Three days without a gig has been really tiring. I had planned to do so much that I end up being still up at 2am and still don't get the ironing done. Tonight is only my second trip to Oxford this year. Whilst I still love Little Fish, I do appreciate the opportunity to se more bands than I was doing this time last year, when I was seeing Little Fish several times a week, all over the country.
Tonight is not only an opportunity to see Little Fish, but also a chance to catch up with many of their other fans that I know quite well from those gigs. Johnny Moto is also there and offers to let me have a go with his D700. I refuse as I already want one; if I actually used one I may do something foolish like buying one on a creit card with no particular prospect of paying it off. He seems to be doing well.
There are several support bands including the Black Cats who I have seen several times and Drunkenstein who feature James the soundman who I have met many times at Little Fish gigs. They are very good but several of their songs felt as if they weren't quite finished.
Little Fish are still working on the transition from old songs and sound to new. Tonight they bring back a fairly original version of Perfect Strangerwhich is appreciated by the crowd. The mix of old and new songs seems about right, although the new aren't entirely new anymore. It's well worth the trip and I remember now why I had to see all those gigs a year ago.