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Friday, 11 March 2005
Athletics
Beth and I drove to Birmingham to see Athlete at the Carling Academy yesterday. It was well worth waiting through the somewhat downbeat but generally passable support acts (Morning Runner and Stephen Fretwell) to see them, although my legs were aching a little by half-past nine, and the crowd became a little - shall we say - cosy by the time everyone had assembled.
They performed just over an hour's worth of songs, including the marvellous "Westside" and "El Salvador" singles; they closed with the divine "Wires" (417k MP3) - a poignant song about his baby daughter.
It's certainly been a busy and interesting week!
Posted by james at March 11, 2005 12:22 PM
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tragically (& this may be due to the excessive amount of commercial airtime given to "wires", a passable track initially....) athlete are currently in my "verve" category of groups - very talented i'm sure but in the excessively dreary and goddam depressing music bin, reach for the tuning dial. still graham likes 'em and my taste in music is well known to be highly dubious at the best of times.
Posted by: jon at March 16, 2005 8:02 PM
Aw, I had a ticket to see Athlete here (I live in Brum), but had to pass to rehearse for a gig of my own.
Friends enjoyed, however - and met Phil Jupitus....randomly....
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2005 1:11 PM
