SHY YETI GOES BACK HOME - AND OTHER THINGIES...

CATCHING UP SINCE THE SHOW!!

Hello beasties!!

Yes! That is me! This still was taken from a slightly spoofy version of Blake's 7 that many of my mutual friends (and future Sutton Park cast-members) were part of back in the early 90s... Here I am again - from the same production, with fellow actor, David Aldridge, on the right.

So... Last time I posted it was all about the recent Poetry Cafe show at The Poetry Cafe, but I didn't really tell you much about what I got up to immediately after... 

Before we go any further, however, I'd like to share with you the links for my latest episode of THE SHY LIFE PODCAST... It took a little longer to get that one out due to me being just that extra bit busier than usual over the last couple of weekends. I spent most of Sunday editing quite literally 10 minutes of ummms and fluffed lines from the episode until it came down just under an hour in length!!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 8: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD...

Here we are for episode EIGHT!! This time Mr Yeti catches up with a member of his family - tries to make peace with some grumpy house-mates, looks back at his "SUTTON PARK" days and shares another poem. Dameus Twinklehorn also reports in and we get another incite into Mr Yeti's vinyl collection. He also gets very excited about his recent appearance on THE SMELLCAST. The clips from SUTTON PARK were recorded back in the 1990s and I'd like to thank Andrew T and Harry F for allowing me to use these scenes. I would also like to thank Toppie Smellie for allowing me to use clips of our chat from THE SMELLCAST 414. Our next episode should be available within the next ten days... Please email me at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments. The music was by Shy Yeti. This episode and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler, 2016. Episode 8 was recorded between the 24th June and the 10th July 2016. This episode is on iTunes, Acast and the Soundcloud link is:

https://soundcloud.com/shyyeti/the-shy-life-podcast-8-looking-back-and-looking-forward

In addition to that... Toppie Smellie has released the second part of his interview with me.

THERE'S A SHY YETI ON THE TELLEY (PART TWO) THE SMELLCAST EPISODE 415...

A very special Happy Birthday shout-out to KAYDIN of Washington DC!  HI KAY!!!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  A holiday related Stick It Out Your Back Door and the 2nd part of our interview with Paul Chandler, the Shy Yeti!

This episode is available on iTunes amongst other places and you can find all the links you need at:

https://smellcast.wordpress.com/2016/07/15/sc-415-theres-a-shy-yeti-on-the-telley-part-two/

Returning to "real" life... There's not a lot to say about what I was getting up to before last week's show - other than that I got there in good time after a long-ish day at work and thankfully the evening went really well - but it was only just the start of the weekend; I've had a pretty busy time since then...

As I may have already mentioned I spent the weekend with my friends Nick and Aly Goodman who came all the way from Salisbury for the show. We were very busy during my stay - Nick and I recorded quite a lengthy chat for what will probably end up as Episode 10 of THE SHY LIFE PODCAST and we even recorded a little something in advance for this year's Halloween episode!! Yes, I know - it's only July - but I want to prepare!! As well as podcast shenanigans we also began The Great SUTTON PARK Preservation Project! The next few photos are clips taken from very early SUTTON PARK episodes - around episode 18 from December 1992 and below you can see Elaine Musselwhite (then Elaine Bull) in her role as mystic "Madame Elaine!" I am also there - looking young and in one picture I have a balloon hanging out of my mouth - the balloon being Madame Elaine's cheap "crystal ball" replacement. Yes, hat should was completely nuts - that's why I find myself still talking about it almost 25 years later!

The following photos are of Nick and I, during the weekend, whilst we were recording the commentary for our 2000 "short", LAS POOL... It's one of the few occasions where I've recorded a commentary and had far too much to say - but then LAS POOL is extremely short! It's the story of a man who wins a competition for a weekend in Blackpool, but accidentally gets sent to Las Vegas instead and is very grumpy that he didn't get to go where he thought he was going - even though Las Vegas is probably far more exclusive and exciting!

Of course, a Shy Yeti post in 2016 wouldn't be complete without some cute photos of Deeley... Here are one or two of them for you!!

Deeley! What a mess you've made! (It wasn't really him, I was just clearing out a cupboard) There below he is again, hiding under the duvet and complaining about being disturbed!

This photo is... well... this is Stone Henge made out of fudge!!

On the Sunday, after I'd seen Nick and Aly, I also got to revisit some old haunts in the village where I grew up and to record some links for a future podcast episode - those photos are coming up right at the end... Oh, and I also spoke to my mum about something naughty that I did when I was a littlun'!

