The warm weather is a cracker for motivation, since it's been nice, I've done lots of writing, not in a typically clichéd manner, but about things i think need explaining. I'm not saying they're any good, but the fact they've been done is wonderful.
Also, I am LOVING Iggy Pop's latest/new french language jazz sounds. It's not just good because it's him; it's geniunely a great album. It's a very brave step for Mr. pop, but luckily reinvention keeps the soul young, and after a wane in his ability to craft a great song, he has realised that a new sound was required.
Do get it on iTunes, I recommend "Les Feuilles Mortes" ("The Dead Leaves"), there's something special in Iggy singing in French. Top man.
Another thing that has been growing on me recently, well for a about a year, is spoken word, performance poetry. It is sublime, if you cut past the chaff. Not one to let the tele have a monopoly, with the BBC's very entertaining if a little austere look at the world of poetry currently airing on BBC4, I think I should share some artists I find I can't stop listening to. Artists such as Ventriloquist and Polar Bear for example, but the more "conventional" kind of poet such as Benjamin Zepheniah is also worth a performance-listen.
Alas, MySpace is probably the best bet for hearing their crafted tales, Ventriloquist will have you laughing at the absurdity, and moving to his feeling of the poem. PB, on the other hand, whilst not always as light hearted is still genius. His poems cover anything and everything, and offer a very good perspective on things such as hindsight, having kids and the like. Check him out live too.
