05/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments (4)
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This is a beautiful creek . . .
Attention, please. It may well be that a bunch of ne'er-do-wells, bookworms and Artists gather in East London for this fine, Richard-Brautigan-inspired event in a week's time: Everybody's welcome to join us; there might well be amusement in't, and a little music. I'm thinking about what shape a Richard-Brautigan-inspired song might take, in the aftermath of the Brautigan suite itself – and in the absence of any SOP gigs, at least in the near future (more on that, uh, soon, I, you know, hope). Also, I do believe that this song by the generally Brautigan-inspired Lovely Eggs would be pretty... ... continue ...
03/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
All good things must
like chimney sweepers, come to dust. So it's goodbye to The Lyre, which put the "o" into "poetry blog" (ah, "o" x 2, I guess), which valiantly pointed out the horror, the horror of things like this, championed the likes of that, and has now decided not to bang on about it any more.
If only some of the more pampered poetasters of these times could learn to retire so gracefully, having accomplished half as much.
... continue ...03/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Welcome to the Eastbourne Cultural Society
Peter Blegvad can sure draw, can't he? ... continue ...
03/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
O Mr Eaves! You are clever
It's true, he is, you know. It makes one very proud to have worked with such a fellow, even in front of microphones and what-have-you.
... continue ...02/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Show time
So . . . I really am playng this event on Saturday and it really is, apparently, sold out
... continue ...02/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Out of hibernation
Ah, we've quite slow coming out of hibernation this year . . . and as we rub our eyes and reach for the drumsticks/bass/guitar/microphones, and even think about making a nice cup of tea to wake ourselves up, we look out of the window, and what do we see?
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02/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Radio friendly
This week I have mostly listening to Teenage Fanclub. I'd totally forgotten how brilliant they are, but this clip reminded me: The things I love about this clip are a) the count in, b) the vocal harmony at 1.07 c) the GCSE student playing wicked drums, and d) quite how rubbish they look, proving image is nothing. Plus they were one of Kurt Cobain's favourite bands. The thing I don't like about the clip is the weird little character at the start. I've also been reminded about The Posies. Do you remember them? The years haven't been too kind: "Frosting... ... continue ...
12/16/2011 | Permalink | Comments (1)
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