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Andi

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I've worked predominently in music and performance, usually as Tour Manager/Mother Hen for the last 15 years to a whole world of culture. I've been blessed with a life full of variety and verity but am not inexperienced in the vagaries of survival, heartbreak and poverty.Life in Bristol brings many rewards, in particular being involved in Acoustic Night at Halo Cafe Bar which brings 50 -60 souls together for a fortnightly evening of Spoken Word, music, magic and madness. And as there is no box for this... tho' single I'm still a parent.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Janet Reger (private fitting) Nancy Friday (for the stories that didn't make it to My Secret Garden)Bill Hicks (that was my cue chalk Bill...) Ian Mclagan (Small Faces keyboards. We never finished that convo did we Ian?)The bastard manager who ripped us off in '69 (forgiveness? not this time...)The Monks from Labrang Monastery, Tibet (I have a little piece of their yard on my shelf),Rosa Parks RIP (goddamm girl we'd share that back seat)The Neville Brothers, Gina Grrrshon (melt...) Dolly Parton, Kurt Vonnegut, Meera Syall. Cheikah R'Mitti (1923-2006 RIP)Janet Baker. Billie Holliday, Susan Sarandon, Tony Benn. Tracy Emin. Astor Piazolla... ooh many many more and all those I meet on my travels who have something to say. Preferably humanist in philosophy and global in conscience. Ability to read maps and affinity to funky cats a bonus.

My Blog

I’m tired of ranting but this violent world just breaks me up!

So I just wanted to remind you there are some poems back there.l  l  l  l  V V V V 
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Acoustic Night...Nice to be back!

Well Monday was quite a night for our first one of the year. I wasn't sure if we were going to get a crowd as it was a grisly night but we had a few surprises that made it into a fun time. For the fir...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:33:00 GMT

End of another great year

Well we made it thru' and rounded off the year with a great night of spontaneity on Monday. After a few quiet nights in October and November we were surprised by the number of Acoustic Night virgins t...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:58:00 GMT

A BASTARD DEPRESSING NIGHT FOR ME!!

Well.. last Monday was a shite night when it comes to audience numbers. despite flying a bucket load of other music gigs, giving Venue a well early listing e-mail and lots of verbal around town we sti...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:07:00 GMT

ACOUSTIC NIGHT BRISTOL

ACOUSTIC NIGHT is Bristols longest running Open Mic night. We are about to clock up thirteen years of showcasing talent from performers of Poetry, Music, Magic and other genres of stage-craft. We re-l...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:03:00 GMT

TWO SIDES TO BEAUTY

Autumn leaves that remind you of what has passeddry and brittle underfoots h a t t e r i n g to dustsighing their lastbreathinvisible in autumn air.Words spro...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:10:00 GMT

Matters of the heart

This is dedicated to all those who have tasted intimacy, love .... whatever one wishes to call it. For all my friends who have shared their heartaches and highs with me. TWEEZERSThe tweezers lay besid...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:07:00 GMT

Pain

WHERE ARE THE GODS?Where are the Gods they say have decreedthat a family should sanction and partakeaccording to scripturein the ritual stoning and ultimate slaughterof their innocent naive seventeen ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:00:00 GMT

Ashton Court benefit night

Just want to say a big thanks to everyone who supported our benefit auction for Ashton Court Festival last night. We had a rather stunning selection of Poetry, Song Lyrics, CDs, Artwork, Jewellery and...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:07:00 GMT

BELOW THE BELT?

I wrote these a few years ago but I'm putting them up here for all the beautiful gender travellers whichever way they are going.AS LONG AS YOU ARE HAPPYAs long as you are happy dear...well, to be hone...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:30:00 GMT