Big thoughts and little thoughts (a blog even)

february 2nd 2012: Trying to make a wee video for 'belle' as a lot of people have been asking why i don't have something half decent on youtube....and i guess they're right. So..it's as cold as a witches teat and i'm going to build myself a video out of what i have...which is a pocket camera a room and a bucketful of imagination....and no technical expertise to speak of...:)

january 17th 2012: trapped in a fog pocket putting together the jigsaw pieces of my music room...the canal has been drained to fix leaks and i'm doing the same to my room...haven't even taken out a guitar to see how it sounds in here..below zero outside and keeping warm is the main challenge, bringing logs in, taking boxes out...enough activity to avoid hibernation....happy new year!

december 8th: that's it....played my last gig of the year and now hanging up my boots 'till 2012 comes around....bliss! myself and interference had some amazing moments over the past few weeks, truly a pleasure.....thanks again to all of youse who came along. unburdened myself of a barrel load of new cds, glad to hear that people like it, despite the tendency the songs have to send listeners into a deep sleep! happy new year and looking forward to more of the same.......and maybe something different, marja and myself are going to see whether we can come up with a cross between baroque and flamenco...mmmmm

october 27th: obviously totally crap at keeping this blog thing going....will try harder. Marja and myself hardly got going before we had to stp....thanks to all the small but perfectly formed audiences who came along and listened intently..there is a you tube link to some of our shows which i will post next. Speaking of next, next month I'm playing a bunch of gigs with interference (in ireland) which as ever will be a moveable and ever changing feast....in other words we will make it up as we go along....

september 22nd: just moved into a new house after spending 6 months in caravans, people's houses, the back of people's houses...the joy of finding all that stuff of mine that i got along just fine without. Marja coming over from ireland today and us off to Germany to try out all the new songs...a fine thing to be looking forward to.

Already a few words back from those who did the righteous thing and now have the first copies of 'painkillers' fresh out of the oven.....**** brilliant says Dave from Dublin....I'm soaking it all up before the real critics (well, the paid ones) start sharpening their knives and make their pronouncements.

See you on the road!