Since my return from Salisbury I've been busy recording more interviews - I've spoken to more old friends - meeting up after work in London and then this weekend I saw two ex-Sutton Park stars and travelled to Winchester to meet up with them. It's quite possible that their names will mean nothing to you - but as is the case with most guests on THE SHY LIFE PODCAST, you don't need to know who they are for them to have something interesting to say. I've at least two more - maybe three more - interviews to record this week - and I'm arranging another for the week before I go away to Kent... I'm glad to say that I'm going to have plenty to release, at this rate, during August into September. 

Next week, I'm hoping to have another podcast ready to release - not to mention another Shy Yeti sketch - this one involves Vampire Cows... So, it's business as usual for Mr Yeti then, right!? Right!!

Enjoy the photos - more soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

P.S. Thanks to Toby for the Deeley photos! The other cat in the photos, below, is called Megan and she lives (with her two daughters) with my mum and dad! She seems quite taken with me... Another podcast listener? I'm hoping so... hehe.

This post and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler, 2016.

BACK AT THE POETRY CAFE...

A NIGHT TO CELEBRATE "A YETI WAY OF THINKING..."

Hello beasties!

This week we're going to looking at my recent gig at The Poetry Cafe - I won't be going into too much depth as I am hoping to release an episode of THE SHY LIFE PODCAST concerning the evening and so I'll be discussing it in greater length then. All the same - I'd like to share with you some photos from the night - a little bit about the other people who came to read and also, as usual - I aim to list the poems that I read. Firstly I'll just list them and then go back in greater detail afterwards, although as you may well get to hear them on the podcast there isn't really any need to describe the pieces themselves...

A YETI WAY OF THINKING... THE SHOW

The Poetry Cafe, London - Friday 8th July 2016

SET LIST

First Half

DISCO YETI

THE TRUE LIGHT

THE SORRY TALE OF FRED THE DINOSAUR

OH, FLORENCE!!

A LEARNING EXPERIENCE

THE KING OF RHYME

BLUE EYED LOVER (GREEN EYED FREAK)

BLACK-EYED GROWL

JOHN/RICH

THE ANSWER'S NO

ARE THEY AWARE I'M A WEREWOLF

A HARMLESS PRANK

AUTUMN WON'T HAPPEN

I AM NOT A FAN OF THE METAPHOR

TIME IS THE THUG

BECOMING MORE CAT-LIKE

INTERVAL

Second Half

THE GREAT BOOKSHOP IN THE SKY

FURRY FROM THE DEEP

BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD

THE DREADED LURGY

THE ONE

PICCADILLY IS A RUBBISH CIRCUS

YOU'LL DO

JOHN/RICH

PRACTICAL PSYCHOPATHY

JOHN, I'M ONLY RHYMING

THE CAFFEINE QUEEN

I'M FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOU

WE WERE GOING TO BE WED (WHEN WE BOTH HIT 40)

I WILL EAT PIES

THE END...

In all I read 28 poems/stories/prose-pieces...

THE GREATER DETAIL...

SET LIST

First Half

DISCO YETI / THE TRUE LIGHT / THE SORRY TALE OF FRED THE DINOSAUR / OH, FLORENCE!! / A LEARNING EXPERIENCE / THE KING OF RHYME / BLUE EYED LOVER (GREEN EYED FREAK) / BLACK-EYED GROWL

Pretty much everything that I read from the first half of The First Half was early material which is collected together in my collection SHY YETI RULES OKAY (2009) which is available from:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/paul-chandler/shy-yeti-rules-ok/paperback/product-20175515.html

These are poems from my first dozen collections or so - from JUNK/FOOD in 2002 until THE SHY LIFE in 2009, all but THE SORRY TALE OF FRED THE DINOSAUR was written in the 00s, whilst FRED dates from right back to 1992. After these poems John Smallshaw read for a while, followed by a new poet at one of my shows, Rich Harris, who I have known for a while online, but never met. Rich has agreed to let me interview him for the podcast - so there will be more to come from him and hopefully he'll come to another show in the future. I think our styles complement each other well in the same way that John's poetry also fits in very well into a yeti show. Rich has a new book out - but more about that at the end. I'm hoping to include poems by both Rich and John in the podcast episodes that was recorded on the night - but that won't be out until late July/early August.

JOHN/RICH

THE ANSWER'S NO / ARE THEY AWARE I'M A WEREWOLF / A HARMLESS PRANK

I returned after John and Rich had read and the next three pieces were from my most recent collection - A YETI WAY OF THINKING; the first two being poems and the third one being a short story. A YETI WAY OF THINKING is available from:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/paul-chandler/a-yeti-way-of-thinking/paperback/product-22585324.html

AUTUMN WON'T HAPPEN / I AM NOT A FAN OF THE METAPHOR / TIME IS THE THUG

At the moment these three are only available here on the blog - although they are due to be collected together with other writings posted here between 2015 and 2016 sometime early next year.

