Cafe Uno Presto

Had trouble finding the above place at Gatwick North terminal today when i travelled up this morning,and it seems not to exist anymore.I was meant to be doing a mystery shop here. At least TNS do not need a receipt for it. I spoke to one young barrista at a rival cafe company and she confirmed it is no longer here at Gatwick,not even airside.

Anyway afterwards i travel up to London to Victoria to do the Gatwick Express survey. Had to contact somebody to sign in before starting work,so when i phone him,he informs me the work has been cancelled and Oxford Research were trying to contact interviwers not to travel to do the job. So i contacted Steve King at Oxford Research and confirmed it with him. So another cancellation fee of £60 plus expenses for doing nothing.

OH THE CRAZY WORLD OF MARKET RESEARCH sometimes!!

Funky Friday

Well it's been a good sunny day if a little windy. Got back to Brighton at 4.10 pm and thought it was a bit late to do any more work so i popped to the Evening Star for a pint of Old Harry, anice malty beer at 5.2 ABV or whatever they measure the strength of beer these days.

Then i looked around my favourite haunt ,The North Laines,and picked up a paperback from Sandpiper Book's back room for £1,a biography of Flaubert.
Picked up a Funkadelic Cd on Westbound from Oxfam for £2.99,which was their debut Lp i believe with extra tracks on it not on the original vinyl.

Listened to a great CD in Borderline,the debut by Spirit from 1968. So if the boot fair goes well on Sunday i will definitely pick it up,or the Joe Boyd compilation "My White Bicycle".

Intersting review of a Krautrock legend,Roedelius (Cluster) in the previous week's Guardian arts section which is a 31 track anthology of his work.http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1813965,00.htmlAlso an interesting article about the muisc of Ennio Morricone in today's Guardian

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1819569,00.html

Still one of the best film music composers around.

Friday's Fine Fettle Fifteen

Thought i do another playlist again since the wife has grabbed the remote control again and watching that tiresome unspeakable Big Brother.

1/ Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs CD
2/ Various Artists - Fuzzy-felt Folk CD
3/ Jacques Brel - Grand Jacques CD
4/ Scott Walker - Scott 3 CD
5/ Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Schulmädchen Report CD
6/ Sonic Youth - Rather ripped CD
7/ Basil Kirchin - Abstractions Of The Industrial North CD
8/ Various Artists - Beatlemaniacs!! CD
9/ The Group for Contemporary Music - String Quartets,Wuorinen,Harvey & Peterson CD
10/ Funkadelic - Funkadelic CD
11/ Neu! - Neu!
12/ Funkadelic - Free Yor Mind And Your Ass Will Follow CD
13/ Parliament - Osmosis CD
14/ Various Artists - Black Is Back CD
15/ Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages CD

Okay - good grooving for the weekend.