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Fetch a Sausage,Twice
May. 15th, 2009 08:44 pmI've been wanting to update this thing for ages but work's been a bit hectic. Let's just say that I nearly had to break up a fight in a committee and the (lack of) performance of two members of senior management prove my earlier point about me being on a low wage. They're on four times as much as me and I could easily do their jobs better then. It makes me cry inside. No matter though, I've applied for an archive job today so we'll see how that goes.
Last Sunday we went to York. The weather wasn't great and we got there pretty late so there wasn't a lot to do. We sat in a coffee shop for a while and then had a wander by the river where we saw a lot of cute little baby geese. Then we went to the restaurant we always go to when we go to the Grand Opera house, Cafe Uno opposite, except that it's Bertollinis instead but the principle's the same. So we had some tasty Italian food and then we went across the road to see Ross Noble. The last time we saw him was about 18 months ago in the same place and he was brilliant as expected. Possibly better than last time. He even did jokes about Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' dance which was just perfect as I'm obsessed by the whole thing and I play the single on a daily basis (On a side note, it was incredibly difficult to get the single on CD. Here I am, wanting to give my money to the record making people and the fact that it was very difficult for me to do this does make you wonder about the whole industry). So yes, there were jokes about Beyonce having irritable bowel syndrome, Jay Z releasing pigs into the house, the stroke advert (Fetch A Sausage, Twice), rickets bolero, scanning your plums in the supermarket and Jesus putting together a desk from IKEA. Someone in the audience had made him a vegetarian scaring device like on his DVD; a hat with a moving piece of meat on it! So yeah, it was really fun. In more sad news, he'd had his house destroyed in the Australian bush fires which is awful but he seemed to take it good spirits somehow!
The other main thing we've done this week is going to Sheffield last night to see Saint Etienne perform all of Foxbase Alpha. Amusingly in the queue we were stood on front of two guys. They were clearly like us, someone who'd dragged his boyfriend to see them with him which amused me. Someone they were talking to mentioned Annie and one of them said to the other, 'you know Annie, well you'd know her if you heard her', which is exactly like something I'd say to James! Made me smile anyway. It was odd being back in Sheffield no matter how brief. I haven't been for a year but it's also odd how close we are to everything in Leeds. I certainly don't take it for granted.
Anyway, the setlist:
Foxbase Alpha:
This Is Radio Etienne
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Wilson
Carnt Sleep
Girl VII
Spring
She's The One
Stoned To Say The Least
Nothing Can Stop Us
Etienne Gonna Die
London Belongs to Me
Like The Swallow
Dilworth's Theme
Interval
Favourites:
This Is Tomorrow (Richard X Mix)
Who Do You Think You Are?
Burnt Out Car
Shower Scene
Like A Motorway
Sylvie
He's On The Phone
Foxbase Alpha is far from my favourite of theirs but it was a great show, I really enjoyed it. My only gripe (and I don't know whether this was because of where we were stood) was that music was so loud for certain songs (mostly the Favourites section) that it drowned out the vocals and I really thought that they were at their best when things were a bit more stripped down. Spring, Carnt Sleep anbd LIke The Swallow were especially good. They seemed to have the balance right for Who Do You Think You Are and beefing the sound up for Like A Motorway worked well but it didn't do Sylvie any favours. The best songs? 'Spring' (because it's a favourite of mine anyway), 'Nothing Can Stop Us' and 'He's On The Phone'. There were some great odd bits too. Sarah gave out sweets during 'Wilson' and her and Debsy were playing cards during another bit. Wonderful.
We're meant to be going to a barbecue tomorrow but as it's now thundering here it's not looking good. Oh, celebrity news. Girls Aloud are back in the hotel around the corner! And not only that, Jo from Spooks is staying in our building! james saw her the other day and she was on her phone saying how 'Spooks didn't need her for filming tomorrow', and lo and behold and saw her leaving the building yesterday, and we saw her on the way back in with loads of shopping so she'd clearly spent her day off well. I never see famous people so having had a lot around in such a short time is quite nice. In wonder if there's a spare flat higher up the building which is rented out to actors as Lenny Henry was here when he was in Othello a few months back.
