I went to see Stars, supported by Apostle of Hustle, at the Thekla last night. It took a little while for the sound desk to sort out the vocal levels, but once they had, Stars rocked - Take Me To The Riot (hear it here) was fantastic. Most of the set was recent material but it was really great to hear them do Elevator Love Letter - one of my favourite tracks.

I’d never heard of Apostle of Hustle (left) before but they were excellent - check out My Sword Hand’s Anger on their MySpace page. Their last couple of songs featured the drummer playing (very nicely) what appeared to be a vintage hifi speaker.

Quirky signs from this book. Clockwise from top left: Warning: Big Calculators, No Punctuation, Prepare to Receive the Wisdom of the Lord, The Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I went to see The Golden Compass on Thursday night. I really enjoyed it - I hope they go ahead and make the sequels. Nicole Kidman was exactly how I imagined Marisa Coulter to be and they did an amazing make-up job on Sir Ian McKellen who played Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear.

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