First of all, I have to second Clare’s post on the new Blood, Sweat and Tea cover. It looks astonishingly good. I mean, astonishingly. Apart from that, Clare’s said it all. And from here on in, Ed Ripley will be known on Vox as ‘The Terrifying Mr Ripley’.

He’s lovely really.

…

I had a barbeque yesterday. I moved in to my new flat in October so I figured it was about time I arranged a housewarming – and given the weather and the fact that I haven’t actually used the roof terrace I pay half my rent for, a barbeque seemed to be the only logical idea.

At this point, I should point out that I’ve never actually organised a barbeque before. Nor do I own a barbeque. Nor can I cook for shit.

A barbeque seemed to be the only logical idea.

As it turned out, everything went swimmingly – thanks in large part to S who arrived early, took one look in my fridge, and marched me off to Tescos to buy the things I’d forgotten. A barbeque; food; vegetables – that sort of thing.

And also to Elizabeth and Ed who took care of things like chopping things and lighting barbeques. My total contribution to my own event: a Barclaycard – and carrying things. And managing to melt the surface of my outdoor storage thing leaving a pool of tar that I can’t get off the patio stones. Huzzah!

Anyway, yes, the reasons I’m Vox-ing this balmy evening, rather than taking three tons of glass to the recycling bins are five-fold.

1) I don’t recycle, as I hate the earth.

2) I realised that I had forgotten to mention James Lark’s new album, now available through Fraudio. Buy it.

3) I also forgot to say that Mimi has got a book deal with Harper Collins. It’s going to be the best book that we’re not publishing.

4) I wanted to share the two great ideas Adam Kay (who brought beer and pineapples) and I had to make a killing this Christmas. The first was to set up a band called ‘Customers who viewed this item also viewed…’ to make amusing use of Amazon’s feature of the same name. Our debut album would be the eponymous ‘Customers who viewed this item also viewed…’. The second is a critical book about Christmas gift books that we’re going to pitch to Michael O’Mara…

5) And finally – I’ve got two packets of sausages and some baguettes to give away. I’ll never eat them myself.

Any takers?


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