When Is Weird Weird?

Attended the very excellent Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at Ally Pally recently - totally excellent set, pretty neat surroundings and even that hike up the slope seemed less knackering than the last time I walked it. What made my evening was going through the obligatory security check and handing over my bag for a poke and rummage only for the securityguard to recoil in shock and horror upon finding my purse.

In his words "that's weird that is, totally weird, weirdest thing I've seen tonight" Now given that Nick Cave attracts a good proportion of "alternative lifestyle" bods (and yay to that) and there was a good range on display, how frightening can a purse be?

I'm mean, it only looks like this.... he's lucky I'd left the rucksac at home

Still, it gave me something to laugh at during the night - you don't get that many laughs with Nick Cave but you do get a totally energetic performance. One of the highlights was a stage effect which I don't know was intentional or not and that was the silhouettes on the walls of the halls of the performers. Very dark - in his words "he's god - he's a gu-ru"