Very late update. One of the most unusual, but also most enjoyable, gigs of last year was the (Upside) Down Home night of the Beyond Nashville season at the Barbican on 3rd November. Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) and friends, including Evan Dando, Kurt Wagner, Vic Chesnutt and surprise appearance by P. J. Harvey.

New Year Follow-up. It was while playing pool in the Belle Vue that we noticed a poster for the extraordinary Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad. Later we also saw pictures of the tramcars (known as "daddy long-legs") in The Hand in Hand. For more details visit this site.

New Year's Eve 2001/2002
Crew: Vince, Pat, JR, Claire, Hodge, Stefano & Alex
Location: Brighton
Venues:
Finnegan's Wake
Battle of Tralfagar
The Belle Vue
Queen's Head
Clock Tower
Hand in Hand (with Pat's favourite barman - thank U!)
Stag Inn - with added police.
Black Horse - Interesting and also surprising!
The Bush
Dragon
BarleyMow - Nice
Lord Leconfield

Also visited (outside Brighton)
The Coach House

Brighton Pub Crawl with Pat on 24th Nov 2001. Check the list of pubs visited:
1. Prince Albert (handy for station)
2. Lord Nelson
3. Great Eastern Sends out for food!
4. Heart & Hand
5. The Pedestrians Arms or just the Peds
6. The Pond
7. Waggon & Horses - a rare gem
8. Black Horse
9. Fortune of War (excellent location in arches on sea front, watched sunset and starlings massing in abandoned pier)
10. Aquarium
11. King's Arms
12. Queen's Arms
13. Marine Tavern
14. White Horse
15. The Ranleigh
16. Royal Oak
17. Sidewinder
18. The Crown
19. Hand in Hand
20. Evening Star - good beers, but full of boring Camra members discussing committees

Borderland at The Borderline! 4th Oct Tom Russell, accompanied on guitar by Andrew Hardin, plays songs that explore the edge.

Gig and CDs, frenzy of activity as The Quiet Man returns.
Smashing gig at Mean Fiddler - support from Manuskript and Greenhaus.

Semolina pilchards... or something like that