Did the rest of my freelance hours (about another 3 and a half), approached the rest of the cast I want for the soap (all of whom have replied straight away, and all apart from one person has said yes, which is lovely) and then made notes for the series finale...bailed out starting to write it though, this one needs focused Paul, not dashing about Paul.
Met up with the band mid-afternoon and made the slow trip to Oxford.
Really shocked to hear that a close friend of mine, Martin, had a heart attack today. Martin was pretty much the man responsible for me becoming a "flexible" drummer - when I joined a band with him back in 2001 I was 20 years old, spotty and playing angry rock drums...he was much older and was kind of a mentor for a few years in the band we played in and we've remained good friends ever since, last year it was great to catch up when he 'sacked' me for the film. He survived his heart attack and is now stable, but it did scare us all a bit - my thoughts are with his wife Sally.
The gig was okay; we were supporting a big signed band (who we've supported a few times) but as ever, as the second act on, we certainly didn't have the best of crowds - they were chatting, mostly. Sound was really great, though, and made a couple new fans. Had a lovely dinner, got to take home half a case of free beer (Ali took the other half, being the only other person in the band who drinks) and was home by midnight, so could be worse.
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