i show just how much money I really fritter away on gigs. So here's a list of all the bands that I've seen (or as many as I can remember), with number of times (to show obsessiveness.) This includes support acts and ones I've seen at festivals etc, so not just ones that I've gone to see intentionally. Hence the occasional bitching.

The 1990s
The 22-20s (3)
The 5,6,7,8's
¡Forward Russia! (2) (rubbish. Over-rated and dull, though i like the badges)
Air
Apartment (2)
Adam Green
Adequate 7 (2)
Ahuman (and the alleged amazing rotating otter. I stil refuse to…

Who'd have thunk it.

Even if I totally distance myself from Infadels (which is difficult), that was a fantastic live session. Brilliant choice of tracks, fantastically performed, with such a good atmosphere in between. I've not heard Steve Lamacq sound that enthused for years, I swear!

It's so rare to hear a band who sound better live than they do on CD, but Infadels are a band that do it… and I love that they chat on the radio and they come across exactly as they do in real life, which is as a bunch of thoroughly decent chaps.

Oh…

but kind of cool, in a weird and unsettling way.

Just been to see The Young Knives at the Bar Academy. Once again it was one of those gigs where the ticket and website both say 'doors at 6', you get there about quarter to seven and they haven't even opened the room yet. Sigh.

Still, after waiting quarter of an hour for the upstairs to open, then another age that could have been half an hour or an hour, I couldn't tell, we got the support. Who were good. Not mindblowing, and a little too Razorlighty for my liking,…

And 3, and 13 actually…

Check out the Jellyfish Incident's chart position on Mixposure - go to [url}http://www.mixposure.com/charts.php[/url} and under 'all genres' select 'indie'.

Back of the net. [I Wanna Party AND snazzy both top three.

Rock.

whether I'm a jellyfish. I mean, there's the obvious questions:

- do I live in the sea?
- am I see-through?
- do I pulsate with random colours in response to my environment?
- do I appear in adverts with music provided by Infadels?

the answer to all of these is no. More's the pity.

But I do feel an affinity with the Jellyfish Incident which puts me in a bit of a quandary, to be honest…

Hmmm…

The Bourgeois Four grab your attention like a pair of lime green leggings, knock you to the floor with the sheer force of their group personality then thwack you round the head with their instruments until you can do nowt else but love 'em.

Stabbing guitar riffs permeate a gutsy performance, reminiscent at times of greats like the Specials and the Clash. They'd be equally at home whooping it up on an indie dancefloor, or staring dangerously round the room in a darkened rock pub.

Birmingham based, they are building a loyal fanbase and it's only a matter of time…

WOW this is exciting. A week and a half to go before the almighty Infadels mashup at the 100 Club. People are flocking from all corners of the United Kingdom to make it to this one.

In fact, in honour of the '100' bit of the name there's a biscuit being awarded for every 100 miles travelled to the gig… so if you qualify make sure you turn up early to collect your prize! In fact, if you qualify and have a preference on the biscuit front, log in to http://forum.infadels.co.uk/index.php{/url] and vote on the relevant thread…

See you down…