Spring Heel Jack, Sunny Murray, John Tchicai, Han Bennink and friends, Conway Hall, 12/11/07,

Tonight’s Wire XXV show marked the end of an exhausting run of 5 gigs in 8 days for me, and as good as they have mostly been – in fact, tonight’s was up there with the very best - I’m actually quite glad to see the back of them.  It might give me time to tackle what is probably a mounting backlog of CDs I should be reviewing (I’ve totally lost track).  So, for old times’ sake, one last restaurant recommendation for the week: if you find yourself in the Holborn area, perhaps needing to kill some time before a gig, you could do worse than trying out the bulgogi and kimchi at Korean restaurant Asadal – age old recipes served freshly and with fire and spice; much like tonight’s performances in fact.