Fans of Tom Waits, Chet Baker etc. might like this clip – it’s one of my more jazzy numbers, filmed at Studio 2 in Liverpool. I wrote the song originally for a female vocal but I think it suits me pretty well; flute maestro George Roberts blows some serious stuff over the top…
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Sharks by Tom George
This is a song that I wrote when a friend asked me to appear at his ‘dream-pop’ themed event. I hadn’t heard of the genre before, but started strumming at my guitar, and this is what came out – kind of dreamy, kind of melancholic. “The sharks are in the park, your heart is onContinue reading “Sharks by Tom George”
Paint, Protest and Putin: Liverpool’s New Radical Art
With revolution erupting in Ukraine, and Putin’s thugs whipping members of Pussy Riot at the Sochi games, an art show themed on protest could not have had a more fitting backdrop. Seventy people squeezed into Arena Gallery’s bijou central Liverpool space for the private view of “Objections”, the latest show by Not Just Collective, an artContinue reading “Paint, Protest and Putin: Liverpool’s New Radical Art”
The Trees in the Park – a poem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aTCTJUixvU&feature=youtu.be Poem with autumnal images of trees filmed in Sefton Park, Liverpool by Tom George.
Shop ‘n’ Roll – Liverpool’s Alternative Retail Culture
Winter Market at The Kazimier club, Liverpool featuring music from Raw Bones, Swingin’ Bricks and Tom George…
UK indie pop news !! ‘Drifter’ video from Tom George
This track has been available at http://www.tomgeorge.bandcamp.com for a while and people have compared it to acts as diverse as Blind Lemon and Squeeze…I’ve just finished the video to it, shot around Liverpool with help from my photographer mate Brian Ardrey. It also features cameo appearances from some of the Liverpool bohemians – many ofContinue reading “UK indie pop news !! ‘Drifter’ video from Tom George”
Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George
Nerve Magazine – Interview with local singer, songwriter and writer Tom George.
What Do You Do When You Find Out One of Your Housemates Reads The Daily Mail?
It’s National Poetry Day in the UK!! And what better day to hate the Daily Mail newspaper in poetic form…
September Fly
There’s a solitary housefly living in the downstairs toilet. September fly was concieved on a dog turd down the street, hatched out on a rotting pastie by next door’s bins and found it’s way through our spare bedroom window last weekend. Since then, it has patrolled our rooms and corridors on a non-stop reconnaissance missionContinue reading “September Fly”
Dinosaur Jnr Live Review!!
Originally published in Seba Rashii Culture Zine Dinosaur Jnr East Village Arts Club, Liverpool 03/9/13 Tonight’s support band, the 6-strong Kult Country, is adept at whipping up Arcade Fire-isms to peaks of rhythmic intensity, with a female violinist moonlighting as a percussionist on a couple of songs. The final number, complete with crunchy, barking vocal effectsContinue reading “Dinosaur Jnr Live Review!!”
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