I think this is the most amazing bit of busking I have ever seen! I was walking through London Bridge station and heard this sound in the distance. It sounded like someone playing guitar with a delay effect on, but as I came closer I saw that he was playing a 6 string bass by tapping the strings with his fingers.

What an amazing sound! Cool guy! He’s from Latvia – you can check out his music at http://www.myspace.com/bass50band

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On Sunday 11th May millions of Christians spanning 176 nations prayed for the needs of the world on Pentecost Sunday as part of one of the largest global prayer events to ever take place. On that day I was part of the Psalm Drummers team that took part in the London Global Day of Prayer. Around 20,000 people gathered to pray for London, the UK and the World on a very hot day in Millwall Football Club’s ground.

What really made the day special was that I looked at the people gathered together as part of the Psalm Drummers team and thought to myself “what an ordinary bunch of people”. Also that there were both young and old. No superstars here. I was so amazed at the grace of God in choosing a bunch of people to make a sound that was dynamic, raw and aggressive as an expression of worship.

The day was a little disappointing from a ‘performance’ point of view as we were supposed to be doing 2 pieces – 15 minutes at the start and 10 minutes towards the end, plus a piece with a gospel choir. But in the end we only did 6 minutes and 6 minutes later. But that’s the way it is with live events. Not everything goes smoothly and you get chopped! But there was a real sense that we were contributing to the surge of prayer and worship that was rising, so job done!!!

I’m always really keen to see how we look and sound as when you are playing you are locked in to a groove. If anyone has any video or audio footage from the day please let me know. I find it useful for seeing how things can be improved.

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I saw this card in a shop in London. It’s one of those that has the plastic rolly eyes – you know; the ones that roll when you shake them.

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I have just uploaded a couple of rather rough videos from the Psalm Drummers on the streets of Camden Town on the 10th May 2008. I took these with my Samsung mobile, so I apologise for the quality, but at least it gives you some idea of what happened. You can probably find more over the next few days on You Tube.

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This really caught my eye as I walked past a building site in North West London and this was sprayed onto the security wall around it. I love the very striking colours. This is a good example of how graffiti can look good if it’s not just a scrawl. (hope the building company doesn’t mind though).

A very nice motto to live by.

Click the image to see it full size.

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