Lamontations
It’s just coming up to a year since I heard Fritz van Helsing had died. The response to his death filled Facebook, various people’s websites and many many conversations. Although many of us hadn’t spent much time with him, he’d had a powerful and enabling …
Read More >Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Category: Journal 2 Comments 
I have my parents to thank for my love of Burns, as well as being brought up in the heart of the Burns legend. This song finds the poet, let’s face it, feeling sorry for himself and complaining about why the birds and trees can …
Read More >Monday, January 14th, 2013 Category: Music, My music No Comments
My new, acoustic Invisible Helpers (enriched by nourishing banjo) make their final appearance of the year at The Listening Room on Sunday 16th December.
The Blue Blazer, Spittal St, …
Read More >Friday, December 14th, 2012 Category: My music No Comments
Big thanks all round to the people whose work and generosity made the weekend’s gig in Oswestry possible, especially Chas Nicolson and his friends at the venue on the night looking after the bar and …
Monday, December 3rd, 2012 Category: Journal, My music 2 Comments
Had an enjoyable Friday night in Glasgow at a talk by Brad Warner. Brad’s the only Zen Buddhist teacher I know who’s also a punk bassist, worked on monster movies and writes occasional articles on Buddhism for a …
Saturday, November 17th, 2012 Category: Ideas, Journal No Comments