Stupidity and dumb luck

First real post in ages. I caught up on my gig reviews(see last 4 posts) and am now going to relate a story of stupidity and dumb luck from my Milton Keynes visit.

First Milton Keynes is a planned town from the 70s and is the epitome of poor planning and the destruction of community. It is a shithole and only because the Pitz is close to London and hosts some great gigs I would not return. Next due to the great planning the Woughton Centre (home of the Pitz) is about 2 miles from the city centre. This is the only real venue in Milton Keynes outside the Milton Keynes bowl(a souless stadium) and I don’t get how it ended up so far out. Thirdly I didn’t quite realise it was this far (OK that is my fault) and it was dark, foggy and the vibe is not great in the area. I made it to the venue pretty directly a few minor dead ends but no real probelm. The Woughton is just a community centre and crap but not terrible so waited for the gig to start it did and it finished. Now this is where the problems started. Due to being disorientated by how I came out and the fog, I turned left instead of right and it all went donwhill from there. I had an hour to get to the train station for the last train to London and I proceeded to get lost, very lost, as in no fecking idea where I was lost. None of the taxi numbers I had worked and I was starting to freak out. I was also cold and wet. With about 20mins to go I eventually got on the right track which is when I realised how far away I was 😮 I was going to have to be quick or lucky to make my train. The train was at 00:02 I get there just at that time, I swear, and the board says it isn’t expected till 00:04 on platform 2. Woo Hoo get down to the platform train aint arrived yet board says it’ll be there in a minute Woo Hoo. It is at this point I realise there maybe a god and he may like me … exactly a half second later the existence of a higher power is proved only problem is that it likes playing practical jokes. From the next platform I hear “This is it here mate you just missed it” as I look over and see the last train to London pull away from platform 4 … :cry:. Now you see this part of the story is only the stupidity up comes the dumb luck.

The voice was one of the station employees, I ask him if there are any buses to London that he knows of. He tells me to come over to platform 4 and asks me if it is London I want. A little freaked out I refrain from saying “No I’m just bloody curious”. Thankfully I didn’t. You see I had missed the last departure to London BUT there was a Virgin train to London due in 5 mins which usually doesn’t pick up in Milton Keynes only drop off (No I don’t know how that works either) and that your man would see if he could get them to let me on :-D. They did so I collapse on the train. The rets of the night went uber smooth catching a 159 as soon as I got into Euston and staright into my bed. At least it was a character building excercise and I learned to GET A BLOODY TAXI.

I should be back and updating again now, should get at least one more normal post this week. But in at least gig review wise I’ll be busy I have 5 in a row next week alone:
Wed – Imperial Leisure
Thurs – Sikth
Fri – Hundred Reasons
Sat – Raging Speedhorn
Sun – Skindred + The Abominable Iron Sloth

Busy, busy busy. Work has calmed down/gotten busier in different ways at least I’m in my office for the rest of the month but lots of stuff to do which is great. I’m off to Edinburgh at the very start of November, will have to work out where is stocking the most recent stuff from my Scottish acts like Zillah, Black Sun, Broken Oath et al. Oh and where that bar I really like is. I can get there but I can’t remember where on the map or is or what it is called 😕

Monkey TV, Monkey TV, Jonathan Ross, Jonathan Ross, Monkey TV, Monkey TV, Jonathan Ross, Jonathan Ross

Google it 😉

Link of the day: Jonny Crossbones. Like Tintin? Even if you don’t you’ll probably love this.

Later days,
Halo.

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