Visitation

Today I went to London to visit Oli who played me some rough mixes of new Trademark material. It's all good; in general, they're continuing determinedly down the sparkly autobahn which is 4-to-the-floor electro and that is good news for consumers of such material. Come to Love is a track I've heard live before and one which continues to excite the core of my being, but now there's a more moody backdrop taking shape for the rest of the putative album.

I received an email from gwem today inviting me to play a gig in London at a time when I will be sadly otherwise engaged. Hopefully we will get it together soon. Gwem is a legend - go to his website immediately and download his online album whilst looking at the pretty pictures.

I watched a tape of Derren Brown's "The Gathering" yesterday. It was fairly weak by his standards - I think he should persevere with his regular TV format, as gurning in front of an audience reintroduces the smugness he's sought so hard to repress. It persuaded me that seeing him live would probably be an unwise use of my time.