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As I mentioned last week there won't be a SHY YETI Christmas film for 2013, although last year's is still available at: http://youtu.be/vPsvG2l2bWc and there are other snowy films, such as: http://youtu.be/h6Y8QDdE53Y
Hopefully I'll have something ready for you early in the new year - as I've filmed quite a lot this year, on all my holidays, just not had the time to edit them.
This week I'm going to share with you some photos from my November trip to Nice, but before I begin, may I just remind you that my new book, NOT AS SHY AS I WAS, is out and available to purchase. I'll maybe share some new pieces from that in the New Year, although you may find a number of the pieces familiar from either the blog or from my yeti films...
NOT AS SHY AS I WAS contains over 70 new poems, stories and vignettes by Paul Chandler, a.k.a. Shy Yeti, written between January and September 2012. They include: THE BEAST OF FRIENDS, DRUNK ELK, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVIL IVY, MINE OWN MINOTAUR, ONCE I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY, A YETI IN A HAT and many more… NOT AS SHY AS I WAS is 288 pages long and contains photos by Paul Chandler and artwork by Adam M Botsford, Paul Webster and Pete Katsiaounis.
This was my second trip to Nice, my first one was back in Autumn 2009 with Harry - this time I was accompanied by Toby W, who also came with me to the Lakes back in the Summer. We were there between Wednesday 13th and Sunday 17th November 2013. As well as exploring Nice, we also visited the towns of Antibes and Menton - the former was a very nice little French coastal town, whereas the latter was a mixture of old and new and overlooked the border between France and Italy.
In an ideal world I would have filmed a couple of episodes in both Florence and Nice, but in the end I filmed just the one set in both cities - that is unless I decide to bulk them out with footage from my November 2013 Poetry Café show... At least I managed to film something! You'll get to see, at some stage!
That's it for now... Next week I'll be sharing with you a short Christmas-themed story... It's not a very friendly one, to be honest - but what do you expect!
So, more on Christmas Eve!
Yeti hugs,
Paul xx
All content of this blog is Copyright Paul Chandler 2013, except for any photos taken by Toby.
I can't promise anything too strenuous between now and the new year - there will be no new SHY YETI Christmas film for 2013, although last year's is still available at: http://youtu.be/vPsvG2l2bWc and there are other snowy films, such as: http://youtu.be/h6Y8QDdE53Y
I would like to be able to present you with a new yeti film soon, but that may not be until the new year now - believe me, even though I'm not editing I am still filming things to squirrel away for a rainy day! (Or a day when my editing equipment doesn't let me down...)
This week I'm going to share with you some photos from my November trip to Florence and the surrounding area, next week I'll be doing the same with Nice. The week after that - probably Christmas Eve or roundabouts, I will be posting a Christmassy story for you! So there is *something* new for this Christmas - just no film!
Before I begin sharing the photos, may I just remind you that my new book, NOT AS SHY AS I WAS, is out and available to purchase. I'll maybe share some new pieces from that in the New Year, although you may find a number of the pieces familiar from either the blog or from my yeti films...
NOT AS SHY AS I WAS contains over 70 new poems, stories and vignettes by Paul Chandler, a.k.a. Shy Yeti, written between January and September 2012. They include: THE BEAST OF FRIENDS, DRUNK ELK, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVIL IVY, MINE OWN MINOTAUR, ONCE I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY, A YETI IN A HAT and many more… NOT AS SHY AS I WAS is 288 pages long and contains photos by Paul Chandler and artwork by Adam M Botsford, Paul Webster and Pete Katsiaounis.
This was my second trip to Florence - my first being back in 2002 with my old school friend, Paul H. Paul was there for this trip too - along with his partner, Alex and my flatmate Calum. My other old school friend Harry F arrived on the Friday and there was even a special guest, Antonello, travelling over from Milan for the day on my birthday. Calum and I arrived on Wednesday 6th November - returning on Monday 11th November, Paul and Alex having returned the evening before... As well as exploring Florence we visited San Gimignano, Sienna and Pisa - eating lots of nice ice cream along the way!
In an ideal world I would have filmed a couple of episodes in both Florence and Nice, but in the end I probably filmed enough for one longer episode or two episodes perhaps padded out with footage from my November 2013 Poetry Café show. I did record links in both Florence and Nice and also read a poem live in each - there just wasn't the opportunity to yeti dance! Here are some of the photos...
