{"id":476,"date":"2007-01-26T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-26T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2011-03-10T17:06:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T17:06:27","slug":"funerals-and-parisian-jazz-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/funerals-and-parisian-jazz-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Funerals and Parisian jazz bands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blimey. Yesterday was a bit of a strange one.<\/p>\n

\"Cardiff<\/p>\n

I woke up in Cardiff after coming up the night before for my grandmother’s funeral.<\/p>\n

It was a crisp and sunny winter’s morning which soon cleared the hangover from the previous night’s family drink.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The preacher taking the service had one of those rich, deep and expressive Welsh accents that nearly managed to summon up a few religious feelings in me (trust me, normally that’s a near impossible task).<\/p>\n

We sang ‘Bread of Heaven’ – a beautifully passionate song firmly linked with Wales – and ‘Morning is Broken’ which always makes me think of Cat Stevens and school assemblies.<\/p>\n

\"Cardiff\"<\/p>\n

We followed the funeral cort\u00e8ge up to the crematorium and waited outside in the bitter cold. I wished I hadn’t looked up to see a puff of dark smoke coming out of the chimney.<\/p>\n

The ceremony of commitment was short and nicely handed. The Welsh choir played at the end added a poignant touch. RIP Linda.<\/p>\n

After an hour or so in Pantmawr pub caught the train back to London and straight up to JAMM for Offline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Offline<\/p>\n

I was worried that it would be a really quiet one, but there was a healthy crowd there and the acts were fantastic.<\/p>\n

\"Offline<\/p>\n

Of special note was Joe Cairo’s poetry set – hilarious, dark and throwaway at the same time – and two blinding performances by Parisian jazz outfit Kings Cross Hot Club<\/a> and hi energy ska band, Big Hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fantastic fun.<\/p>\n

See the photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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