Bonde De Christmas at Mr Wolfs

I played an acoustic gig at Mr Wolfs noodle bar in Bristol last night.

Bristol is only a short way from where I live now but it still feels like an adventure whenever I go there. I think it's because I don't really know where anything is in relation to anything else there so it always feels like I'm lost in some foreign land or something.

The other thing about Bristol is that the streets all seem smaller and the buildings much taller then in Bath. It's a dominating city.

Mr Wolfs is a great little venue. It combines scuzzy and fresh in equal measures which I've decided is how a live music venue should be. Dirty enough to keep posh, middle age twats out but clean enough that you can enjoy the music and the environment without worrying for your health.

And they serve great noodles. I experienced a slightly peculiar feeling of ease last night, perched at the bar, drinking an ice cold beer, slurping down some spicy beef noodles and semi listening to one of the other acts on the bill. It's a feeling you should try to experience by visiting Mr Wolfs and slurping down some noodles of your own. Of course, you have to use chopsticks to really capture the right effect.

I played for 45 minutes which is one of the longest sets I have played in a long time. I was worried that my voice would give or I would make some terrible mistake because I really haven't been practising as much as I should recently, but my set actually went really well.

My only criticism is that I don't feel I invested my performance with as much emotion as I would normally try to but I think this is something that becomes harder to do when playing sets of longer duration. I'm afraid that it may also be a side effect of me doing the same thing for too long now and needing to find a new musical challenge.

My next acoustic gig is on the 27th of January at The Porter in Bath.