Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.....

The two highlights of the past few days would have to be my first experience of bicycle theft, and seeing Jet play.

Thankfully my bike was securely chained to the fence, so they only stole the brake pads and mounts. It was quite funny actually, after being on our good bikes all weekend with disc brakes I did the usual thing on a Monday morning and reminded both of us about our brakes, to which Bridgette normally responds "what brakes".

So I jumped onto my bike and started rolling down the driveway, only to find that I had no front brakes and little hope of stopping before I got to the builders van that has taken up permanent residence at the bottom. We both had a bit of a chuckle, and I continued to ride to work, much slower than usual. I almost sideswiped a Porsche gt3 turbo, which would have been expensive! The thing that annoys me the most about it is that the theft didn't occur because someone wanted to sell my bike to buy drugs, they stole the brakes because they were too lazy to go to the bike shop and buy them, buggers!

Last night saw the fearsome foursome venture to the Hammersmith Apollo again to see another Australian band, this time Jet. Got to say it straight out, they rocked hard, with an onstage presence and sound that I haven't seen for quite a while. this time they got the volume and mixing of the sound spot on, so we could actually hear what they were singing about. If anyone gets the chance to see them live, do it!

Also just found out that the Beastie Boys and the Killers are playing at Roskilde Festival in July, which we are going to. They join the Who, Chillie Peppers and Basement Jaxx, along with a heap of other great Scandinavian bands. there are still heaps to be announced, so if anyone is interested they should get there tickets now!

Pete.