Last night I went to Cadogan Hall to watch the great band that is The Magnetic Fields. The venue was magnificent, the band as brilliant in concert as they are on CD, despite their instruments all being left in Ireland. Stephin Merritt the lead of the band was a lot quieter (and shorter) than I had expected, although he was suffering from ear-ache & tiredness from sitting on the runway in Dublin for a couple of hours. Their best song of the night was 'Papa was a Rodeo':

Darren Hanlon, an Aussie musician I like for his quirky songs was in support. I didn't know this til I arrived at the venue so it was a wonderful surprise! He finished with this lovely ditty about brushing elbows with a film actress at a wrap party (for a seriously bad movie):

It was an absolutely brilliant night. If you can see them in concert you should.