Friday-Hi

The weekend started with a whirl as I made my way to Tight Tens somewhat later than planned. Less than five minutes of flyering outside later I was in the room setting up the disco light and the Greek music. The room filled quickly and by the time the first act took to the stage the place was full once again. 

It's a good crowd that immediately not only joins in with the handclaps on Tales of the Unexpected but actually start singing the chorus by the end. Overall, the show was great with Rosie Holt and Yuriko Kotani (pictured) doing particularly well. 

With a bucket significantly better than the day before I dropped into Grass Market for a sandwich and coffee before some light flyering for First World Problems for fifteen minutes. Once again back in the room Anna and I set things up and asked the handful people outside the door waiting for us to stay there. Re-emerging from Kasbar five minutes later the handful had turned into a queue snaking all the way along the corridor and up into the bar above. A quick chat revealed various reasons for people coming - ranging from reading about us in the Grass Market gig booklet to researching our videos on the train up. Doors now open we filled the room and jumped into the set with both feet.

Every day the set gets that little bit tighter and today most everything clicked into place. The crowd joined in with enthusiasm (a sign they knew what was coming and much better than rows of slightly scared random people wondering what they've let themselves in for) whilst  Anna J stalked them for conversation. Come the end we'd lost a couple of people but the pile of fivers in the hat said it all.

We took the evening off from guest spots to watch JB Carter's band at Tolbooth Market but arrived early enough to see Tom Little perform in a tiny box room nearby. Compared to a cat chasing a laser pointer he was energetic, enthusiastic and very funny.