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| Oh dear here comes January! A month that seems like a whole bunch of Mondays stuck together. Every year there's the binge of overindulging, overspending and over emotionalness that constitutes the modern British December. And as night follows day along comes January. Every year I try not to get sucked into the Christmas spirit but its hard when the whole country is going bonkers around you. To be honest its a bit of a relief getting into January and being able to resume normal life. You can do the shopping without having your ears assaulted by crap Christmas music; watch normal things on television; and crucially get served at the pub in a reasonable time period. Talking of which there seems to be a critical mass this year of people swearing off the demon drink for January. I guess this is nothing new as a combination of financial insolvency, seasonal overindulgence and guilt causes people to tighten their belts and take the pledge. This year though there is a new angle (well new to me). I first saw it on an advert on a bus shelter. Its something called Dryathlon. The idea is you get people to sponsor you to stay off the booze for the month. Presumably bought to you by the same think tank responsible for 'Movember' where you get people to sponsor you to grow a moustache. If you want to give up drink/grow a moustache/get your chest hair waxed/make a parachute jump etc. Please just do it. You are all adults and you can do what you want. You don't need to have some the fig leaf of charity to validate your actions. (Frankly it just makes you look like one of those tax dodging pop stars who decides to compound their crimes against humanity by releasing a charity record). And honestly if you want to combine your health kick with supporting charity you don't need me to sponsor you - you could just donate all that money you saved by not drinking right? ** Anyway for those of you not planning to hibernate for January can I just flag a gig up to you. King Creosote is playing Unity Works in Wakefield on Monday (yes its not just January - its also Monday!) 26th January. For an example of his work check this out. |
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