Was it you at Solfest ? Absolutely wicked song :-)

yes indeed it was us at solfest - glad you like it

Cool as! and I actually learned something!

✌️❤️ fond memories of doing a totnes monster show with you and doing the T-O-T-N-E-S song with you. I think it might of been a jingle or something. You showed me the way of turning words in to chords using the little chart which i still use a lot!

very good! Similar to the style of the inimitable (?) Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers.

With special thanks to Freya Nankivell (vocals), Kieran Cheung (bass) and Cormac Thomas (drums) for their all-round brilliance.

Some words:

We’ve got a Load of Beers (Nankivell/Fisher)

We’ve got a load of beers – we’re still in profit
We’ve got a load of love – or do I mean patience?
Well, both of us like a drink

We’ve got a load of friends – they loved the evening 
We’ve got a load of stuff – like Esther’s cardie
The girl will be tickled pink 

Oh and as we talk about
Who said what and who kissed whom
It feels like it’s a re-enactment
Of someone else’s favourite night

My party, your party, loving the mess
Let’s drink up an evening of merry excess

We’ve got a load of profit – we’re still in beers
We’ve got a load of patience – or do I mean love?
Well, both of us like a drink

We’ve got a load of damage – stains on the carpet
We’ve got a load of questions – the unfinished stories
The tales with a missing link

Oh and how we laugh about
That Feist song called Mushaboom
Which Esther played us eight times straight 
Each time increasing her look of delight

My party, your party, loving the mess
Let’s drink up an evening of merry excess

Lauren and Jack thought they
Wouldn’t know anyone
Here
Esther was worried 
That I wasn’t going to be
Nice
Keira believed
Nobody would like her new
Hair
All wrong, all wrong, all delightfully wrong
All wrong, all wrong, all delightfully wrong

My party, your party, loving the mess

We've Got a Load of Beers

Day 6 of the MISTLETOTEMS for ROSA. A song composed (and hurriedly played) for my dear friend Chris in Balham to celebrate his home as the house of creativity and world improving ideas.

MISTLETOTEM dec 6 (Tantallon)

The window of the 8th day of the MISTLETOTEMS for ROSA opens: accordions flute bassoon tuba clarinet and Sleigh Bells on the 8th of December for Alice.

MISTLETOTEM dec 8 (Sinfonatooty)

Many thanks to Freya Nankivell for such fabulous singing.

Oh My God, Ellie, That’s the Restaurant for You, Get a Photo (Nankivell/Fisher)

Oh my God, Ellie, 
That’s the restaurant for you
Get a photo

Oh my God, Ellie
That's a nightclub with your name
Send to TikTok

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

Oh my God, Ellie,
That's the colour of your eyes
Let them flutter

Oh my God, Ellie, 
That's the rhythm of your heart
Keep it pulsing

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

You're the right girl
In the right town
With the right friends
On the right night
Nothing can go
Anything but
Right

And if a boy won't see what we see
He's just bad
We won't waste our time on shallow idiots

And if your dad won't give a lift
Take an Uber
We won't waste our time on scary bus drivers

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!

You're the right girl
In the right town
Ellie! Ellie!



Oh My God, Ellie

For Jon. The 9th piece on the musical advent calendar MISTLETOTEMS for ROSA. Begun with a mongrel banjo riff in seven and layered with fake fiddles and pipes.

MISTELTOTEM dec 9 (Wiccabanjo)

For the continuing set of pieces MISTLETOTEMS for ROSA, on the 10th day of December I improvised with some anklong (Thai bamboo percussion), a jaws harp and sampled marimba. for Ben and Sharon.

MISTLETOTEM dec 10 (Anklongo)

Featuring the fabulous vocals of Lotte Fisher.

Eight Days to Christmas (Nankivell/Fisher)

Eight days, eight days
Eight days to Christmas 
A week and a day
Come what may

May your parties be raucous 
May your passion be loud
May your songs be in full voice
And your politics proud

Eight days, eight days
Eight days to Christmas 
A week and a day
Do it your way

Ride the weight of expectation
Dance the mistletoe dance
Run the marathon gently
Surf the ocean of chance

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight sleeps
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight dreams
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight tangled-up bed clothes
Who’s counting?
We’re counting 
One hundred and ninety-two hours

Eight days, eight days (eight days and then it will be Christmas)
Eight days to Christmas 
A week and a day
Come what may

May your seats be upgraded 
When the calendar ends
May your loved ones be lovers
And your acquaintances be friends

Eight days, eight days
Eight days to Christmas 
A week and a day
Come what may


Eight Days To Christmas

I've got a bit behind with the recordings. This is today's recording that should've been done two days ago. Recorded with my student Ethan all the improvised bells and then layered up with piano and flute. For HUGH!!!

MISTLETOTEM dec 17 (Sleigh Ride To Temple Cloud)

Featuring Beth Allen, Lotte Fisher and Dean Brodrick as a heavenly choir of angels.

Grow (Nankivell/Fisher)

The winter was so long
The frozen earth
Refused to yield to spade or fork or trowel

It iced our sense of hope
And paralysed
Our wish to change the times from fair to foul

For countless seasons past
The tyrant winds
Have chilled the land an Arctic snowdrift raw

Let’s banish this deep freeze
To end its reign
And motivate these fertile fields to thaw

Plant your feet upon the ground
Ground your feet among the plants
And grow

Plant the ground around your feet
Feet the plants upon the ground
And grow

Ice maidens and snowmen
Divided by
The frost that made us wary and repressed

Now sun-kissed and relaxed
Defences down
We nurse and nurture nature for the best

Plant your feet upon the ground
Ground your feet among the plants
And grow

Plant the ground around your feet
Feet the plants upon the ground
And grow

Grow!
Together
Like bramble and ivy

Grow!
Enriching
Ourselves from the soil 

Grow!
Propagate
Properly onwards

Grow!
Increasing
Our strength as we sow

Plant your feet upon the ground
Ground your feet among the plants
And grow

Plant the ground around your feet
Feet the plants upon the ground
And grow

Grow

A version – in somewhat Television-style – of the track I put together for What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast. So I suppose the title should be Shake My Innocent Hand [Not For What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast]. See below - or is it above?

Shake My Innocent Hand

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