Ben McCormick

Sayonara, misty Tokyo. See you again in six weeks' time.

I've never eaten sushi. Principally because I don't eat fish. But last night, I took my daughter to a vegan sushi bar in Kabukicho, Tokyo and had some of the best food I've ever tasted. Astonishingly good. Babylon Sushi Bar, if you're ever in the area. #vegansushi #foodofthegods

And Fuchu too, with bells on...

Snow on Easter Sunday, Jesus Christ in reverse I tell ya, the Dutch are weeping in four languages at least #FallFriday youtu.be/rVtzzc_zZLw?...

I know the feeling, etc.

Obligatory pre-flight snifter.

Right. Today's itinerary is Gatwick, Shanghai and Tokyo. Gonna be a long day. #tokyodriftofftosleep

Make a war film drunk Von Ryan's Excess Ill Met By Moonshine #drunkwarfilms

Make a war film drunk In Which We Serve Snakebite #drunkwarfilms

Relatively grey day brightened up immeasurably by the arrival of a @weare1of100.bsky.social silver package of joy. #lovelylinen #handytshirt

To wear Chanel, you have to shave first And be a man; where do you stand, huh? #FallFriday youtu.be/YxINpOY24-s?...

Carlsberg. Probably the biggest arseholes in the world...

My first is in car I'm easily bought, but still always short #FallFriday youtu.be/IkTy5kPKVJs?...

Sitting down to enjoy my holiday...

Closing time at the festival. A frankly brilliant four nights. Roll on next year #convenanza

Didn't expect Sean Johnson to get in on the #FallFriday action...

Met someone earlier this evening who told me she works 60 hours a week and all I could think of was stone toilet back gardens. #FallFriday youtu.be/skSfmmnbw5k?...

Heightened levels of cluelessness on display at Terminal 3 security, with several people seemingly unable to grasp the fairly simple concept of 'empty pockets'. #dickheads #getoutofmyway

I'll tell you what's up, Bluesky. My out of office is on for a week. That's what's up. Big annual rave-up in a castle in Carcassonne incoming. Then a couple of days in a thermal springs spa town in the Pyrenees by way of recovery. Bring it #convenanza #hotwater #alovefromouterspa

Convenanza week, so of course I can't fucking sleep. Must procure some sleeping aids. #convenanza #insomnia #insomnanza

Night bus to Peckham. Cue saxophones.

London is full of people leaving their homes They got lack of length in their beds and in their rooms #FallFriday youtu.be/UzBABzF9tF0?...

Piddington sounds like someone from the old South African neo Nazi Afriikaner Weerstandsbeweging party saying 'Paddington', which is kinda appropriate really.

Big thanks to @europeanbarguide.bsky.social for the heads up about Bar Picchio. Have spent a delightful afternoon here wasting time before heading to the airport. A terrific old school bar I could easily spend far too long in. #milan #bars #waitingroom

Ok, so Birrificio Lambrate is fucking great, isn't it? Cheers.

I had to sing at a festival... boo hoo #FallFriday youtu.be/qy-LvUepEbA

BeerSky... heading to Milan on Friday. Which Birrificio Lambrate is 'the one'? The Adelchi or the Gogli? Or both?

Pub I'm in is playing Upwards at 45 Degrees. Staying. #juliancope #pub #winningatsunday

Left a pub that had played Arthur Russell on the jukebox for a pub that's now playing fucking Coldplay. It's a move so intensely mistaken that I'm calling it a day and going home.

And the man who brushes against me in the un-Vienna midweek is shaking (Where's all the choccies gone? Where's all the choccies gone?) #FallFriday youtu.be/pX08wNfV5IE?...

Now listening to Easterhouse - Contenders. Fucking hell. I had no idea how on point they were. In 1986, I thought the Labour Party were our saviours, our only way of fighting the Tories. Easterhouse knew they were the same thing wearing a different tie. #housetrainedsocialists

Just had a weird sensation there must be a word for. Listening to Julian Cope - Fried on my fairly good hifi set up on 180g vinyl. And it was nowhere near as good as when I first heard it, played on a shit ghettoblaster in a caravan on a campsite near Antibes. By a girl called Hazel. #timeandplace

Bit pissed. Went out after work and did not limit myself to 'just a few drinks'. Did not avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Failed to pass 'Go' or collect £200. Will regret tomorrow. But for the moment, I'm playing records loud and grinning like an idiot. Bon weekend, all. *raises glass*

I see the Lord's groundsman has served up another spicy wicket. Just the 14 wickets falling today. #ENGvPAK #minefield

Umber Bejam

My sick, think I've seen the tail end I'm fit and working again #FallFriday youtu.be/lsBoajapOOk

Am at the Highland Laddie in Leeds and I have to say I'm slightly and pleasantly taken aback by the sight of a plate of oysters being delivered to a table on a fairly unremarkable street in a reasonably unfashionable part of the city. Don't talk to me about sophistication, I've been to Leeds, etc.

Gonna be in Leeds on Thursday evening. While not exactly 'on the razz' (need to be at the cricket on Friday), I am looking for some pub recommendations. Is the Highland Laddie worth the trip out there from the centre? Whitelock's still the go-to? Where shouldn't I miss? #Leeds #beer

Ah, police helicopter circling overhead? Yeah, that'll help me sleep.

Have successfully replaced a faulty plug socket without killing myself and now I basically invented electricity. #nopop #power #sparky

Quite looking forward to the eclipse this evening. I'm one of those dunces who went to fucking Cornwall for the 1999 one and it was bloody cloudy all morning (then brightened up during the afternoon). I felt cheated. #eclipse #clouds #cheated

Do I know any electricians? Plug in the kitchen went pop today and I think it's probably unwise for me to try and replace/fix it. #sparks

I crave your death inside my mind's eye And my beer will never be open My door will never be open #FallFriday youtu.be/umr4Tfw2f_o?...