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….
Here’s Stephen Triffitt, in full Frank Sinatra garb, forgetting (as usual) that he’s not the real thing!!!
Typical!
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…
July 13th, 2007 - 11:56 pm
Tags: touring, vicious seabirds
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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 [...]
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 [...]
January 17th, 2007 - 1:20 pm
Tags: touring, travel
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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.
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…
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 [...]
October 17th, 2006 - 11:27 am
Tags: personal, travel
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Happy Birthday to me!!! Thirty-two years old today and celebrating with a longish wait for a flight at Amsterdam Airport!
I’m on a 3 and a half hour layover on the way back from Des Moines. Should get back home at around 5pm after which I’m having dinner with my parents and then trying to recover [...]
October 13th, 2006 - 10:51 pm
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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….