Toyah arrived 40 minutes early on Saturday. I saw her land from the Red Carpet Club & was waiting for her as she came through international arrivals. Yippee! We taxied into the city. The Horse has brought in the new "Hello" which has an interview with her & several pictures of our new home. Then off to Tower Records at Lincoln Centre for an instore signing in support of "Heavy ConstruKtion". This is now more an archive & historic release as the group makes strides forward in Japan & the US.
T & I set off walking on Saturday evening after the instore, then off again on Sunday morning. My legs snap like whipcords as I attempt to keep up my Wife. We went to the Mayflower for lunch with our pal Veronica from Downton, near Salisbury. Veronnie was the bestest friend we made in the Salisbury area while living at Reddish House. This is the upside of being nomadic: you get to meet your friends, family & loved ones all over the world. Veron was in town for 5 days visiting her pal Alan Bates, who has a hit on Broadway. We had brunch with her, Alan joining us for coffee, then more walking, & then off to soundcheck at The Supper Club on 47 between 8th. & Broadway.
I like this venue. A very good supportive audience for the Sunday evening show. Strangely, once again, I sensed something missing at the heart of the show. Trademark Clams Crimsonioque, including Adrian's Definitive Sound No. 4 - silence. This is where Adrian's guitar is not plugged in. Adrian claims to have a million sounds in all, but we're only up to five so far.
My show was spoiled, once again, by photography: on this occasion, official photography. The official photographer supposedly only shoots the first 2 pieces, although conventionally this extends sufficiently far into the third to spoil that too. "He was told that he could only shoot the first two pieces!" We'll, that's all right then, I suppose. I am also assured that official photographers are so well positioned & discrete that I can't see them, let alone be aware of them. I know this, because I am told that this is so. Business advisors are not likely to attribute to their artist preternatural sensitivities, although without these sensitivities an artist isn't much more than a mechanic. So last night I must have been mistaken when I looked up during the first piece and saw a lens staring back. And also during the second. And also during the third.
Volitional: yes. Intrusive: also, yes.
"The centre of discipline: the degree to which we are able to hold ourselves in front of a challenge."
