Bye Bye, Ben...

Well, the time has come and Ben has flown back home to Old York.

He left yesterday afternoon with his friend who had been visiting for the last couple of weeks. I popped round to his flat to say cheerio and take some food of his hands (we now have a LOT of noodles in our cupboards), it was quite emotional really, I don't think any of us want him to leave... He'll be back though.

On Thursday night Tet, Ben, Rich (Ben's friend) and I went for a few drinks in Brooklyn to say farewell. As it was such a beautiful evening we went to Berry Park, the place I went to a couple of weeks ago with the rooftop beer garden - it went down a storm and we stayed for a few drinks and had burgers. Then we waled round the corner to Brooklyn Bowl.

There was a great band playing, they were called Rassle or somthing like that, and they sounded a bit like a poppier version of The Clash. I think they were the free act of the night, but we'd paid $5 to get in that night because a DJ called Questlove (or ?uestlove) was playing and a LOT of people had come to see him. Questlove's a drummer in a band called The Roots, who are very popular, especially in New York (they're from here). He was playing some fantastic funk and soul music, just like the stuff they play at Hi-Fi in Leeds... it was GREAT and seeing all the people dancing was great too.

Afer a couple of hours a lane FINALLY came free, at about midnight, by which time Tet had left and Rich was transfixed with the music, so Ben and I had a head to head battle on the lanes. We had 3 games in the end (they didn't last long when just two people are bowling). I won't brag about how I won each game, or how I got 119 points, that would just be boastful!

It's going to be odd not having Ben in the studio anymore, and the atmosphere's already changed, so we'll just have to wait and see how things turn out for now...