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IF YOU'RE VISITING INDIA, READ ME..05.02.10Well you can be re-assured that my lack of posts on here of late has been entirely down to business, and nowt else. we're really enjoying being guillemots again . . and we're also hatching a few more plans for my record - think we're going to be announcing some shows very soon. . .. so yeah. . .and what else can i tell you. this morning i am drinking strong coffee and a Nair Dosa from last night's meal at Rasa that I had to take home cos I'd stuffed my face. Nair Dosa? Wha? Well, look it up kids. It's good. Anyway, I should have put this link up here a long time ago. I had an amazing holiday in India at the start of the year, with, amongst other people, my friend Ben. I will hopefully put some photos up here soon. Anyway, as well as being my HOTSTEPPER friend, Ben is one ot the PEOPLE behind HOME AND HOSPITALITY, who are basically a fairly new and extremely, well, good company who decided that hotels In India are usually dead over-priced and that there should be better and more personable alternatives. So they have set up a range of wonderful places to stay in India, from B&B style stopovers, to living with families in their homes, to independent self-catering loveliness.. And yes I am entirely bigging up my friend's company but hell, it's my website and I can do with it what I will.. . and if you're thinking of visiting India, which I can't say enough - YOU SHOULD. . so what if its cliched coming from a musician . it's amazing and i so want to go back .. but anyway, yes. . . look HITHER for somewhere to stay. You may even be lucky enough, as we were, to have a man living with you who makes omlettes that are so tasty they make you question whether you had ever truly eaten an omlette before. True fact. THIS IS THE THING TO CLICK ON IF YOU WANT THE MOST EXCELLENT BED & BREAKFAST OR HOMESTAY IN INDIA KIDS! SO CLICK IT!! YES! Seriously. More people need to know about H&H. And you, reader, are a people. As one. So, spread the word. The word is the link. And the link is good, kids. I guess you're not all kids are you. Oh well. Who is, really? Who is? Well I am going to finish listening to Greig's new song megamix - he's just the kind of guy, he likes making DJ sets of unreleased material for us all to listen to - and then off to play, write and rehearse with me possie By the way, if you haven't bought my album yet, buy it! It's good! (i think) HERE"S A LINK TO IT ON AMAZON!!!! Okay. More soon XXXX 0 Comments |
The Shark Ballads14.01.10i found these today in the flat, some poems that my rather wonderful friend Robert wrote a few years back. He will probably demand i remove them from here as soon as he knows they're up, but until then, enjoy - _______________ THE SHARK BALLADS _________________ THE SHARK ARRIVES Cool down the rocks in fresh water Do not burn the guest He is about to arrive Present him with pre-shelled pistachios Gold-leafed pine cones Whiskey over iced champagne Remove the dust, paint the halls Bleed the carpet red The shark has come to visit What a day for me and mine The shark slumped on my sofa No more second rate bovine guests What grace at the table What wit in his speech How elegant the cut of his suit But please move your God eyes Slightly to the side You are here for supper not for my mind. THE SHARK'S HARP Today I have learnt how to play the Shark's Harp In a narrow corridor of ocean Somewhere south of Polynesia It has charmed men and fish Lured even sirens It has drowned birds and monkeys Whale and squid have shook hands And shyly circled each other Building courage to dance Mighty Architeuthis reduced To school disco shame By my novice fingers What gift for the shark Kind enough to share this His greatest creation I shall, unlike the others Not make him my slave. THE SHARK'S HEIST He has slyly robbed me His jaundiced gills slapping my face Knocking me out with his stench of rot We should never have met Never have circled with his family Made plans to swim the moon All hail the magnificent shark Silent mugger Coarse breathed friend THE SHARK DIES I've made heavy cordial Of the ocean The shark is dead His head is staked As a subtle warning To a thousand blind fish No one is grieving him A cruel master Deposed, reborn, deceased Dropped in the struggle The harp is lost Somewhere beneath the Pangean ghost Silly that we bothered To become such friends For nothing But I shall still say a prayer as I fall asleep That you are safe out there in the mist. 0 Comments |
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH SOMETHING14.01.10well, hell, why not watch this. it's a session i did the other day for absolute radio, with three songs from me record and a cover by some liverpudlian band that that thomas tank engine dude used to be in called the tootles or something http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/7553/live_session.html (i can't work out how to embed it, so we'll have to be old skool about this) and an interview, herein http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/7552/interview.html alright that's it for now my luvvies 0 Comments |
a very very good song20.12.09well this kind of got me welling up. wow. i keep thinking i'm getting bored of songs and singers, that i want to fill my head and days with blips and samples and future sounds, and then a song like this arrives and just makes me play it over and over again, and reminds me how i'll always, whether or not i actually want to, be drawn more than anything to the emotions rather than the mathematics of music. this song seems especially resonant at the moment. and i'm playing with them in january in glasgow at the abc.. i can't wait.
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Craig Hutchins Photographs19.12.09guess i'm a little bit biased here, but if you're looking for a late Christmas present, the above title, as well as many great photo books by my friend David Robinson, is to be found HERE. I just found my copy of "Photographs" last night whilst rummaging, and, well, they are really beautiful photos. X 0 Comments |
THREE GANNETS GIGS13.12.09got three Gannets gigs coming up this week, Bristol, Cheltenham and Birmingham. . . details as ever are on our Myspace meanwhile i'll be popping into radio some local radio stations in the day and recording some interviews and acoustic songs relating to the Fly Yellow Moon Affair.. a week of fun but confusing contrasts, then.. in the meantime, i leave you with, possibly, the voice, and words, of God. 1 Comments |
STILNESS IS THE MOVE28.11.09let's pretend this doesn't play havoc with my website borders. it's SO good. . . . . . . . . . . .. .... ..... ... ......... ................ ............ .................... ............. ...... .. . . 0 Comments |
Larry is Back!20.11.090 Comments |
THOMAS FEINER AND ANYWHEN16.11.09I was just finising up tidying my flat whilst listening to Late Junction - going against everything I said before, but needs must - when this track came up and absolutely stopped me in my tracks. To the extent that I nearly flooded my bathroom, as i was also running a bath at the time and forgot. I won't try to describe it, it's just amazing. It's by Thomas Feiner and Anywhen, neither of whom I know anything about, and it's called Dinah and the Beautiful Blue I can't find it anywhere else on the web so you'll just have to listen to it back on Late Junction. Go in at 00.59 minutes. Wow. Not often you hear a voice like that. ****** OKAY THAT LINK DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. SO JUST GO AND BUY IT ON I TUNES OKAY! IT'S THE BEST 79P YOU'LL EVER SPEND... ******* 2 Comments |
GORDON HUTCHINS THE POET15.11.09they're good in't they... he's a bit lazy but i reckon if he gets a few visits to his site he'll put some more up .. 0 Comments |
