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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 11:28 9 May 2024
Here is a piece that Peter Doherty wrote for FULL MOON EMPTY SPORTS BAG around '05.
Waking in London
Beaches of muddy iron filings
Bubbled under
Puddles of rain
Soaped wet water
Fitzrovia splashes in the dips
Of her curbs ( kerbs / Peter? )
As l slip her a folded fifty
In to a clammy glove
And skip off the pavement
By the 'Kebabish City'
Lick lick fry chick chat
Does fixing up rot your teeth?
What about mine
In the sweet by and by
My crooked smile
From one too many sad goodbyes
( the west end is piles of rusting pedals and blank metal stares ).
Written at speed and without spellcheck facility by PD as by hand.
NB. Some very interesting film footage from this time will be available in the next few days. |
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Reply | The Summer of ‘24 - ins, outs and maybes
at 09:04 9 May 2024
Unless l am missing something here En-Neyah appears to be invisible.
Either way, this was a very unusual acquisition.
Plenty of work still to do clearing the decks of players who are unlikely to feature and disturbing to hear that several others under contract may have fitness issues unrelated to football.
The project as l see it ( and likely what D&C will be aiming for ) is to make the top seven next season as a minimum requirement. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 12:36 8 May 2024
Here is something that was supposed to have appeared in one of the books that has been lost since 2007 when l moved. Maybe it was better for being lost, but anyway ......
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE
Their muffled footsteps
Distorted voices
Drifting away
Through the rubber doors
Leading to the Sizewell plains
The place that l had been telling them about
For four hours
Where l saw them
Moonbathers
Fifty metres apart
Listening
To static interference
Through reconditioned government headsets
In 3D glasses
Watching the cloud formation
A projected monochrome photograph
Taken in March 1954
Their white gloved hands
Connected to blue wires
Plugged into giant speakers
In the compound
Where l saw her
The waitress on the escalator
The day before the aeroplane crashed
In a field in the Norfolk countryside
With the loss
Of 134 lifesize dummies
Watching a silent film
About a reflection
And l find myself
In this underpass
Treading splinters of glass
When the waitress walks past
A casual glance
Then she disappears
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 21:01 7 May 2024
A little more on Robin Gunningham if l may.
I have been in contact today with the ( Daily Mail ) journalist who identified Banksy after an extensive amount of work in the Bristol area in 2008.
It was interesting for me to confirm with her where he was living a few years previously in East London and to underpin the very close association with The Wild Bunch who evolved into Massive Attack.
Robin's method of using stencils was in effect an accident
He was hiding under a railway truck from the ( railway ) police for around an hour and he noticed the stencilled plate on the under carriage of the truck. That was the moment that changed his life, enabling a method to put graphics images up at speed with the spray guns he was already most accomplished in using.
So the transition from spray guns to creating the images with stencils would take him on the most incredible journey that is still evolving - and it happened by chance.
The other aspect of the railway truck incident is that he realised that he had to be anonymous as what he was doing was effectively illegal and shortly after this he took on the identity of Banksy.
I can't say l knew this back in 2005 but l am pleased to have listed his website details in Dirty Blonde at the Cash Machine the following year.
Quite a bit has fallen into place in his story.
And all of it is brilliant!
RESPECT TO BANKSY
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 11:30 7 May 2024
Here is some background information relating to The Suffolk Murders that somehow did not form part of the prosecution case. It didn't appear to be processed via witness statements, or possibly was not included in any witness statement.
I am referring to the case against Steve Wright and as much of the evidence was fibre related this aspect would have been of interest.
I was in touch with fibre experts at the time and it's a shame we never got to discuss the following.
In the back of Steve Wright's Ford Mondeo was a red picnic blanket ( complete with an abundance of fibres ), red fibres were located on some of the bodies but were not accounted for.
Steve Wright had disposed of the picnic blanket pre arrest and so l don't think Suffolk Police ever made the connection ( apologies if l am wrong ).
