2012 5/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat @birdeatsbaby, @maryepworth, #popuppeople and More Besides

1) Birdeatsbaby – Incitatus Brighton based dark cabaret outfit Birdeatsbaby have just released this BRILLIANT new video, and like the last video for “Feast Of Hammers” it’s deliciously spooky. And makes me scared of bands… “Feast Of Hammers” – the album – is released on February 20th and I’m supporting them at their London launch...

“Little Battles” vBlog Episode 1 Online Now! Brighton, Birdeatsbaby, BBC 6 Music and Singing To Seabirds

The first in my brand new video blog series to celebrate my new album coming out on April 9th, woohoo! The album launch extravaganza will be at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, London SE24 on Wednesday 11th April with tickets available very soon. “In This Boat” will be released on February 14th as digital...

2012 4/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Grace Petrie, Brighton and Musical Broccoli

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Grace Petrie A wonderfully inspiring songwriter and performer I met at last weekend’s Midwinter Picnic 4. She makes music that really gets you in the gut, and her rousing lyrics are still echoing around my head a week on. I should have heard of her...

2012 3/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Gil Scott Heron, Martin Luther King & Handcrafted Chocolate

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) “The Last Holiday : A Memoir” by Gil Scott Heron I’m so thankful to a friend for introducing me to the wonderful work of Gil Scott Heron a number of years before he sadly died, and though I’ve only just started reading this newly published...

“Slow Puncture” On BBC Introducing – Listen Again + Tickets For Feb Shows With @hiband & @birdeatsbaby

Get the song here on a pay-what-you-can basis… I was very excited and pleased to receive an email from the Tom Robinson show last week informing me that “Slow Puncture” would be played on the show early on Monday morning (today), as a result of being selected from songs uploaded to the BBC Introducing Uploader....

2012 2/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Chris T-T, Arctic Hooping & Bike Doctor

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Chris T-T – “Binker” – the video! I don’t know how I missed this on Twitter last week but I only just stumbled across this gorgeous film. Chris’ 2011 Edinburgh Festival show “Disobedience: Chris T-T Sings A.A. Milne” was one of the musical highlights of...

wossy, gaza and tom cruise :::

Posted 31 Jan 2009 in News,Ramblings,Recommendations,Video

This week has been cardio-, meeting- and cinema-tastic (see Milk, see Milk, see Milk!), underpinned by the usual banging-of-head-against-the-wall at the world’s inability to act decently, or even logically.

You’ve all seen this by now, right?

There’s a lot of opinion on the subject online, but let me direct you towards a particularly eloquent and moving piece by the frontman of one of my favourite bands, Djevara, who gives an interesting view of the recent protests in London. Read it here.

Did you know you can give money to the Disasters Emergency Committee right here? – why not give the price of a pint or of a breakfast from your local cafe and cut back this weekend? I guarantee it’ll make you feel good. “But we’re in a recession”, I hear you cry. Yup, but we’ve got roofs and windows, and food in the fridge too.

This whole episode is yet another BBC debacle making me damn happy I don’t pay a licence fee – and yes, not having a TV is worth it just to put two fingers up at them. I did watch @wossy’s brilliant return to the small screen last week on iPlayer though and was curiously drawn in by Tom Cruise – he’s quite entertaining when not spouting insane religious mumbo jumbo.

And finally…after a ridiculous, annoying and ultimately fruitless shopping experience with the unreliable GAK (avoid buying from them like the plague!!), lovely Fender came to the rescue this week and my ’69 Thinline turned up on Monday. She’s a little beauty and I can’t wait to start recording with her next week.

How are you this weekend?

Posted by warriorgrrl


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