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Old Black Eyes Is Back

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Well well well, how to explain the make-up…

I thought the shadow puppetry would be the biggest project I’d find myself working on this year but the Funeral Punk band I share the blame for, Cadaver Club has equaled that workload and will probably leave it for dust very soon.

With Cadaver Club, myself, along with the other members have realised we can mix all our talents and loves into one big melting pot (or cauldron) and create art, music, video, storytelling, performance and anything else we can dream up under one name. Our mutual love of Hallowe’en and the darker side of things is the foundation of the band and is what directs everything we do, albeit with a wry smile.

The cast and crew of the "Dead Air" music video

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Welcome To Reality

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There’s nothing quite like losing someone to bring you to down to earth hard. You always think you have more time than you actually have and it’s never long enough to say goodbye.

Last week I lost a friend I loved to bits. Peter was a humble man with a heart the size of a house and a home there was always room for one more in. He always made me feel welcome and wanted and together with the rest of his family, could instantly restore my faith in humanity when it was flagging. As long as there’s people like them in the world, it can’t be such a bad place. Peter faced his death with astonishing dignity, it’s something I will never forget. I still can’t quite believe the next time I call round, he won’t be there. He called me a good friend and I thank him for that from the bottom of my heart.

I found it hard to settle back into work. I’m still not back in the swing of things. Maybe that’s why I’m writing this while there’s a half drawn mural layout lying a few feet away from me that so needs to get done. It won’t get done tonight.

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“I haven’t laughed as much since my mother died…”

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…This was the snippet of a conversation I overheard this morning as I trudged through the stormy winds and torrential rain that tried to destroy me and anyone else stupid enough to be out in it. It lifted my mood no end.
So, my site has been up a month and by now I should be sitting down to write my third blog but here I am only getting round to the second.
“Where have you been?” I hear you cry, “What have you been doing?”
Well, mostly paperwork. Boring, confusing paperwork. Good way to start the year. Still, had to be done and it’s all behind me now.

I’ve also been doing a lot of preparation work for some fairly adventurous (well, for me anyway) projects coming up. There are more powerhose murals in the pipeline and they all have to be planned out. Really looking forward to getting into the “wetsuit” again and playing Ghostbusters with the powerhose.
Add to that a bit of illustration work, an album cover, some commissioned pieces and portraits and a story I’m helping write for a shadow puppet play (!) and what you get is a head full of ideas and not enough time to arrange them into any kind of workable order.

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