September 2024
A Couple of Great Gigs to Come
There are so many good gigs coming up over the next few months it's scary difficult to choose between them all. But I've booked two of the best for now—with no doubt a few to follow. The first one (at this point) is Casino—very ably supported by the Heavy North and Neal Noah at the Liverpool O2 Academy. I've seen both Casino and Heavy North multiple times and I'm never not happy about seeing them. They are both top of the toppest drawer.
And when the Lottery Winners announced their December gigs I couldn't not get a ticket to see them. The difficulty was choosing which of the three nights to go for. In the end I choose the second date, where they will be playing all of ART and their hits. They are another band I've been lucky enough to see multiple times and they are never less than brilliant. I'm sure all three of the nights will be amazing. But I thought a Saturday between Christmas and New Year may be a better day to travel on than the Sunday.
Now who next…?
And when the Lottery Winners announced their December gigs I couldn't not get a ticket to see them. The difficulty was choosing which of the three nights to go for. In the end I choose the second date, where they will be playing all of ART and their hits. They are another band I've been lucky enough to see multiple times and they are never less than brilliant. I'm sure all three of the nights will be amazing. But I thought a Saturday between Christmas and New Year may be a better day to travel on than the Sunday.
Now who next…?
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Lake Colouring and Relax
A couple of months ago I invested in Lake which is a colouring App on the iPad. I did some colouring back å the Covid days when there was another App I regularly used called Twitter (you may have heard of it, don’t know what happened to that). In those olden days I would colour some drawings from one free site or another, or a Twitter account. Now with Lake I have paid for it. And the drawings are provided by some cool artists who each have their own styles and so far I think it has been worth paying for (it’s an annual fee). Not sure whether I will continue beyond the year, we’ll see how it goes I guess.
Sitting back on the sofa or laying down on the bed with the iPad for a while and filling in some black and white drawing—using whichever painting tools take your fancy is a nice way to relax. I usually do it a home, sometimes with just some music on, sometimes with the TV (and the damnable adverts on). It sounds like something and nothing of course, but I’ve found it relaxing to do—as I did in those boring Covid days. In those days I was using it to fill in time when going out wasn’t an option. Now I can—and do—go out, so the actions of colouring may seem less required than it was then but I reckon it does achieve a level of relaxation that is sometimes required. If it’s not exactly deep creativity it is still nice when you finish one off. There’s no pressure and no way of winning (or losing) other than taking a bit of time away from the stress of your day. So if you crave some ‘deep breath, little effort, semi-creative’ pass time I’d recommend it.
The App is available on the App Store for £40/annum—where it has a rating of 4.7/5. Forty quid sounded a lot in my head to be fair, but when I thought it that equated to 76p a week, or 11p a day, then I reckoned it was worth checking under the sofa for the change. You can use Lake for free (with more limited pages and colours etc) so why not give it a go? It works on an iPad or iPhone.
Here’s a few of the ones I’ve done recently.
