Oct 09, 1999
Odo 52,391 · fog, thick
Pulled in to let the fog go past. It has not gone past. Writing this by the map light, which is the only light in the van that does what the switch says.
The Ninefathom boat is the 06:10, if it runs. The man on the terminal phone said, and we are quoting, “it will or it won’t.” We have left the camera running on the dash in case something happens. Nothing will.
— NF
Oct 08, 1999
Odo 52,212 · rain, then more rain
Motel on the coast road. The ice machine on the second floor makes a noise like a kick drum left out in the rain, every forty seconds, all night. We taped it on the handheld. It may be on the record by the time you read this, which will be a hard thing to explain on the radio.
The odometer went past 52,000 somewhere after the tea hut at mile marker 212. Nobody was awake for it but the van.
— NF
Oct 06, 1999
Odo 51,880 · clear, cold
Forty-one people and a dog under the bar. The dog stayed for the encore, which is more than the sound engineer did.
Sold six tapes and one T-shirt, and swapped a set list for chips. Fair.
— NF
Oct 03, 1999
Odo 51,604 · wind off the sea
Load-in was down a slipway. We carried the bass amp past two men mending a net, who said, without looking up, that it would not float.
Played Deckhand Radio twice, because the first time the harbour master’s radio came through the PA. The second time was better. The first time was more interesting.
— NF
Oct 01, 1999
Odo 51,511 · dry, for once
First night of the tour, and a home crowd, which means half the room went to school with us and the other half taught there.
Somebody at the back held a ferry timetable up during the chorus of Last Boat Out. We have decided it was support.
— NF
Programme guide
| Channel | 1:30 AM | 2:00 AM | 2:30 AM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 OFF | Off air | ||
| 01 HELLO | Hello: who we are, briefly | Hello, again | |
| 02 MUSIC | Last Boat Out, side A | side B, if the tape holds | |
| 03 DIARY | The van logbook, read aloud | the ice machine entry | |
| 04 PHOTO | Polaroids | More polaroids | six photos, no people |
| 05 DEPT | Departures: the tour, as a ferry board | ||
| 11 TEST | Test card and tone | ||
| 12 STATIC | Static | More static | |
| 13 ? | No listing | ||
| 14 SNOW | Snow, all night | ||
| 15 AV1 | No input | Still no input | |