That's about it for now - next week I'll being showing you photos from Nice...
More soon!
Yeti hugs,
Paul xx
All content of this blog is Copyright Paul Chandler 2013.
This week I'm blowing my own trumpet slightly - but then why not! I did just publish a new book AND recently celebrate my 40th birthday. So if I can't get blowing now, then when can I?
A new book, you say? Tell me more... Okay then!! Here's all you need to know!
NOT AS SHY AS I WAS contains over 70 new poems, stories and vignettes by Paul Chandler, a.k.a. Shy Yeti, written between January and September 2012. They include: THE BEAST OF FRIENDS, DRUNK ELK, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVIL IVY, MINE OWN MINOTAUR, ONCE I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY, A YETI IN A HAT and many more… NOT AS SHY AS I WAS is 288 pages long and contains photos by Paul Chandler and artwork by Adam M Botsford, Paul Webster and Pete Katsiaounis.
Originally the night was meant to be more of a birthday party for my 40th than a show - but because we ended up with more audience for the poems than people for my party I was very pleased to be able to make it a full-scale show. Sadly John Smallshaw was unable to make the night and another guest, Sally, who performed with us last year was a no-show; however we ended up with two other poets on the night - Liam and Victoria. A nice surprise, indeed!
FIRST HALF
BEE-SOTTED
NATIONAL TREASURE
SHAVING WEREWOLVES
AUGUSTUS THE TRUSTY GUIDANCE PIG
YOU'LL DO
INFAMY AND CURRANT BUNS
TEN INCHES
MYSTERY HEN
(LIAM)
PSYCHOSIS GIRL
JEALOUSY DID HIM NO GOOD
FLAUNT TRADITION
WE'RE ALL STARS TODAY
THE SEX LIVES OF (EVIL) WITCHES
I USED TO BE A TEN...
SECOND HALF
AS OLD AS YOU FEEL (40)
BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD
DISCO YETI
HOPELESS ROMANTIC
I SHOULD NEVER
I WILL EAT PIES
LAS VEGAS LIPS
A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
LITTLE PIG
OH, FLORENCE!!
READY-TEDDY-GO
THE SORRY TALE OF FRED THE DINOSAUR
TAKEN
THE TRUE LIGHT
YOUR APRIL FOOL
(LIAM)
(VICTORIA)
ALTERNATIVE ROCK N ROLL LIFESTYLE
ASK NICELY
A DEVIL WITHOUT HORNS
GRANDPA'S WIG
IF SHAKESPEARE WERE AROUND TODAY
JOHN, I'M ONLY RHYMING
KISS ME QUICK
MY LONG LOST FRIEND
THE TRUE EXTENT OF MY GENIUS
FROM WHERE I STAND
I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY
SOMETHING'S UP WITH ROCKY LOBSTER
NOT AS SHY AS I WAS...
FULL DETAILS
FIRST HALF
BEE-SOTTED
NATIONAL TREASURE
SHAVING WEREWOLVES
The first three pieces of the evening were from the new collection, NOT AS SHY AS I WAS...
AUGUSTUS THE TRUSTY GUIDANCE PIG
YOU'LL DO
INFAMY AND CURRANT BUNS
TEN INCHES
MYSTERY HEN
These five were all new pieces from the as-yet-untitled 2014 collection, most of them making their debuts...
(LIAM)
PSYCHOSIS GIRL
JEALOUSY DID HIM NO GOOD
FLAUNT TRADITION
These three pieces were from next year's 10th anniversary edition of LOVESONGS FOR THE BITTER AND TWISTED...
WE'RE ALL STARS TODAY
THE SEX LIVES OF (EVIL) WITCHES
I USED TO BE A TEN...
The final three pieces of the first half were also quite newly written poems that were making their debut, these are due to appear in my 2014 collection... When I came to read WE'RE ALL STARS TODAY I realised that the first two verses were shorter than the third and so have since completed that one! Ooops!
SECOND HALF
The next batch of poems were all from my 2009 compilation, SHY YETI RULES OKAY...
