I can’t believe that I’d forgotten to mention Savannah Gardner; we saw her play around the corner to the bar, in the Central. They’ve gotten their level of live music just right.
She, and her band, the Recovering Good Girls, were really impressive. They’ve a silly good album out too.
I think the tour’s finished now, sadly.
There’s a drummer there too.
A bunch of us went to see the Lovely Eggs a few days ago. I’ve seen them quite a few times now, until last week the most recent was August at Krankenhaus festival.
They’re always good. They were good this time too. A nice punchy set with no encore. Perfect.
An unplanned day off and a gig; perfect. The Divine Comedy were excellent last night at the Glasshouse.
Most of the new album, with plenty of old classics thrown in.
I’d never heard of Krankenhaus festival until someone told me about it a few months ago. It sounded good, so I bought tickets.
It’s very small, possibly the smallest festival I’ve been to. But it’s as cool as anything.
Dog friendly, gorgeous setting, good food and, unbelievably, great beer from Gan Yam. The music’s a bonus.
Technically, this is our third festival of the year; VW Festival was a couple of weeks ago.
That was a first too, followed by the last day of the beer festival at Twice Brewed. It’s a lovely place, but it was definitely the nicest beer festival I’ve been to.
I should probably say that the last couple of pictures were taken after closing time.
I’ve no idea why I’d not mentioned this earlier, but we went to see Stevie Wonder the other week. At Lytham festival.
I’d only ever see him play once before, years ago, at Glastonbury. He sounded just as good this time around, but he did have a couple of little breaks. Unsurprisingly.
Years and years ago, Robinsons brewed a beer that was badged for, and marketed by, Elbow. It was actually a decent pale ale, which I think was only available in bottles. Looking back now though, I’m not sure whether it was a bespoke brew or a white label beer. I still have a bottle.
I’ve learned a lot about beer in the last few years, although I’ve not managed to make time to brew my own. That’ll happen one day, maybe when I retire (again). However, I’ve had quite a bit of beer brewed for the bar, even been involved in a couple of brew days.
Last week, we had a brew day at Otherworld, in Dalkeith. It was a big batch of beer, way bigger than anything we’d done in the past. But this isn’t a beer for our bar; it’s a beer brewed for bars (and other businesses) in Gateshead. It’ll be coming soon.
We’ve told quite a few people about the beer, but have only hinted about it in the bar’s social media. There’ll be more soon, when we have a launch date. Meanwhile, the beer will be called Goat’s Head.
The beer wasn’t really beer when we left at the end of the day. It wasn’t alcoholic, it needed more hops and it was warm. All perfectly normal at that stage.
A few days earlier, we saw Elbow play at the Mouth of the Tyne festival.
We had a pretty good day in Knaresborough the other week.
I’ve spent what feels like ages, working in the garden that’s been hotter than the sun today.
And it doesn’t look any different. Maybe I should have taken a drone picture of the newly re-felted shed roof. But I don’t have one of those.
A drone, that is.
I didn’t get a Glastonbury ticket this year (or last), but I’m currently watching the only act I’d have really, really wanted to see there this year. On catch-up, since I was at work tonight.
Excuse the TV picture. This lass is going places. Knew it the first time I heard her three years ago.
Went to see Mr McPherson in Sunderland the other day. Unbelievable. It’s eight years since his last UK tour, so we’re looking forward to 2033.
Oh, the Fire Station is an amazing venue. The beer’s a bit shit, but better than the bug guys.