For Spirit of Play, this is Day Seven in the wonderful world of geek pop - and the amazing thing is, we still have our tent, we still have our passes to the VIP area, and all that's been lost is the keyboard player's innocence. To compensate, we did stumble (virtually) across his old Green Flash shoes.

We've also stumbled around the various stages, gawping at the videos and wondering if "Wave or Particle" (that's one of ours, you know...) could be remixed to sound more like this by Geek Poppers On Rails. Anybody who can explore natural tunings and harmonics by cycling seven sine waves in varying time frames should be signed up for Geek Pop 2010 forthwith. Meanwhile, we will concentrate on our next gig.

Ooh, and staring at the score for that On Rails track has reminded us that the SOP keyboard player, Will, can write poems - see below for the evidence . . . .

Curve

Around the hill the footpath bends,

Crosses the summit, then descends

Tracing our footsteps in reverse.

The wind is definitely worse

And you are quieter than before:

The mute expression of a Law

That says I'm not just tired and wet

But exponentially desperate.

I know this is the right way back;

The five-bar gate, the single track,

Those curtains drawn against the storm -

That could be us. We could be warm,

Watching a Bond movie ("Oh, James!")

And millions go up in flames.

Instead, the road begins to turn.

You disappear. I've yet to learn

That this is why it never ends.

Around the hill the footpath bends.

Cheers,

Michael (Spirit of Play).