blaze

wow so where have i been for the past month? long story. well it's not (it's not even a story) but that's another story. (or not as the case may be).

guy-fawkes night was not the only celebration observed by 5 november 2006. blaze is a regular 18-30 event hosted by city church, cambridge. being cambridge it seems to attract a lot of students; an observation substantiated by an abundance of bikes and few cars in the car park. having been invited to demonstrate my percussive skills, we arrived at around 17:15 with a feeling of mixed excitement and anxiety heralding my first band experience on drums, ready for a 19:30 kick off.

our 45 minute opening set was followed by daniel goodman (previously of note for a child) speaking on 'the heart'. then it was back over to us for a final 15 minute response. what i took away was the atmosphere of honesty and reality that permeated the whole event. here was a band that wasn't there to play songs to a bunch of punters who weren't there to sing along. here was a young man who wasn't there to stand on a soap-box and preach a disconnected message to maybe 50 or 60 young adults who weren't there to 'do church'. this was your living room, where you wanted to go, wanted to stay; comfortable and inviting. only from the outside, it was a warehouse next to tescos.