The Bears Cave

A year ago today I first picked up a guitar with any intention of doing anything with it

I guess the first Spratton Gathering had a lot to do with that decision as did LOOM

Once again this is a bit of a personal journal that I'm leaving open to the public, coz looking back, I've achieved quite a bit within a year and if ever I'm down on myself, my singing or my guitar playing, I'll hopefully be able to look at this and cheer myself up

I've played 10 Open mics with varying degrees of success f… Continue

I'd booked a week and few days off work to get ready for this because I knew exactly what was approaching and it started slowly until it snowballed into an avalanche that almost seemed out of control

Sunday was a great day as Tim George and Broon came down to have a quick jam on a Tacenda set that at one point looked likely to not happen. Pretty soon we realised once again that we're not a band for practising in the normal sense and after running over a couple of songs it descended into a jam w… Continue

My lovely cat Uppem, known to some of you here, today had to be put to sleep

Now reunited with his brother Bugs, they were both extraordinary cats

From the time as a kitten he ran through the beads in the kitchen designed to stop flies getting caught, got tangled, swang up in the air and did a somersault to end up facing the other way and carry on as if he was meaning it to happen, to the times he'd headbutt me in my sleep during winter to say he was cold and wanted under the covers and the ti… Continue

I've just written this today and recorded a quick effort at it

Its far from perfect, but overall I'm quite happy with the song but I will be replacing the versions as I improve it - have done once now. Would love any feedback from people as its really quite lyrically different from anything I've written as of yet

Just worried it may be a little too sappy, but hell, its written now and I aint changing its core idea, but any ideas for amendments or what not are good


(16/05/09)
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Ok, so it seems we're all doomed and Swine Flu will kill us all

10 simple lessons on how to find the silver linings during a pandemic

1 Bad side - Fear can bring out the worst in some people and show the true ugliness of humanity

Good side - havent you always wanted, deep down, to be in a shop and shout "he's infected" and watch the chaos ensue while you walk straight to the front of the queue?

2 Bad side - As people try to cash in on a disaster, the prices of medicine, petrol and other thin… Continue