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Quick money running out at Prestwick airport Tonite- Accies Glasgow Tomorrow Village, Edinburgh New cds with me Hope you camne come!

Ha Ha- my friend Kim sent me a wry observation about artists and musicians and their generosity- and how sometimes this is not so welcome! T...

I'm having a troublesome day today; whichever way I turn there's a prickly barbed-wire bush throwing out its sharp tendrils to entan...

Look what Peter and the Penguins sent me, all the way from their fjord in Norway! Something is happening in the world of Penguins; first, on...

Left: Karel Beer, facilitator of the festival and general catalyst Below left: BJ Cole and Martin Stephenson relax together. BJ accompanied ...

Left: on the main stage sound checking ('balance' en francais). The sound guys were great- they turned up at the shows that they wer...

Just got back yesterday from the festival at Rochefort; it was an amazing experience and I will take a bit of time tomorrow to write about i...

... every L-driver in the whole of North London, stalling just as the lights turned green (at least ten of 'em), and the dear little anc...

Calm, calm, calm... calm,calm,calm... The cattery called last night. 'Where are your cats?', they asked.'We've had a power c...

My friend in the USA, photographer Daniel Coston, has sent me a whole bunch of CDs. At the moment I'm listening to the Zombies, who feat...

It was because I got to work at the University of the East this morning and dumped in a pile on my desk were: The wooden babushka Elvis Pres...

I've spent the day looking through the CD collection, intending to throw some out, but that time will come when I finally move house. It...

Lord be Praised for Vanish stain remover, for its help in purging carpets of bilious cat vomit. Amen

1. Anyone suggest a good venue for my CD launch in October? I'd like somewhere not too fancy but a little unusual: close to a tube stati...

What a beautiful place! Mown green lawns glowing in the overcast light, a quaint chocolate-box cottage, woods, sky, balmy breezes, old fashi...