Last release on the Ocean in a Bottle page was the haunting single
‘Reading in Space between Earth and Venus’ which covered the simple act of reading in Space (https://oceaninabottle.bandcamp.com/album/reading-in-space-between-earth-and-venus)
Since then, a full length album called ‘On Saturn’s Wings’ has appeared on Peristent Vegetative Statement Records which is described as two long, epic ambient drones spinning
into a more spiralling, freer form and carries its drones across an imaginary journey between beauty and a paradox of what it is seen and what is not seen.
This album can be streamed / downloaded for FREE from persistentvegetativestaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/on-saturns-wings
Also released on Silber Records as part of their field recordings series, two singles have been made both made up of live Field Recordings
Birds on the Roof with a bad throat at Manchester Victoria Train Station just before the moon rises
(silbermedia.bandcamp.com/album/birds-on-the-roof-with-a-bad-throat-at-manchester-victoria-train-station-just-before-the-moon-rises)
Walking to the Bus Station
(silbermedia.bandcamp.com/album/walking-to-the-bus-station)
The next two Ocean in a Bottle singles ‘Waiting to land on Venus’ (Haunting angel choirs prior to landing on a devil like planet)
and ‘Space Graveyard Volume 1 (An musical space piano and drone noise EP and the first in a series) which follow over September and October all been well, and I am now working on a single called Examining Phobos and Deimos for life.
A few versions of a track called The Noir Side of the Moon have also been completed and could crop in a few places also.
Ocean in a Bottle will also be doing a track for the annual DIH and friends (More details can be found here - http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2019/09/dih-and-friends-christmas-2019.html)
Spoken Label News:
Spoken Label since my last newsletter has been operating on almost a weekly basis and has included Podcasts by the following people since my last update..
Rob Barrett (July 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/rob-barratt-spoken-label-july-2019
Roz Weaver (July 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/roz-weaver-spoken-label-july-2019
Robert Garnham (July 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/robert-garnham-spoken-label-august-2019
Serafina Bersonage (August 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/serafina-bersonsage-spoken-label-august-2019
Grant Curnow (August 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/grant-curnow-spoken-label-august-2019
Roxanne San Jose (August 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/roxanne-san-jose-spoken-label-august-2019
Chris Neilson (September 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/chris-neilson-with-special-guest-amanda-steel-spoken-label-september-2019
Planet in Peril – Various Poets (September 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/planet-in-peril-various-poets
Bernie the Bolt (September 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/bernie-the-bolt-spoken-label-september-2019
Matt Nicholson (September 2019)
https://spokenlabel.bandcamp.com/album/matt-nicholson-spoken-label-september-2019
A number of future sessions have been recorded from the following –
Joe Williams, Ellie Mason, Leanne Beadle, Emilie Lauren Jones, John G Hall, Nicola Dale, Noemi Scotellaro Massimi, Penny Sharman, Lizzie Smith, Howling Jack Russell, Thomas, Yvonne Ugarte and Rob Goodier with other sessions currently been lined up.
Also lined up for Speak Easy is a charity Christmas album wanting submissions.
More details can be found here http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2019/08/spoken-label-christmas-album-poetry-and.html
Reading in Bed News:
Reading in Bed has carried on with its monthly production schedule of Podcasts between me and Amanda. The last few Podcasts can be found here -
Reading in Bed Episode 19 (July 2019)
https://readinginbed.bandcamp.com/album/reading-in-bed-episode-19-july-2019
Books reviewed were:
1. Stephen King - On Writing
2. Gregg Hurwitz - Out of the Dark
3. Paul Auster - Hand to Mouth
4. Charles Harris - the breaking of Liam Harris
5. Serafina Bersonsage - A Witch's Education
Reading in Bed Episode 20 (August 2019)
https://readinginbed.bandcamp.com/album/reading-in-bed-episode-20-august-2019
Books reviewed were:
1. Susanna Beard - Dare to remember
2. Fred Hoyle - The Black Cloud
3. Riley Sager - Lock every Door
4. Howard Caryle - The Meyerstown Secret
5. Stephen King - Cell
6. Amber Kraysen - I see myself in the distance
Reading in Bed Episode 21 (September 2019)
https://readinginbed.bandcamp.com/album/reading-in-bed-episode-21-september-2019
Books reviewed were:
1. Samantha Schweblin – Fever Dream
2. Jane Corry - - The Dead Ex
3. Daniel H Wilson – Robopoalypse
4. Louise Doughty - Platform 7
5. Alta H Mabin – Evidence of Pain
We are currently planning books for Octobers and Novembers Podcast.
