salient points are giving me cause for concern.
Photos A-Plenty
November 2nd, 2006 - 11:31 pm
Tags: photos, touring, travel
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If you’d care to head over to the Photos page you’ll notice that I’ve uploaded loads of new Photos to FlickR. I’ve taken an enormous amount of pictures over the summer, particularly in Klagenfurt in August, and I was tremendously behind in sharing them.
Enjoy…
Good To Be Back In The UK!!
October 19th, 2006 - 12:07 am
Tags: instruments, personal, Rat Pack, touring, trumpet
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I’m just back in from playing a Rat Pack show in Darlington this evening. It’s really been a pleasure to get back and play with one of the British bands. The last two weeks have been an eye-opener in terms of the cultural differences between UK and US musicians; it seems, in short, that as [...]
Lurking in Des Moines
October 13th, 2006 - 10:51 pm
Tags: Rat Pack, touring, travel
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We’ve been here in Des Moines, Iowa since earlier in the week. I’d like to report about all the fun and excitement that we’ve been having but, frankly, it’s duller than dish water here. Roll on the journey home….
Happy Birthday, Al Gomez!!
October 7th, 2006 - 5:44 am
Tags: Rat Pack, Seasons Greetings, touring
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Birthday wishes go out to Al Gomez. He’s a new friend of mine who’s playing 3rd trumpet with The Rat Pack this week in San Antonio.