Now that I can, with great joy, tick off watching the cat empire with charlotte from my to do list, my appetite for music and gigs has been whetted. I think now it’s time for me to look for more great gigs to go to; but now I’ve done so much big stuff, I’m in the mood for something smaller. Venues like the albert hall and o2 arena are awesome, but everyone knows about them: gigs there lack intimacy and personality. I’ll always find the fact that I’ve seen my fiancee play a paralympic closing ceremony, and watched monty python perform, very likely for the last time ever, sources of pride beyond words; but you can’t get much bigger than gigs like that. Having ticked them off, it’s time to go to the other end of the scale. This city is throbbing with small, live music events in the back rooms of pubs or in community halls where one can get a feel for the personalities of the performers and your fellow audience members – I think those are the kind Lyn prefers too. The only problem is, they’re a bit harder to find than the things I’ve been going to, so I better go out and get searching.