November Suite
I’m in the middle of an exercise to write a poem a day for November – the resulting collection, once edited, will be called ‘November
November 12, 2009
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A lifetime of ECM
Back in the mid-70s when I was at school, a friend of mine (hi, Peter) gave me a tape which had on it an album
November 2, 2009
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Print on Demand
I am looking at print-on-demand publishing services like Lulu.com and Createspace.com. Both of them offer services which mean that you can turn a pdf file into
October 30, 2009
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Keep it Simple Stupid
I am in the middle of a few hours working on the ‘Archetypes at Work’ manuscript. I have pushed the word count up to 18,000
October 23, 2009
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Scrapes against the soul – why so long?
I said in mid-September that I had nearly completed the latest poetry manuscript, ‘Scrapes against the Soul’. Well, I have been stuck on the last
October 21, 2009
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Carol Ann Duffy at Wirral Book Fest
Do you ever buy tickets for something, think it’s a good idea at the time, then have serious second thoughts as the date looms? I saw
October 13, 2009
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David Sylvian – Manafon
Regular readers of my blog over the last few years will know that I love the music of David Sylvian and have been a big
October 11, 2009
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Friday Playlist #5
A lot of posts to this blog are about music at the moment. There’s a lot of stunning music around to listen to. Here’s a
October 9, 2009
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Archetypes at Work – Notes for a book #3
Archetypal Descriptors are evident in the work of Handy, Morgan and Neville & Dalmau. In most cases a formal mythological framework is used. Most commonly
October 5, 2009
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Porcupine Tree – The Incident
Just a couple of listens so far, but the new album by Porcupine Tree is a wonderful thing to behold (whose line is that?) It’s
September 18, 2009
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