The Recession Session Live! at the Betsey, Clerkenwell, London - what a great night. Well, at least I enjoyed myself, although a little frazzled & stressed. Great to meet people I'd only read or emailed. Thanks to Paul Ewen, Darran Anderson, Jenni Fagan, Will Ashon, David Oprava, Lee Rourke, Christiana Spens, Tim Wells, Cherri Shakewell, Mark SaFranko, Vic Templar, Danny King, Chris Killen, Tom McCarthy, & Stewart Home for turning up & performing. & a big Yeah! to my co-hosts Melissa Mann & Joseph Ridgwell. & also thanks to all who came including Ben Myers, Adelle Stripe, Andrew Stevens, Sam Jordison, & Jo Mortimer, John Murphy, Fiona Barham, & Mike Brady (good to see you, mate.)
Upgraded to Club World for the flight to Tokyo (cheers, Bri), so a great flight during which I finished Nicholson Baker's superb Human Smoke & struggled with Patrick French's biography of VS Naipaul. I love Japan as everyone knows but the bureaucracy is maddening. After spending about 90 minutes signing forms, we picked up our keys for the temporary flat in Komagome. Very quiet residential area but we found a good izakaya. Spent the past few days getting things sorted. Found a flat in Asakusa, north of SensÅ-ji and not an onigiri throw from the Sumida river - just missed the cherry blossoms. Today will be spent changing visa & opening bank accounts. On the first day back, we went to Soft Bank in Harajuku (where yesterday I saw the ugliest Gothic Lolita Transvestite [Go-Lo-TV?] {the picture-link is of someone else}) & V & I bought iPhones - amazing things. I am totally addicted. I bought a case for it yesterday that looks like it was designed by HR Giger.
Can't decide whether or not to switch to Seppuku My Heart... Hmm....
1 comments:
Top, top night! Glad you had a good flight, fella x
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