occasionally i use my age to my advantage and pull out my authoritarian mom voice. i remember one time when this young, drunk obnoxious woman (i use the term loosely) tried to bust her way into my space–there was no way i was putting up with that kind of nonsense–and i let her know it! i pretty much have no fear in these situations any more. let ‘em try to fuck with me! they’ll be sorry.

Actually, I spoke to a girl recently who was about eighteen and when she found out that I was over 30 and married her jaw kind of dropped in total incomprehension that she could be talking to someone that old on an equal basis. It was funny – I don’t feel older, but some of these lot are starting to treat me that way. It’s funny really, but I don’t mind.

Anyway, good gig, and I am not letting the askance looks from nervy teenagers put me off going to see what I like.

seeing a band live very often changes my opinion of their music–usually for the better. there’s something about the energy, as you say, of everyone in the room, especially their diehard fans, that simply ignites the music. provided they’re not total duds, that is.

I really liked all three of these bands actually Hannah. They all performed like groups who are going places. I don’t know how to describe it, but there was a sort of confident solidity about them all onstage, rather than the tentative aura you sometimes get from relatively new bands.