Company of Wolves / November 30 2007
Nelson is arriving today to continue work on his album and to force me into drinking too much alcohol. (That’s never been difficult! – Ed.)
Audrey really loves seeing her Uncle Nelson too. She loves to show him all the new paths she has recently discovered when he accompanies us on our big lunchtime walks around […]
A Hit With The Ladies / November 29 2007
Audrey and I witnessed a fight between two women outside the Villager pub last night. I cannot repeat here for reasons of decency any of the language being used while blows and insults were being exchanged, but I am sure it is not difficult to imagine the kinds of things that were being said. […]
Respect Where It’s Due / November 28 2007
Ashley Morgan wrote a brilliant piece over on UpstartBlogger.com about the way the record industry is evolving, especially with regard to blogging.
He is spot on with his astute observations on the new forms of distribution and marketing that independent musicians and song writers are currently using to sell their material. He does not pull any […]
Road to Nowhere / November 27 2007
Ahhrrgggrrr!!! Roadworks outside the f***ing house! That means no work in the studio for a few hours. I hate it when this shit happens, I knew it would - moving from practically soundproofed premises to the spare room was always going to have its inherent problems. O lovely, lovely Baby Jesus, I know we haven’t […]
Electric Galaxy Continuum / November 26 2007
I’m so excited. Nelson is due to arrive from London on Friday to continue work on his full electric album for Big Arena Records.
I am looking forward to recording his vocals again. I have been sweating away over a hot mixing desk in the studio hard at work on the new Enormous songs for the […]
Uneasy Lies the Crown / November 24 2007
There is a badly written article in the local press today that concerns the local controversy surrounding this summer’s Village Carnival Queen. Apparently she has been dethroned, having lied about her age, pretending to be sixteen when in reality she was three years younger.
She looks considerably older than thirteen in the front-page photograph of her […]
Night Moves / November 23 2007
Brian, an old friend from years ago paid me a surprise visit last night. He made me go to the pub and get drunk. You can’t say no to Brian. He is a bluff and hearty Glaswegian and very strong and very persuasive.
‘I don’t really get drunk anymore, Brian. Apart from the physical crapulence, it […]
Strange Fruit / November 22 2007
There is an eccentric old woman that Audrey and I sometimes see when we are walking in the village. She is always pushing a grubby baby-carrier around with her. It isn’t a human infant inside her grimy perambulator, however: it’s a doll.
She is an odd and lonely figure and to catch sight of her is […]
Mojo Workin’ / November 21 2007
I treated myself to a restorative shopping trip to Nottingham yesterday. Amongst other things, I bought an expensive French Connection sweater and House of Meetings, the new Martin Amis novel.
For some reason, almost every pretty woman that I passed gave me a cute smile or even went so far as to nod at me by […]
International Incident No.2 / November 20 2007
‘You were right, Nelson,’ I informed him this morning. ‘I am an idiot.’
‘What’s wrong?’
‘She’s not the one,’ I told him.
‘Has she dumped you?’ he yawned.
‘Yep.’
‘I told you, didn’t I? They all dump you eventually,’ he said. ‘You’re the Goodbye Guy.’
‘Yep.’
‘Oh well . . . there are plenty more fish in the kettle,’ he ventured. ‘It […]
