Today is the first anniversary of my mum's death. I don't know how I feel or how I am supposed to feel, I dare say that there are no rules around this. I do know that I think about her every day and I think that I always will.
Every time that I open up my phone's contacts, it shows me photo of my mum and this makes me smile, she's saved as one of my favourites, which is there to make it quicker to call people, I'm never going to remove her from that list because she will always be one of my favourites.
Thank you to all those who are think of me, my mum and my family today, I love you all ❤️
Again, for the fourth time, I got to appear on stage and shout More Acid at a crowd of people.
This time it was in London at the Dublin Castle:
The Dublin Castle is a pub and live music venue in Camden Town, London. It gained prominence as a venue in the late 1970s after th...
I had an awesome time and danced none stop, I spent most of my time in Room Y. The room was rammed but there was a small area behind the DJ booth with space to dance.
I danced solidly for 7 hours, with only a 30 minute break to get some food, in total I did over 42000 steps.
Villa Augustus
So Susan and decided to stay in the Lantern at the top of the hotel Villa Augustus. This is the best hotel I've ever stayed in.
Boat trip
We were invited to attend the speakers boat trip around the canals of Dordrecht.
Dordrecht Museum
Before the conference Susan & I walked around the streets of Dordrecht and visited the Dordrecht Museum.
Fronteers Dark Mode
The conference is called Dark Mode because it happens in the evening. It started at 4pm, there were 2 talks and then they fed us with a 2 course meal. Then we went back for the remaining talks.
The community was lovely and super welcoming, it's one of the best conferences I have ever attended and I have already purchased my ticket for next year.
I even got to be part of the event and was the Hydration Police Officer, during Heydon's talk.
Public Service Broadcasting, live at Alexandra Palace to celebrate 10(+1) years of The Race For Space album.
The Race For Space
This gig was a celebration of 10(+1) years (they missed the 10th anniversary) of The Race For Space album, released in 2015. It was their largest headline show ever and very special.
Meet and Greet
The day after they organiser a Meet & Greet at The Star of Kings. As it was my 52nd Public Service Broadcasting gig I took a pack of cards so that they could sign the Aces for me.
This weekend my partner Susan is walk 100km, with her friend, to raise money for London Air Ambulance.
Donate
You can donate to Susan's efforts on justgiving.com/page/susan-masters-2
London Air Ambulance
Susan says:
The London Air Ambulance is a fantastic local resource tha...
After Northern Ireland, I went to visit friends in Liverpool and Shrewsbury. The pan was to go to Gin & Rum Festival in Liverpool Cathedral, alas my friend got the dates wrong by a month.
One of the only live appearances by Public Service Broadcasting in the UK this year, the other will be at Ally Pally for the Race for Space 10th anniversary celebration in September.
Hebden Bridge
After a leisurely morning we headed to Hebden Bridge to get some brunch. On the way there we drove past the [Boxford factory](New Works, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX6 2TF) that I used to work for in 2003-2004.
Once we parked up in Hebden bridge we found an excellent Taco place to eat. After food we went for a gentle walk along the canal and found a craft market.
Public Service Broadcasting
Public Service Broadcasting were fantastic, they played my favourite song They Gave Me A Lamp, from the Every valley album, with an appearance from the singer Haiku Salut.
Last night while browsing the web one of the algorithms showed me the perfect t-shirt for me, I immediately tracked it down and purchased it.
T-Shirt
The t-shirt I'm talking about is a fluorescent yellow Soulwax t-shirt made specifically for their appearance at Pukkelpop Fes...
Getting to Tate Modern
We started the morning at the Tate Modern, I went there via the DLR from Beckton, when I got to Bank Station due to some closures I got stuck and it took me way longer to escape the station than it should have done.
I walked down from Bank Station to t...
The plan was to go to Lewes, meet friends and then sit atop a west facing hill and watch the partial solar eclipse.
Fire A13
I got in my car about 14:00 and headed to East Sussex. When I turned on to the A13 there was a massive plume of smoke and it looked like Jenkins Lane ...
A year ago today my amazing friend and partner in crime, Sarah, passed away.
When Sarah died, I was not in a fit state to write about her so I am doing this now on the anniversary of her death.
Music
The first time I met Sarah was at Glastonbury Festival 2010, when she had ...
Last night I got a message from a friend asking if I wanted to go see Gary Numan and Marc Almond at Crystal Palace for free. It was Marc Almond that sold it for me.
It was odd going back to Crystal Palace after only 6 days.
Ladytron
I was kinda excited to see Ladytron it had...
Penge West
This is the second festival in July that we’ve had to get the Overground to Penge West rather than Crystal Palace Station because there are more trains to Penge West than Crystal Palace. This meant that we had a 20 minute walk to the festival entrance, which is no...
This weekend I performed at my first ever festival, with my friend Steve aka Filter Sequence.
Boho Festival
Boho Festival is a small (about 500 people) intimate weekend festival, just outside Nottingham at Millview Glamping & Events.
I arrived at 12:00 on the Friday Lunc...
School
When I was at school I really didn’t like English, but this was not because of the books we read. One of the books that we studied was A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines.
Once we had finished reading the book we were shown the film Kes based on the book and directed...
Today is my mum's first birthday since she died on 21 October 2025, she would have been 81.
I don't need my phone to tell me when my mum's birthday is, I have always known this, it is on Bastille Day. I have always had my mum's number stored as a favourite on my phone, since...
Today was our last day in Türkiye, we had our breakfast at the hotel headed back to the room to pack. At 10:20 I headed down to the reception as the rental car was being picked up at 10:30. When 10:35 arrived I spoke to Tania to see if the rental company were usually on time...
After a lie, in due to not getting to bed after 03:00 due to the England quarter-final in the world cup, we went for a walk down to the Harbour for brunch.
DoyDoy restaurant
Susan and I met our friend at the top of the old town and ambled through the shaded streets until we ...
A leisurely start to the day with breakfast at the hotel then at 10:30 I drove Susan up to the villa. She was joining the other ladies for a spa day. Then I drove two friends over to the next town along the Lycian Coast called Kaş.
Kaş
Before we set off I looked for a car pa...
Susan and I went to, another, restaurant where we were the only customers.
Discovery
Before coming to Türkiye I did a lot of searching for places to eat, but I found Şahika Bahçe by looking at places on google maps. When I found it the reviews were amazing and the only menu ...
Car Hire
Today we decided to hire a car and go explore out of Kalkan. After breakfast I went down to the hotel reception to ask if they could recommend a car hire company near by. The told me that they would phone around and get me the best price. Ideally I only wanted the c...
IWC DUS 2026
