Month: September 2014

  • The Mermaid


    Lovely night at the Jericho Tavern on Friday. I discussed my love of mermaids, and everyone seemed very understanding. Watch for the point, 54 seconds in, when I realise there’s a capo on my guitar where there really shouldn’t be one.

  • The Very Finest Yakety Sax


    The first in a new James Bell Central blog category: ‘Apropos of nothing’.

    Here is a collection of some of the finest YouTube clips, set to the theme to The Benny Hill Show (‘Yakety Sax’).

    Orange County

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  • Chapter 67: Painting the Severn Bridge

    Chapter 67: Painting the Severn Bridge


    Photo by Lyndon Hatherall (Flickr)
    Photo by Lyndon Hatherall (Flickr)

     

    Dear Diary,

    Anyway, as I was saying…

    This year you’re going to be hearing LOTS from me!  I’ll be posting lots of gigs, lots of new recordings, yada-yada-yada…

    Yeah, you’ve heard this before, haven’t you Diary.  “I’m going to write to you all the time from now on!  I know I’ve been shit up to now, but I can change!  I can change!!  I’m going to make such an effort – it’ll be like it’s a New Me!  You’ll see… pithy posts and witty insights left, right and centre!  You’ll be dazzled!”

    Total fucking silence for 6 months.

    But you know what, I’m not even going to apologise for it this time.

    For several reasons.

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