AS OLD AS YOU FEEL (40)
originally from GO 4TH ANDDIVIDE (2003)
BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD
originally from JUNK/FOOD (2001)
DISCO YETI
originally from RHYMES BEARS STEAL PIES FOR (2007)
HOPELESS ROMANTIC
originally from POETIQUETTE (2005)
I SHOULD NEVER
originally from JUNK/FOOD (2001)
I WILL EAT PIES
originally from RHYMES BEARS STEAL PIES FOR (2007)
LAS VEGAS LIPS
originally from POEMS TO MAKES BEARS GROWL (2006)
A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
originally from ROLLERCOASTER (2002)
LITTLE PIG
originally from SHY YETI'S INCREDIBLE PIE-CRUST COLLECTION (2008)
OH, FLORENCE!!
originally from THIRD TIME LUCKY (2002)
READY-TEDDY-GO
originally from JUNK/FOOD (2001)
THE SORRY TALE OF FRED THE DINOSAUR
originally from JUNK/FOOD (2001)
TAKEN
originally from THIRD TIME LUCKY (2002)
THE TRUE LIGHT
originally from JUNK/FOOD (2001)
YOUR APRIL FOOL
originally from RHYMES BEARS STEAL PIES FOR (2007)
(LIAM)
(VICTORIA)
The next nine poems were all from last year's SHY YETI STILL RULES OKAY compilation.
ALTERNATIVE ROCK N ROLL LIFESTYLE
originally from FUNERAL FOR A SHOE (2011)
ASK NICELY
originally from DO YETI WEAR PYJAMAS? (2010)
A DEVIL WITHOUT HORNS
originally from THE VAMPIRE COWS OF SCUNTHORPE (2011)
GRANDPA'S WIG
originally from THE VAMPIRE COWS OF SCUNTHORPE (2011)
IF SHAKESPEARE WERE AROUND TODAY
originally from THE VAMPIRE COWS OF SCUNTHORPE (2011)
JOHN, I'M ONLY RHYMING
originally from ARE WE THERE, YETI!? (2013)
KISS ME QUICK
originally from THE SHY LIFE (2009)
MY LONG LOST FRIEND
originally from ARE WE THERE, YETI!? (2013)
THE TRUE EXTENT OF MY GENIUS
originally from FUNERAL FOR A SHOE (2011)
The final four poems of the evening were from the newly released NOT AS SHY AS I WAS... These four have all been read before during previous shows, but they got another airing for my birthday!! FROM WHERE I STAND
I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY
SOMETHING'S UP WITH ROCKY LOBSTER
NOT AS SHY AS I WAS...
That was it! Thanks to all who came along - especially to Maggie, Harry, Dan, Calum and Glyn - and also to Liam and Victoria for performing at short notice on the night.
There will be more shows in 2014 - to be announced early in the new year.
Next week I'll be sharing some photos and stories with you from my recent trips to Italy and France...
More soon!
Yeti hugs,
Paul xx This Post and All Contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2013
Hello beasties! Sorry for the delay in posting since I returned from my trips. I am happy to be able to confirm that I did film an episode filmed in both Florence and Nice (and surrounding areas) during my time away at the start of November. There are lots of photos to follow - but what with the gig coming up later this week and the new book, I'm saving those for a couple of week's time.
Here's all the information that you need to know... NOT AS SHY AS I WAS contains over 70 new poems, stories and vignettes by Paul Chandler, a.k.a. Shy Yeti, written between January and September 2012. They include: THE BEAST OF FRIENDS, DRUNK ELK, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVIL IVY, MINE OWN MINOTAUR, ONCE I LOST MY HEART TO A CORNISH PASTY, A YETI IN A HAT and many more… NOT AS SHY AS I WAS is 288 pages long and contains photos by Paul Chandler and artwork by Adam M Botsford, Paul Webster and Pete Katsiaounis.
Next week I'll be telling you how this Friday's Poetry Café show went and then during the following week I'll share photos from my recent trips to Florence and Nice..
I finish this piece by including something from the new collection... It's a piece called WE'RE ALL JUST BRAINS and it's one of my favourite ones. Here's a little piece I wrote about how it came to be written and what it's about...
"The first draft of this piece was written in one
sitting on my train journey home between Salisbury
and Basingstoke in the early evening of Sunday
9th September 2012 and was typed up the following day. It was on the
10th that I decided that some of the lines needed to be slightly
re-written and I changed a few more when I actually made the changes on the 11th
September 2012. The idea came to me whilst I mused about brains sitting inside
people’s heads just looking out, whilst I sat on Salisbury
station waiting for my train home to Woking to
arrive. I like that it’s a mix of silliness and seriousness; with a nice dash
of the surreal too in that it blames our brains for all our faults as if they
are just some sort of lazy passenger in the human body. It’s not so far off the
mark after all. This was one of the last poems to be added to this collection." Before I sign off here's a final reminder that you can also acquire t-shirts including the artwork for ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM and THE BEAST OF FRIENDS, which appear on the front and back of the new collection.
