Today I went out for dinner with Ian and Callum. We were originally going to Phed Mark a Thai pop-up, until we realised that it closed at 16:30.

Since going to Chiang Mai and eating Khoa Soi I’ve been on a mission to find it in the UK. A few weeks ago I found it in The Eagle in Brighton. After a few searches and review reading I found Sen Sen Noodle bar in Soho, it was also part of the group with the Phed Mark pop-up.

The menu had multiple Khoa Sois:

• Khoa Soi chicken
• Khoa Soi short rib
• Khoa Soi scallop and prawn
• Khoa Soi confit duck
• Khoa Soi braised beef
• Khoa Soi lobster

I had chicken and Ian and Callum both had short rib. The sauce was really nice and even better once I had added the chilli oil. It was not as good as the one we had in Chiang Mai but it was very good and I’d really recommend it.

Even more acid, this time in a sold out venue in Nottingham. Venue This time the venue was the The Chapel above the Microbrewery pub The Angel home of Angel Beers. Ian pointed out to me that in the past this venue was once a church and a whore house. Dinner Once we'd sound c...

Last night I went to The Moth Club, with my friends Lisa & Steven, to see Harry Hill. The Moth Club runs a comedy night called Knock2Bag which are really affordable, attract huge stars, promote up and coming comedians and is a small venue. Harry Hill As to be expected Ha...

We arrived in Camden at 16:30 and there was already 100s in the queue for the gig that the doors were 18:00. By the time Sarah and I had eaten and returned to the queue, at 17:30, it had more than doubled and was all the way around the corner. Once the doors opened it was st...

Today we decided to escape London and go for a walk in the out doors. We parked the car by the One Garden, before heading out into the park we went to toilets. On the way to the toilet we passed a food van called Tallow Street Food. We both had a Korean Pork Belly bun, it wa...

Meeting Up I was attending with my friend and protesting buddy Lisa. We arranged to meet at Bond Street. Before heading out I did the usual Saturday chores and then jumped on the bus, the bus got all the way to Romford Road before I remembered that there were engineering wor...

Today my plan was to go to Northampton to hangout with my friend Pawel and other members of the NN1 dev club. While on my way to Mackbear for coffee and breakfast I got a message from Susan saying her sister couldn’t go to the gig and did I want to go with her. NN1 dev club ...

We discovered Yard by not seeing them at Bearded Theory, when a load of our friends came back raving about them. In September 2025 we managed to get added to their guest list when they were performing at a conference for festival organisers. They performed at a venue called ...

25 March 2007 is the date that Susan and I met for the first time. This anniversary coincided with the closing of one of our favourite London restaurants, Club Gascon. The restaurant is actually closing on Saturday 28 March but it will be busy and there is a March against the Far Right that day.

The first time we came to Club Gascon was about 2010 weeks ago went because my friend, Ben, had won a meal and couldn’t go so we went instead. Since then we have been about 10 times. It’s a shame that you won’t be able to go.

Meal

• Welcome course - Mushroom cigars, chilli clouds and Negroni choux buns.
• Amuse bouche - Leak mouse
• Black Pudding and Sweetbread Raviolo, Bisque and Lovage
• Truffle Glazed Foie Gras Pebbles, Blood Orange, Confit Kumquat, Black Treacle Cake
• Guinea Fowl Balllotine, Black Lemon Sauce, Croustous
• Fondue, Chou Rave, Tipsy Sauce, Chouquettes

This weekend, we went to Stockholm to visit our friend Mike and see Leftfield's first ever Swedish concert. Unfortunately we missed our flight which meant that we arrived much later than we expected and missed the gig altogether. Saturday Arriving late at the airport meant t...

I had been looking forward to today for a couple of months now as we were flying to Stockholm in Sweden, to see Leftfield. We left East Ham at 10am to get to Heathrow in time for our flight at 13:20. Once through security we went and got some food from Wagamama. We finished ...

Monkigras is my favourite conference of the year, sorry to all the other conference friends I have, and it is not even truly my industry. Every year the conference has a theme and this year's is about being prepared. Topics The Monkigras conference is attended every year by ...

Instead of getting the tube today I chose:

• Walk
• Bus
• Tube
• Train
• Walk
• Boat
• Walk

This was just a pure celebration of great music.

You could see this as everyone in the crowd was happy and dancing along. The range of ages in the crowd was huge, I was really not expecting this. It just goes to show how universal these two albums really are.

At the end of the gig, George brought all of his family and friends onto the stage and shouted out to everyone who had ever been apart of his life.

If you have never come across Nightmares on Wax, then you should really check out these two albums:

• Smokers Delight
• In a Space Outta Sound

The short version This is the short version as I need to leave so that I could get back to London in time for Nightmares on Wax live at Royal Albert Hall. This meant that I'm already on train before Jake and Lola gave their talks. Gutted as I am to miss these, music is more ...

Orbital DJ Set The support act today was Orbital doing a DJ set. The first thing that stood out was Paul was on the left, this was probably because he did have a bank of synthesisers to play with. The set was scattered with some Orbital tracks, some tracks that Orbital had r...

Happy 303 day Today being 3 March is recognised as 303 day. A celebration of music which use the Roland 303. Story of More Acid This is a brief history/explanation of how More Acid became a thing. Brisbane If you know anything about me then you probably know that I like Orbi...

Susan & I travelled to Belgium to see David Byrne's Who is the Sky? tour. The venue was new to us it was the Forest National in Brussels. It was similar to Wembley Arena, in London, but about a third of the size. We had great seats central and near the sound desk.

The staging was superb and the set was fantastic, I'm not going to say more than this because I know people who are going to see this tour at a later date and don't want to spoil anything.

If you like David Byrne or Talking Heads then I recommend that you do everything to go see this tour, it was truly Once in a Lifetime.

A week ago I said to Susan: If I took you away next Saturday would that be okay? It turns out it was. No tickets Only thing was I didn’t have tickets and when I looked it was all sold out! I thought that Big Special were playing Rock City but oh no they were playing next d...

This is my kind of cat!! Kittens by Underworld absolutely banging. So far it’s better than last night and we’re only half way through. So let’s see. Kittens Video Second set Boom! Just as epic as the first set. Absolutely savage. They also played and the colour red and the ...

This week has not been the best. For example I updated my phone to the latest software and now every time I make a call it shows me a picture of my mum. I could make it stop doing this but I don’t want to make my mum not be one of my favourites. I’ll get over this but that t...

Today I finished listening to The Rose Field by Philip Pullman read by Michael Sheen. This was the third book in The Book of Dust series.

I absolutely loved this is was so emotional and the narration was so moving at times I cried and other times I laughed out loud.

At the end of the audio book there was an interview with Philip Pullman and Michael Sheen, in that interview they discussed the ideas and themes of the book and commented upon how the current global politics were reflected in the story.

Towards the end Philip Pullman said:

Those who don’t understand or enjoy stories and art are the ones we have to look out for.

I truly recommend The Book of Dust trilogy and I really didn't want it to end.

Imagine being in jail for destroying a drone that was going to be used to kill possibly 100s of innocent people. Imagine being in jail for 421 days without being charged for anything. Imagine being in jail for 421 days and still having to wait at least 138 days until your tr...

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