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Episode 4 / May 16 2008
I forgot to mention yesterday the new Big Arena Records podcast that features yours truly. So I’m doing it now – get yourselves over there and have a listen to episode 4.
And to the thousands of you that already have, I offer my deepest gratitude. It’s nice to have such a large audience.
Remember, I do [...]
Unlucky Heather / May 15 2008
Travellers should be banned.
A large Romany-looking woman with a black shawl and an armful of purple heather quickly veered in my direction as I was leaving the chemist’s this morning. I tried my very best to avoid her but to no avail. She zoomed in front of me with supernatural nimbleness and pushed a sprig [...]
Eye Can See Clearly Now / May 14 2008
I awoke with a jolt this morning at 5am in worried-sheep mode, full of anxiety. I feared one of my big, black waves of depression was about to engulf me. I read some John Donne before going to sleep last night (yes, I read metaphysical poetry – try not to faint) to prevent just this [...]
Avon Calling / May 12 2008
I have just been invited by Sonny Starr via a late-night telephone conversation (I was actually in bed – early riser me, I need my beauty sleep) to play guitar on the new Dysons album and European tour. I declined the offer.
‘It’s a turgid dirge, Sonny,’ I explained when he asked me why I wouldn’t [...]
Sunday Best / May 11 2008
Have you ever pretended you were not in the house when someone was knocking on your door? That’s what Audrey and I were doing at 7:45 this morning when arch joker Reg, fulfilling the promise he made me last week, arrived to accompany me to Sunday Services at St Michael’s Church in the village.
Well, I [...]
Podcast Episode 3 / May 9 2008
It’s Thursday again and Thursday is Podcast Day – yay!
Episode 3, Season 1 of the Big Arena Records podcast is now on-line at their new website.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to you all for listening to my little show - which is known around here as the Davy Lawrence [...]
Rhyme And Raisin / May 8 2008
Bleugh! I’m not a freegan anymore; I’ve got raisin poisoning.
I spent all day yesterday working on new songs, writing lyrics, messing around with chord structures. I also spent all day yesterday eating Californian seedless raisins. I ended up eating three packets of the bloody things. My poor intestines and most of my other internal organs [...]
Raisins To Be Cheerful / May 7 2008
I am now a Freegan.
When Audrey and I were walking past the Co-op car park this morning, I noticed that one of the large, brown bins at the side of the shop was overflowing with some brightly-coloured packets of food. ‘We’ll be having a look at that,’ I told my eager little companion.
To my delight [...]
The Napoleonic Wars (Part I) / May 5 2008
I was already in angry bear mode when I woke up this morning but the fact that my next-door-neighbour keeps throwing his empty cans of Foster’s lager on to my back garden made me feel even worse.
I took a moment to gird my loins and stormed round there. I banged on his door ready to [...]
Sunday Morning Excuses / May 4 2008
Audrey and I keep bumping into Reg and Hercules, his little Jack Russell terrier. I was flabbergasted this morning when he asked me: ‘Didn’t see you in church this morning, Napoleon. Something better to do, eh?’
‘Well . . . I was . . . erm . . .’
‘No excuses, mate. I‘ll see you there next [...]
