A break for the border

Howdy. Still feeling a little fragile from the 'lady gig on sat, which was ace but scuppered somewhat by sheffield's indigenous crowd of pretentious would-be musos swaying slightly and muttering during the set. The place was wicked though, this place called club zero that I'd never been to before. It looked more like a proper niteclub should look than almost anywhere else I've been. Not too overstyled, but roomy with lots of dark nooks and (wait for it) a Street Fighter 2 machine (the first I've seen since I was about 16). It was the super edition- so not the nostalgia fest I initially thought it was, but God was it satisfying to get playing it again after all these years. I would have happily stayed in front of it, but I was afforded the opportunity to 'hang out backstage with the band'- something I've never got to do before so jumped at the chance. It was a wholly disagreeable experience, I have to say. There was much more room to sit out in the main club. The room reeked (there were two adjoining toilets) and there was no windows or ventilation, so the whole time in there was spent breathing third or fourth hand cigarette smoke. The lady had a beef to pursue with the other band (chip-something, Ok I suppose, but any band that need 3 1/2 hours to soundcheck should) so they considerately emptied the rider before they had finished their set. Saw Warren for the first time in ages. He's going to Japan to teach english in nov. The teaching job didn't quite work out like he'd planned, so he's doing relief work and living on a friends couch until he goes. He was in good form and we had a good laff. Ruth had been toying with the idea of coming out, it's just as well she didn't.
I'd asked some of you guys a while ago what 'Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever' was like. I can now answer my own question and spare the rest of you the misfortune of having to watch one of the lamest ducks to waddle straight to DVD in recent memory. I could buy it on ebay for less than the cost of a rental, so I decided what the hell. It is just appalling. Not even so bad it's good, just bland, forgettable, ill-thought-out, badly executed twaddle. One or two nice explosions do not an action movie make. Lucy Liu has had her two strikes now (cypher was the other), one more and all the Charlie's Angels sequels in the world won't bring her career back. And the title's a complete misnomer as well, since Ecks (Banderas) and Sever (Liu) only have one fight then spend the rest of the movie sucking each others cock (Figuratively speaking). Speaking of strikes, it turns out Affleck (who is no stranger to them, and must have racked up about 20) the wily bastard, it dating the beautiful beautiful Jennifer Garner (Alias, Electra in Daredevil). Dick.
Anyhoo, better get back to work you guys.
See y'all later.