Comics Unity News:
After a slightly quieter spell, Comics Unity has been really busy recently between myself and Michael with the following episodes been recorded:
Extra Episode 7 with guest co host Amanda, myself and Michael discussing more about what we would like to see from the final season of Supernatural
https://comicsunitypodcastseries.bandcamp.com/album/extra-episode-7-supernatural-special-2-with-guest-co-host-amanda-steel
Extra Episode 6 with guest co host Gavin about what we would like to see from the final season of Supernatural
https://comicsunitypodcastseries.bandcamp.com/album/extra-episode-6-supernatural-discussion-part-1-over-the-forthcoming-15th-season-with-guest-cohost-gavin
Episode 10 - Andy N and Michael discuss a whole host of topics featured at the San Diego Comics Con 2019 and all the latest comics news and latest TV / film news including rumoured James Bond news, Supernatural castings, castings for DC shows and much, much more
https://comicsunitypodcastseries.bandcamp.com/album/comics-unity-podcast-series-episode-10-august-2019
Episode 11 of Comics Unity has also been recorded and will be getting released shortly but also on a monthly basis all been well for the foreseeable future myself and Michael probably starting November or December 2019 will be releasing a special series within the Comics Unity universe of works by comic writers we like and would like to recommend)
A Nature’s Path:
A new Poetry and Literture Podcast with my old friend Colleen has been set up and will be broadcast live on blogtalk radio every Monday from 7pm to 7.15pm or so on blogtalkradio.com/anaturespath
(I’m doing a backup for this on https://anaturespath.bandcamp.com which will be remastered a few hours later).
Printed Words:
This literature / creative writing magazine / journal edited and created by Amanda and featuring me on the submissions panel has just released its 3rd issue which can be found and bought on Amazon but can also be downloaded for free at Amanda’s website at
http://doccdn.simplesite.com/d/c0/5a/287104482209651392/f7238143-478d-4f24-bca0-b6e86b6d854a/Printed%2BWords%2B-Autumn.pdf
Printed Words also made it’s live debut recently at the Festival of Manchester more of which can be read here
https://www.amandasteelwriter.com/443373776
Special thanks to from me and Amanda Steel to Randy Horton, Alicia Fitton, Zoe Howarth Lowe, Sara Culleno, Alex Asher and Anthony Brisco for reading out with us that day.
All been well, future live dates will follow.
(My live video from that day can be seen here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEvzagIRzEA)
You can also now submit if you wish to Issue 4 (Closing date 10th November 2019) and further submission details can be read here
https://www.amandasteelwriter.com/440793822
Speak Easy:
Speak Easy is Stretford’s always friendly spoken word open mic night which is held at Stretford’s lovely Sip on the first Wednesday of each month.
After a change in approach on the advertising, numbers have been steadingly increasing to around 20 people reading each month,
pictures from the last few months can be seen here
September
http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2019/09/pictures-from-speak-easy-september-2019.html
July
http://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2019/07/speak-easy-pictures-from-july-2019.html
Dates for the rest of the year (for either 5 or 6 minute slots) shall be 02 October 2019, 06 November 2019 and 04 December 2019 with dates pencilled in from February 2020 also to follow.
Email me on aen1mpo@yahoo.co.uk if interested as the night is starting to get a real buzz about it.
Personal Writing / Open Mics:
Myself and Amanda have generally maintained our usual or so 4 readings every month. In August, while there was no Speak Easy and we were unable to go Word Central, we went over to Bradford’s speaking in tongues. There is no video footage of myself but I did record Amanda with two of her poems – Abscence Minded (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBz_bzz48dc)
and How to tell if she loves you (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRQ5j2sBpQ)
I did a few separate gigs during August on the theme of Peterloo
(the most shouty of which can be heard here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjruu7HGc0E&t=225s)
Lastly on the video front, a video of me doing ‘Unexpected Change in Weather’ also appeared from August’s Word Central (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldvo_m6hrcY&t=1s) on youtube.
Publishing wise, all been well, there is quite a few things on the go
but firstly the Mark Literary has published one of my mini poems from my 4th and upcoming collection ‘The Streets were all we could see’
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/0a3c70_b4bd74f36b6b4865b7c5f4531f1cce15.pdf
Bold Plus Italic back in July also published one of my Robot poems ‘Reading the news with Erica’
https://boldplusitalic.wordpress.com/2019/06/25/andy-n-news-with-erica/
and of course my piece Longford Theatre appeared in issue 3 of Printed Words
http://doccdn.simplesite.com/d/c0/5a/287104482209651392/f7238143-478d-4f24-bca0-b6e86b6d854a/Printed%2BWords%2B-Autumn.pdf
There are quite a few new pieces also forthcoming in other publications and projects which I’ll be able to talk about another day.
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