Episode 18 of First Impressions mixes the usual beats and tunes with some reflections on the passing of the years and outtakes from my previous podcast conversation with the much-missed Richard Pye, in which we discuss our school days and transition from the Wirral peninsula to the big city. My oldest friend, Graham (aka Chin) Howe, joins me in the summerhouse for the latter part of the episode where we read and reflect on a letter we received from Rich in Weißwasser, Germany, way back in 1996, when Rich was teaching over there and we were living in Salford, England. If you haven’t yet listened to The Monkey Scribbling podcast featuring Rich and me reading letters from our student days in the ‘90s why not give that a whirl? As ever, First Impressions is best enjoyed through headphones with your drink of choice. The photo chosen to publicise this episode shows Karl, Rich and Chin on a trip we took to Berlin in 2004. The intro to the pod features a singalong during an OMD concert in Manchester in 2019 (with my uncle on lead vocals).
See me reading ‘The Legend of Scrimshand’ at Speak Easy open mic night in Chortlon on 6/10/22 here.
Being interviewed and on Andy N’s Spoken Label podcast here.
Reading on Andy N’s Spoken Label podcast here.
Sharing work on Andy & Amanda’s Storytime podcast here.