BECOMING MORE CAT-LIKE

This is one of my favourites - which is available from my SHY YETI STILL RULES OKAY compilation at: http://www.lulu.com/shop/paul-chandler/shy-yeti-still-rules-ok/paperback/product-20399409.html

INTERVAL

Second Half

THE GREAT BOOKSHOP IN THE SKY / FURRY FROM THE DEEP / BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD

These three are from 2009's SHY YETI RULES OKAY compilation - although the poems were originally from different collections.

THE DREADED LURGY / THE ONE / PICCADILLY IS A RUBBISH CIRCUS / YOU'LL DO

These four are also from A YETI WAY OF THINKING, published earlier this year. This was followed by further poems by John and Rich.

JOHN/RICH

PRACTICAL PSYCHOPATHY

This was probably the most recent piece - published on my blog a month or two ago.

JOHN, I'M ONLY RHYMING / THE CAFFEINE QUEEN / I'M FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOU

These three are from some of my collections from the late 00s or early 10s - but they were compiled together for 2012's SHY YETI STILL RULES OKAY.

WE WERE GOING TO BE WED (WHEN WE BOTH HIT 40) / I WILL EAT PIES

These two are from the same book - one I sort of read because of its vague wedding theme, with I WILL EAT PIES being the piece that I usually finish my shows with.

THE END...

Thanks especially to John Smallshaw for performing a splendid set of poems. He had a pretty busy long weekend - when I saw again on Monday afternoon it was at his wedding reception and he'd just married his girlfriend, Reet! Thanks also to Rich Harris for reading - and also for agreeing to let me interview him for the podcast in the next few weeks. He has a book out, by the way - it's called Dark and can be found at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Rich-Harris/dp/1533336547?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc

It's available in paperback and e-book format.

I would also like to thank everybody who came along, especially to Nick and Aly Goodman who drove all the way up from Salisbury and to Aly again for driving me back again so that I could spend the weekend with them and also see my parents...

As for when the next show will be - well, I'd like to have said October - but I've just heard back from the Poetry Cafe that they are under-going refurbishment from September and it sound like they could be closed until, at least, the new year. They did mention that they might be looking into alternative performance space - or it might be that I can find somewhere else to do a show - but I'm afraid that I don't have anything definite for you at the moment.

Before I bid you farewell, here are a few photos from the night...

Next time, I will probably have a new podcast episode to discuss - and I may also be posting something about my trip back to my home town... I also have a few yeti scripts stored away - but you might have to wait and week or two more for those...

Don't forget - my 12-track "lost" 2012 recording, THE KISS ME QUICK E.P. was recently released on Bandcamp at: https://shyyeti.bandcamp.com/album/the-kiss-me-quick-e-p and is available for just £2.

More soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

SHY YETI PROJECTS UPDATE - JULY 2016:

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST episodes published: 

Episodes 1 to 7, plus the original pilot episode are available from iTunes, Acast and Soundcloud (under SHYYETI)

Books in formatting: 

HOT STUFF - 2, KENSINGTON GORE - 2, BEAST OF FRIENDS - MOVIE SCRIPT

Books awaiting formatting: 

HOT STUFF - SEASON 3, KENSINGTON GORE - SEASON 3, HOT STUFF!! SEASON 4

Books currently being written: 

HOT STUFF!! SEASON 5, KENSINGTON GORE - SEASON 4, THE SHY YETI SKETCH-BOOK, GETTING BLOGGY WITH SHY YETI

I have recently begun work on new seasons of both HOT STUFF!! and KENSINGTON GORE. THE SHY YETI SKETCH-BOOK is a new collection of scripts about Shy Yeti - some of which have already been published on this blog. I am aiming to release a collection of these later in the year. GETTING BLOGGY WITH SHY YETI is a collection of all the prose pieces and any new poetry that I debuted on the blog between the start of 2015 and the end of 2016. I am intending to release a collection in early 2017.

Pending projects: 

The next Mouse Of Commons book of short stories and novel... Date of publishing: Unknown.

Future projects: 

SHY YETI'S GRRR-EASTEST HITS

This is a revised and compiled volume of all my favourite self-written poems over the last 25 years which I hope to release early in 2017..

I definitely intend to write a 6th season of HOT STUFF!!, but do not definitely have plans for a 5th season of KENSINGTON GORE yet, not that this necessarily means that I won't be writing more of this series.

Projects published in 2016, so far: 

HOT STUFF - SEASON 1, A YETI WAY OF THINKING, THE KISS-ME-QUICK E.P., KENSINGTON GORE - SEASON 1

This post and all content are Copyright, Paul Chandler 2016.