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Announcement

I hope to be taking more of a back seat from now as I pass on the mantle of facilitator to a new self who will not only be taking on responsibilities for the beautiful selves here and for Killed Beside Hendrix’s but also for a whole new set of beautiful selves. I’m not sure how the latter will go. It could be that I’ll have to set up a whole new blog on a different platform because I don’t really…

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Once again, I’m managing to end the year with the usual annual update from the facilitator in me..

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Lyrics for Joe Pearce...

Today’s the first and possibly only anniversary of my day-to-day writing in notebooks named after letters in the Celtic alphabet and I thought I should share something from that first notebook on this day last year… Before learning about the work of Weird Al Jankovic, successful re-writer and spoofer on Michael Jackson’s Beat It and Bad to Eat It and Fat, I’d been having a go at writing…

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A couple of (what I now know as) Mondegreens, on songs by Toyah and ZZ Top, and maybe some distantly-brotherly love for Robert Fripp, if deemed appropriate..?

From a line in Toyah’s I Want To Be Free I’ve often been hearing (I’m) gonna turn Survanya upside down and thinking that maybe Survanya’s the name of a fictional planet or society, perhaps from a SciFi story. But no, Toyah sings about turning Suburbia upside down. From a line in ZZ Tops’ Got Me Under Pressure I’ve been hearing She likes the Arc d’ Triumph. But the actual lyrics are She likes the…

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The Polytechnic Woods

The Polytechnic Woods (from Notebook Gath) It’s always been here, where I’ve felt so much safer, The long, shiny corridors Or soundproof caverns, The polystyrene-looking brickwork, The want to learn pulling me there. Yet it seems so odd: White, plastic trees And an upgrade of moon-wash college halls, Open spaces, large chimneys, Vocational, in contrast to academical. And during this time, I saw…

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A wee bit o’ recurrent treasure, called Bein’ Sma’, turning up in Notebook P…

With ongoing aspirations to write what I know in my day-to-day writing, bein’ sma’, penned in a sort of scots tongue, has been a pit stop I’ve found myself revisiting since 2021. I scribbled this one into Notebook P, during the spring of 2023… Bein’ Sma’  Now I dinnae ken how this happens Fir I’ve sae often felt mair sma’ than ta’. But now am ta’ and bigged up, Prone tae feelin’ obnoxious…

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A wee curiosity I’ve been exploring since Notebook Ailm…

Gathering her [/your] brows like gathering storm.. Since childhood, I speculate, I’ve had this inappropriate liking which I never seem to be able to suppress.  I find women to look more attractive when they’re in a bad mood.  It might be in the eyebrows, the way they cross over and close together as if to create a cyclone?  Maybe it’s because it’s a sign of great strength for a woman to go into…

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Bob Jòlene plays John Lennon's 'Imagine' Phase I

While helping out Carl, our sound engineer and technician, with his new studio, our roadies, Reynaurd (left) and Blake (right), found themselves burdened by the one and only Bobby Jò (middle).

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A couple of short drafts from my Notebook K...

While searching for notes across multiple notebooks today, I stumbled across these two short drafts in Notebook K, which I’ve decided to share because it includes an earlier ‘I Refuse’ and another piece called ‘All That Working I’ve Done’, which I like because of its perceived your-not-alone (YNA) quality… I Refuse I refuse to obey your dictats, Whenever you attempt to try and sock it to me. I…

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A selection of drafts from Notebooks Dur, Eagh and Fearn

Two pieces from Notebook Dur… They’re Gone They’re Gone.  Westwood, O’Connor, O’Grady and McGowan are gone, And somehow we have to move on. They were heroes to people like me Because they were people who spoke up about stuff In their own unique and exceptional ways, Laying into the signifiers from the system, Laying into the cold, cruel policies and decisions Made by people or organisations in…

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Three short drafts from Notebook Coll...

Today, I’ve been deleting a few drafts on my timeline here because I’m becoming more conscientious about what I share from my day-to-day notebooks, which are really just meant for me and no one else. One writing cue I use is called Phil Collins is my Dad Fantasy Project. Being drawn to that cue over consecutive notebooks, I could probably start a collection by now. But I’m never going to, never…

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A post fir ma real Daddy's Heavenly 90th Birthday today, supported by some drafting in a sort of scots-patter-english tongue...

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To All The Crushes I Got Crushed On or Crushers I Got Crushed By Before...

Something I drafted on 6 December 2023, in the early leaves of Notebook Ailm, which was prompted by an appreciation for Julio Iglesias’ To All The Girls I Loved Before. I’ve been taking a deeper interest in crush/infatuation/obsession studies since reading Olivia Newton John’s Don’t Stop Believing in the summer of 2022. To all the crushes I got crushed on or crushers I got crushed by before, You…

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On the writing…and a wee bit of writing from Notebook Beite…

I’ve been identifying a recurrent theme of healing in some of my day-to-day writing, over the last year, especially since I started to write more. The push encouraged me to open up more, although at the expense of failing to be so honest when talking. These healing pieces are the ones I wan to revisit and share. Unfortunately, however, I’m finding it difficult in my free time to locate them since…

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Beautiful Protestants From the initial inspiration For Prince 8 Zeppelin, There’s been a few No no, he wasn’t a big foot Or a yeti Or a snow beast. He was just a guy with long hair wearing a leather jacket and jeans who liked Rock Music [and wasn’t obnoxious], And who I always thought Looked like a prince, Even if only A white Anglo-Saxon protestant Or a wild boy Who never chose conventional…

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Annual update from my facilitator blog…beautiful selves have now amalgamated and Irsmodhochas are gone…

I’m moving on from the beautiful-selves and Irsmodhochas projects now but am not sure what’s going to happen with Killed Beside Hendrix. While I’ve been stepping up with my day-to-day writings this year, and sharing some treasures on this blog, revelations towards the end of my notebooks named after letters in the Greek alphabet, have prompted me to embrace a unification of the selves and an exit…

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Annual update, 2023-2024...The Beautiful Selves have amalgamated and Irsmodhochas are gone...

I’m moving on from the beautiful-selves and Irsmodhochas projects now but am not sure what’s going to happen with Killed Beside Hendrix. While I’ve been stepping up with my day-to-day writings this year, and sharing some treasures on this blog, revelations towards the end of my notebooks named after letters in the Greek alphabet, have prompted me to embrace a unification of the selves and an exit…