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I'll be supporting Martin Stephenson and Jim Hornsby in Huddersfield tomorrow night. If I knew how to paste things on this bloody iPad I...

I bought a copy of the Day the Country Died , which is a book about anarchy punk by Ian Glasper, in the summer. I left it on the tube, along...

I collected my surprise guitars from the luthiers today. One of them, a Framus, came from the North London Hospice shop. It was filthy and I...

Donate to the mental health site here (Monday's Mood will be appearing on this CD) http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ralphs-life/

Yes, real live CDs have popped through the door! I have put the live version of Two Strings to your Bow up on Soundcloud here: https://sou...

Just planning another rehearsal for the gig; Martin will be playing with Jim Hornsby and Jim-the-fiddle, the Antipoet will be playing and Of...

Since twice updating my iPhone to the new ugly design, it has become slower than ever, taking an age to load pages. It has stopped Face-timi...

I asked Offsprog Two if she would like to go to the pantomime at Hackney Empire again this year. 'NO!'.

I've had a few this week, and I literally spat out the words 'For fxxx sake', at maximum volume in the bogs at work yesterday. I...

We had a good Helen and the Horns rehearsal last night and we did manage to nail Happy Ending and Twice Brewed;  and Secret Love, and it l...

I've spent part of the day transcribing lyrics and chords for Happy Ending and Twice Brewed for our rehearsal tonight. The Green Godde...

Even at 7.30 it was pretty packed- there were Mike and June and Laura and their neighbour from down the street; it was a lovely surprise t...

Great big bullies.

I used to draw the Beverly Sisters a lot when I was about six, and I also drew triplets a lot too. There were usually three of what I drew...

BTW, not a lot of long postings at the moment- I'm exhausted and surviving on mainly chocolate and coffee with the occasional banana thr...