Fish v footie...

Playlist
Miles Davis - Nefertiti
Chris Lyons - The Ill Tempered Klavier
musicmusicmusic - Macbeth
Happy Apple - Body Popping Moon Walking Top Rocking
Konrad Wiszniewski - Konrad Wiszniewski
Various - The Beatles Live at The Knitting Factory (not really the Beatles, just weird cover versions)

I was supposed to be going to see Richard Herring with Anne tonight - it's become something of a tradition for us come Fringe time...

This year however, money came between us. Setanta Sports the football televiser insisted that Hearts v Hibs take place tonight rather than Saturday, meaning that Anne had to forego the show, her love of Hearts trumping her love of Herring...

And so young friend Kris-with-a-k stepped in...

We had an enjoyable drink and banter in the bar before the show, quizzing the flyer-giver-outers as to what they normally did, how much they were paid etc etc before heading into the show...

It was great stuff - Kris had never even heard of Richard Herring but is now a fan - his dad had heard of him - I could be Kris' dad, I'm old enough...

The show was much less structured than any previous one I've seen and I think, in these early stages of the run, it was all the better for that, allowing Mr Herring to relax a bit more than usual...

Needless to say there were several side splitting moments and it is of course recommended that you get yourself along there at some point...



Elsewhere, bad news as Hibs managed to beat Hearts 1-0...

I watched the end of the game in a bar in the Grassmarket with Kris before taking him home and going to pick Anne up...

She was angry and disappointed at her team - or rather at whoever had chosen the team...

And her disappointment was compounded when I advised just how good Richard Herring had been...

And that was very, very good indeed...

Football eh?

Highlight of the Day : Richard Herring