A year ago I started writing about a busking trip I took in Europe (mostly Spain) in 2003, starting in Barcelona, then down to Valencia, a trip up to Toulouse, and some time in Madrid. This will be the next book I put out. I’m now on chapter 19, probably 80% of the way through.Continue reading “No Strings Attached”
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A Day in the Life
I’m trying to draw ducks’ feet. Earlier in the day, Mum took me to the park and now I’m figuring out how to transfer what I’ve seen to the page. The curves of webbed skin between the ducks’ toes are proving quite a challenge. Lying here on my tummy, surrounded by paper and pens, withContinue reading “A Day in the Life”
The Way Back From Fear…
Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels Like many issues we face these days, Covid seems to have driven people into two camps. On one hand there are those who regard any any public socialising as irresponsible and for whom opening schools could potentially set off a deadly ‘second wave’. For those on the other side, the wholeContinue reading “The Way Back From Fear…”
Two Views on UK Lockdown
1. Remember how much lip service was paid to mental health in the last couple of years? It supposedly had ‘parity’ with physical health in government thinking, despite being woefully underfunded. Well, the past month has blown all those platitudes out of the water. As long as we can keep people alive, the mental wellbeingContinue reading “Two Views on UK Lockdown”
2020 Vision
This will be the year I say goodbye to fear I live right now and here My vision true and clear I’ll let the drama go I’ll let the Dharma show Me how to let things flow And see my garden grow This will be the season Things happen for a reason Where conscious self-respectContinue reading “2020 Vision”
New Buskers Initiative…
In addition to doing live gigs, I have been playing on the streets of towns and cities for years, and I have had some interesting experiences and opportunities come my way as a result. Recently I was approached to contribute a track to an album featuring music by some of the world’s finest buskers. TheContinue reading “New Buskers Initiative…”
Barcode Man
This is a piece that I am currently exhibiting at Arts Hub 47 on Lark Lane as part of Not Just Collective’s new show. The name of the show is ‘Practitioners of the City’ and features work inspired by the experience of urban living. I had previously exhibited video art with the group and thisContinue reading “Barcode Man”
A New Piece of Kit
I seem to have bought one of these; a device that will revolutionise my performances. As I don’t have a band, nor the ability to find one (nor the patience to lead one, nor the finances to pay one) this will be the way to enhance my live sound. What a loop pedal does isContinue reading “A New Piece of Kit”
Anniversaries to Forget….
Today BBC 6 music is making a big fuss about the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album because it was released exactly fifty years ago. Well, how astounding. What a perfect opportunity to celebrate a seminal work of popular culture, apart from the fact that Brian Wilson’s alleged masterwork sounds exactly the same as it didContinue reading “Anniversaries to Forget….”
My Ten Best Points…
Cultural end-of-year lists are so fucking smug. They’ve already started appearing, and I’m having to avoid the Sunday papers where cultural hacks declare which books, films and albums were the most essential. What a lot of great shit I’ve missed (as usual). There’s nothing wrong in theory with writers looking back at their personal highlights,Continue reading “My Ten Best Points…”
Tom George 