My Aygo has some splendid novelties: DAB radio, lane assist, bluetooth, a backwards camera. I'm now feeling very modern, and twitter must be told.

At Chelt Jazz Fest I saw 13 bands, as well as several free events. No pics I'm afraid #antisocial. The best were the Olivia Murphy Orchestra which was both delicate and powerful, and the Byron Wallen quintet. Both of them very creative, virtuosic, and emotionally moving. Hoorah!

I'm in the paper - with Tommy, Graeme, Andy & Andy! Jazz Jam at 8pm on Friday 9th May at SVA Stroud. (spotted by Paul Boniface)

I saw The Surfer, a film starring Nicolas Cage, the jazz musician of American acting, as a wealthy man who somehow over a couple of days becomes a bum living in a broken down car near the beach. He drinks from puddles and tries to eat a rat, Slightly bonkers, I liked it.

I saw Four Mothers at The Roses. Four white haired elderly ladies with quirky attitudes & firm preferences. Their four sons are all gay. One sleeps in his car, but only because the four ladies are staying in his house. Mildly amusing, jaunty, unexciting, but over in 90 minutes.

I saw Slade In Flame from the 1970s at The Sherborne. The sound there means I can only understand when Tom Conti is speaking. But I perked up when Slade started playing Monkeys Can't Swing, loud and raucous and absolutely swings. This is a proper film with proper acting, I liked.

I saw When Autumn Falls at The Roses. A French grandmother poisons her daughter with mushrooms. On purpose? I don't think so. The daughter survives, but some time later falls from her balcony and dies. Pushed? Possibly - we're not told. A beautiful, thoughtful, ambiguous film.

I'm enjoying Marcello Carlin's blog, all about the records released on the Ogun label back in the 1970s and later. I used to hear these on the radio as a teenager, loved them, and started buying them all. Interesting to hear another aficionado's opinions. ogunrecords.blogspot.com

A great gig at Cafe Oto on Monday: Xhosa Cole, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders. Creative, varied, imaginative collective improv. Thanks to Tony Dudley Evans as always for organising.

I saw The Phoenician Scheme: quirky, geometrical, mannered, whimsically amusing. I liked.

Went to see Joe McPhee, Susanna Gartmayer, Maria Portugal & John Edwards, an intercontinental quartet. Worked superbly together, they were excellent: playing, singing, reciting, yelling, mostly improvising, but at one point openly singing my funny valentine. I loved it, got a cd.

I saw The Ballad Of Wallis Island: really good, Tim Key made me chuckle a good deal, the others made me weep in sympathy. You'll probably like it too.

I went to hear Rachel Musson at Centrala, Brum. I heard what sounded like at least 3 parallel sounds looping in real time: saxes/flutes/sounds of nature/weird electronics, in subtle counterpoint, multi-textured, gently rising and falling. Thanks to TDE for booking and promoting .

I saw The Other Way Around, a quiet Spanish film. A couple split up after 15 years together, and throw a big party. Most of the film is them telling everyone they know. Throughout the film the woman is editing a film, namely the film we're watching. They also discuss its faults.

I went to see Reggie Watts at Walthamstow at the weekend (apparently Brian Eno did too). I'm grateful to be living in the same simulation as him.

I bought six novels by Gwendoline Riley. Have enjoyed three of them, all have similar characters. Each features a dissatisfied young woman with little / unfocused ambition, problematic parents, difficult relationships. I like her flat, downbeat style and focus on humdrum details.

I went to see Bill Bailey at Tewkesbury Roses this week. He played Happy Birthday as Kurt Weill, Coldplay as a Turkish folk song, Pachelbel's Canon as Kraftwerk. He played keyboard, two guitars, a saz-bouzouki, a foo-operated bass drum, a laser harp and the bagpipes. Top marks.

I went to Bristol Fringe and saw Laura Jurd, Raph Clarkson + Rebecca Nash playing a bunch of Kenny Wheeler tunes. As a long-time KW fan (ever since Gnu High + Deer Wan) I reckon they did a really good job bringing to life his morose compositions. Sent me back to the originals.

I went to see Omega Institute this week. Aidan Searle drums, Jeff Green bass, Nigel Bryant oscillators. Most enjoyable. Propulsive and slightly unstable grooves, plus lots of squawking buzzing bubbling and screeching. Just what I needed, need to see again. instagram.com/p/DO9fcvKDOVx/…

I went to see One Battle After Another. Leonardo DiCaprio is a violent revolutionary, and later a brain-frazzled addict with a teenage daughter. I was tense and excited almost throughout. There are nuns and elderly nazis. Great music, a groovy 17/8 riff during the car chase bit.