...no matter how well or badly...

This should be fun...

Here's a wee article about the happening, curated by Harry Pye. I am glad to have donated some sketches of Elvis for a good cause.

Teenage Fanclub play Hebden Bridge on Friday and Doune The Rabbit Hole on Sunday. (Camera Obscura play DTR on Saturday.) John Cale is also scheduled to play on Sunday. Might sell him this:

So I tore through Point Blank by Richard Stark featuring yon homicidal rapscallion 'Parker'. Decided to order the first Parker novel  - The Hunter - with a view to reading through them in order. The opening sentence seemed familiar. Turns out Point Blank is also known as The Hunter. D'oh.

For now I am savouring my last Don Camillo:

Enjoyed this:

I read They by Kay Dick. Made me think of this quote by Kurt Vonnegut:

“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

More sketches (my attempt at Paul Whitehouse looked more like Bruce Springsteen's half brother so I won't be sharing that):

As I type no one has correctly identified the last one. (Then again we're not exactly talking about Rembrandt here.)

Now here's a song...

Anyway - back to writing documentary music.