…on holiday with his so beloved Kate.
He had a swim in the warm Caribbean sea in the morning, then wrote a poem that pleased him. Then he lay back and turned his face up like a flower to the sun, and closed his beautiful green eyes.
Brother
I don't know how to write this- words seem barely adequate.
Perhaps Gavin, you took all the best ones with you, leaving me to say this -
Our brother, partner, uncle Gavin Martin - punk trailblazer, music journalist, poet and wordsmith, has died.
In Barbados, …
@lucyprebblish The other thing is if you get a train to St Leonards Warrior Square (direct out from Charing Cross into another world) you can walk straight down (past a Michelin starred pub grub gaff, never been but it ain’t half changed round here since I etc) to the beach & loads of air n bs
@lucyprebblish Hastings West Hill awesome vistas coast line you can walk cliffs 1 way, amazing beaches with millionaire plus gaffs (Cooden) along top another. St Lens to Bexhill (intrigue in itself, grand prom, antiquated beach side gardened Victoriana ) coastal walk if Clement, train back…
@lucyprebblish Hastings West Hill awesome vistas coast line you can walk cliffs 1 way, amazing beaches with millionaire plus gaffs (Cooden) along top another. St Lens to Bexhill (intrigue in itself, grand prom, antiquated beach side gardened Victoriana ) coastal walk if Clement, train back…
Low level fruit at a coconut shy it maybe but Niamh G hit a bullseye 🎯 n the national psychology. Next up old England is Dying, @MickPuck and @WaterboysMusic
This is now the second supervision essay I’ve marked this year whereby the student thinks the island of #Ireland is still in the #Union. And these are Cambridge University students! A strong case as to why amnesia about Ireland in British education is a real problem. @CamHistory
This is great. Never mind Ukraine 🇺🇦, the sky rocketing cost of living the gaslighting and Victimising of the poorest and most vulnerable because the rich sponging fuckers will be given agas guzzling ship to enjoy over the corpse of Bessy Windsor. #fuckthemonarchy
No sensible human listens without robust pleasure to "Shattered" (1978), "Waiting on a Friend" (1973/81) or "Emotional Rescue" (1980). Meanwhile this new Dylan song (live in 2021) floors me.
@DexysOfficial Because it rewards Putin for aggression, rewards he’s been getting from Olympics & football while his sabre rattling, now full blown war crimes, continued unimpeded. Even national footballers need to recognise that & make sacrifices it’s not like they are being blown to bits
Fucking hell what a gift. He give us everything and now a little more. I can’t believe this man this guy who pulled me rope when I had no hope and and an abundance of gold every line and lick touched spiritual gold and got us high out of our mind a genius of human kind
Bob Dylan has written a new book! In “The Philosophy of Modern Song”, “[Dylan] analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” https://t.co/RyClylCvW6