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7th December 2020 Track Leave a comment 2020spoetryTrack of the Week

Christmas Eve

It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas. The high street shops are busy (so I'm told), fairy lights are quietly materialising all over our village and this poem appeared on my radar recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZCZIXmC8GE Liz Berry is a poet steeped in the local culture of England's West Midlands. The area where she grew up…Read more Christmas Eve

20th November 2016 Track Leave a comment alternativehumourpoetryTrack of the Weektraditional

Boo Boo Bird

"It is up to you  whether you read this... my advice is just  to ignore it."     Ivor Cutler Ivor Cutler was the Scottish equivalent of Spike Milligan. He was an eccentric poet, songwriter and humourist. His fans included The Beatles, John Peel, KT Tunstall, John Lydon, Neil Innes and Robert Wyatt. He was the driver of…Read more Boo Boo Bird

23rd October 2016 Album 3 Comments alternativepoetryvideo

Let Them Eat Chaos

Years ago now Crotchety Man was watching a documentary about old sitcoms on the BBC. The discussion turned to The Good Life, a TV series about a cheap plastic toy designer, Tom Good, who gives up his well-paid but unfulfilling job to turn his suburban house into a small-holding and become entirely self-sufficient. Needless to say…Read more Let Them Eat Chaos

13th February 201513th February 2015 Album 1 Comment 2010sAlbum of the Monthfolkpoetry

Live in Dublin

One of the albums on my wish list for last Christmas was Leonard Cohen's Live in Dublin. It wasn't in my stocking then but I did get a generous helping of iTunes vouchers for my birthday at the end of January so I bought it as a download. It's a live album recorded in September…Read more Live in Dublin

25th January 201522nd March 2015 Track 1 Comment 1960sfolkpoetryTrack of the Week

Magic Is Afoot

One morning earlier in the week there was a knock on the door. I was up but not yet dressed. Opening the door I was greeted by a woman carrying a bundle of small, glossy brochures. It was cold outside and a stiff breeze ruffled my dressing gown. I feared I was about to be…Read more Magic Is Afoot

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