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on 28th April I did a gig at The Union Club in Soho, followed on stage by Adamski who has reinvented himself -
Adamski is now Sonny Eriksson and he does crazy sonic shit that pulses through your veins like a Tourette’s Elvis from another planet full of impossible beats ‘n curves ‘n dirty lyrics ‘n tunes that tease your nips into a state of unadulterated excitement what a rush! check out ‘the sound of Sonny Eriksson’ this is urgent stuff! www.adamskiofficial.com/ Years ago I met RJ Ellory, best-selling author extraordinaire at a writing festival in York. My performance of ‘Lizard Luck’ (to a backing track by the esteemed Scott McMahon) went down like a lead balloon! The uptight faces of freaked-out diners at the fancy gala dinner remains vivid as does the way I so quickly became persona non grata. At the end of the festival Roger gave a keynote speech to a thousand people during which someone asked him what advice he would give to new writers? His majestic reply was ‘be more like Mark Waddell..’ You could have a heard a pin-drop as the gathered crowds sucked in their breath in disbelief! Roger and I recently hooked up at The Forge in Camden where he was appearing with his Country-blues band The Whiskey Poets, and I had the pleasure of introducing them live on stage. What a night it was - to hear them was to take a roadtrip in an open-top cadillac under endless American skies, shootin’ cacti along the way before heading to the nearest bar for a bourbon ‘n brawl! On top of that they’re great musicians, with Martin Smith, formerly of ELO on guitar, Rob Oliver (a stint with Paper Lase) and Roger Nunn (of B.Good fame) and the songs are stories in themselves.......stunning stuff. On Thurs 20th Oct I’m gonna MC a night of music with The Whiskey Poets, supported by Robbie Ransom and Tom Hartley Booth at The Magic Garden, Battersea, London. Its free, there’s beer, great music, a few poems and a magic garden, what more can you want?! C’mon and have a blast - we’ll stick 2 fingers up to the mundane! Click below for The Magic Garden gig details.... www.magicgardenpub.com Click below to find out why ‘Lizard Luck’ was so hated... www.markwaddell.com/audio.html Monday 12th September - Mark Waddell is joining in the shenanigans of Ida Barr’s Drop the Mic Poetry Night, 7pm - 9pm (or later!) at the fabulous Victorian ‘Wilton’s Music Hall’, 1 Grace’s Alley, London E1 8JB. Wilton’s is between Wapping and Whitechapel. C’mon along for a blast! It’s free, its Monday and you want to try something a little different...mischief too take place in the gleaming Mahogany Bar.... https://wiltons.org.uk/whatson/246-ida-barr-s-drop-the-mic-poetry-night they’re doing it everywhere
all around the world people are getting hit by trains being electrocuted falling off cliffs crashing planes drowning and shooting themselves in the head whilst taking that last selfie... grief-stricken relatives tenderly placing their beloved’s final frozen moment upon the coffin someone always tripping over backwards into the grave. |
Author'Mark Waddell possesses an irreverent sense of pleasure..the unthinkable pours from his pen' - Jeremy Page Archives
May 2018
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