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

why i love brighton in the winter :::

Posted 27 Nov 2008 in NaNoWriMo,Photo Post,Ramblings,Travel
  The photo sums it up pretty well but there are lots of other things I like, including: - Walking along the deserted beaches with the wind in my hair and my dog by my side - Dramatic skies that make my photos automatically look like paintings - Window shopping...

The Young Punx live at EA Games “Be The One” – Part II :::

Posted 24 Nov 2008 in NaNoWriMo,Video
[Part I is here] Funny how it always looks nicer on Vimeo, huh? Now for more...

only 32,719 words to go… :::

Posted 24 Nov 2008 in NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post
You could say I’m a little bit behind on my NaNoWriMo word count. If I could add in the words from all the reviewy bloggy writey work I’ve been doing recently I’d be well over the finish line, but sadly rules is rules, and my story progresses ever onwards. I’m...

Press : guardian scan, poorly-ness and internet telly :::

Posted 17 Nov 2008 in NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post,Press
Bleurgh. I am sick. It’s not the horrible fluey cold thing that travels from person to person every winter, but some weird tummy bug that’s left me all weak and pathetic and seemingly unable to leave my bed. I’m way behind on all the things I wanted to get done...

why aren’t you signed? :::

Posted 08 Nov 2008 in Music,NaNoWriMo,News,Ramblings,She Makes War
Last night I played at The Marlborough again, another short and bitter sweet acoustic set performed this time to a less friendly room. It’s hard when you’re faced with an audience populated solely by boys from the other bands – they didn’t come out to listen to music, they came...

new live pics & novelling slowly :::

[photo by Gary Keenan] What a weekend – first singing in Trafalgar Square with The Young Punx then playing my second solo set of the winter, at The Marlborough in Camberwell. I had a marvellous time doing both (very different) shows, and more media will be coming soon – a...

red, redder, reddest :::

Posted 31 Oct 2008 in Music,NaNoWriMo,News,Photo Post,Press,Ramblings
It’s been a busy day so far. A nice frosty walk in the park this morning was marred only slightly by two dogs launching themselves at Benji in a non-playing manner and scaring the crap out of him but redeemed when we met other, more pleasant dogs (and owners) later...