potent!

Arcade Fire
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Megan and I went to see Arcade Fire in concert at Brixton last night - it was a fantastic show, mesmerising with a band who are totally committed to what they're doing. There were lots of musicians on stage and they moved from instrument to instrument. Our favourite was the guy who played a drum strapped to his back, and also had the most vigorous tambourine shaking style I've ever seen! The audience were totally enraptured and were really connecting with the music. They didn't play an encore on the steps as they'd done at a few of the smaller shows earlier this year - those songs are available on YouTube.

vitriolic!

I was amused to see that Brian May has his own blog now, entitled Brian's Soapbox (http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html). Quite a lot of stuff seems to make him angry - the press, The Sky At Night being under threat, hedgehogs in Uist being culled (yes, really!). But it's quite amusing to read his musings, and to see that he's keeping up with technology. He's finishing off the PhD he was working on when Queen took off and seems to be quite involved with different Astronomy projects.

familiar!

Went along to see Greg Johnson in concert the other night - he was here for a few days so did a show at the Bloomsbury Theatre. It was a nice comfortable venue and he played a lot of his old tracks as well as quite a few new ones. He does a nice patter in between his songs. He's based in California now and is slowly making inroads into the American markets - there's some talk of him having songs on the soundtrack of The OC and Grey's Anatomy which is good news. He seems to have a different rhythm section in each country - we had the Welsh drummer and bass player. He's got two sets in the States and another in NZ - cheaper all round I guess! He was supposed to be flying out the next day, so hopefully he got past the freezing fog which has grounded loads of flights here.