One Week On

I haven’t made a diary entry for over a week..sorry. The schedule as most of you know is pretty tough right now and it takes most of my energy to get to and from shows and of course play. Also, there is a lot of promo work going on right now, radio and press interviews etc. I have good intentions each day of catching up with events but it’s hard to get creative at 3 in the morning having played a two-hour gig and driven home for three hours.I do think it’s important to stay in touch here though, and I feel bad about my lack of input. Anyhow, grovelling opening words over, lets catch up a bit. It feels good to be back playing solo concerts, though I loved the shows with Steve and look forward very much to continuing our partnership soon. The solo shows feel fresh and I’m playing a wide range of songs including some I haven’t played in a long time. We carry on this week in Marlborough and I’m obviously looking forward to the three nights in Cardiff this week. It will be cool to drive the five minutes to work each night! The week after that Daniel, my eldest, is coming on the road as part of his work experience with school so that’s going to be a very nice bonus for me. Last night I played a few songs at the Cardiff Devils player’s awards dinner. I wrote a song for the occasion; trying to get inside the life of a hockey player, especially those coming to the end of their playing careers. Gathered around the table tonight for a rare (at the moment) family meal, the item on the news in the background was about the announcement by Sir John Stevens that an attack by terrorists on UK soil was inevitable. I could see that it made the kids look a little anxious and I can’t help but question these statements. It may be inevitable that some may try, but it’s not inevitable that it may be thwarted. To me it smacks of this policy of creating an undercurrent of fear. This is rife in America and I have commented on the way the media do this over there before, but if you scare folk enough they will let you get away with a lot if they think its in their best interests. Madrid last week was just awful. That such evil events take place is mind shaking on so many levels. These are indeed fragile moments and I’m not sure whom to trust right now. True discernment is a treasured gift, and in this age of spin and message, we have never needed it more