...so I'm using the excuse to continue looking like a tramp for another seven days, but it is itching like buggery so I will probably succumb to the razor on my return from next weekend cycling in the Netherlands - if I survive, that is. More on that later.
Went up to the Festival Hall again last night to see Circulus playing outside to a crowd of bemused tourists and Falklands veterans. Then indoors for the Hal Willner Forest of no Return event re-interpreting songs from Disney films, which was very good indeed. Nick Cave sang 'Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee', Shane MacGowan laid siege to 'Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah', a septegenarian Fenella Fielding gave a spirited rendition of 'Feed the Birds', Grace Jones did a suitably menacing 'Trust in Me' and Richard Strange hammed up 'The Headless Horseman' complete with a diamond encusted skull a la Damien Hirst. These were all matches made in heaven and each worth the admission price alone but even the likes of Beth Orton and Pete Doherty, who I normally wouldn't give you tuppence a bag for, turned in highly respectable performances. Highlight of the night though, had to be Nick Cave and David Thomas's truly sinister interpretation of the 'Hi-ho' song from Snow White.
Latest news on the diabetic front is that I'm starting on the metformin tablets. My last Hb1AC was 8.3, up 0.3 from the previous one, so it seems control purely by diet and exercise is no longer an option. Actually, it probably would be if I gave up drinking, but that's a sacrifice too far at the moment so I'll be popping another couple of pills a day from now on. Stay tuned for news of strange and exciting side effects!
2 comments:
whats that bloody punk list about!
Errrrm...it's about what happens when a man of a certain age has too much time on his hands and an internet connection
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