Goodbye 2009...

Ah, I have a little more time to write today, although also a little less to say.

Last Wednesday - as I mentioned in my last post - took me on my first trip out with the Miracle Street mainstage, and it was a really rather fantastic day, despite it snowing/raining/sleeting most of the day and night, and being awake 06.30-01.00. Tiring but excellent. For a more relevant rundown of what happened than I can convey, have a read/watch of Steve's blog. [Bonus points if you see me walking around in the background]

This Christmas is going to be a strange one for me (and my family as well, I'm sure); it's the first for a long time that my dad hasn't been around (he's in Hanoi now...not sure if I mentioned that before or not), and isn't back until February as far as I know. Despite his frequent trips abroad, he is usually around for Christmas. An equally strange prospect, however, is that this will almost definitely be our last Christmas in Willow Grove, a house that I have lived in since I was one year old (except the obvious few years in India), so that's a big change on the horizon.

On a lighter note, I've started using Twitter again so as to voice my random thoughts without clogging up people's Facebook feeds - how conscientious am I? @mulebeatsdrums if you wish to follow me, and I will put a box on this page as well.

That's about it I think. This will most likely be my last post of the year, and certainly the last before Christmas, so I will leave you all with my prayers of blessing for you and your families, wherever you are in the world, for the Christmas season, and you will hear from me again in 2010 (I'm a poet...)

Love to all! Julez xxx

Six Weeks Later

I am very aware now that I haven't posted anything on here for a long time, and while I am apologetic if you were actually interested in what was happening, there was nothing out of the ordinary going on particularly (oh, except my dad moving to Vietnam for his new job there)

Sally is currently running a stall at the Winchester Christmas Market, which is very lovely and great for getting Christmas presents for parents etc. I helped her set it up last week, and I am jumping on the bus in 45 minutes to help her out again this afternoon.

The studio's been a little quiet these last couple of weeks, but we've had some fun sessions with nato and Joe Gosling among others. nato have put one of the demos up on Myspace, so click and have a listen. In other local music news, last Friday I went to the Sotones Christmas Bonanza at Hampton's, which was a fantastic showcase of the cream of the Sotones acts (Moneytree, The Moulettes, nato, Joe Parker, Fresh Legs and a few others), as well as being right good laugh.

This coming Wednesday I am doing my first roadie-ing stint with Miracle Street. This one is at a school in Portsmouth, but beyond that I'm not really sure what's going on (although I have no doubt it'll be pretty sweet. They also invited me to do another one in Camden on Friday, but I sadly had to turn that one down as there is an event at St Tom's with Simon Guillebaud that day which I'm involved in. If you're around, come to that, it's going to be really cool - there aren't any details on the website yet, but I think it's 7pm at the church building.

Sorry that was a bit of a rambling list, I blitzed it a little bit as I want my lunch before I get the bus.
Love and blessings to you all.