Nottingham

Today has brought an end to my long and turbulent association with Megabus, following a 1 hour 45 minute wait for my coach home from Nottingham this afternoon. We've had some fun times. And by fun I mean "profoundly uncomfortable". It's difficult to imagine a time when I has the physical and mental fortitude to travel from London to Edinburgh and back via Megabus. I am too old for this bollocks. I'm throwing myself at the mercy of the rail network from now on.

 Last night's gig certainly had the virtue of brevity, with three acts each doing ten minutes. There was a decent crowd of about 50 in the basement of Das Kino, a cinema and table tennis themed German bar. They were largely up for it, fortunately. Having listened back, I thought my ten was solid if unspectacular. I suspect though that when I gig in new places in an attempt to impress new people, being solid but unspectacular isn't enough. I also elected to keep the microphone in the stand and looking back on it, I have absolutely no idea why.

In any event, I'm not expecting a call regarding the Big Value shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival. I was followed by an assured set from Peter Brush who seems to be gaining some traction from what can gather. I did fine, but I need to do better than fine if I'm going to move forward.


EDIT 06/10. Suffice to say, I didn't get into Big Value, but Peter Brush did.