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19.7.05 Back.

Back from the West Coast. Head fuzzy. Proper update tomorrow. Many good things happened, and only one bad thing (The Night Of A Thousand Martinis. Children: do not try this at home.)

Meanwhile, upcoming events of note to Londoners: Thursday (21st) is a Misty's gig at Borderline. They're on at 10.15-ish. Friday, with a little organisation, can be turned into a supreme double feature picture show: My Man Godfrey (Carole Lombard and the sublime William Powell) at the NFT at 6.30pm, then DJ Spooky remixing the 1915 classic Birth of A Nation at 8.30 at the IMAX. I'm such a sucker for old films screened with new, live soundtracks. I think I've seen five of these over the last year. I keep praying someone will take on Abel Gance's Napoleon... 26th is Night of the Hunter at the NFT. Wednesday 27th sees legendary Mississippi blues pianist Pinetop Perkins at the Jazz Cafe. I've been spinning his Ladies Man album fairly regularly. Pinetop is one of the greatest boogie-woogie piano players, and was Muddy Waters' sideman during the glory years of Waters' band. Lastly, on the 28th (and probably already sold out) is Luke Haines' acoustic gig at the ICA.

Some friends and I have been plotting to move our London event updates off our blogs and into a monthly email, to be tentatively called The London List. My co-conspirators are Alex Sarll, Alasdair Watson and Ade Brown, which gives you an idea of the sort of interesting (read: eccentric and obscure) events which we intend to cover. Stay tuned for more details, or comment if interested.

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