Wow.

Went out to see The Poozies (original lineup) at Stamford Arts Centre. 

We ran into Chris (Minstrel) whilst there, and I hope he didn't take it askance when we eschewed the seats next to him in order to sit RIGHT AT THE FRONT so I could see Patsy and Mary's fingers.

Oh. My. Lord.

And that isn't blasphemy from me - it's me praying for the ability to be able to get to something approximating this standard before I'm 90.

The vocal harmonies were so tight that you couldn't hear one line over another, and the harp lines were ... astonishing.  I've heard them on CD, but one always expects a certain amount of multi-tracking from a studio album.  I was proved very wrong when they launched into "We Built Fires" as their first number and replicated the sound live. 

Incredible.

I'm torn between wanting to practise until my fingers bleed, or simply sell my harp as I'll never be any good.  I'm probably veering towards the first, though!

Thankyou SO much.

Thankyou SO much, Jamie Oliver. 

Whilst I appreciate your one man crusade to get kids to eat real food, and for all primary children to get a hot meal, this realistically means that my son has had sausages at school today.

Not such a problem until you realise that I bought sausages for the main meal tonight.  *sigh*  I can pretty much guarantee that my sausages are ethically raised and local, too.  From my son's description of his meal, I'm not sure that his were.  And having eaten sausages already once today, what do you think he's going to leave tonight?

Yeah.  Right.

*sigh*