Skectches/ Poems at the Merz Barn

Morning in the Schwitters Barn

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bees
washed up boats
single chime
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mobiles
the sea
jellyfish-birds
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duck quack
aircraft
sunday cleaning
on antsnests
purple
with vibrato
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Near Topfield

ar ar
nature
drizzle
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sort of bubbles
like dots
ar ar
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hilltop
glockenspiel
old bikes
new bikes
birds
waterfalls
carparks
morebirds

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Topfield / wetfeet

inkdots
ducks
the odd buzz
a nearby stream
some chirping
wheels whirring
longgrass
caves
but nobats
wetfeet
less whirring/ more chirping
seagulls
sheep
nature-ringtones
electric signals
bats
high pitch tweeting
&soundeffects

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Walk to Chapel Stile

swwwwwwshwwwshhhhh
noise from Merzbarn
rustling
baaaa
urghh
baaa
urgh baaa
distant-drumming
underwater
pebbles
and somedogs
cluckingbirds
more rustling
some reggae
anddrunks
this is happiness, yeah
i feel chemicals
clapping
baa
clucking streams
speedboats
chatter
wind
summer
footsteps
more rustling
cars
a boiler
andgoats

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Walk from Chapel Stile

Tractor
drumming &
the oddsheep
northernlads
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bass drumz
trains
feet
&boats
drunks
a stream
&falls
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leaves/ mopeds
engines/ chaffinches
another train
wetfeet
swwooosh
shwwwsh
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clucking
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dustysounds
noisey birds

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Sonata in the key if Ur

shhhhhwhshhhh
urk
shwwww
twtwtwtwtw
chatter
seagulls
branches
birdsnests
chipshops
moved-by-wind
&lorries
gardens
twigs
far-off beaches
the odd chorus
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silence
shrrrr
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ducks
wind
&morewind

Sketches of Barcelona

Parc de la Cuitadella

L'hospital/ L'example

MACBA

Sagrada Familia

Park by Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia

Sketches from Portugal

View from Iiha da Barreta

Marina, Lagos

Sketches from Norway

American theme bar in Oslo

The Norwegian Nick Cave
Bar Kristiana, Oslo

Huk beach in Bygdoy

Grunnmurede Provianthus in Fredrikstad

Recent sketches

on the bus

my mum

guitar

Bury Market

sketch of Bury Market, October 2008

Sketch of park in St. Werburghs

A sketch I did at Christmas in the freezing cold!

Lake District Sketch

White Moss Tarn, Grassmere

Drawings

Some drawings I did, mostly from a sketchbook I was using during Art Academy, summer 2006 onwards.

Louie approaches, running

Peel Park in the afternoon


Night & Day with wet feet

Helmut & Kerry's dog

View from bus

The sound of a beer can with rain

Sun on Mertz Bahn

Salford in rushhour

Shadows

Dockyards

College sketchbook

Some drawings I did on art foundation.

Fliers

Some fliers I did (mostly), for events I have organised/co-organised or played at in the past!

This was one of my the first fliers and the second gig Amida played in Manchester a long long time ago....

Another early Amida gig. The drawing is based on the film 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', which I absolutely love!

I can't remember who did this flier but it is for a night I used to co-run called 'Fight This' and it may be the first/last time I ever try to run a club night!

The first gig that Amida played with our current line-up and the drawing is of Wawel Castle in Krakow.

Another Amida gig! This one was a disaster as far as I remember. Perhaps the upside-down duck was a bad omen.

The first Jamboree & I really stretched the limits of how illegible a flier can be. A memorable evening, particularly for the balloons & box-headed spoons.

Second Jamboree. Flier by Kyle. Nathaniel played instead of Cooties Attack and felt tip pens took the place of balloons.

I really enjoyed this gig, particularly for the playdoh animal sculptures and giant dog costume.

Unfortunately this one got cancelled as the venue closed down and they forgot to tell us!

More venue problems, eventually moved to Saki Bar and narrowly avoided cancellation.

Another potential disaster was saved due to some microphone sharing/shouting from Hotpants Romance!

Slightly odd afternoon show but lots of fun as I remember, despite the lack of people.

Noise + pop = two of my favourite things.

Mrs Cakehead cancelled, despite having the flier dedicated to them. The first time I'd seen Shrieking Violets/ Jam On Bread though and thankfully not the last. Ended with us all making lots of noise!

Slightly disappointed at the lack of beards but will go down as one of my favourite Jamboree's anyway.

Another classic Jamboree line-up! Flier by Kyle.

A one day event called Strawberry Shortcake which was pretty close to my dream line-up at the time.

In collaboration with Cherryade Records. Not many people but I think it was St Patrick's Day which might explain why.

Fiier by April Preston. Bands played in the kitchen and we built a roof in the garden out of bin bags held down by bags of rocks. There were a few minor injuries but nothing serious.