Surprised Webbo isn't involved, looks right up his street.

Hi Weener

I'll be there!

Hi Weener

I quite understand. Sometimes a big night on the turps is required! I hope you're head's feeling better now.

As I said to Eamonn yesterday, yes, the Kerf night was brilliant (though the lady reviewing it for the Guardian didn't seem to think so). Jarvis and the other chap (I think his name was David) were only on stage for a short while but the piece they helped to create was really enjoyable. The sound made by the saw (which looked exactly like the thing you saw a bit of wood with) was wonderful. David played it with a bow, as you would a violin, and later he struck it with one of those padded pom-pom things you play a glockenspiel with and, curiously, it made that weird 'bingbing..!' sound that comes from a submarine! Jarvis was seated, almost doubled over, earnestly playing solitary notes and chords on a small wooden organ that looked like a 1950s school desk. Whilst I loved the atmospheric music, the piece was a bit like a track from an old BBC Radiophonic Workshop record. (I reckon Jarvis would quite like that, though).

The Kronos Quartet were amazing and they performed in a wide variety of musical styles. I especially liked a 1930s blues song called Last Kind Words they did their own version of. A Ukranian singer (sorry I forget her name - Maria something-or-other) came on for the last section (in a fabulous red dress - for fashion fans amongst you) and, although my heart sank a bit when she began, I was utterly beguiled and blown away by her voice by the end. The piece was about Chernobyl and if I had to describe her singing style in just two words it would be: Classical Bjork.

And in case Jarvgirl is reading this: Jarvis looked very dapper in dark blue

Sorry you couldn't make it, Weener. See you another time.