Hillsborough (tribute poem for the diaster in 1989)

 

Suspended in the
Silent, stubborn wind.

Rubber was split bent double
Across the pitch
Like an un-answered prayer.

Ghostly, dismantled
Across a sky of open wounds
Substituting noise for silence
Over lepping lane
With fear watching over
The scoreboards.

Memories dismantled across stands
And dissolved into a absence
Half rubbed out
With justice rattling
In the silence.

Justice.

(A short tribute to the terrible events which happened at Hillsborough)

The Echeleon Effect Remix

done some mastering for a remix by pal of the echeleon effect..

here it is

https://soundcloud.com/andynpoet/the-echelon-effect-tracking

poetry / music uploaded from recent nights

some poetry / music videos some featuring me took recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOeukw13gLU&feature=youtu.be
(A Means to an End - Leaving Belfast - March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9bIMBx0ECE&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=8
(A Means to an End - Return to Kemptown - March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nECKYgWOHtY&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=6
(Andy N - Revenge is a dish best served cold, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUByXC5Tcnc&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=5
(Andy N - Longford theatre, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNQL_iS036s&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=4
(Andy N - Before the Curtains open, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmhLko0aNMI&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=3
(Andy N - Open Door closed, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqlsC-Zn8Zg&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=2
(A Means to an End - the ghost of liverpool empire, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EOnUcXK9bs&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=1
( A Means to an End - tracing places, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyzhndE0q8k&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=19
(Arthur Chapell, Guitar and Verse, February 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plFKx-wyIws&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=18
(Gordon Zola, Guitar and Verse, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbLC6UcqiHo&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=17
(Gordon Zola, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3aBuSocBko&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=16
(Ushiku Crisafulli, Guitar and Verse March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_rJUtSykYk&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=15

(Ushiku Crisafulli, Guitar and Verse March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOQ_d64Rnw&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=14

(A Means to an End - tracing Planes - Guitar and Verse, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFEb6YRHjA&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=13

(Andy N - open door closed, Guitar and Verse, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97SnyreYQq8&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=11

(Tony Sheridan, Performance, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p6xEJermog&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=10

(Nick Armbister, Guitar and Verse, March 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Qz2tGNDNE&list=UUSnVliEClzutG1pg9S1Bgwg&index=9

(Rob Goodier, Performance, March 2013)

latest news and views - 2nd march 2013

Hi all;

Hope you are good and enjoying the what I hope is the beginning of Spring as

Certainly after the constant little bits of snow and frozen I have had enough of winter totally for this time.

Creative wise, it has been quite a active month in several ways.

First of all, probably in March viva bandcamp a series of old recordings (I think around the 2010 mark) with one brand new recording will be released as a free download of me with a ambient band called Poortosh. Hopefully over Easter – I will start work on some other tracks with it as I have a better studio set up now.

Also, my work with Amanda Silbernagel although currently quiet (Amanda is

Busy with her studies). When she finishes for half time probably next month, am hopeful we will be able to crack on further with this and get a EP on the way fairly soon (ish).

My main band ‘A Means to an End’ finally made it back to the stage at the beginning of the month when we did a 15 minute set at Guitar and Verse in Manchester which can be seen here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4z7d28xTXQ

(Next stop for the band will be doing a set in April for a night called Words V Music)

I haven’t done anything performance wise by myself this year now (solo poetry).

Didn’t end up going to Write out Loud, Stockport last month but I will be back there on 11/03/2013 with at least three new poems with me (one of which I am currently still working on).

After that, I will be performing in Tyldesley at a night called ‘Performance’ on Friday 22 March 2013 where I’ll be doing probably 15 minutes or so of poetry and I am hoping my band will also be there to sneak in a few songs. (Not decided on the setlist yet).

Writing wise, I have managed to write a few poems this year including ‘tracing planes’ which will be debuted shortly with A Means to an End and a major rewrite of a old Words and Music (my first band) called ‘The one that got away’ is with the guys and I am hoping will be finished with the guys over the next month / three whenever. Hopefully both of these will be in A Means to an End book two (Out next year I think).

I am still progressing work slowly on my next poetry book ‘the end of summer’. I did a test print of the book at the end of last year which had 28 poems listed for it and since then, I’ve now added another two, maybe three for it and have a few ideas for a few others in my head besides wanting to do a bit of re-editing to it (in particular one called ‘Open Door Closed’ which looks almost completely different and has been submitted to Best of Bolton 2013).

I’ve also just had a pretty successful writing workshop for the workshop I co run with Manda Lee, Writers of the third kind last week which produced drafts of 4 poems, 3 of which are likely to appear in either Love Songs for Cathy V or maybe The End of Summer with a nice comical one which I will hold back for a comedy book maybe in the future. Next workshop is 27/03/2013 @ the Sweet Green tavern near Bolton train station from 7pm.

All welcome as normal and as normal there will be no admission!

Publishing wise, two poems have been accepted for publication. One in a publication called ‘County of last things’ who at the end of March will be publishing ‘The End of Summer IV’ and in April I think, Puppywolf Press will also be publishing a new poem called ‘Bodies in open tombs’ for their annual Best of Manchester Poets Volume 3 (Will hopefully be at their launch).

