That Was The Weekend That Was

Mixed emotions all round in the village this weekend…

First of all, phase one of the upgrade to Old Heatonian went without a hitch.  Hoorah!  I still have quite a bit of work to do before anyone sees the benefit on the front page though, but it all looks very cool back here.

Apparently, we were name checked by ‘Eddie Earthquake’ on Friday night in the Kings, when he made a sarcy comment referring to my recent review of his last gig.  He announced that he was about to ‘murder an Everley Brothers number’ – possibly to warn fans of the band that they should take the opportunity to nip out to the smoking shelter?  Who knows?  Anyway, he dedicated the track to the ‘old fogey’ who runs the Old Heatonian.  Bloody cheek!  To think I held the door open while they struggled in with their gear as well!

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend on Friday night, but by all accounts the gig went well and everyone enjoyed it.  ‘Drumming Tom’ was on fine form, and with the help of my partner in crime – Fanackapan – I now have high quality footage of him in action, to do with as I will.

Mr Woo, in an effort to fend off accusations of homophobia, took it upon himself to prove otherwise, and grabbed one of his friends in the Kings and gave him a long, long kiss.  Then, obviously enjoying the sensation, gave him another.  Start of a blossoming relationship?  Or is he just practising for some hot action with his transexual colleague at work?  Only time will tell…

In other news, the Christmas decorations were assembled at the Kings yesterday.  Legal Maid, in an obvious attempt to prove she doesn’t ALWAYS suck the fun out of things, took it upon herself to spend the best part of the afternoon making little Santa hats to stick all over the ‘Wall of Dave’.  And very nice they all looked too!  Let’s just hope that when the festive season is over, they can be removed without damaging any of the unique artwork on display there…

Finally, our thoughts are with our friend who is going through a difficult time with his family at the moment.  Fingers crossed that things improve in time for Christmas mate!

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