A Post Not About Bicycles

Because people need eggs.

Ok, a post not about bicycles! Or at least mostly not about bicycles... I'm no doing very well so far am I. Well, I didn't go riding this weekend (properly anyway) as I went to Shizuoka for Daidogei; which is an international street performance festival. Saw a whole load of people with freakish physical abilities. Makes my attempts at a one-arm-handstand truly farcical; which is perhaps as it should be. They had a pretty good range of shows from bendy ladies suspended from scaffolding to BMX guys doing silly things with boxes to damp English mime, they even found the space for some French slapstick-gymnastic-guitar-noodling. The French I have to say stole the show with their disregard for the Japanese language interspersed with English damnations! Quite a show. The pinnacle of which was when they were all standing on each others shoulders playing a rousing sing-a-long "la di da" number.
No pics - camera still broken. It's going to remain so until I can find the time to get to Nagoya again one weekend and it's not on the cards anytime soon.
I've been practicing for the open mic night in Shizuoka next weekend with Doug (and Joanne and Mike). Planning to do a mandolin and gee-taa bastardisation of the Muppets theme tune - WITH a bike horn! Followed by 'The Dress Looks Nice On You' by Sufjan Stevens; just because when we were playing it, it sounded great with two guitars playing at octaves. Might even get Jo to do some lovely female backing vocals... we'll round it off with a mighty thumping version of 'I Will Survive' taking turns with each verse and one of 'em sounds just great in an Elvis-stylee. (We came across a Japanese busker performing everything from the Beatles to the Eagles in a ... ahem ... interesting 'Elvis' stylee - it has to be done.)
I think I'll offer my version of Paul Curreri's 'Maria' as a solo effort too. Just love that song and am going to miss him in London in the next couple of weeks.
Should be fun - will let you know how it goes.

This is my total design output since arrival. Done at Nakatajima sand-dunes a month ago. With three years at a London art school, you could do this too! That's my neighbour and friend Christine running me through a quick critique. The kanji characters mean 'cow meat' or rather 'beef'. Damn I'm good.

Well that's not entirely true, I've been creating wonderfully illustrated worksheets for my classes. Only problem is because my drawings aren't completely rubbish the students just don't care. All my friends crappy drawings get huge laughs at their schools, so this week I'm using a hand-puppet Shark to demonstrate prepositions in support of my illustrations. Have no way of scanning it to post though... I will find a way.

Ok that's your lot - I'm off for Omrice at 'B-Brick: A comfortable spot for people of all ages' - it's true!