Last night I went to a local drama group, to see whether I should join them. I have thought about getting involved with a drama group for a while now. It’s one of those quietly written resolutions or ambitions that I never seem to get to. So, last night I went and watched the Riverside … Read more
Fresh from the keyboard – words that make the first cut of a poem: Words drip down like stains I Wordsdrip down like stains on the side of the soulwhen the meaning that you sent was clear as heartsand all that was spent Don’t remember everything then – that’s all at sightand I will regret … Read more
So when is the podcast going to happen? … trying out ideas, mulling over different techniques, listening to others for inspiration (positive and negative). No point in repeating or copying what is already there. Need to do something different. Using sounds, using words, effects, not just an audio blog. … soon, yes, soon.
I recently finished reading a book of poems by Douglas Barbour called “Fragmenting Body etc”. Douglas is from Canada. The book is published by Salt which is a joint UK / Australia press (read an excerpt here) – the output from Salt over the last few years has been impressive. I really enjoyed reading this … Read more
Advice from Dave Pollard’s weblog (How to save the world): – Do one or two things really well!! That focuses right in on one of the things I have real challenge with. Even at the best of times, it is a real effort to sustain focus on one thing for very long. I always have … Read more
Today I received the latest catalogue from Peter Riley Books, a mail order seller of poetry books, new and second-hand. He is based in Cambridge, England. I’ve been getting his catalogue for a couple of years or more now. He has an incredibly diverse choice of poetry from a wide range of presses. It’s a … Read more
I listened to another episode of the Richard Vobes Show this morning. Richard has produced 40 podcasts in the last couple of months. They feature a little music, lots of chat and laughs. He’s very good at podcasting. I am mentioning him again because he left a comment on an earlier post to this weblog. … Read more
As I browse podcasts, and dig around in this relatively new medium, it becomes clear that we are still at the experimental stage of this whole innovation. It’s being played with by the Early Adopters. Although the talk around this phenomenon is loud at the moment, so the growth in interest is happening as I … Read more
OK, so I want to make a podcast. I have spent far too much time over the last week looking into the whole issue of podcasting. I have looked at Adam Curry‘s site (founder of this whole podcasting idea). I have downloaded the ipodder software, and subscribed to a number of feeds so that I … Read more