It seems that if you want to meet any of the few "celebrities" that are dotted about Brighton and Hove, you just need to be an active parent, and frequent child-orientated places. Some friends and I once sat next to Nick Cave at a children's indoor play centre (although didn't dare speak to him- the fact that he was in such a place was surreal enough without speaking to him and finding out that he might just be very ordinary indeed),Sadie's best mate is in the same class as the Fast Show's Mark Williams so we always see him drunk at kids' parties, and then today I met one of my teenage heroines at Spring Barn Farm while our kids were feeding carrot sticks to a hamster. The lady in question was Louise Wener from Sleeper, who is now a fairly well known author and Guardian journalist. I know many people thought she was not much to shout about (yes Patrick I know you will not be impressed), but I really loved Sleeper, I sang along to their filthy female lyrics at home whilst plucking at my bass guitar(I was 15 by the way) and liked what this woman had to say rather a lot- as did most of my friends. So as you can imagine, chatting away to her today whilst she cradled her 4 month old son Frankie (yes- we talked mainly about the kids) in her arms and told me she'd just moved to Brighton was very surreal. I hope I shall see her again- she was very nice and we had a lot in common. In fact, if she weren't Louise Wener I would have asked to swap numbers but that would be too weird. Can you really build up a friendship with someone when you once subscribed to their fanclub?
Soundtrack: Sleeper-Delicious
