Back On Air

I've been neglecting this blog for Notrock over the last few months, it seemed to make sense to record all the touring stuff in a separate place, but after that it all sort of tailed off (mostly I have to admit because of the lack of any wi-fi in some of the places I've been and the fact that while one is actually doing things, one is often too busy to record them.)
Since the end of the notrock adventures I carried on with the travelling by train and I've been all over the place.

Highlights: Misbehaving at the Ropewalk and recovering with a pot of tea at Lee Rosy's in Nottingham; going to the Klimt exhibition, shopping in the sunshine and dancing my feet off at Le Bateau in Liverpool; tea and cake at Badgers in Llandudno; Playing scrabble at Birchwood commune near Malvern; seeing a load of Scottish bands (King Creosote, Emma Pollock, Errors, Frightened Rabbit, Camera Obscura, James Yorkston) and some Non-Scottish ones (Supergrass, Nina Nastasia, Joan As PoliceWoman) at the Summer Sundae Festivall in Leicester and seeing my brother in action as part of Vent Media.

I also went back to Newstead Abbey to see That beautiful pale face is my fate (For Lord Byron) which had contemporary pieces of art dotted around the house. It was like an anarchic treasure hunt and I thought it was great (even if the sound installation wasn't working).

Finally when I got back to Scotland I took one last train trip to Mallaig and then took a boat trip to Knoydart and took a tour with the ranger, including tea at Doune and a quick peek at Mainland Britain's Remotest Pub The Old Forge.

Lots of photos on Flickr.

I'm back to reality now and back at work. Hopefully there is something to be done about that soon. Meanwhile I'm hopefully going to do another show for Subcity (this time with a producer) so more news as I get it....