Did a few other bits with Robin Ince over the summer, including a School for Gifted Children where myself and some other musicians improvised a soundtrack to Phil Jupitus' reading of erotic poetry. Pretty much the usual, really.

Both HCB and the Bollywood Brass Band performed at the Durham International Brass Festival in July, which was superb. Bands from all over the world converged on Durham for some loud blowing down bits of welded plumbing. It was a heavy weekend of playing, with a total of 12 sets between the bands and jam sessions until 4am. Great to see what other brass musicians are up to all over the world; the answer is: lots of spectacular stuff. Which makes me feel both good and bad.

In July, we performed Segue at the National Theatre as part of the Hide & Seek Festival, which was hot (a word which, in this context, can be used both in its literal and ‘something to shout during an impressive jazz solo’ sense).