Hopes and Fears / June 29 2008
There was a loud party going on in a house on the other side of he rec’ last night.
With the aid of the Leica 8×20 binoculars pointed through the studio window, Audrey and I watched about twenty intoxicated people as they shouted at the moon, at each other and at the world in general, seemingly […]
Jumbo Skill Crane / June 27 2008
I think bad spelling is depressing. It’s an illustration of failure, like drinking alone. But whereas the latter is always a rather serious affair, the former can often have humorous results.
Passing a small building site at seven o’clock this morning, I felt obliged to point out to Audrey a notice that had been attached to […]
A Nautical Theme / June 26 2008
Audrey and I passed an old man near the shops this morning who had apparently just fallen over. He was already being helped by several people so I did not feel obliged to stay and offer any assistance myself.
Moving on, towards the post office (I had several letters to post and needed to stock up […]
Grace and Beauty / June 25 2008
Nelson has gone back to London today and I have just had a quick listen to the drunken podcast we recorded on Sunday.
When I’m intoxicated, my singing tends to sound like a ewe’s mating call and I feel as if I’m struggling with the brain of a citrus beverage, but nelson is always in fine […]
Episode 9 / June 23 2008
The penultimate episode of this season of the Big Arena Podcast is now up.
I’m playing Finders Keepers, a song that became slightly infamous around here a few years ago due to its chilling subject matter – kidnap and murder in general, and Michael Sams in particular, the hated rapist who was jailed for life in […]
Bizarre Smart Car Park Remark Lark / June 19 2008
I was tricked by a little old man today when I went into Alfreton to buy guitar strings.
He was a smartly dressed gentleman, balding with an impressive comb-over – a popular hairstyle around the East Midlands, parting his hair just below the armpit. He confronted me as I was getting out of the car. ‘I […]
White Dopes on Punk / June 18 2008
Aren’t teenagers great.
Whilst wandering through the park with Audrey yesterday evening, a group of adolescents dressed as a cross between Marilyn Manson and street urchins from Oliver Twist, thought it would be fun to shout abuse at us from the relative safety of the dilapidated bandstand in which they had ensconced themselves to smoke joints, […]
Gig Postponed / June 16 2008
The venue where Enormous were due to give an acoustic performance this Saturday (21st) have cancelled the show – for reasons of national security or something – and rescheduled it for September 6th.
Sorry if this leaves you feeling as disappointed as it does us (I was even planning on having a bath in readiness for […]
Mood Swings and Elevators / June 15 2008
Punk drummer Sonny Starr paid the studio a visit yesterday. I was incredibly busy as usual and did not have the time to pay him much attention or to patronise him in the way to which he has become accustomed.
After he’d finished telling me about how he’d had a ‘right good blow-job’ from a member […]
Episode 8 / June 13 2008
We are nearly at the end of the first season of the Big Arena Records Podcast. There are only two more to go after this week - the last and tenth one will be online in a fortnight marking the official release of Electric Baby Grand – and I must say that I will […]
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