Bonsai Whitby

That was a fun night - in Cambridge for The Calling, with Fross as guest DJ. It also happened to be elise's 20th birthday, with ciphergoth and other folks in attendance.

Pretty much an abridged who's who of uk net.goths, really - Saiira, Tal, Suzi Brent, H Duffy, Avaritia, Marc Elston, Jynx Kat, Banshee, Loki and more. Plus all the resident Camgoths, of course. Enough to summon up that "party hard / emotional pressure cooker" atmosphere that you only usually get at Whitby and Slimelight, anyway. A mixed blessing, as ever. I think the Midlands contingent escaped more or less unscathed on this occasion, but the trauma and woe roadshow was definitely in town... :(

Creeping reality

This morning I wrote, checked and posted contract-style agreements for two of the bands I'm putting on in November (Leisure Hive & Psychophile). The deed is done. No backing out now.

I'm somewhere between terminal nerves and crazed exhilaration. It's not a bad place to be.

Although, come to think of it, that might just be because I had about 2 hours sleep post-Calling last night. Which is probably more than some people - when I got out of the car, Hester was still trying to get a home address (and directions) for dropping off a rather drunk/tired goth. And she wasn't doing so well, unless "Zzzzzz" is a very novel street name..