It's always odd for me when someone I know from my work-life comes to a gig. On the one hand, it's a supportive friend coming to see how I send myself round the twist in between trips to the office. On the other hand, I don't want someone to look at a bad gig, see me come off stage dejected and then be able to have "so, you do all this for that?" in their eyes.

Luckily, after a pleasant meal before the gig, tonights gig visitor saw me in reasonable form, opening the gig with an audience that could be difficult, but pretty much fell into my rhythm once I'd taken control of my nerves. I was slightly nervous because the MC is a fabulous musical act, and I'm fairly rudimentary with my instrument. Luckily a few events in the room, especially the man who disappeared out of the window, gave me material enough to keep things spontaneous and amusing for even me (I've heard all my other stuff before).