Adventures in Black Sunshine

Colindale, London, England // 1.56 pm // Mostly sunny 18ºc / 64ºf

So finally it's April 24th, and time for the Incognito gig tonight. More on that shortly.

But first a short word on my latest cooking masterpiece last night. It was actually really simple to make, as I mentioned yesterday, but it was absolutely gorgeous and just the right amount portion-wise too. The chicken was perfect, especially for being frozen and baked in the oven before being shredded. Next up, lemon and brocolli chicken on Monday.

Did quite a lot of the magazine last night before going off on a tangent and reading up on the history (and lack of future) of teletext. Gripping stuff, I'm sure you'll agree. Although I do sometimes think how amazing the technology actually was, decades before the public availability of the internet. Especially when it came to things like Datafax and Televox (Google those if you're interested).

Rounded off the night by playing some Football Manager where I continue to be the manager of Norway, trying to qualify for the World Cup 2010. Although it can get quite tedious as much of the job is actually just *watching* other matches to scout for Norweigian players to pick for the team. It'll take a while to finish the campaign, and only then will I retire and finally install the 2009 version of the game!

Woke up around 10am this morning and pretty much got straight onto finishing off typing up contributions for the magazine, which I did about an hour ago.

Tonight is Incognito's first London gig in about two years, at a new venue for me (and for them) the Camden Centre, rather confusingly at Kings Cross. Been really looking forward to this gig, especially as Glasgow girl Gail Evans is back in the band, and that the performance is followed by a live DJ set from Norman Jay. Looking forward to catching up with Robin before the gig, and hopefully Claire although it's been a bit of a mission to get in touch with her in the last week or so!

And just this morning I found out about what looks to be a stunning 30th anniversary gig of Incognito at IndigO2 in August! Jocelyn Brown is rejoining the band for the night, and no doubt there will be many other surprises if the 25th anniversary gig 5 years ago is anything to go by. And then a week after that I'll be back there, this time at the main arena, for the Michael Jackson gig! I'm really glad the Incognito gig is on a Saturday night, as I won't have to worry about booking the time off, and there's only a 1 in 7 chance I'll be on-call that weekend (and even then I should be able to swap it).

And to top it all off, the weather today is again fantastic.