Blogging… MissImp in the Nottingham Comedy Festival 2014 22 Sep 201422 Sep 2014 Stuff To Do Next Week The year spins round to the Nottingham Comedy Festival once more and the eight days from 19th to the 27th September are as full as ever.…
Poetry… Shankalamadingdong – the Joy of Angry Poetry 2 May 201430 Apr 2014 All Of You I've had a good few days in the last fortnight when I could cheerfully have killed everyone I've ever met, followed by myself. I would have been…
Poetry… Shankery – Angry Poetry For Liars 29 Jan 201427 Jan 2014 I suspect there are going to be a number of aggravating aspects to the early part of the year. They will likely be compounded with later, more aggravating factors. In…
Poetry Poem: Find Me 18 Dec 2013 Finding Meaning In Everything This little poem wasn't intended to have any particular feeling in it, but in retrospect it feels quite sad. I've always felt the appeal of the…
Poetry… Shankling – Combustible Verse of Hatred 19 Nov 201317 Nov 2013 I am frequently filled with emotions I don't know what to do with. Counselling helped somewhat, sorting out the feelings that are relevant and appropriate versus those that arise from…
Poetry… Shankchism – The Gash of Angry Poetry 10 Oct 20136 Oct 2013 Life seems to be brimming with an excess of stresses at present. Partly it's just so damned busy, which sure is a good thing - it's nice to have stuff…
Gigs… Pub Poetry – comic spoken word joy – Tuesday 24th September 2013 23 Sep 201323 Sep 2013 Open Mic Poetry Karaoke A fun, free and informal night of lighthearted and downright comic spoken word and poetry in pubs with Real Ale: without beer, literature is nothing. Bring…
Poetry… Shankania – The Nation State of Angry Poetry 3 Sep 20131 Sep 2013 I've been quite calm of late, it must be the drugs. Those savage spikes of rage are troubling others less at the moment. How nice for them. Not to worry,…
Assorted Ramblings… Autofiction: Reflection and Regret 13 Aug 201312 Aug 2013 Life MirrorsAny period of introspection seems to invite everything else in the world to be dodgy metaphors for how I feel about myself. It's rather annoying and I suspect it's…
Assorted Ramblings… Autofiction: Growth and Confusion 6 Aug 20136 Aug 2013 Half Way Ageing is a confusing business. There's an assumption (I think) that we should be changing, improving, progressing and developing as human beings, or in some imaginary chart of…
Poetry… Shankistine – Pure Poetry Rage 30 Jul 201328 Jul 2013 Once more unto the scream dear friends once more. There is unceasing cause for anger I'm afraid. I'm almost certain it's not just me - the whole world seems filled…
Assorted Ramblings… Autofiction: Overheated 16 Jul 20136 Aug 2013 Too Hot To... Type So I'm lazily reposting a bunch of personal stuff instead. I hope that doesn't suck too badly. Things That I Have Felt and Written Autofiction: Anxiety…
Poetry… Shanktart – Toasted Sugar Rage Poetry 9 Jul 20138 Jul 2013 On the good ship burning hot... it's time to smear a little anger on the sweaty hot days of Nottingham's doubtless brief summer. It's other people who wind me up…
Assorted Ramblings… Autofiction: Anxiety Games 26 Jun 20136 Aug 2013 What Is Anxiety To Me? This is my Friday: I've had a nice day. Nothing outrageously awesome - just nice. I've scored a day off work prior to working a…
Gigs Gigs Ahead: Furthest From The Sea Festival – Derby – Sat 29th June 25 Jun 20132 Jul 2013 Derby Gets Awesome Coming up this Saturday - from 11am-5pm an entirely FREE festival sprawling over Derby's Market Place with music, comedy, dance, arts and more! It's the Furthest from the…
Assorted Ramblings… Autofiction: Softly Panicking 11 Jun 20136 Aug 2013 Panic is a curious sensation. It flowers in the stomach as if some ghastly plant beast has had its wicked way with you when you weren't looking. I can feel…
