yesterday was the first day of the intensive 2 week search & reflect workshops @ londonbridge work...
i taught the first day and also ran my notation class in the evening and i was in a pretty out there state when i finished...
cycling up towards london bridge weighing up whether i was just going to go home or go out to S & M's live night @ the vibe bar...
the vibe bar won and it was lovely to see them... crazy stuff going on, i'd missed 2 acts already and the first act on when i arrived was a mad duo, japanese woman and english woman... singing elaborate, produced, sometimes beautiful, original music to a backing track... S controlling the CD so he had to nip behind the DJ every tune, wearing his trademark hat...
by the looks of it i'll always miss M's set at the start of the night because of when i finish teaching, but i think i'll be going to quite a few of those nights... a little bit of sunshine... looks like i'll be playing there in march... potentially with L, who showed up last night as well, if he's not in australia...
really nice to have the three of us there, me, S & L, all kyo folks,
L had turned up with A... conscious, berobed, dread, rastafari singer who was on last, i hadn't seen him play for years... not that i've seen him socially for a little while either, he used to do his thing down at that pub in brixton where i played and where i joined kyo, S having moved up in the world from running that night to running this one...
A was great, his material has moved on a little, more fullon dance music than before, very accomplished sound on his backing tracks, great performer...
went round to L's afterwards for a tea, he lives in a great place right by the vibe bar, very close to spitalfields, his roof is stunning, he played me some tracks of his that he's got together with a harmonica player and the other S, another percussionist... lovely stuff, he wants some piano on some of it which pleases me...
then eventually i went out into the night, pretty drunk, racing home on the bike...
waking up today slowly, not much longer before josiah comes and i've still got one or two things to get ready...
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