Yo. Happy New Year. Hope it was and is happy. I was out of the country for the first time in my life. (I've been abroad before, not a lot mind but just not over Christmas and New Year). It was pretty nuts. I was in Goa, India. I'd never left Europe, was there for a wedding, watching how they get down over. Had a pretty banging time to be fair, put on a bit of weight round the belly, even got a very mild sun tan on my forearms, imagine that. Anyway, this aint some travel blog, mainly because I don't really travel, unless you include up and down the northern line. However, me and man like Gary From Leeds would this year like to travel a bit round the UK (and anywhere else) if poss and perform our respective Edinburgh shows, Garibaldi and The C/D Borderline, get in touch if you're in any way interested, we've made a little tour package and everything, cann fill you in.
So, it's a new year. Got a few irons in the fire, gonna be doing some Beats and Elements work this year, two new projects, another audio and theatre project I've collaborated on called Robinson, with a writer called Christina Lei and plus all the usual gigs and stuff. Last year was a good year for me, let's hope that continues.
Here's a little vid from a Sofar Sounds gig I did back in October (I think) which came out towards the end of last year, I dropped this at a gig on Saturday called Dear Diary by a great comidan called Helen Black, at the very nice Canvass Cafe in Brickane. It was the first gig of the year and was really good fun. people read exerts from their teenage diaries so it was quite entertaining.
Happy new year and all that. It's 27th January and I think this is my first post of the year. It's been pretty busy so far. Was doing a bit of the old hosting at Battersesa Arts Centre for their New Year's party. Since then I've gigged at Hammer and Tongue Hackney,Lipped Ink, my own Beats and Elements night at Camden People's Theatreand then last night, at new night called Dry January...and speaking of which, last night, at this cosy little creative space on Old Street calledZiferblat, I had a little slot where I got to do a few of the poems that I don't normally do, like this one below. Crows. Hold tight Morden, Raynes Park, Cannon Hill Common and the wildlife.