Four days in London

I do agree with Cwlondon about the food. You're still asking for trouble if you just pick a place randomly, but there are plenty of good restaurants in London now. Things have changed in the last ten years. I ended up finding quite a few good places based on the reviews in the "Time Out" Dining Guide (available at newstands for $8-ish).

The regular, weekly "Time Out" mag seemed to be a good source for live music info and other entertainment.

I remember a decent, small record store (mostly vinyl, with jazz in the basement) on Portobello(sp?) Road. I don't know that I'd recommend making a special trip there, but it's a handy location if you happen to be visiting the Portobello Road market (on Saturdays??).

Thought you wanted used record shops, not curry and coffee. There are three good ones I know of: Harold Moore's Records on Great Marlborough Street near Oxford Street, The Record Exchange near Notting Hill Gate, and Gramex on Lower Marsh near Waterloo Station. Harold Moore's has an astounding classical selection, The Record Exchange is broken into 3 or 4 storefronts by type of music, and Gramex (mainly classical) is a great place to sit, browse and argue whether Margaret Thacher was the antichrist. Enjoy.

Thanks Mgottlieb,
I didn't mean for this to turn into an argument about British food. If anyone else has any other music related suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Try to get in for a performance at St. Martin in the Fields (or something close to that).

Check out the Royal Shakespear Company at the Barbican.

London is a world of opportunity. You can hardly go wrong...

Charlie

Another food suggestion: Sofra, Turkish, near covent garden. Good food at great prices ... and it gets absolutely packed so get there before 6.30pm. I'm sorry, but I forgot the street it's on.
As a brit living in the US I think that restaurants tend to be more uniform in the US. Restaurants in England can be very bad, particularly in London, but equally, they can be very good, and not too expensive. However if you "chance it" in London, I'd give you less than 50% odds of getting a great meal, so go for personal recommendations.
Musically .. I'm sorry to say that not much seems to be coming out of the UK these days, apart from Radiohead and a few others. I'd have to say that the US would be a better bet for new bands. Just IMHO. Oh, and the CDs are horribly overpriced as well.
I still love London .. for me the most exciting city in the world, and one of the most accessible.