Last night I once again trudged to the Paradiso to go see Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan who made an excellent idea called Ballad of Broken Seas. Mark Lanegan has been somewhat of an interest of mine for a while, but I've somehow managed to miss him every time he played here. Isobell Campbell is probably better known for her work in Belle & Sebastian (a band I admittedly never really got into or even gave a chance) and Mark Lanegan has done guest appearances with a number of bands, including Queens of the Stone Age and more recently, the Twilight Singers.
Earlier in the week, I went to see Jarvis who was in one word delightful. Here's the anti hero putting up a flawless appearance. Playing the crowd like a pro, delivering a mix between rock solid Jarvis-esque music (which deserves a class of it's own) full of cynicism and dark humour and stand up comedy. His conversation and songs seem lightweight and and entertaining, yet carry out a message without the overbearing preaching like techniques some performers like to use to get their point across. One downside was the poor advertising, which resulted in this show being very undersold and me having to eat two of my tickets :( Oh, and, Jarvis stole my joke! That bastard! It was funny though, so he's forgiven. I wished I could have seen more of his show, but it seemed to be fairly impossible to go do that. A real bummer, but c'est ca.
Yesterday when I came home from the Lanegan concert, Storm was just too cute. He more or less pounced me as soon as I came in through the door, then went completely hyper for the next two hours and kept pogoing around the flat while I was trying to sleep. He doesn't really know it, but I he'll be going to the doctor this coming Thursday to lose his mandhood. Poor little chappie. He has proven to be an absolute delight to be around, almost doglike in his mannerisms. I suspect I'll be spending a bit more money on him to get him completely sorted out though, but he'll be worth it :)
On a less happy note, Solon his leg is slightly swollen. While he isn't sore or lame, I'd rather take things a little easy for now. Hopefully it won't be anything serious, but for now all I can do is wait and see. Fingers crossed!