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 […]
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 7 / June 6 2008
Episode 7 of the Big Arena Records podcast is now on line. This week, the song I’m playing is Believe Her - another track from Electric Baby Grand.
I love this song. It’s a very simple and uncomplicated little tune, the like of which I am prone to produce now and again when I’m in the […]
Episode 5 / May 24 2008
‘Another beautifully crafted bundle of acoustic joy,’ - that’s what Ashley Morgan says over on the Big Arena Records website about my fifth podcast in this lead up to the release of the Enormous album Electric Baby Grand.
I’m flattered, and I’m certainly not going to argue with a man of such discerning taste.
This week, […]
Be Fruitful / April 21 2008
Five blueberry smoothies – that’s the best way of curing a hangover; the best one I have so far discovered, anyway. Add a little vodka to each one and within twenty minutes you’ll be feeling marvellous.
I tried working in the studio, playing guitar on some of the new Nelson Galaxy stuff, but I could not […]
Excessive Moderation / February 14 2008
It isn’t my birthday until tomorrow but I have already had scores of friends on MySpace sending me their best wishes and reminding me that they have a new album out at the moment or a gig in a few weeks time. It’s a jolly good job that they have kindly elected to send me […]
New York or New Year / January 1 2008
‘But –’
I tried reasoning with him; it was having little effect.
‘But I just thought that this New Years Eve was gonna be amazing. You know: dancing girls and everything.’
‘Look, Nelson,’ I told him, ‘this is just a boring little Derbyshire village. We simply aren’t going to find what we’re looking for here – spiritually, aesthetically […]
Trimmings / December 21 2007
The man on the cheese counter in the Co-op earlier this morning was for some inexplicable reason dressed as a Viking.
‘Didn’t they have any Santa outfits left?’ I asked him while ordering my Christmas Stilton and Camembert.
‘I’m a Viking,’ he hissed, ‘and I can’t wait to get out of this frightful outfit, darling’ – I […]
Whisky Echo / December 19 2007
The bottle of whisky that Scottish Brian gave me a few weeks ago was polished off last night. Surprisingly, I do not have a hangover at all. I do, however, have a bad case of indigestion – whisky always does that to me, especially Jack Daniels. As I was walking Audrey this morning, I was […]
How It Hangs / December 13 2007
When you get to my age, thirty-five (Eh!? – Ed.), hangovers take on a malevolent character and can be very debilitating.
Nelson returned to London over a week ago and I am only now beginning to feel human again. I blame him - out of pure expediency, naturally - for being a bad influence on me […]
