2006 : A Jarvis Oddity

Just got back from seeing Jarvis (as in Jarvis Cocker ex-Pulp) @ Koko in Camden. Great gig. Only got the new album this morning so had only heard the new material a couple of times - the gig was still fantastic despite my lack of familiarity with the music. The new album seems pretty good after the first couple of listens.
The encore was amazing. When he first came back on he played "Running the World" (google jarvis + myspace). After that he bantered with the crowd - "You want to hear some old material?" - the crowd cheered. To be honest though I didnt really want to hear him play any Pulp. He had the last laugh though - "Ok. Here is an old song. its not mine though .... " with which he launched into a cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity - "ground control to major tom ....." Brilliant. Glad I got tickets to the next gig at Roundhouse too !