On Thursday I went to The Square in Harlow to watch and photograph The Side Effects performing at this lovely music venue. They were second on and performed an eight song set to a very appreciative crowd but as an ‘oldie’ I still don’t get moshing – it looks far too dangerous for me although if one of them fell over moshing etiquette ensured they were soon picked up!

Unfortunately, the following day The Side Effects’ lead guitarist Harry broke his left hand and is unable to play for four weeks, as you can imagine he is not too happy about that.

Here are some pictures from the gig and more can be seen on The Side Effects blog:

Our eldest son Harry celebrated his 14th birthday yesterday and he certainly did it in style. His band High Voltage had a short set at the PlaySomething annual Christmas gig and I couldn’t believe how much his playing has improved over the last year – I now feel kind of guilty all those times I’ve asked him to turn it down when he has been practicing! He did a solo on each song including an extended one on the Lynard Skynard classic Freebird which is incidentally my favourite song.

The set included:

Back in Black – AC/DC

Always Where I Need To Be – Kooks

Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz

Freebird – Lynard Skynard

Happy birthday H, you made us very proud!