Brighton
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The Brunswick Open Mic in Brighton is a Very Good Open Mic
i start on a salty note: this open mic isn’t an open mic in the most important of ways. I don’t mean “anyone who turns up on the night gets a slot” – I understand why even open mics would like to operate some form of quality control – it’s also a good way of… Read more
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The Chinese Plan To Use Our Buses For Nefarious Ends, Claims Parliament
A day that ended with Today in Parliament, in that I did the washing up while listening to MPs on Radio 4 worrying about “our enemies” (they meant China) being able to take control of our buses through smart technology. Quite how this would manifest itself, and what the danger would be, was unclear. If… Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir Pub Crawl Wassail for Brighton Women’s Centre
There are two types of wassail: the one where you sing at apple trees and honey bees, and the door-to-door cheeky begging variety, which is the precursor to modern carol singing. Just like the bar in The Blues Brothers which does both types of music (country and western), I’ve dabbled in assorted wassails over the… Read more
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The Threechurches at Brighton Folk Choir End-Of-Term Cabaret, and Christmas Panto in Kemptown
A couple of performances to start the week, after a wonderful weekend in Sheffield. First up, The Threechurches – the name of any combination of three members [1] of The Highchurches taking to the stage together – played a short set [2] at the Brighton Folk Choir’s end of term cabaret at The Rose Hill.… Read more
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Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be 2025 edition: The Divine Comedy, Babybird, and Echobelly live in Brighton
I’m not sure what I do more often, vow to stop attending nostalgia shows or write up the nostalgia shows I’ve attended. In the past week I’ve seen three bands, all of whom were at their creative peak in the 1990s. These bands fill venues of various sizes by playing songs from 30 years ago… Read more
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The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at Brighton Dome
In the future, will there be nostalgia shows? Or will we run out of past to celebrate? Thoughts such as these always go through my mind when I battle myself over whether I want to see a band sing songs from back when bands could still have careers. You can’t see anyone as spectacularly weird… Read more
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From Round Hill to the Desolation of Hollingbury Asda
I was supposed to be seeing The Divine Comedy this past evening [1]. They are one of my favourite bands, but I couldn’t quite face it. The assorted gigs, shows and accompanying human interactions of the past week, joyous as they were, left me feeling like I needed to spend an evening somewhere other than… Read more
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