golden hour book and cd vol. ii
My good friend Ryan Van Winkle and his friends at The Forest Cafe in Edinburgh are releasing their second poetry and music compliation this week. I have a track on the cd which I am hoping to receive in the post soon.
Here is the link to the official website with full info – http://www.forpub.com/
If you are in the area and have some free time this friday you should head down to Blackwells for the launch. Hopefully they will do a London launch some time soon too.
THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH:
At Blackwells on South Bridge, Edinburgh
Friday – Sept. 25th – 6.30pm – 8pm
– Readings by Aiko Harman, Alan Jamieson, Alan Gillis, Julia Boll and Andrew Philip.
followed by:
THE After Party / CD Launch
8pm – Late at The Forest, Edinburgh
Featuring: Poor Edward, Black Diamond Express, Withered Hand and more more more.
a few gigs…
i have some gigs coming up in the next few weeks which i thought i should mention given all the photos of rehearsing!
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tuesday 6th october
permaculture picturehouse @ passing clouds, dalston – 8pm
should have full band for this caberet harvest festival love-in.
see http://www.naturewise.org.uk/
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friday 30th october
robin and friends @ lemon monkey, stoke newington – 7pm
this gig has been CANCELLED… well postponed really…
i have the whole night – will probably get others to play too to keep me company – postponed for now
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sunday 27th september
the wired festival @ the vortex, dalston – 2.30pm
another wonderful bill from the delightful kevin molloy and friends – i can’t wait to see fiona bevan and roxy rawson play again
http://www.myspace.com/wiredfest
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…as you can see these are all pretty local to me – if you want me to come and do a show near you (or perhaps in your front room?) please hollar – i have just done a house gig in hampshire and it was divine!
oh… and check out Brian Hooper – he blew my socks away a few days ago – http://www.myspace.com/brianhoopersouthampton – listen to “you made changes”
rehearsing
A few more photos of rehearsing action from the blue door – this time a rehearsal inside.
Amy is doing her playing three instruments at once thang… who’d have thought you could play a glockenspiele with one foot whilst on bass and tambourine too!
Photos from Barbara’s blog – http://basiabartz.blogspot.com/2009/09/music-music-music.html
up on the roof
As well as being quite the violin player, Barbara is also big into her photography. Here are some shots she took a while back of a rehearsal we had on the roof of my studio.
younger looking skin
a bit of fun in one take with two of my guitar students – not quite sure why it goes out of sync but hey… this is not hollywood…
i think this song is going to be the first track on my next album. happy days.
oh and you can download it free from here as long as you give a copy to your mum!
Joseph’s in the forest looking for the man that they call Peter.
I am in the bathroom looking for the marbles that I’ve lost.
The pig if flew out of the window, landing deftly in the garden.
Elly is in Hampstead desparately hunting for some moss.
I don’t like your fashion business, mr.
I don’t like those drugs that keep you looking so thin.
I don’t like your fashion business, mr.
I don’t need no cream to give me younger looking skin.
Ruth is down in southern spain, talking to my long long twin brother.
I just washed my eyelids and hung my blue coat high upon a cross.
The fish and spoon returned with plans for getting married in the autumn.
Jakob’s leaving puddles in the bathroom for the bugs to skate across.
Making sense of wedsnesday is only rivalled by making sense of tuesday.
Tuesday’s only rivalled by monday and perhaps sunday too.
A drink, a fuck, some luck and maybe we might keep the boat a floating.
Patching up the scars with some cardboard and some karma just might do.