We left Manchester around 6pm to get to Huddersfield, but traffic meant we didn't get to the place till around 7.20 or so. Bar and Jacs welcomed in to their house which was to be the venue for the gig in a little ex-Milling town called Milnsbridge. We were fed a lovely vegetable stew and generally made to feel at home. After a short tour of the house, it used to be a pub and as such had a beer cellar which Bar had converted in to a recording studio (and home brew factory!), people started to arrive...

DoNotResus

Rather than clogging up my news blog on my main site with a rambling tour diary, I thought I'd put it here.

Glasgow bus station
As usual my over neurotic self got me to the bus station in Glasgow an hour early, as if some helpful steward was going to spot me and say "Ahh, Mr Hughes, you are early! Would you like to relax in the lounge until your coach awaits you?", or more realistically, "Ah Mr Hughes, you are early! We have forfeited your ticket for this"....

DoNotResus

I SPEND ALOT OF MY NOT SO SPARE TIME TAKING A SHIFTY AROUND MYSPACE AND SIFTING THROUGH ALOT OF EAR TRIPE BUT LOW AND BEHOLD A GREAT BAND WAS DISCOVERED.......

ALLOW ME TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BEETROOT KINGS

I DONT USUALLY POST BLOGS ABOUT BANDS BUT THESE GUYS SO DESERVE IT. TOTALLY SICKENED BY THE CRAP ON THE BRITS I THINK ITS ABOUT TIME WE RECOGNISED TRUE, NEW, ORIGINAL MUSIC!

DRAWN YOUR OWN OPINIONS........ www.myspace.com/garyarmstrongmusic...

squirrel

Yup my birthday is looming on the horizon and I would have forgotten about it for at least another week if my mother hadn't gone on one her trips down memory lane and insisted on telling me tales of my birth.....again! Yup, I get this every year, and it never gets any more pleasant to hear. Just as well I have mastered the art of switching off while still appearing to be awake and hanging on her every word. Bless her, I love the woman to bits

My son is on holiday with his school...

Hevs

Today has been a utilitarian day. A sense of nothing actually achieved, no new challenges met, no new mountains climbed. (Clumb...?!)

Lots of research into affiliate schemes and generating deep links for bands and music albums with a view to monetizing the AltNation Guide. And plenty of line-by-line hand checking of code for any poorly optimised sections, trying to reduce the load on the server, optimise the pages and just speed the silly thing up a bit. Investigating Facebook Platform...

phlogiston