Contrasts

Last Thursday night was a cracker, with two separate events and a late ending.

Moonface & I started by rushing to the opening of a small art exhibition, at which a friend was showing her ceramics and sculpture. The sink splashback is really effective, and I think that she could make a living producing customised tiles. She doesn't want to try, though. "Ooh, I don't think anyone would want one of those", she says.

The works that interested me, however, were strange photographs of landscapes: set up to look like a cross between megalithic stone circles and moonscapes. Very spooky.

Then, onward towards the Oxfam gigs, with five bands playing at the Fiddlers. We went to see John.E.Vistic, whose country thrash is scarily fast & load but there was an uneasy selection of different genres that evening. The bands ranges from hi-hop soul to punk to heavy metal none of them sitting well with the others. perhaps that's why the gig was badly attended.