I'm just back from my trip to Florence, but I'm heading off to Nice tomorrow. It was my birthday whilst I was away, so I didn't film as much as usual - but took a lot of photos and did record some of my poems. More about all that on my return.
Just to remind you that my last show of the year occurs on Friday 29th November at the Poetry Café.
More soon - take care!
Yeti hugs,
Paul xx
P.S. Please click on the poster to enlarge the size.
This week is going to be another short post - but I couldn't let Halloween go by without writing something new for that occasion... The poem included at the bottom of this post is called ZOMBIE TAXI-DRIVER and was written between the 18th and the 26th September 2013. I intend to include it in my 2014 collection which I hope you'll be helping me choose a title for sometimes soon. (I have three possibilities!) Eagle-eyed readers will have seen me mention this on my Twitter account at: https://twitter.com/SHYYETI but I'll return to it again after my holiday.
Until then... NOT AS SHY AS I WAS has sped its way to www.lulu.com for an initial print run. I now have copies of this and LOVESONGS FOR THE BITTER AND TWISTED to wave about during my trips. If all goes well then I'll be publishing NOT AS SHY AS I WAS on Monday 18th November 2013 - which is a little less than two weeks before my next Poetry Cafe show - but I will have copies to sell on the night. I just want to make sure that it's as ready as it can be before I release it into the big bad world.
Whilst I'm here there's no harm in reminding you that there are two Halloween videos on my MRSHYYETI account. They were both posted last year and I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who still haven't had a chance to see them. The episodes are:
I hope you'll enjoy watching them! Boost my ratings and inspire me to edit some new ones! I'm not feeling the video love at the moment, I need some more viewers - so get viewing, why don't you? Make an old yeti very happy in the last 10 days of his 30s!
Next week I'll be getting ready for my birthday trip to Florence and the posts for the week or two after will be diaries from both these trips - the other destination being Nice. Hopefully there will be a lot of photos from these little adventures too!
More soon!
Yeti hugs,
Paul xx
ZOMBIE TAXI-DRIVER
Zombie taxi-driver -
He doesn't need to use a map...
His rates are very reasonable -
He never needs to take a nap!
Cos he is dead and that is all -
Some luxuries he doesn't need!
Most food and homework he can skip -
Yet entrail-tea he'll sup with greed!
You'll see him tearing down the streets -
To get commuters to their meetings -
The zombie hunters don't take note...
For they're too busy giving beatings!
There is no time for being caught -
You need some sense, a little cunning!
You cannot keep passengers waiting -
Not when you've got the meter running!
Zombie taxi-driver...
Really knows his way around...
He'll not get lost along the route -
So do not fear you'll not be found!
He ate the brains of all his fares -
Who never paid the fee t'was due!
It helped him gain what's called "the knowledge" -
And soon his wisdom duly grew!
He can transport you cross the town -
With both his eyelids tightly closed!
Although his eyes are long since gone -
And he is almost decomposed...
Those zombie killers he does hate -
But that's when driving can be fun...
That's when he'll offer them the job -
As his next case of hit and run!
Zombie taxi-driver...
Sure, he looks a little pale -
He was crudely crucified...
Upon a rusty nine inch nail!
But as we know he got away -
Now he's a zombie who's forgiving!
And he drives a taxi round -
So he can make an honest living...
So if you need to get about -
Then he will take you for a ride...
But no, he will not eat your brain -
Nor any guts you've tucked inside!
Yes, he may be a shambling corpse -
He might be several decades dead...
But he's the best man that we have -
A one man undead Aye to Zed!
ZOMBIE TAXI-DRIVER is Copyright Paul Chandler 2013 and will be included in my first collection of 2014.
Book writing, poetry rhyming, podcasting, pie eating, coffee guzzling, music listening, Yeti-loving, Paddington Bear wannabe, 50 - seeks well, you know - stuff... But only if it's presented to me as an amusing rhyme!
A RETURN TO NICE...
