Neil plays in a group in Newcastle called Dust: Their most popular song is a preposterous affair he has written called “Can you hear the dawn break?”. They are heavily influenced by The Incredible String Band. “We were convinced we would become terribly famous. It was a very kind of stoned seventies but we used to think it was absolutely brilliant at the time”.
An interview with Neil on the subject of PSB being increasingly perceived in America as a ‘gay group’ appears in the Washington Blade, a D.C. gay-community newspaper.
As he subsequently notes on the PSB website, Neil visits London’s Newport Street Gallery this morning to see a new exhibit featuring works by the somewhat controversial American artist Jeff Koons—‘controversial’ because art critics are often sharply divided about the merit of his work. (For his part, Neil writes that he enjoyed the show.)
Back in Edinburgh, Neil attends the next-to-last performance there of Musik, after which he has drinks with Ian McKellen.