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27 Feb 2014

Bryan and the prince

I had been chasing Prince on twitter trying to find out where he would play his next London show, I...

01 Feb 2014

Laptop Dancer

Its been the wettest month on record, everyone is talking about the rain, and then its back to the...

05 Jan 2014

Cathy's Clown

I guess im at the age where the people you grew up with start leaving this mortol coil for another....

02 Jan 2014

Winter Solstice

The last show of the year for me was in St Peters Church here in Firle, i was asked to sing two...

02 Jan 2014

A Firle Christmas

The great tradition of Carol singing in the village took on a new turn this year. Outside number 18...

02 Jan 2014

New Yard 2014

Its been a good year, i married the woman who travels with me in my heart everywhere i go, its been...

02 Jan 2014

May old Acquaintance

It was a pleasure to spend New Years with a room full of sober people playing songs with a band...

04 Dec 2013

Napoleon Solo

Glenn has released another solo album, and when it came in the post i was first attracted to the...

03 Dec 2013

Nesting in Winter

These days the cold air and short days lay me low, i think about the summer and how far away it...

07 Nov 2013

monkey business

The Strypes are supporting the Arctic Monkeys on a European tour, they are treated well with loads...

05 Nov 2013

39x201974

39 years ago and i was 20 years old, two years older than my youngest daughter Cissy who is now 18,...

14 Oct 2013

Digging the Future

The digger pulled the earth back like a giant can opener, and so the building work began with a sky...

22 Sep 2013

House Music

Bolton is my destination tonight, and a house on a hill filled with about 40 people who love music...

20 Sep 2013

Time Machine

I have a new band and they are called Time Machine, we travel all over the world in and out of...

17 Sep 2013

Bread and Butter

Devastating news this morning, David who bakes bread in our village has thrown in the towel, to...

15 Sep 2013

September No 48

Each September brings with it a change of weather, a change of light, a change of attitude as the...

15 Sep 2013

Barn Dance

After a year of negotiations we are almost there, almost there with the first spade in the ground....

01 Sep 2013

The Wrong Socks

Woke up in a hotel room, looked for my socks and i had not packed any fresh ones for my day, i was...

28 Aug 2013

Glastonbury and the Tortose

A positive use of this energy would be to begin a totally new and innovative project that consumes...

24 Aug 2013

Reading

My good friend Stuart tells me that Squeeze played here in 89, supported in part by the Hothouse...

18 Aug 2013

Festival Time

Without too much of a do, with oddly little rehearsal, we fled off to our first festival of the...

18 Aug 2013

Stock Stock

Cissy and Grace came to the festival at Secret Garden, most people I met said it was not about the...

16 Aug 2013

125

One hundred and twenty five days later….knackers in a vice, watched like a hawk, curfew at dusk,...

16 Aug 2013

Snapshot

The band completed the album with Chris Thomas and now its in its bag and ready for release, the...

15 Aug 2013

17 Heaven

Woke up next to the one i love opened the curtains, sunshine, not spring but cold cold sun. Back in...