As soon as I get more news with confirmed dates etc, I will of course be attending but don’t forgot in the meantime, Guitar and Verse a week tomorrow (7^th March 2013) headlined by the excellent Shaun Hunter's Quiet Rebellion with a poetry slot from Indigo at Gulliver’s, Manchester. 

Almost from the beginning (New Poem)

The first few times we met

Was under a crossing of invisible bridgesWatching the boats setting outFor distant isles,Plunging our loveInto a monochromeOf steered moonlight.

The first few times
Was buried in half baked clues
Pressed tight in your eyes
And whispered words
Sometimes lost
Under droning boats
But never your intent,

Or the way you said

you loved me almost

from the beginning. 

(Poem from personal ebook of love poetry for my partner

This can be seen here - http://www.lulu.com/shop/andy-n/love-songs-for-cathy-iv/paperback/product-20646811.html)">http://www.lulu.com/shop/andy-n/love-songs-for-cathy-iv/paperback/product-20646811.html)

latest news and views - 7th january 2013

Happy New Year. Hope you all had a good time.

Here is my year in review and some tits and bits of forthcoming news.

1)      A Means to an End had a good 2012 year I feel with the band however

Likely to remind a 3 piece instead of a 4 piece on a more regular basis as Dave I don’t think will remind a regular member (Reasons I won’t go into here in more detail but it’s not bad). We did a few open mikes (Bay Horse to name but one) but generally tried to find bits and pieces to do longer sets at (Open Mind in May 2012, Hulme is where the art is in August 2012, Salford Music Festival in September 2012 and lastly Acoustic Wednesdays in October 2012 to name but four). In the New Year, we already have one pencilled in for Open Mind in March 2013, and Glossop in August 2013. I’ve completed some applications for Didsbury and Chorlton Arts Festival and am researching others, so plenty on the go and more to research.

2)      Next time I see Jeff we will be discussing about an album also for the band in Springtime and we will carry on working for a Means to an End book II (11 poems wrote so far for it) which I reckon’ll be done maybe in 2013 / 2014.

3)      I am still plodding along work with my friend, Amanda Silbernagel also – think we have done maybe 14 or so tracks for our album. Hoping we will be able to release this probably though bandcamp this year. Also thinking about a name for our project instead of just Amanda and Andy. Watch this space of course.

Our last track ‘Glowing in the dark’ (Xmas Mix) can be heard here..

http://www.amandasilbernagel.com/mp3/02-AmandaAndAndy-GlowingInTheDark.mp3

4)      Some work from maybe 2009 or 2010 has appeared with a band called Poortosh which I had almost forgotten about on soundcloud. (Include links). When I check how many more pieces were recorded, I’ll sit down and try to do some more as there was several un-recorded lyrics from that and I hope we’ll also sell that on bandcamp.

These tracks can be heard as follows:

https://soundcloud.com/poostosh/andy-n-with-poostosh-wish

(Wish)

https://soundcloud.com/poostosh/andy-n-with-poostosh-thank-you

(Thank you Ky)

https://soundcloud.com/poostosh/andy-n-with-poostosh-forgotten

(Forgotten Hero)

5)      My poetry has had some nice headline slots, although sadly down to my diabetes nowadays I try to be a more careful what I do – i.e. not do everything going. I am still a regular at W.O.L. Stockport which I use to debut two brand new pieces each month and have done headline slots this year at Write Out Loud – Middleton, Guitar and Verse (Manchester) and several others I have forgot about at the moment. I’m doing a headline slot at Performance! In Wigan in February and maybe some others later in the year.

6)      Bookswise. Poetry, work has been a bit slow this year on my next poetry book ‘the end of summer’ but after 18 months or so on it, I can admit I am around 23 or 24 poems into the book (around 40 or so pages). I think it’s going to need another 8 or 9 more poems to bring it around 52 or 53 pages from which I can then decide to finalise the line-up and then look for a publisher. I think this’ll be around 2014 or so.

7)      I now have Love Songs for Cathy IV almost finished, a year after book III. This of course will be a private press book for Cathy, but I’ll offer it as a free download for anybody who wants to read some good love poetry etc in February 2013 around Valentines Day.

8)      Publishing wise, after a age of quietness, one of my pieces ‘Samantha will be getting published viva turtle press on 20/01/2013. More details to follow but their blog is: http://turtleway.wordpress.com/

Also two of my poems appeared last year on the online magazine ‘Herecomeseveryone’ on the theme of the English riots which I have only just found out about (5 months late!) but it’s two new pieces ‘drums of their flick knives’ – these can be read here..

http://herecomeseveryone.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/HCE-Riots-Issue-WEB.pdf

9)      My writing workshop with Manda Lee ‘Writers of the third kind’ is still ongoing in Bolton and I am very pleased with the way it is going too with a nice hardcore bunch of writers coming in each month, In a ideal world, I would like to bring out a phamplet to highlight what the workshop is producing later on, or maybe a full collection. Wait this space for more details there.

10)  There is also a few irons in the fire pending, but I’ll talk about them as and when they develop.

11)  Lastly, just want to wish you all a wonderful New Year in whatever you do and just to tell Cathy I love her as always and looking forward to our engagement do soon (ish) 

happy christmas

happy christmas. 

here is a christmas album free to download freely recorded from my reunited first band dih with an ever increasing number of friends.

http://archive.org/details/DihAndFriendsChristmas2012