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The big surprise of this evening’s BOF concert on the a38 boat was bass player, Darren Taylor. Not an easy task to stand out in a talent-packed, star-studded band, backing up none other than Britain’s energetic saxophone sensation Courtney Pine, but Darren caught my ears with a steady rhythm that thrummed along keeping pace with Pine’s saxophone like a cyclist drafting his team mate. He told me he hangs here:Jazz Reloaded

Having made that reference to cycling and music, it only seems appropriate that I should take this opportunity to post a cycling poem. I wrote One LSD Trip Please (Hold the Acid) when I was doing spinning classes the first winter I lived in Hungary. I missed riding my bike so much, and CoachOli’s (Lőrincz Olivér) spinning classes at Moveland had just the right quality. He played really good music mixes: a blend of electronica, jazz, drum and bass…. Read it on the Swim, Bike, Run page in the Poetry section.