I'm playing in Wellington on Saturday night at Happy, somewhere in between the Sprouts and Sam Prebble. Do come along, Wellington gigs are getting fewer & further between for me. Sam's a good guy, played violin on Loose Autumn Moans what seems like half a lifetime ago. It's his gig, I'm doing a short piece with my Australian multimedia video/computer/banjo thing (an excerpt from the full set I'll do at Lines of Flight festival in Dunedin on Oct 5th).
I'm going over to Wellington for my Dad's 70th birthday. I missed the party for his 60th as I was going to the school ball - the girl I took ended up hooking up with my best friend (who had a girlfriend at the time) at the after-party. She triggered off some of the songs on my first album, Scratched Surface.
For me 2006 is a big improvement on 1996.
I'm looking forward to the new Bob Dylan album and Thomas Pynchon novel. I just had a great bbq lunch. Some stressful domestic stuff here (let's just say I live in a house with two teenagers) is resolving itself. I just learnt to play my first jazz standard (George Gershwin's 'Summertime'), including reading the sheet music. Spring blossoms are appearing. And Doctor Who's back.
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