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...

Category: NaNoWriMo

Vlomo10, Viv Albertine and She Says

I am a crazy person. Alongside being pretty busy with work and trying to organise a She Make War jaunt around England in December (contact me for house concerts, video/photo work and general hanging out) I am taking part in NaNoWriMo for the third time and Vlomo10 for the first...

“give u more” lyrics + nearly 2500 plays already! :::

Posted 04 Feb 2010 in Music,NaNoWriMo,Video
Wowee, the “Give U More” video has had 2474 views on YouTube since Tuesday morning. I thought only cats playing the banjo got watched that much, so thanks everyone! We’d love to get your ratings and comments so if you fancy saying anything please head over here to do so....

nanowrimo – nanoWON-o!! :::

Posted 29 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo,Photo Post
I did it!!!!!! Never did find out who Bruce Fish was, but that’ll come in the second draft, I’m sure. For now – woooooooooooooo!!! Thanks to everyone for being so supportive, especially @solobassteve, MasonicBoom and @eph_brinkley. Here’s to next...

nanowrimo day 27 :::

Posted 27 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo
It’s nearly over, and by jove I think I might actually ‘win’ NaNoWriMo this year. After a surprisingly productive couple of writing sessions today my wordcount stands at 40,591 with three days to go. It hasn’t been easy. A few days ago my already bleak-ish story started getting worse, to...

writes, shoots and peace :::

Posted 22 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post,Ramblings
It’s NaNoWriMo day 22 and my word count is a respectable 26,589. I’m behind the ideal word count by some margin but I like my story and I am stubborn. Today I plan to keep coming back to the laptop for half hour bursts in between all the other stuff...

new song: no fireworks :::

Posted 15 Nov 2009 in Music,NaNoWriMo,News,She Makes War
I’m all about the challenges these days, what with the recent half marathon and now NaNoWriMo, so when I saw one of my favourite blogs, (ex-Sleater-Kinney guitarist/vocalist) Carrie Brownstein’s Monitor Mix, was encouraging everyone to celebrate home recording this weekend by writing and demoing a brand new song I was...

nanowrimo day 12 :::

Posted 12 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo,Photo Post
Lagging behind at 12,741 words. Hmph. Pregnant friend safely out of hospital and boyfriend safely off on tour though, so I should be able to focus more over the weekend and hopefully catch up. Tonight’s writing was nothing special but it’s good to get in to it again. I have...