New Podcast on iTunes
“The richness of our long cultural relationship with rivers is evident in the names we know them by and the clues which linger in our place names”. Sue Clifford reading ‘The Language of Rivers‘, with production by Chris Watson is now available to download from our iTunes page (here).
Caught by the Reaper – Steven Wells
Ben Marshall remembers his friend, STEVEN WELLS (1960 – 2009), who passed away last week: (note; Ben wrote this for The Quietus, where you will also find a lot more tributes to Swells). No doubt I won’t be the only one to remember June 25 2009 as a strange and melancholy day. It began with [...]
Caught by the Reaper – Sky Saxon
Sky Saxon, founder and singer of The Seeds passed away yesterday. We’ll run a full obituary next week.
Podcasts on iTunes
from John Richardson‘s workbook for ‘A Collection of Words on Water’. We’ve had a bunch of unique podcasts made to compliment the book and they are now available to download (for free) over at iTunes. Click here to go to the CBTR page where you can hear Bill Drummond, Chris Watson, Hannah Hamilton, Gavin Pretor-Pinney [...]
Bibio
01 Ambivalence Avenue this just came our way and we like it. a full review will run next week. In the meantime you can get a further taste of the album, “Ambivalance Avenue’, over at the Warp site. We asked Bibio for a few words and this is what he had to say; There’s a [...]
Message From The Country
CBTR contributor and friend Ben Myers recently packed up and left London for pastures new (and green and rolling). We asked him to send us a postcard. This is his first message from the country.
Cake by the River
23 June 2009 // Food and Drink
the return of the cake. guaranteed to take the blues out of the blanks. (thanks Wendy). Gooseberry cake. Gooseberries have been grown in Britain since the reign of Henry VIII but reached their peak of popularity in the 19th century. During this time England was mad for gooseberries along with all the pies, puddings and [...]
Letter From Arcadia
Bonjour Bob ja good to hear the newly oiled ratchets of arcadia, words flowing like ale down the wye, or the other 22 rivers in a certain volume of water, a bouquet of summer flowers (in the cryptic meaning) of which arcadia/arcadii are proud contributaries. a lot to catch up then; just not a lot [...]
“Beautiful In It’s Simplicity”
“The new compendium, Caught by the River: A Collection of Words on Water, knows much about river-wonder… It is beautiful in its simplicity: it doesn’t have a hectoring truth, worthy plan or manifesto. It is, instead, a mix of reminiscences, travelogues and meditations covering fishing, swimming, observing and ice-skating. But its particular contributors also unify [...]
Kicksville 66
Thanks to Johnny Dee at the Guardian Guide for bringing this great blog to our attention. It’s written by Miriam Linna, who in 1976 was the first drummer in The Cramps. The author describes the blog as an ‘unwieldy scrapbook’, but it’s a real rock ‘n’ roll love letter and a reminiscence of pure, uncynical [...]
