Browsing my folders in order to put together a demo, I found a lot of WaveForm instrumentals I’d ignored for a year or more. I also discovered the secret of how I can enjoy them – wait until so many months have passed that I can’t remember (a) how they were done or (b) what … Read more
My room is silentKnocking round the house downstairsYour October cough Norman Lamont 7/11/07
A rainstick Takes its time To shower seedsAlong its spine I wish I’d givenAmple causeTo justifyIts warm applause All I did:Rotate its axisPity I can’t Apply the practice To all those peopleWho don’t knowHow cool I amHow great my show How wise my wordsHow slick my movesHow bright my stringsHow funk my grooves So I … Read more
Marc Bolan came to meWrapped in a magazineAnd I took up being 16. Mystics and wizardsMist and the spellsI couldn’t get the hang Just the cloaked figureWith his doll’s face Saved by his ringletsI was the acceptable face of curly hairPreviously a curse I caught him just liftingInto rock and rollWith an AOUW! and an … Read more
THE FAILED ASTRONOMER They named a star after me But that’s no constellation.
On the breakup of Hungry Ghosts, my two main collaborators were singer Polly Phillips and guitarist Gil Murray. Polly is a superb singer, who had just released her first album I Wish I Had Your Life. We had a weekly residency in a cafe called Common Grounds at the top of the Mound, and also … Read more