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I went to see the Bevis Frond at the Standard in Walthamstow, which is a place I've never been to before, although it turns out I've driven past it a number of times since it's right opposite Blackhorse Road tube. It was good to see Nick do his acoustic thing, especially with Ade Shaw on bass for some of it. The electric half of the show, and it's not often you'll hear me say this, was less fun. Ade Shaw is yer bass professional but the other people that got added in were a not very interesting drummer and guitarist from another band, a geezer with wispy, fading hair dyed desperation black giving it pointless widdle on the guitar, and Ade Shaw's son with the sort of fringe that takes constant attention to keep swept horizontally doing something not especially edifying with a keyboard. It was supposed to be Nick's last ever gig which it's a nice idea to have seen, though.

And we went to see The Mighty Boosh at the O2. It's very vertiginous inside, and there seemed to be loads of better seats free with no-one in them, but it's slightly difficult to tell which are the best seats in something that three-dimensional. As for the show, it was amusing and pleasing although not necessarily laugh-out-loud funny, and with not really that much content. Probably not worth the massive fees at the O2 neither, but hey.

And, assuming we don't see any more bands in the next five hours, that's that.