After the trial had taken place this information was made public.
I wonder if Pamela Wright ( partner of Steve Wright ) was ever asked about the red fabric - maybe not.
Another aspect of the case is that the extensive array of clothes, shoes, bags and phones etc and girl's personal belongings were never found.
I believe these were put into a black bin liner and buried - possibly using building materials - either on separate occasions or on a single occasion.
This was the theory of one of the surviving girl's.
NB. Some of the info on this thread comes from published works but quite a bit of it has not been in the public domain. I know there are journalists from national newspapers scanning this thread and if it is a starter for them on any subject then l have no problem with them using it in any way that they wish.
Furthermore, several of them have my email address and should the occasion arise l am willing to assist ( zero fees ) on topics covered.
I had no idea this thread would still be going after all these months and was going to stop at 10,000 views, however, since then, the viewers have increased quite a bit. [Post edited 7 May 18:18]
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 10:35 7 May 2024
PICCADILLY LINE - Taken from 'Blueprint for Life'
I know you're out there
Somewhere
Late night shopping
People hopping
Once l thought l saw you
At a street cafe
Drawing zen pictures
In the afternoon
Your pink lipstick message
On a mirror
It always haunted me
It still does
The seventy five point seven calls
From your cocaine bed
Out your head
The frozen state
That you became
A drowning flame
Those people that you knew
The select few
I don't think so
I always harboured the idea
Of some kind of twilight rescue
But somehow
Didn't quite pull it off
I travelled for hours
On the underground
Seeing your face on posters
Seeing your name on tube cards
Hearing your voice in tunnels
And it never goes away
Oh and yes
I lit ten thousand candles for you
In a dream
So l suppose you could say
That doesn't count
But surely
It tells you something
And your silhouette
I saw it projected on buildings
In Canary Wharf
I saw it in the night skies
Over Lewisham
I loved the blue streaks in your hair
The sound of your footsteps
On the stairs
And your black dress
It still hangs
In my wardrobe
( Also appeared in Graphic Poetry - VICTIONARY / Hong Kong 2005 ). |
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Reply | Bravo Braintree
at 21:05 6 May 2024
Bravo Braintree indeed!
An incredible achievement.
I've followed their results throughout the season and I'm delighted to see them get over the finishing line.
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 16:21 6 May 2024
Some threads back l allude to Banksy being in Colchester at a printing company to discuss the banknotes that were being proofed up. ( 2011? ).
I believe the person who was with him on that occasion may have been Steve Lazarides, who is also from Bristol - though both were living in London ( or they were in '05 ).
That aside, what l discovered during a late exchange in the night is that Steve Lazarides was commissioned to photograph the home and contents of Kurt Cobain following his death in over in Seattle.
The photography was to be for a book project but didn't get released.
While in Seattle he was in contact with Courtney Love who had the keys to Cobain's property.
By another strange quirk of fate many years later Courtney Love was working on her book 'Dirty Blonde' at the same time that l was putting 'Dirty Blonde at the Cash Machine' together in '05 with both books being released virtually simultaneously during 2006.
Banksy and Steve Lazarides were effectively business partners around the time of activities in Colchester ( and much further afield ).
I think most people will be aware that the Banksy set up is ( was ) on a huge scale with a team that would need to organise scaffolding for some of the larger and elevated pieces.
Additionally large sheets would cover the areas being worked on by a team in hi - res attire with paperwork at the ready to buy any time required to complete the work.
I wonder if all of the original Banksy templates and stencils are stored in the UK ( l saw some in '05 ), there would be many hundreds. Perhaps over time they were lost or destroyed. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 15:35 5 May 2024
Continuing with Monday Morning 5:19
( I had to check this as l wasn't sure if the 2.30 time reference was in the early hours or the afternoon, and the back seat reference has thrown me....despite it all a sublime piece of work ).
It's Monday morning ( etc / verse repeats )
And now it's almost six am
And l don't want to try again
'Cause if she's still not back
Well heaven knows what then
Is this the end?
