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As part 1 in my ‘GET STUFF DONE THIS YEAR’ plot, I’ve been working furiously with the lovely Calico Jacque to bring you our first go at a weekly web comic!
Minnie Gunn and the Gentlelady Thief
(You might recognise the seeds of this thing here…)
We’ve been having a lot of fun working on it, I hope [...]

Calico Jack and I are terrible influences on each other. An extended session of taking the piss out of the up-and-coming game Bayonetta led to creating our own terrible version, then mashing her up with another joke character idea from a party a few weeks previous… which led to Jack writing a script, me doing [...]

Okay then, everyone is gearing up for NYE parties (myself included) so I guess that means it’s time to do that whole ‘year in review’ thing.
So, here we go. 2008 in not-especially-ordered list form.

Growing up with both parents and an aunt in the traditional music scene, I’ve been around folk and world music ever since I was a tiny pram-bound little KT. I’ve been to more folk festivals than I can count, and while I drifted out of it as a teenager a bit, now I’m older I [...]

So, this weekend I’m going to be at Musicport Festival in sunny Bridlington. Doing this:

So, if you’re going to be around, I’d love to see you there. It’s my first time doing anything like this, so it should be interesting all round. I’ll be joined by my lovely aunt Jo Freya, and the rest of [...]

The ever-awesome Caddy has provided some lovely flyer and banner designs.

Come check it out!

Okay, so it occurred to me that for a blog called ‘Tea and White Noise’ there’s a concerning lack of actual TEA going on here. I’m drinking plenty of it but I have not been sharing it with you.
Well, I guess I ought to do something about that.
Starting with… uh, well if you’re going to [...]

I have been to Accordion Hell. It was marvellous.
So, I’m up in Glasgow for a couple of days, to see some gigs at Celtic Connections, what is possibly the biggest celebration of traditional music still going in the UK. It’s around 3 weeks long with hundreds of acts all over the city. Sadly, due to [...]

I like music. I like it a lot. so here’s some short reviews of some of the things I’ve been listening to lately.
‘Hey Hey My My Yo Yo’ Junior Senior
Got on the recommendation of a friend and positive memories of that music video for Move Your Feet with all the pixel art. Anyway, the [...]

So, the year has ticked over and it’s time for me to spend weeks second guessing myself when I write the date. Wheee!
But really, I’m glad to have a nice concrete ‘that’s enough of that’ drawn under last year. Not that it’s been horrific or anything, but it’s good to have the explicit reason to [...]