Meanwhile...

I was a guest recently on a podcast about songwriting as a craft for the grown ups, which also featured eight of my tracks. So here’s the track listing.

As regular readers will have read previously in this erratic chronicle (you can take alliteration too far. Ed.), I’ve really enjoyed playing solo over the last couple of years.

OK - I haven't posted in nearly a year, but what better way to start blogging again than to announce a new album that I wrote for, played and sang on.

Yup. I'm gigging again with Caedmon. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland. 7-8 May 2010

Any attempt to access my Macbook Pro on a network resulted in the message 'connection failed'. But the Geniuses at the Trafford Centre Apple Store finally fixed it with the tick of single checkbox.

The knee saga continues. It would appear that I have Arthritis, but with careful management and exercise I can live a rich and fulfilling life. Just stay away from the wobble board.

I went into Manchester Royal Infirmary at 7am on Wednesday for what I was told would be an arthroscopy. Now I'm back (Yes, flat on my back) with photographic evidence.

Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge is a complete scenario for Bungie's venerable game Marathon.

More than a year ago, I posted a short aside that mentioned a damaged knee.

It may have looked quiet to you, but around here the scene is a-buzzin'.