Last Sunday we went to York. The weather wasn't great and we got there pretty late so there wasn't a lot to do. We sat in a coffee shop for a while and then had a wander by the river where we saw a lot of cute little baby geese. Then we went to the restaurant we always go to when we go to the Grand Opera house, Cafe Uno opposite, except that it's Bertollinis instead but the principle's the same. So we had some tasty Italian food and then we went across the road to see Ross Noble. The last time we saw him was about 18 months ago in the same place and he was brilliant as expected. Possibly better than last time. He even did jokes about Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' dance which was just perfect as I'm obsessed by the whole thing and I play the single on a daily basis (On a side note, it was incredibly difficult to get the single on CD. Here I am, wanting to give my money to the record making people and the fact that it was very difficult for me to do this does make you wonder about the whole industry). So yes, there were jokes about Beyonce having irritable bowel syndrome, Jay Z releasing pigs into the house, the stroke advert (Fetch A Sausage, Twice), rickets bolero, scanning your plums in the supermarket and Jesus putting together a desk from IKEA. Someone in the audience had made him a vegetarian scaring device like on his DVD; a hat with a moving piece of meat on it! So yeah, it was really fun. In more sad news, he'd had his house destroyed in the Australian bush fires which is awful but he seemed to take it good spirits somehow!
The other main thing we've done this week is going to Sheffield last night to see Saint Etienne perform all of Foxbase Alpha. Amusingly in the queue we were stood on front of two guys. They were clearly like us, someone who'd dragged his boyfriend to see them with him which amused me. Someone they were talking to mentioned Annie and one of them said to the other, 'you know Annie, well you'd know her if you heard her', which is exactly like something I'd say to James! Made me smile anyway. It was odd being back in Sheffield no matter how brief. I haven't been for a year but it's also odd how close we are to everything in Leeds. I certainly don't take it for granted.
Anyway, the setlist:
Foxbase Alpha:
This Is Radio Etienne
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Wilson
Carnt Sleep
Girl VII
Spring
She's The One
Stoned To Say The Least
Nothing Can Stop Us
Etienne Gonna Die
London Belongs to Me
Like The Swallow
Dilworth's Theme
Interval
Favourites:
This Is Tomorrow (Richard X Mix)
Who Do You Think You Are?
Burnt Out Car
Shower Scene
Like A Motorway
Sylvie
He's On The Phone
Foxbase Alpha is far from my favourite of theirs but it was a great show, I really enjoyed it. My only gripe (and I don't know whether this was because of where we were stood) was that music was so loud for certain songs (mostly the Favourites section) that it drowned out the vocals and I really thought that they were at their best when things were a bit more stripped down. Spring, Carnt Sleep anbd LIke The Swallow were especially good. They seemed to have the balance right for Who Do You Think You Are and beefing the sound up for Like A Motorway worked well but it didn't do Sylvie any favours. The best songs? 'Spring' (because it's a favourite of mine anyway), 'Nothing Can Stop Us' and 'He's On The Phone'. There were some great odd bits too. Sarah gave out sweets during 'Wilson' and her and Debsy were playing cards during another bit. Wonderful.
We're meant to be going to a barbecue tomorrow but as it's now thundering here it's not looking good. Oh, celebrity news. Girls Aloud are back in the hotel around the corner! And not only that, Jo from Spooks is staying in our building! james saw her the other day and she was on her phone saying how 'Spooks didn't need her for filming tomorrow', and lo and behold and saw her leaving the building yesterday, and we saw her on the way back in with loads of shopping so she'd clearly spent her day off well. I never see famous people so having had a lot around in such a short time is quite nice. In wonder if there's a spare flat higher up the building which is rented out to actors as Lenny Henry was here when he was in Othello a few months back.
