Today I came across a BBC News story about old, worn-out pianos. A sad story but I suppose certain things just wear out. The ray of hope in the story comes from a link to a website called Piano Adoption. In the recycle/freecycle spirit, Piano Adoption provides a useful service for those wishing to give a functioning instrument to a good home; sub-sites for Canada and the UK also exist. One of those 'wish I'd known....' sites, so to continue in the sharing spirit, all the links are contained above.
A jaunt en masse down to the Coal Exchange last night (23rd) to see The Subways excel again. For once we weren't massively early (in some ways to avoid the queues of teenagers) so arrived part way through the first support band. They are called Wry, from Brazil even! They were decent and will probably merit listening to further. Best option the ubiquitous myspace . Eagerly anticipated the main support, The Sunshine Underground, of whom I'd heard good words... They more than lived up to their expectations, with my only real niggle about their sound... whether it was the singer's style or sound mix I'm not sure but their show was at parts ear-splitting - explains my slight deafness today! Otherwise excellent, not an easy band to categorise, but my impressions were somewhere between Alabama 3 and the Killers' Hot Fuss album; dancing music too. Well worth going to see - just take earplugs! (or in my case, actually go out and buy some). I believe one can listen to the...
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