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

nanowrimo day 9 – now all online! :::

Posted 09 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post,Ramblings
In the ultimate display of public procrastination I have posted all eleven chapters of my NaNovel on my shiny new Posterous blog. After three days of no writing due to work, work, work and exhaustion I am trying to get going again and managed another chapter this morning before the...

nanowrimo day 4 :::

Posted 06 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo,Photo Post,Ramblings
With 8597 words tapped out so far this week I am on target despite missing out a day so I could try to banish my bout of flu once and for all with a lot of lovely sleep. My novel currently has seven pivotal characters: Carrie, Dan, Sol, Robin, Daphne,...

“cos i’m a nanowrimo dynamo…” :::

Posted 01 Nov 2009 in NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post,Ramblings,Travel
Had to go and put that lyric in a song, didn’t I?! Though I took part in NaNoWriMo last year I didn’t complete the 50,000 target due to various overambitious slip ups – I can miss a day or two, or three, I’ll catch up!…um, yeah – and was determined...

punx-pacha-apollo + gig alert + video! :::

Another busy busy week. I spent a very enjoyable day in the studio on Wednesday with Hal working on a potential track for the new Young Punx album, and it looks like some more awesome Han Hoogebrugge videos are going to be made soon – watch this space. I also...

so far in 2009 i have :::

- written and recorded ten brand new songs from scratch in 12 hours as part of the “20 Song Game”, an idea created by the Immersion Composition Society. I’ll be knocking some of them in to shape and sharing them with you very soon. - baked and eaten a good...

nano-done-o :::

Posted 01 Dec 2008 in NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post,Ramblings
  It’s just after midnight and NaNoWriMo 2008 is over! It’s been a hell of a month and a brilliant experience, and I’m very proud of my achievement. I wrote a total of 33685 words, and tonight I managed to complete my story, paraphrasing the ending a little but plotting...

20K to go zzzzzz :::

Posted 30 Nov 2008 in NaNoWriMo
After really applying myself tonight I’m now only 20,000 words off my 50,000 word target for NaNoWriMo. I’m not giving up, by any means, but I think it’s pretty safe to say I won’t be a NaNo winner this year. I’m definitely going to try and get there tomorrow (I’m...