Wordup. Apologies to regular readers for the extended silence. I’ve been bastard busy. For those of you who came to this page thanks to my now hopelessly outdated rant against the X factor, forget it. It’s old news. Jeff Buckey at no2. Hell yeah.

Last weekend saw the Sound of The Ladies lounge, the first of what I hope will become regular (if infrequent) gigs in my house, filmed and recorded for posterity. I was joined by the excellent messrs Superman Revenge Squad and Martin White. Next time I promise to have more actual ladies. Thank you to everyone who came, and especially the technical people who get nothing but a credit on YouTube to show for it…

I played a couple of sets but because I’ve got hours of DV tape to didge (as it’s known by industry pros such as Yours Truly), I don’t have anything exciting to show from that yet.  I’m going to the US in ten days so hopefully I’ll have something up before then.

Oh, on that subject -  if you live in Irvine or San Jose, can you recommend any good open mic/acoustic nights? I’m up for a California tour. Answers to thesoundoftheladies@gmail.com, or comments below.