Poetry Forum

Cam - If you haven't already bought the new KoL cd have a word with the Woodmeister before you do so - he probably has a copy going cheeep cheep as he was hugely underwhelmed by it. (He did say I told him so!) Far better to invest your pennies in the new Bright Eyes cd -the reviews in the press for ...

'Told you so'!!

In your dreams Cam, in your dreams! New Hammill cd out next week by the way.

I'd recommend 'Its a Wonderful Life' as a starter. PJ Harvey and this site's fave - Tom Waits are on it. Indeed mark Linkous, who is, to all intents and purposes, is Sparklehorse, is on the new TW 'Orphans' set, out last week. Saw them at Concorde 2 in Brighton a few years back - don't go to one of ...

I saw Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire supporting The Handsome Family in Brighton several years ago. Truly excellent, especially the female fiddle player (Nora O'Connor). Spoke to them after the gig and purchased the then current cd, The Swimming Hour, which although good, didn't do the live experience ju...

But is it 'scon' or 'scone'? Plain one with a nice bit of my old man's raspberry jam.
Glad you are seeing the sights - keep outta Telford shopping centre though! Having said that the Holiday Inn holds a few good memories for me (say no more!)

One More Twist is indeed an album that falls into the category of 'lost classic'. I have a cheapo cheapo best of FZ which is probably all you need to own.

well remembered old chap! FZ were a much under rated band who never really got the praise or attention they deserved. Some of the solo John Watts stuff is also worth checking out (I shall dig out some of his vinyl this weekend from my record store) I seem to remember that he went out on the road fai...

But what do you want it to say about your life, Cam? I saw Seth live recently down our way, and although I wasn't bowled over thought he was pretty good. His marketing though is spot on and is bringing more people to listen traditional English folk (as opposed to this ridiculous Devendra Banhart and...

I am assuming you want the names to be included in the lyrics, rather than songs about other artists. In which case how about 'I Wanna be your Joey Ramone' by Sleater-Kinney 'Sweet Gene Vincent' by Ian Dury and the Blockheads 'Levi Stubbs' Tears' by Billy Bragg 'Alex Chilton' by The Replacements 'Do...

Funnily enough, saw the Spinto Band on some of the Beebs Reading coverage over the weekend. Liked the fact that the lead singer was playing an electric mandolin and thought the tune was pretty good (certainly better than most of the Arctic Chiefs and Kaiser Monkeys' banal mainstage penguin droppings...

Cam old boy, I thought you used your Hull connections for musical inspiration!
Have you heard the new Dylan yet? I may have to wait a week or so as I've ordered it alongside reissued 'Millstone Grit' by Michael Chapman, which I think isn't released until next week

Fellas Good to see some of you starting to explore the weird and wonderful world of Mr Hitchcock. His vast past catalogue is well worth exploring, both as a solo artist and with the Soft Boys and the Egyptians. A lot of his stuff has been rereleased and rereleased again in differing formats, so if y...

Cam, Good to see you namechecking the Great Robyn. Whilst he is undoubtedly in thrall to Syd his palette is somewhat broader and his body of work larger. Strangely just been in e-mail conversation with Richard over the very same subject! Expect some Robyn 'Syd tribute' gigs in due course. Saw Robyn ...

Cam - 'From the Blaydon Races to the beach at Brighton, this land was made for you and me' if we are personalising it!

How about 'World Turned Upside Down' - The Oysterband refer to the song when they play it as their choice for new national anthem. I'd quite like (with new words relating to UK or England whichever we are talking here) Woody's 'This Land is Your Land'.

Oops missed the end off previous message. Should have continued with 'The Pale Saints (another long forgotten but excellent 4AD band.)

Yep, a truly amazing record, spread over 4 sides of vinyl on my copy. For some more far out stuff I would check out some of the Boos' 'B' sides and eps. They lost their way a bit towrads the end of their life but I saw them do a greatgig at the Brighton Zap club as a joint double bill with the

Saw him at Glastonbury (in the acoustic tent!) some years back. He kicked up a storm live, although his metal tinged tunes caused a few people to step back and exhale deeply. He was also able to play country fairly straight but I don't think the mixing of the two styles worked terribly well. I can't...

Cam
I am hearing good things about her but I haven't actually heard much of her stuff yet. She is playing a number of the festies this summer and I might get to see her at Trowbridge in July. I'll report back.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but the McGarrigle/Wainwright family album is called 'The McGarrigle Hour'. They also brought out 'The McGarrigle Christmas Hour' last year. DWBK is indeed a bit of a classic, although their first, self titled album, is the best place to start IMO. I agree that young Rufus...

Oh Minstrel why did you have to mention Father Ted?! 'Ride On' will never be the same again! I know what you mean about David Johansen of NYDs, although some of his later period US folky stuff is worth a listen. IMO 'Front Parlour Ballads' although something of a return to form for Mr T, comes way d...

Cam - Tell who you like! It was a great gig as I remember, though I think that might have been down to a serious quantity of alcohol. Saw some good gigs down at Hull Dingwalls - Roy Harper, Wilko Johnson, East Side Torpedoes off the top of my head. Funnily enough, very nearly bought a couple of Hano...

Top song by Mr Thompson, although check out the version by Christy Moore on his latest cd. I saw Christy recently at the Sage in Gateshead and he did a blinding version of it. He also played a couple of tracks from the first Moving Hearts album (anyone out there remember them?Cameron - Took me right...

After quite a few plays still can't get into the new Lips offering. Despite the rave reviews in the comics, saying it is their 3rd 5 star album in a row, I can't really see how it can stand comparison with The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi which are both monumental albums. It's on my ipod now and perhap...