Photograph by Sam Hayley

Didn't Utrecht suffer enough in 275AD when the Roman Empire suddenly decided it could no longer defend this charming canalular city from the violent advances of the Germanic tribes and upped sticks and left without warning?!

And now the good burghers of this town must also suffer the indignity of Anglo spoken word performance as well (held at 7pm sharp tonight, Friday November 20 at LE:EN restaurant bar)? Will no one think of the children?

Well, if you do want to get a seat for the brilliant Marissa Nadler and you fancy coming down to watch a quick set by John Doran, please do, he will be very happy to see you.

After being invited by thee mighty Sunn O))), he will be reading from his Jolly Lad memoir, warning listeners about vampires, describing a hangover that lasted for 25 years and doing a quick hypnotism all to a soundtrack created just for this event by Andy Votel.

And... lo, it turns out that Hubris, the album he recorded with help from Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers, Perc, Abi and Neil of British Sea Power, Karin Park, Arabrot and Nik Void of Factory Floor, is on Spotify: