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Saturday, 2 May 2020
Writing Dump / Life Update
Because I like everything in its right place, here is all the stuff I’ve written over the last couple of years for Left Lion, Now Then and Reel Steel.
Funnily enough, I've got some time to work on my blog again. I now live in Sheffield, work in tech, and have a boyfriend who knows a lot about German.
I'm also pretty active on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr (say hello!).
Hope you're all doing ok out there in Hell World.
I'm also pretty active on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr (say hello!).
Hope you're all doing ok out there in Hell World.
Saturday, 22 November 2014
Alchemy Festival 2014 - disposable camera photos.
Alchemy Festival 2014, disposable camera.
"Thanks for offering every drug known to man Alchemy festival, but really just wanted a toilet that wasn’t mentally scarring."
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Amazing nature at Renishaw Hall and Gardens!
The amazing woods near Renishaw Hall.
The amazing lake near Renishaw Hall.
The amazing garden near Renishaw Hall.
I could have walked around here all day, such a beautiful place! Very ‘The Secret Garden’ and one of my favourite Derbyshire stately home haunts.
It was also a fun surprise finding Watership Down under a tree. You can’t see it (you gotta have faith), but they’re gazing at a suspended wooden sun (Lord Frith I assume). Except for atheist bunny on the left there.
The amazing flowers near Renishaw Hall.
The amazing statue near Renishaw Hall.
Digitally tweaked in Photoshop for added drama/contrast/really cool things.
The cellist is Amaryllis Fleming and she was sculpted by Fiore de Henriquez. My knowledge of cellists extends to ‘Hilary and Jackie’, so I always reckoned this was a dead ringer for Jacqueline du Pré!
Saturday, 14 September 2013
A Field in England, A Beach in Wales.
Or what I did this summer when I wasn't working heh.
(really, really appreciate my free time these days)
I went to Latitude festival with my favourite people, the highlights included...
It being so hot that my lip balm melted (I then used it).
Being nude and proud like Amanda Palmer in the showers.
Getting to the front for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hot Chip and Kraftwerk. Right on time.
Stalking Alan Moore, David Shrigley and Carol Anne Duffy.
Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran, Richard Herring and Tim Key lulz. Everyone needs a good larf!
The flock of multicoloured sheep.
My 'cookery'.
Then we went to Wales for a week, the highlights included...
Swimming in the freezing sea with my lovely man.
Visiting all the castles. History is a story of humans being shitty to each other.
Reading Trainspotting and A Clockwork Orange like the cool kids we are.
Folly Farm (and zoo) which definitely isn't just for kids.
Not being at work/staying in bed all day.
Other people's cookery.
Everything.
I've also been on a couple of protests, written lots about beauty/babies for a household name and generally been too busy (one way or anuzzer) to blog on here.
I need to write and make time for myself more -- I'll try! :)
(really, really appreciate my free time these days)
I went to Latitude festival with my favourite people, the highlights included...
It being so hot that my lip balm melted (I then used it).
Being nude and proud like Amanda Palmer in the showers.
Getting to the front for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hot Chip and Kraftwerk. Right on time.
Stalking Alan Moore, David Shrigley and Carol Anne Duffy.
Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran, Richard Herring and Tim Key lulz. Everyone needs a good larf!
The flock of multicoloured sheep.
My 'cookery'.
Then we went to Wales for a week, the highlights included...
Swimming in the freezing sea with my lovely man.
Visiting all the castles. History is a story of humans being shitty to each other.
Reading Trainspotting and A Clockwork Orange like the cool kids we are.
Folly Farm (and zoo) which definitely isn't just for kids.
Not being at work/staying in bed all day.
Other people's cookery.
Everything.
I've also been on a couple of protests, written lots about beauty/babies for a household name and generally been too busy (one way or anuzzer) to blog on here.
I need to write and make time for myself more -- I'll try! :)
Monday, 20 August 2012
Album covers I've gone and done.
My dad’s been setting poems to folk music for years, here are some of the album sleeves I've done for him.
Friday, 20 July 2012
Things I should be making.
Music.
I used to have piano, violin and bass guitar lessons. Unlike riding a bike, I remember fuck all about these apart from Chopsticks and Smoke on the Water. I also have an acoustic guitar, a vintage harmonica and a pink melodica lying around. And I’m still pretty nifty on the recorder!
Doodles.
Getting back into cartoons again, my fellow (who’s also a guitar whizz, so envious) did an animation course and it’s really re-sparked an interest in them. I always dreamt of becoming a cartoonist, but it’s hard picking up my pencil after a long break! Watch this space, I might even upload some old embarrassing stuff.
Love not war.
Well at least that’s one out of the three.
I used to have piano, violin and bass guitar lessons. Unlike riding a bike, I remember fuck all about these apart from Chopsticks and Smoke on the Water. I also have an acoustic guitar, a vintage harmonica and a pink melodica lying around. And I’m still pretty nifty on the recorder!
Doodles.
Getting back into cartoons again, my fellow (who’s also a guitar whizz, so envious) did an animation course and it’s really re-sparked an interest in them. I always dreamt of becoming a cartoonist, but it’s hard picking up my pencil after a long break! Watch this space, I might even upload some old embarrassing stuff.
Love not war.
Well at least that’s one out of the three.
Friday, 4 May 2012
Sweet charity, a muzak-al.
I’ve never decorated a shop window mannequin before, but I think I did a pretty good job today! It looked a bit like a boy/a member of B*Witched, wearing TWO different kinds of denim. I know about the denim rule, but my mannequin breaks all the rules of fashion.
Due to royalties, the charity shop I volunteer at now only plays a selection of 5 wrist-slittingly bad CDs. They’re actually awful. Like someone dropped a synthesiser down a well, and it’s clanging around repeatedly against the sides trying to escape.
The song titles are also imaginative; such as “Rain”, “Mountain Rain” and “Snow”. I’m thankful I don’t have a job composing this stuff, how do they sleep at night.
(this is rich coming from someone who thinks up “amusing” puns for a living)
Boots has a strange choice of background music too, listen and you’ll hear a strange repeating melancholy tinkle. It’s a bit depressing really, which isn’t brilliant as a lot of people go there to buy medicine and will probably come out thinking they will die.
It took me a sec before I realised why May the fourthhh is Star Wars day.
Due to royalties, the charity shop I volunteer at now only plays a selection of 5 wrist-slittingly bad CDs. They’re actually awful. Like someone dropped a synthesiser down a well, and it’s clanging around repeatedly against the sides trying to escape.
The song titles are also imaginative; such as “Rain”, “Mountain Rain” and “Snow”. I’m thankful I don’t have a job composing this stuff, how do they sleep at night.
(this is rich coming from someone who thinks up “amusing” puns for a living)
Boots has a strange choice of background music too, listen and you’ll hear a strange repeating melancholy tinkle. It’s a bit depressing really, which isn’t brilliant as a lot of people go there to buy medicine and will probably come out thinking they will die.
It took me a sec before I realised why May the fourthhh is Star Wars day.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
More gig photos from the Sitwell.
Some more dark blurry technicolour photos for Separation Anxiety, along with a couple (the green uns) of Menace 67 -- who were also playing Sitwell Tavern that night. Been seeing a lot of bands recently, want to make the most of the festival season!
Friday, 2 March 2012
Playlist for ghosts in the woods.
Another playlist for my friend Camilla, this time with a loose theme of ghosts, goths and the 1990s film, 'The Craft'. There's a varied selection, but they're all good accompaniment to casting spells, digging graves, and black moods. Shadowy, whispery, dream-poppy ecstasy for the discerning dark romantic.
A guide to help you through the woods and witches...
1. FEVER RAY - KEEP THE STREETS EMPTY FOR ME: a ghost that can play the pan-pipes really well.
2. RAMMSTEIN - ENGEL: an angry German ghost that sometimes appears wearing bondage gear.
3. MY BLOODY VALENTINE - ONLY SHALLOW: the roaring and distorted ghost of the stoned 1990s.
4. THE CURE - LULLABY: by far the sexiest ghost in the woods, may have you for dinner tonight.
5. QUEENADREENA - JOLENE: a stomping, jealous ghost that doesn't wear very much.
6. LADYTRON - I'M NOT SCARED: I'm actually quite scared by this ghost.
7. GOTYE - SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW: a ghost you hear on every radio station, all the time.
8. COLDPLAY - TROUBLE: a melancholy but likable male ghost that names its daughter after fruit.
9. ZOLA JESUS - NIGHT: a whispery, spine-chiller of a ghost that wails better than Florence Welch.
10. PETER GABRIEL - DON'T GIVE UP: featuring Kate Bush's ghost in the chorus.
11. BLONDE REDHEAD - 23: a chilled out ghost that likes to dream about numbers.
12. THE FLAMING LIPS - I CAN BE A FROG: the ghost of Karen O's zoo animals channeled by telephone.
13. DEERHUNTER - DESIRE LINES: the cheeriest and catchiest ghost in the woods.
14. FLEETWOOD MAC - RHIANNON: the kind of ghost that most people's parents would like.
15. PLACEBO - PURE MORNING: a hot but overly nasal ghost with breasts and all the rest.
16. M83 - MIDNIGHT CITY: a ghost that loves to dance and has an absolutely killer saxophone solo.
17. FAIRPORT CONVENTION - TAM LIN: a seven minute long story-telling ghost.
If you're curious and want to make this playlist (I am far too lazy to link everything), I find Spotify works an absolute treat! Or you could find them all on beemp3.com like I did nyahahaaa. Also hunt for my moon disco playlist from last year if you enjoyed this and want even more jingly, echoey crap to listen to.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Separation Anxiety photos.
Here are some photos I took for Nottingham-based band Separation Anxiety; a good bunch of people to work with, serious about music! A wider selection should be on their band page shortly...
(http://www.facebook.com/separationanxietyuk?sk=wall)
They're pretty rough and ready pics, but in my defense it was dark and my camera (and knowledge of photography) is not great. Excuses excuses. Taken at Sitwell Tavern in Derby, on a gangsters and molls night, hence ties and pinstripes all round!
(http://www.facebook.com/separationanxietyuk?sk=wall)
They're pretty rough and ready pics, but in my defense it was dark and my camera (and knowledge of photography) is not great. Excuses excuses. Taken at Sitwell Tavern in Derby, on a gangsters and molls night, hence ties and pinstripes all round!
Ahh, I was in a band once...le sigh...
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