That's the way to do it

Love Will Tear Us Apart Again

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Holy Moshpits!

October and November - why do all the folk acts come to Brighton in a row? Fantastic but pricy! 

June Tabor and the Oyster Band played at St George's, Kemptown. Lovely band. Lovely venue. Together they do not work. 
We've seen June with Imagined Village, and always seen OB at jump-up-and-move places before, and this, their Reunion Tour, was a really dancey set... but no where to jig, let alone make big swings. Almost as though, if the audience came to their first tour 21 years ago, by now they would be in their dotage. Well maybe we are but we can still bop to the stunning crash-bang-wallop that is Freedom & Rain Revisited Ragged Kingdom


Bellowhead at the Corn Exchange - even stunning-ier! That's the way to do it... dance, dance, dance.
Two hours after the doors opened, the mighty 11 piece we'd all come to see hit the stage and all was well... the opening bars of Jordan, invitations to join in choruses, jumping in unison, wow...
So how come the JT&OB management got it sooo wrong? Same audience, judging by the  number of grey heads, Towersey Tshirts and ability to pay-a-lot-of-money. Average age was 45+, a lot of free bus passes.

...six fiddlers jumping...

Jon Boden imploring...

I love the way the sons of famous folk(wo)men get to carry on playing the chord structures that made their school fees possible.

Sunshine came softly...

November Sun at 9am, still coming into our east-facing conservatory, and with a gentler quality to it, raising the temperature gradually to a comfortable-enough-to-drink-tea-in 18 degrees (C).
At night it's about 10 degs, and the plants seem OK about it. The Lemon Tree (Eureka!) and the little stripey Orange are hardy to -10, so we're hoping it won't get down to that.
As a buffer zone this little suntrap is maintaining the inside of the house at a relatively stable 16 or 17, especially if we remember to close the door at night. It's quite nice, though, to walk on it barefoot, like when a quick trip to the bathroom is needed at 4am!