December 18th, 2009 |
So, remember I wrote those poems from Radio 1? Well, they’ve both been on the air now so I figured I could post them up here for those who missed them. The subjects were Skins Vs Grange Hill and soaps. Not exactly my usual fare, but I attacked my task manfully. Here’s the Soaps one:
Soaps
And [...]
November 18th, 2009 |
Earlier this year Radio One very kindly asked me if I’d contribute some content to their Story of the Noughties series. On Monday they broadcast my first effort, a rant (in verse) about soaps. Jake Thackray said of his commissioned work: “I make a kind of living by writing a kind of song, [...]
October 20th, 2009 |
Yo. So, last week I wrote four poems for the Beeb. Yes, four. You’ve seen the ones for Saturday Live already. The others were for a documentary Radio One are doing about pop culture over the last ten years. Which is why when I handed in the following poem about soaps it was [...]
July 14th, 2009 |
I’ve blinked and it’s the middle of July. Life is a workout at the moment. I feel good for it, but blogging’s not exactly been top of my list.
I’ve had some lovely gigs, Oxford this weekend was pretty nice, as were Norwich, Stockton and Hull. Ipswich was the stand out for [...]