Finding my way to the Flapper & Firkin
Another important small venue is about to fall under the developer’s wrecking ball. The Flapper helped me find my way… in more ways than one Continue reading Finding my way to the Flapper & Firkin
Tag: gigs
Putting the word out
A little round-up of my new stuff published and forthcoming performances Continue reading Putting the word out
July was some month (part 1)
In which the poet looks back with some glee at the first four of that month’s live performances Continue reading July was some month (part 1)
A Tour of Two Halves
In just a few days I’ll be setting off for my first ever solo headline tour. Like everything I do, it looks sort of dissipated and desultory. Three or four of the gigs I was hoping to get organised ended up not happening. So there are only six gigs, in five cities, across nine days. Like everything I do, it’s gonna be sparkly. I’m really … Continue reading A Tour of Two Halves
Indietracks, synchronicity, and the first pint of the day
There’s a bit in a Daniel Kitson show where he’s talking about sitting in his car at a junction, waiting behind another car. The indicators on the two cars are blinking, out of phase with each other. But then the indicators fall into sync, and the two sets of little lights pulsate together, just for a second or two, before they diverge again. And just … Continue reading Indietracks, synchronicity, and the first pint of the day
Little moments of woo
So I played Acoustic Loveliness at the Closed Shop last week. The music happens in the main bit of the pub – it’s not a nice, tucked-away little room like we have at the Rutland Arms. So there was a lot of background noise. My first two songs went down a treat but then I tried to play ‘Pilot Light’ and ‘The Glass Delusion’ and … Continue reading Little moments of woo
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