Poetry… Shankerrific – Poems of Despair 28 May 20132 Jul 2013 It's not that I'm an especially bitter or negative person, but I am severely troubled by the blind incompetence and stupidity of others. That inability to perceive the world around…
Poetry… Shankicide: Shivving with Death Poetry 14 May 20132 Jul 2013 When does artistic expression become threatening? Presumably it's as soon as we don't like it. The most exciting response a person can have to art is when they feel it…
Poetry… Shankata – Layers of Hatred Accrued Poetically 30 Apr 20132 Jul 2013 I haven't read these poems for a little while, and I've thankfully forgotten exactly what inspired them. They are a little more personal than my usual spilling of bile. That…
Poetry… Shanktimonious: Self-Righteous Angry Poetry 23 Apr 20132 Jul 2013 Human to Humour Interface Much of my emotional distress is, I believe, the result of a mismatched interface between me and the outside world. For example, I consider the ability…
Poetry… Shankbuddy – Convenient Hate Poems 10 Apr 201310 Apr 2013 Sure I've had a lovely week off. Lovely because it was a week off. I'm anticipating a return to the intellectual environment that produced the poems below. That may seem…
Poetry… Skankrabatic – The Sinuous Twist of Angry Poetry 26 Mar 201324 Mar 2013 Oh god the rambling stupid mass daily at my door, in my inbox; the streets are clogged with semi-sentience. To mumble perchance to speak? How I hate the crowds. Follow…
Poetry… Shankopalypse – The End of Angry Poetry 12 Mar 201310 Mar 2013 The End is Nigh, or at least it feels like it is a lot of the time. The end for me, preferably the end for you. If we both go…
Assorted Ramblings… Franklyn de Gashe’s Audio Entertainments 6 Mar 20132 Mar 2013 Franklyn Feels Your Pain Reading can be a terrible pest of an activity and I entirely sympathise the general indolence that flourishes throughout our community. As a considerate fellow I…
Poetry… Shankulation – The Screamery of Angry Poetry 20 Feb 201317 Feb 2013 Some of my friends tell me I have anger management issues. After withdrawing the knife I remind them that I manage my anger very well. That's what poetry is…
Assorted Ramblings Short Film: Punchline and Pirate Haiku 2 Feb 20131 Feb 2013 Preamble Blurbling This short film and collection of poetry may not appear to be related, but bear with me. Many years ago (it feels like it) I studied Philosophy at…
Poetry… Shankaz’eroth: The Dead God of Bitter Verse 22 Jan 201322 Jan 2013 Well, hello New Year. As ever the new yule brings with it an identical blend of sunny optimism and bleak defeatism as the previous endless year. Fantastic. I'm cheerfully pinballing…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 21st January 2013 21 Jan 201320 Jan 2013 The Year is Full of Days I've spent most of this week anxiously looking out of the window and willing it to snow. I consider this a week well-spent. It…
Poetry… Shanktasm – The Derivation of Pleasure from Angry Poetry 13 Nov 201213 Nov 2012 I've been trying to figure out why I write poetry at all. I rarely write anything positive or life-affirming. It's almost all aimed at wreaking havoc. Very sad. If I…
Gigs Derby Speaker’s Corner 30 Oct 201230 Oct 2012 Free Speech I was kindly invited to help open Derby's Speaker's Corner on Saturday 20th October and tell a few of me tales in public. I've no particular politics, but…
Poetry… Shankaphone – Shoving Angry Poetry in Your Aural Canal 16 Oct 201228 Oct 2012 Well it's been a bastard few weeks, comprising both extremes of fun and misery. Excellent combination. These poems are all from a while ago - possibly even the first half…
Poetry… Shankalata – Tasting The Hate Verse 13 Sep 201228 Oct 2012 I don't know if it's a combination of increased work stress and other personal stuff, but I'm enjoying waves of rage, breaking across my heart and mind like a bloody…
