Autumn

So it's Autumn. The weather is finally showing signs of being vaguely Summery, although subject to change at any moment and the night's are drawing in. I'm now getting up for work and the gym in the dark and noticing the early morning chill in the air. Also depressingly, the first adverts related to Christmas have already been shown on the telly (thanks Sun newspaper!)

The good thing is that with Autumn comes Halloween and, of course, a spate of concerts. I'm really pleased about this as I've been dying of boredom sitting at home without anything interesting to do but nerd out on the internet.

The first of these concerts is tomorrow - Gary Numan at Shepherd's Bush Empire. I am really looking forward to this as it's a showcase for his new album Dead Son Rising that was released this week and I will be buying a copy at the show (one of the few artists that I'm still getting physical copies of their work rather than just the MP3 version).

Next is a visit to see our old mate, Peter Doherty (assuming he manages to stay out of prison until then) at Brixton Academy, which will be good as we missed out on his last concert due to the snow, swiftly followed by a stop to see the final ever concert by The Bluetones at Shepherd's Bush. Then it's a trip to Tunbridge Wells to spend a pleasant evening with the ever lovely Marc Almond, leading us neatly up to Halloween when we will, of course, be joining horror-meister Alice Cooper on his Halloween Night of Fear tour at Alexandra Palace. Then, just when you think everything's calmed down we'll be going mad over Blue October, finally coming back to the UK and appearing at O2 Islington. Sadly there's no sign of any imminent I Am Kloot shows, or even Johnny Bramwell solo evenings, but I'm hoping they'll be doing something soon.

Currently there isn't anything past Blue October, but after that it won't be long until Panto season starts. Whilst there's no majorly exciting productions this year (with the Hoff reproducing his Captain Hook role in Bristol and Brian Blessed not appearing at all) there are still enough to keep us going for a few weeks over the festive season.

If anyone is checking out my old posts you'll notice that many of the photos and slideshows have gone. This is because the company I was using to host them closed down. I do have another hosting site now so future posts will once again feature photos, but I'm not going to bother to put the old photos back unless anyone is desperately interested. If so, please let me know.

Also, I just want to remind you about my health and fitness journal which you can find here. I'm doing quite well so far, but support and recipe ideas are always welcome - and I've managed to get a post in every day so far, which is more than can be said for here, although I really am trying!