It’s all about the mustard…

Nice little jaunt over with Darce to Paris for the day. To buy mustard. And see art.  But mainly for the mustard 😂 

#Savora #FrenchMustard #SavoraMustard

An Evening With David Byrne @ Eventim Apollo…

Last night Steven went to see An Evening With David Byrne at Eventim Apollo in London’s glitzy Hammersmith.

David Byrne arrives dressed entirely in blue and proceeds to turn a bare stage into a nervy art pop revival meeting. No amps cluttering the view, no rock star posturing, just Byrne and a troupe who move like a very stylish civic parade. At seventy three he has more twitch than most men half his age and considerably better tailoring.

He opens with Heaven and builds the night brick by existential brick. Ray Suen glides between violin and guitar with quiet precision, Kely Pinheiro anchors the whole enterprise with a bass line that could shift tectonic plates, and Daniel Mintseris straps on a synthesiser like he is about to join a particularly intellectual marching band. They do not so much play as orbit one another.

The screens whirl from department store to cornfield to churning sea. Punk, we are told, is now about kindness. The world burns politely behind them. On My Apartment Is My Friend Byrne offers a guided tour of loneliness in New York and somehow makes it danceable. T Shirt delivers slogans that land somewhere between protest placard and knowing wink. The crowd cheers. Of course they do.

The Talking Heads classics arrive like old friends who still fit into their good suit. This Must Be the Place gets everyone upright. Life During Wartime feels less like nostalgia and more like a news bulletin. By the time Burning Down the House detonates as the encore, the American dream has been lightly toasted.

It is glitzy Hammersmith outside, apocalypse chic inside, and five stars without hesitation.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Setlist

Heaven (Talking Heads song)

Everybody Laughs

And She Was (Talking Heads song)

Strange Overtones (Brian Eno & David Byrne cover)

Houses in Motion (Talking Heads song)

T Shirt

(Nothing but) Flowers (Talking Heads song)

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads song)

What Is the Reason for It?

Like Humans Do

Don’t Be Like That

Independence Day

Slippery People (Talking Heads song)

Moisturizing Thing

My Apartment Is My Friend

Hard Times (Paramore cover)

Psycho Killer (Talking Heads song)

Life During Wartime (Talking Heads song)

Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)

Encore:

Everybody’s Coming to My House

Burning Down the House (Talking Heads song)

@eventimapollo @davidbyrneofficial @DBtodomundo @raysuen @kelypinheiro @danielmintseris

#DavidByrne #EventimApollo #Hammersmith

Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea…

Well, that was stressful. But fun. 

Saliba opened proceedings with the air of a man who had read the script. Arsenal then generously scored all three goals, which is inclusive if nothing else. Poor Hincapié will want that one back.

Timber rose from a corner and nodded home the winner. Routine now. That was our ninth league winner from a corner this season. Set pieces are less a tactic and more a lifestyle choice.

And speaking of nines, Pedro Neto collected Chelsea’s ninth red card of the campaign because symmetry matters. And Chelsea don’t. Same old Chelsea, always cheating. 

The result restores a five point cushion over Pep Guardiola and his lot.

Control, chaos, corner, repeat.

Onwards and upwards, my friends. 

@Arsenal ♥️⚽️ #COYG 🔴⚪️ #ARSCHE 🥅

#Arsenal 

Siblings Walkies…

Fabulous day out yesterday with by sister Joanna, brother Simon, and Stuart. We walked, we talked, we had a tipple, and we had a nibble.

Later on we topped it off with Operation Mincemeat. Super duper day ❤️