Neither of these bands were on the original bill for tonight's gig. Joana & the Wolf were added last week and Bleech today or yesterday. Meanwhile I was planning to see the Genies at the Bullet Bar (not a great venue); yesterday they had to cancel and I looked at other things on tonight. I seriously considered the Johnsons at the Fox and Firkin in Lewisham, but it is a real struggle to get there without driving. It was quite late in the day whwn I realised that Bleech and Joana & the Wolf were both playing, and it became an obvious choice. It turned out that I knew the drummer in the Jarmeans? as well and ran into Paul from the Hyenas and Pedro the producer. The bands were all good as was the Guiness. I seemed to chat to a lot of people which was nice, but felt by the end that I may have been rambling on rather. Bleech disd a couple of new songs which seemed to work well. Joana & the Wolf told me their gig at the Dublin Castle, before christmas (which I missed as I was in Oxford) was particularly good. As I look forward through my diary I see that it's not uncommon for two bands I know to be playing on the same bill, such as Kaputt and the Berettas at the Barfly and Ghostcat and Kasms in Kilburn.