July 28th, 2010 · Lifeblog
Here’s what else I did on my trip south:
Visited Chris in Oxford, where his very kind housemate cooked macaroni cheese for everyone
Sat in the kitchen trying to play songs that Chris and I used to play in a band at school. Unfortunately the only instrument present which I could remotely get a tune out of [...]
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Once I got off the train from which I wrote the previous entry, things rather improved on the audio front. I met Tom at King’s Cross and we took the Tube to Leicester Square. We popped into a Sam Smith’s pub for a while before going to see the Academy of St Martin in the [...]
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Tags:chamber music·London·Music·travel
July 13th, 2010 · Lifeblog
I’m on the train with a rucksack which is approximately the same size and shape as I am when I’m curled up (for example, when I am doing a mushroom float. I think. I haven’t actually done a mushroom float for years). I booked myself a seat on the so-called Quiet Coach. Most of the [...]
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Tags:anger·noise·Quiet Coach·sometimes I despise the human race·trains·travel