| Tigers at Layer Road 21:11 - Sep 23 with 80162 views | SparkfilmsTV |
In a strange twist of events l found myself in conversation with a young lady who had attended Layer Road for a match against Hull City in our first season in The Championship. The 5-1 encounter.
We were attending a promo evening for a band called The Datsuns in North London in 2008.
During the evening she explained that she had been present at a party that made the national news due to the tragic death of someone by the name of Mark Blanco.
The incident occurred in December 2006.
This incident will be shown on Channel 4 on Monday night at 22.00 in an hour long documentary and several people known to me have made contributions.
It may be of interest to some.
I am very much hoping that the police will reinvestigate the death of Mark Blanco as a result of what will be included in the content.
I know that what l was told by this young lady 15 years ago has been instrumental in the making of this documentary.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 22:19 - Mar 1 with 240 views | SparkfilmsTV |
I'm not a fan of music awards, especially when they are on ITV, but l just had to watch The Last Dinner Party performing 'Nothing Matters' on The Brit Awards tonight.
It has a hot lyric that cannot be replicated on mainstream TV ( yawn ), and is a totally different treatment than originally envisaged when the song was first written - and all the better for it.
I also had to check out the Charli XCX video on Youtube that l had heard about .....and yeah, 57 million views and counting. Slick work!
I have seen the aftermath of The Brit Awards when the cleaners have come in the morning after.....that was in '05, l can't believe it can be that chaotic these days!
A glimpse of Danny Dyer tonight. I take no interest in his acting career but still possess the first film shorts he ever made on VHS tapes in South London and they are powerful, non commercial dark British film that is almost too challenging to view. | | | |
| Tigers at Layer Road on 22:22 - Mar 1 with 238 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Sorry, unintentional duplication of post, signalling problems in CO1.
Should add that the early Danny Dyer appearances on film were Directed by Andrea Arnold ( Red Road, Fish Tank, etc ). [Post edited 2 Mar 19:00]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 07:46 - Mar 2 with 173 views | SparkfilmsTV |
My day began by checking out the lyrics to Pink Pony Club by Kayleigh Rose Amstutz ( stage name Chappell Roan ).
That's her reveal. It's just the most fantastic pop song and very much her own creation and persona.
Not bad for a young lady who became a singer virtually by accident.
The Mid West and Los Angeles locations in the song's lyrics - simple as they are, just say so much about her journey and path in life.
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 08:11 - Mar 3 with 65 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Here is the first written draft for Cathedral - actually as l have amended spacing etc it the second draft.
CATHEDRAL
Your world
Offered excitement
Enticing
But frightening
I was waiting in the wings
Biding my time
Turning it over
In my mind's eye
'Cause you're
Always burning
Around every turning
Above me
Below me
Around and inside
Entwined
Like an iron claw
Should l step into the ring?
For fear of being snowblind
You threw down
The gauntlet
Teasing and taunting
Your magnetism
Weaving patterns
In the haze
And l sense you
Approaching
Moving ever closer
As you step into this dream
And l will
Sample the product
Evaluate the stakes
With your hair
Flayed out across the bed
It was black
You dyed it red
Tears flowed
From eyes of blue
This is a dream
But it's unmistakeably
YOU
Yes, it's you
Breathing
Soft as night
Distant voices
Taxi lights
Cast as
Compass and needle
My substance
And Cathedral
While l am....
Just putty in your fingers
As your trademark scent
Lingers and lingers ... [Post edited 3 Mar 17:00]
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| Tigers at Layer Road on 16:40 - Mar 3 with 13 views | SparkfilmsTV |
Note to construction of Cathedral.
I had a few words to work with....l emailed them to myself ....then a couple of lines....then a few more....it's like a little kit....there is a general theme / subject / mood - but it's not dissimilar to throwing an omelette together....hence when l join up the bits....it may still look like it's been thrown together....which it has....
It's something of a sketch....and occasionally it might go on to be more expansive.
I am interested in how lyrics and poetics are written....some very quickly....l like to discuss the process with folk who are doing similar....
I had some interesting conversations with JimBob of Carter - The Unstoppable Sex Machine about our modes of writing a while ago.
Lines used to come so quickly to him that he had to change seats in his car so his wife could drive while he wrote song lyrics in South London.
I read something by a Colchester ( l think ) based writer in a little book of poetics l purchased at The Minories.
I will hunt it down and add to 'Tigers' accordingly. | | | |
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