Gracie In Purple

Grace decides that it is time for a change, at 84, and asks: “what do you think about dying my hair purple?” I’m all-in on the idea and suggest to Gracie that she calls her Granddaughter to affirm the style. Madeleine grants an enthusiastic validation and Kiki, my mom’s hair dresser, arrives at the house to provide the colour.

Brixton Ac

Wonderhorse, Brixton Academy

Brixton Academy has re-opened after two people killed dead in a crush to see Afrobeats artist Asake in December 2022.

I am there solo last night for Wonderhorse and, better, the opening act HighSchool recommended by Christian and seen together with him, Sonnet, Madeleine, Eitan, Flora, uncle Anthony and Dylan & Fred from the Surely Knots at OMEARA, a club in SE1 with maybe a couple hundred people last year October. Both bands formed in 2022 and coming up, deservedly, big.

Rep Gabe Vasquez

Photo from the El Paso News

Eitan is working his socks off on the Gabe Vasquez re-election campaign in the 2nd District of New Mexico on the border with Mexico. In 2022 the 2nd District was the most closely contested congressional seat in the US where Gabe defeated Republican incumbent Yvette Herrell by 1,224 votes out of several hundred thousand cast.  

A first-generation Mexican American, Vasquez represents a predominantly hispanic community who tend towards anti-choice and anti-immigration (a reality is that first generation immigrants are the most aggressive on closing the borders) and a hard patch to till for a Democrat.

Eitan briefs Gabe on existing and potential financial supporters, their profile, and how to stimulate an investment in the campaign. Less than 30 days to the elections, Vasquez has out-fundraised Herrell by c 2:1, which is promising, but certainly no assurance of victory.