That's a great story. I missed out on the JFPL gig because it was 18+ and I was a couple months from turning 18 (heartbreaking, I can't even watch the Newbury Comics video without feeling a bit dead inside).
I was going to try to meet James after the 2nd O2 Brixton night in April, but it was either meet James or miss the tube and I hadn't memorized the night buses nor did I want to be stuck in Brixton for the night so...