May & June 2024
It has been a while since once stuck anything up here, but not for want of things happening. May saw the first year of the little festival Significant Other take place in Newcastle; thanks to all the artists who graced us with their sets, and to Elder Beer for hosting so generously, and to Arts Council England for helping us make ends meet. Next edition 2025? Maybe! The team and I will keep you posted. For now, the tab at the top of this page will stay up to prove something happened. Needless to say, you can’t buy tickets for events that happened in the past.
Ian Sankey performing Jacob TV’s chonky I Was Like Wow at the last of our three shows.
In June I had the great honour and remarkable pleasure to spend the month at the Willapa Bay AiR in the south of Washington State, sandwiched on a mile-wide peninsula between the Pacific and the beautiful bay. There were BEARS, SEALS, EAGLES and VULTURES everywhere, and deer and moose and the weirdest looking anemones I ever did see, and gorgeous weather. It was also super productive; Noble Gases, a fun little piece for soprano and double bass about lighter-than-air travel as a potential alternative to long haul jetting, has really come along, and is entering now the grinding phase of actually getting it done and making things work technically and logistically <sigh>. Thanks to Cyndy for her vision for the site and programme, to Jayne for her delicious and nutritious cooking, to Jeff for his man-about-town support of our endeavours out there, and to my fellow residents for all the interesting and thought-provoking discussions. See you all again!
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