"Oh, you've got green eyes...

...Oh, you've got blue eyes
...Oh, you've got grey eyes.
And I've never seen anyone quite like you before
No, I've never met anyone quite like you before"

She's got brown eyes actually, but how's Barney to know?

Me, Big C and A hit Brixton again. That's the third time @ the [insert brand of crap lager here] Academy in a row. This time we went to see...

...New Order, and they were pretty damn good, kicking off with the Joy Division stomper "Ceremony", "Love Vigilantes" and the recent (favourite of mine) "Crystal". Hooky played a mean bass and that new fella, replacing Gillian Gilbert (where'd she go?), helped fill the air with an additional guitar (and keyboards of course) to provide a fatter, more rockin' New Order sound.

The ever popular "Regret" flowed next, much to the delight of the popsters in the crowd, with the last single "Krafty" and a rendition of another off the latest LP, "Turn".

Then it was back to the frantic bass line of another JD class track "Transmission" followed by "Your Silent Face", "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" a live rehash of "True Faith" and "Bizarre Love Triangle" before launching headlong into "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

But it didn't stop there - a little bit of "Temptation" followed by a thumping epic of "Blue Monday" and they left us gagging for more.

So they came back and gave us "Shadowplay", unfortunately lost the shrill of the Gibson SG in "Warsaw" and gave us the choice of finalé: "Atmosphere" or... and we all picked this one, just to hear Steve Morris keeping up the tempo... "She's lost Control"

Fucking Awesome!

I would tell you about the 3-pint bottle of Grolsch Big C consumed in the car on the way up to the old smoke (typical), the Incident Unit outside Richmond tube, the pub that was so packed they wouldn't let us in (until I flashed a who-could-resist smile), the snail on the rim of the public toilet, the homeless guy showing off his dog's tackle for small change, Lamb & Chicken Kebabs and the Big Issue vendor who just wanted cash but wouldn't give me the tatty copy of his mag... but there isn't room, so I'll come back to that some other time