Saw Fountains of Wayne at the Astoria last night. They were in London promoting their new album Traffic and Weather. It was the first time I’d seen them live and while the gig didn’t quite tip over that point where it stays with you for the rest of your life – like The Stone [...]

  I’m seeing a pattern develop here. Another reader of this blog has sent me a sign from a toilet in his travels. This one is from Matt Shorrock, currently wandering through the Balkans. Any idea what the fortune teller bit means? I have a few ideas but they’re pretty gross.

  Just got back from Moscow. What a blast. It was everything I expected and more. One day it’s not going to work out that way. I always set off with romantic notions of a place – in a travel sense – and luckily everywhere I have been so far has delivered. A few things I [...]

I’m off to Moscow in a couple of hours so things are going to be a bit quiet on this blog for about a week. In the meantime, pop over to my purpose-built Russian blog here to keep up with my adventures in the Russian capital. Kate Bush is singing Babooshka especially.