I’m changing the scenery for a week or so. A friend of mine is off to the Big Chill and I’m looking after his dogs for a few days. I looked after them last year, but it was only Bubba & Otti back then. Otti had puppies a few weeks ago - 8 of the little buggers so looking after them is going to be the main thing I’ll be doing.
I’ve installed Tia the cat in my girlfriend’s place in Les Houches to give her a bit of a holiday too and locked up the office for a week. Chamonix is so busy with tourists at the moment, it’s going to be great to live in peace and quiet up in the mountains for a little while.
The film’s starting to take shape now, with some soundtrack from the live Massive Attack gig and also some music from Thomas Dutronc from the albumn Comme un manouche sans guitare
What a great weekend that was. The Paleo festival on Friday night was great. There was loads of cool music that I’d never heard of before, loads of delicious food from all over the world. I did manage to loose my shoes though. Massive Attack were god, but blimey…. a bit dark. I’ve grown up listening to Massive Attack. When we had cassettes I had their music on cassette. Then I hadCD’s of their albums and now MP3, but weirdly I never even knew that they are a proper guitar band. I’m such a musical numpty.
Anyway, after camping at the festival we stopped in at my great friends Ryan and Sarah who live near Geneva on the way home. And barbecued a whole, peri-peri marinated chicken. He’s from Zimbabwe, my mate & he knows how to do a barbecue. First you need a good, weber BBQ. Then build a smallish hot coal fire on one side of the thing. When it’s nice and hot, put your whole, marinated chicken on the grill on the side away from the hot coals, put the lid on and wait. Baste the thing and turning it round to make sure it cooks through evenly and in a couple of hours (or around the same time as you would from an oven), you’ll have an amazingly delicious roast BBQ chicken.
Anyway - here’s the first sequence from the Paleo film I’m making… just 17 seconds so far, but it’s showing some promise.
It’s Paleo time again. We managed to get some tickets for tonight - for Massive Attack’s headline set. I loved Paleo last year. It was the highlight of a summer that wasn’t otherwise going particularly well. It’s like a music festival, but different. Because it’s in Switzerland. This means it works properly. There’s plenty of parking, the camping is free and there are cash machines that don’t run out of money all over the place. This summer I’m feeling on top of the world, and I’ve been looking forward to this trip, not daring to believe that my girlfriend and I would be a) both in the valley at the right date, and b) be able to get hold of a ticket. But we have, and we’re off to Nyon!
