Hey hey my beautiful Salted friends...
How are you under this gorgeous crispy blue Decemberry sky? As i type this i feel like i have been beaten like an egg in a bowl with a whisk and poured into hot butter, some griddle marks on my skin, i am scrambled. Life is good though, i count my eggs before they are hatched and boldly reckon that there are always more eggs...and the last weeks 8 gigs (or is it 9?) have left me with a lovely little ache for my fellow artists, poets and musician....i got bruised and boozed...what have i been doing? spinning plates and flipping pancakes...lets sum it all up... AOIFE MANNIX book launch was a brilliant night with awesome sets from AGNES MEADOWS and JOE DUGGAN....then there was the double gig two dip yolker...LITRO at Foyles was a really good turn out and then KUNST down at RVT was a wild cabaret night with plenty of rum and fun to follow...
hmmmm...this was followed by a stunning jam jazz affair at FARRGAO at CHARLIE WRIGHTS...Storming fun that was...then the pure lusty filth of LUSH at HACKNEY EMPIRE...all women all sex all so hot...poor BADEN PRINCE was flabberghasted and blushing and that was a hilarious sight to behold. Then the next day...to SOHO to perform at 3AM:PP for the delicious SOPHIE PARKIN. SALTPETER became a 2-piece for that backed up by the dark star that is SORAYA ALLEN...Lipstick smeared microphone and snarling guitar lines...that night we also went to play together at THE BLACK GARDENIA...mad mad night that was...then followed the next day with a wine juice jam with favourite flavour of the now QUIXOTE...http://www.myspace.com/quixoteonline
Last but not least was the goodbye gig of the year - THE LAST SHOWTIME at THE COLONY. i saw a cock and a fanny and a sanitary towel soaked in red wine fly across the room. I saw the greatest minds of my generation squidge themselves into the infamous green box and party like it was 1999. Damn that was one wild wicked night. Ending up in an all nighter... brilliant ELVIS MCGONAGALL too! SALTPETER played as SALTPUSSY - all-girl line up. Original sin the delicious MAX DORAY on throbbing bass lines and SORAYA ALLEN on guitar. The awesome genius COBOLT STARGAZER jumped up and jammed with us too...wooo hoo....it was a jammy night of DRINKING DICKS COCKTAILS, THE BLOCKHEADS, BELLY DANCERS, POI and BOAT LEAPING... Farewell Colony!
Tomorrow to Brighton...see you here....see you there...and as for the eggs...perfectly hard boiled and ready for toasty fingers...dip dip...drippy yellow...running down my fingers and licked on a crispy Monday... love.live.life.live.alive.lovely sxxx
THE LAST POETRY GIG FOR 2008? BRIGHTON!!!!! WORDPLAY: a captivating, intimate night of Brighton and London's most dynamic performance poets and musicians: Tuesday 9th December 8pm / £5 Sanctuary Cafe http://sanctuarycafe.co.uk/Location.html Featuring 2 sets from Salena Godden plus Poet-singer-storyteller Dan Clark from The Hat Live Improv vocals and strings: Bunty, Le Jule and Lee Westwood