At half past two l picture her
In the back of someone else's car
He runs his fingers through her hair
Oh, you shouldn't let him
Touch you there
It's Monday morning ( verse repeats )
And now it's almost 6am ( verse repeats ).
I need to hunt down my CD copy as l think a couple of lines may be missing from the online lyrics. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 11:27 5 May 2024
Here are some lyrics written by Louis Eliot of Rialto - Monday Morning 5:19 - released 1997 and made 37 in the singles charts.
At eight o'clock we said goodbye
That's when l left her house for mine
She said that she'd be staying in
Well she had to be at work by nine
So l get home and have a bath
And let an hour or two pass
Drifting in front of my TV
When a film comes on that she wants to see
It's Monday morning 5:19
And I'm still wondering where she's been
'Cause every time l try to call
I just get her machine
TBC.....
On the face of it these words do not suggest anything out of the ordinary as a basis for a song ....but!...such is the exquisite timing, crafting and delivery that by the time all the component parts come together a masterpiece evolves.
I detect a possible fault in verse 2 line 2 - should this have been? -
And let an hour or two go past
Anyway, the only time l saw this song performed was when Rialto performed at a V Festival, possibly '01ish....the sound waves drifted across, some getting caught or slightly lost in the breeze - and yet, they penetrate in such a way as to engulf one, and make an imprint.
This song was written just before everyone had a mobile phone - or possibly from further back.
It appears to be from a real life experience.
I will put the other verses up later.
On occasion, l contact the writer of a song to get their perspective and background to the piece - something for later as l once unravelled a mystery lyric that even the band who performed it were unsure of it's origin. |
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Reply | M&T makeover
at 20:23 4 May 2024
Yet another managerial change over at Maldon & Tiptree!
And yet another 'internal' appointment as Colchester United and Maldon & Tiptree appear to be joined at the hip.
I'm none too sure if this arrangement has had any significant benefit to either club over the past few seasons. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 18:08 4 May 2024
There was so much going on in the Shoreditch area of East London pre and post millennium that around twenty years later l am still joining up some of the dots.
I cannot think of any other square mile on the face of the earth that was ever populated by so many diverse creative souls over the course of around a decade or so.
Many of those who lived in the area and produced music, art, fashion, dance, film and poetics now scattered across the land - and some as far away as Brazil, New Zealand and the United States - and some much closer to home, here in Colchester no less.
Some of these individuals became known globally while others ( some with incredible talent ) just faded into the shadows - but their work is still out there and a wondrous place to revisit on occasion.
Sometimes a piece of work that has been hiding on a shelf or on a wall for years is rediscovered and starts out on an unexpected journey.
Wishing everyone a peaceful May Bank Holiday and thanking all followers for tuning in.
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 17:32 3 May 2024
There are many theories on the identity of Banksy.
From my visit to his place of residence in 2005 l can confirm that there was a link to Massive Attack.
He is not RDN though🧐🧐
Some theorists had considered an artists collective as opposed to an individual ...not so.
But he has an extensive array of 'helpers' - many of whom are very talented individuals.
Having learned about aspects of his lifestyle l can confirm that many of these are expressed in his work around the world.
Colchester has been on his road map at various times. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 21:52 2 May 2024
I'm sure some of you will be aware of PEST CONTROL OFFICE LIMITED 😊😊.
We were discussing this tonight.
Quite a few million pounds sitting there and very well deserved.
The music links may be of interest as one delves deeper. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 10:19 2 May 2024
MISS J ( known to Tom Stephens re. previous post ).
Where did you spend last Christmas?
Peterborough Prison.
Christ, how come?
Shop lifting ...l knew that if l got caught around that time that I'd get about 6 weeks, and if l didn't get caught l could sell some of the stuff for gear.
What was it like?
It was ok, they'd just built a new wing and it was comfortable....better than where l was staying.
So in a way you were actually pleased to have somewhere to 'stay' over Christmas.
