Lovely evening at Radbourne Folk Club last night again with the Invisible Folk Club Band Jonathan Bickley Phil Beavis Milo Richard Downs. yea fun. We played 5 songs at Redbourn folk club as a 4 piece. It was good fun… But on the drive back 25 minute delay due to road works on the M1. Didn’t have my google maps on so I didn’t see the jam until it was too late…

I have repaired my car mirror now which fell of earlier in the week. All fitted including electric demist bits. Go me. Only £15 for bits as opposed to £150 replacement unit. Mild Hurrah.

News of the weirds

Almost everybody I have known that were in favour of Brexit are saying they are voting Reform. Weirdly I have had to block a lot of trans people who have turned out to be some of the worst offenders ranting about ‘illegal’s’ a phrase imported from the US. I come from working class roots (until 10 years old a family of 5 living in 2 rooms with no bathroom In Brixton) and have no formal education and over my life time have mostly scraped by. Until I was 61 I lived in London. Locally I knew nobody that voted for Brexit.

On the night of the referendum I was playing a gig in a small bar in the south of France with a mixed audience of local French and a few exe pats. The reaction from the French as results came in was that England was in the grip of some form of mass insanity. At a gig two days later in Pub in London we greeted with drunks braying about how they had ‘Won’. A very depressing evening and they could not explain to me what they had won? Having played music in pubs around the UK that’s my personal experience.I should point out that Brexit decimated the music industry as small acts like myself could no longer easily tour in Europe. Even the farmers shot themselves in the foot. Everybody in the UK got a pamphlet which outlined what leaving would mean in terms of the economy and much more. They chose to ignore it. Many were people who never voted in elections. Also the referendum was advisory, so frankly parliament should not have enacted it as it was and has been contrary to the greater good.

Yes, a lot of younger people are finding that moneys too tight to mention and it is mostly about housing. Also a lot of jobs have gone forever and more will be very soon. The next job cull is in admin and customer service all of which can be done about 90% with AI…

Here’s a track from a few years back that I recorded that I rather like.