Archery Friday was fantastic - clear skies, sunset and shooting outdoors with a new long bow.

That was before we were off to Exfolk for a very enjoyable night. 3DM were terrific, Kangaroo Moon as great as ever but Mark Ronson looks old not seen him in 20 years so it's not surprising. Guess this means Gong must look wizened even more thse days! Real find was local based boy from High Wycombe - Leo James. Click myspace Superb singer/songwriter. Nuala was also really wonderful - indoor gigs seem to suit her more than open stage ones. Guess her morning at Endorse It outdoors was a one off - by all accounts they were great in the tent the night before.

Talking of which Endorse It Indoors was great amazed how good the acts were - particularly the early ones. Lazy Habits, Tarka Groove Experiment and Los Albertos all impressed greatly.The first was hip hop collective with a real band. The second a hotpot of musical styles around a central core of blues/American country. And the latter crazy Ska action! Ed Tudor Pole was an enigma all the signs were that i wouldn't like him but i did! Pronghorn were scorching as ever and the dancing continued with both Merv and RDF in top notch form. RDF especially were much more together than their set at Endorse It last year - they've clearly been practicing - could a tour be on the cards?

Overall it was a shame the day was so sunny really, mind you the journey there was easy, I did a quick tour of the pubs in Frome in search of Baccy as the shops were all shut! Nice taverns and nice architecture - looks like a good place to live. The Cheese and Grain also felt less

festivally this year - only one stall no indoor catering no tattooist etc. Probably dependent on pre-sale ticket numbers - lets hope a big name draws in the masses next year!

Well the MRI has been done - no one told me about injections til they strapped me in! what with having a head cage over my head and not able to see the injection panic levels were near critical. But all done they wouldn't tell me anything about what they'd seen or let me look at the pictures. I took a CD but the headphones were too quiet to hear the songs and the thudding of the scanner was more rhythmic than the CD anyway. So that's it now test wise - just wait for the consultant to call me back in now - and find out what's wrong. although the warmer weather makes the symptoms almost un-noticeable again now.

One of the old gouramis died last night - seems the nitrate filter failed sometime since the last water test (last Wednesday) and the Nitrate levels escallated to 20ppm before i noticed he was looking droopy. Replaced filter and did a 20% water change but he continued to deteriorate. Fingers crossed the others are okay! another 20% water change tonight and hopefully the nitrate filter is now working efficiently - it takes time for the bacteria in it to kick in.

Last night was the Arctic Monkeys at the Great Hall, a great performance but not headliners surely? Just too much space between the songs where they'll lose the audience. Really tight with the songs though, but not commanding enough on stage.

The new material sits happily with the old stuff and the drummer is just awesome to watch. Glad I've seen them indoors as this is another act at the Pyramid I won't be seeing. They played:

Brianstorm

Still Take you home

Dancing Shoes

Rits To The Rubble

Teddy Picker

When The Sun Goes Down

Do Me A favor

Fluorescent adolescent

Mardy Bum

Fake Tales

Circus

If you were there

Old Yellow Bricks

View From Tye Afternoon

Dancefloor

Leave before the lights

Certain Romance

Coming up we have The Earlies, Hayseed Dixie and Switches to look forward to. Plus we received a mail out from OTT - could K change her mind? Z is doing atheltics this week and sailing next week.