Yeah.
And you have no stigma about it at all?
None.
Thanks for agreeing to do this.
It's ok, you got a drink or something?
Like what, tea or coffee?
No, like Vodka or summit.
I don't drink but someone left some gin here the other week, there's a bit of that.
Top.
I'll get it ....
Thanks, can l have a cold drink as well?
Yeah, I've got some tropical juice.
( She is drinking the gin straight and nods a yes ).
Christ, have you drunk that already, there were about ten measures there.
Yeah, that's nuffin.
( TBC ). |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 07:50 2 May 2024
August 2002
I was following a news story on Sky News in August 2002 that featured the disappearance and subsequent murder of two young girls in Soham, Cambridgeshire.
During the coverage that l followed l was particularly captivated by an interview involving Ian Huntley and conducted by Jeremy Thompson on behalf of Sky News.
From that moment l had a very strong premonition that l would work with Sky News and in particular Jeremy Thompson. This was like a form of reverse deja vu. It was a very powerful and unusual experience and l don't think l mentioned it to anyone at the time.
Four years later this all fell into place when l found myself working alongside Jeremy Thompson for Sky News during the coverage on The Suffolk Murders.
As if that was not enough another unusual strand unravelled during an interview The Sunday Mirror did with an individual by the name of Tom Stephens who was very much on police radar throughout the investigation.
I had a similar premonition that l would interview Tom Stephens too.
This also occured when l found his home telephone number some years later and called him.
The conversation was extraordinary and l offered publishing the content in a book l was writing about the case should Mr Stephens agree.
He wanted a week to think about it and asked that l call him back.
When l did he had made the decision not to have his account of proceedings published.
This l honoured.
The Sunday Mirror interview and police interviews that featured Mr Stephens were incredible. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 20:34 30 Apr 2024
A little more on The Migrant. The reference to the hostel was triggered by a conversation with Peter Doherty's mentor Paul Roundhill. He alluded to hearing certain sounds coming from the room next door in a hostel. I must have filed that away in my head to use as an element for 'Migrant'.
Although the piece is in draft form l doubt l will change more than a couple of words as l like them to be raw and under worked - the exact opposite way to how just about everyone else writes or is taught.
Speaking of hostels l have just come back from a dog walk and passed a former hotel which has morphed into a hostel. This establishment is in North Station Road in Colchester and as l approached a side window opened and the occupant threw a nappy out onto the pathway.
Sometimes on the morning walk l observe the drug runs - both pick up's and suppliers.
Those who are on the pick up walk at tremendous speed - arms flaying and bodies bouncing off the pavement, akin to a form of dance. Once they have had their fix they walk at a slower and more measured pace. |
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Reply | Tigers at Layer Road
at 14:03 30 Apr 2024
A little background to this.
The Migrant aspect was prompted by an unusual sight a few weeks ago at a soup kitchen just behind Queen Street in Colchester.
As l walked through the area there were at least 100 males who appeared to be of possible Afghan origin. There are usually 30 to 40 in the area for food and supplies provision. To see a hundred ( and possibly more ) was quite a spectacle - many of them were sitting on walls on their mobiles.
As it happens, l have always been supportive of the Afghan cause and wrote about it in the nineties.
This morning l came across another small group on a dog walk and was intrigued by their fashion line - most likely supplied. They were all dressed in the same black tracksuit type attire.
I am at a loss to know how the British Government can possibly keep a record of how these guys dovetail into society and by the look of things around Colchester many of them become fast food delivery drivers and riders.
I have asked a local politician what l think is a reasonable question - that being, how many migrants are currently based in Colchester.
I recall seeing a coach pull into the Leisure World car park at around 3am ( another dog walk ). This was around 10 years ago. About 40 men, women and children disembarked clutching bags, blankets and provisions. My impression was that they had just been dumped here.
When l returned to the area about 40 minutes later most of them were still in the car park and possibly waiting to be picked up by family and relatives. |
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