SUMMER'S BACK... IN PHOTOS!!

WE'RE BACK IN LUXEMBOURG!!

Hello beasties!!

This week the podcast reaches Mr Yeti's adventures in Luxembourg - recorded back in late-August - it is also our 399th post here... All the details that you need to know are coming up next...

It's only the second time that I've recorded a podcast overseas and there's a lot of different things to consider. I'm particularly chuffed that not only did we record in Luxembourg, but we reached France and Germany too - all in one episode. Trier and Metz really are lovely towns worth visiting for the day if you're staying in Luxembourg. I've made a lot of youtube videos whilst away in places like Venice, L.A., in Germany and France and there you are thinking visual all the time... With podcasts - and I'm going to state the obvious - it's all about the sounds of the city!

I was very tempted to write one of my silly pieces about cities that I have occasionally done - about Florence, Paris, Lyon - to name just a few - a love song to Luxembourg... Maybe I will one day - other than all the building work it would all be good. I don't really want to write that piece just yet though - I'm not ready to draw a line under Luxembourg and move on... I think I need to go back... You know, to research my prose piece on the city... Let's get a Kickstarter campaign going to send me back - I have so much still to see - so much that I need to say...

Hello!? Hello... Don't you want the Kickstarter link? No? Think about it, at least... Okay!?!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 27: ALL ABOARD FOR LUXEMBOURG!!

Here we are for episode TWENTY-SEVEN - and this time we are off to Luxembourg for a few days - visiting some nearby towns in both France and Germany. There's quite a lot going on - and some of it is slightly sinister! Our next episode, number 28 - will be out in the next few days. Please email me at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it on the show. The music is by Shy Yeti and Luca. This episode and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler, 2016. Episode 27 was recorded between the 17th and the 26th August 2016.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:

27: https://soundcloud.com/shyyeti/the-shy-life-podcast-27-all-aboard-for-luxembourg-alt

Here are some more photos from the trip...

As I said at the start this is our 399th post - so next time is our 400th post... See! I can add up! Amazing, aye!?!

More soon...

Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

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

THURSDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2016 - AN ANNIVERSARY OF SORTS...

THE TRUE LIGHT... TURNS 15!!

Hello beasties!

Today, I just want to briefly celebrate the 15th birthday of the poem that really got me properly started with writing poetry...

We do have a new podcast episode for you - episode 26 - we're approaching some special episodes coming up from mid-October into November! Our latest episode is - amongst other things - a bit of a grump-fest about when modern art goes too far and just starts taking the piss; in that it looks like something a 2 year-old drew at kindergarten. ...And this is coming from someone who loves a bit of modern art - when it actually looks like somebody has spent time and talent on putting it together!

THE SHY LIFE PODCAST - 26: ART FOR ART'S SAKE!?

Here we are for episode TWENTY-SIX - which sees the return of Carey (our guest from episode 24)... Not only do we chat whilst he's still in France - but he also pops over to London, where we discuss the pros and cons of modern art. There is also poetry and the usual chatter from some of our regulars. We also catch up with what the aliens have been up to on Tastes Like Burning. Our next episode, number 27 - will be out in about a week and is a very special episode recorded in Luxembourg back in late August. Thank you again to Carey for being my special guest this time and also to Tim and James for allowing me to use clips from their recent shows. Please email me at shyyeti@yahoo.co.uk if you have any comments - you can even send me a sound-file and I'll include it on the show. The music is by Shy Yeti and Luca. This episode and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler, 2016. Episode 26 was recorded between the 12th August and the 28th September 2016.

This episode can be downloaded on iTunes, Acast, Podbean and also from Soundcloud at the following link:

26: https://soundcloud.com/shyyeti/the-shy-life-podcast-26-art-for-arts-sake

I won't reprint the poem here as I did quite an extensive piece five years ago and even wrote an alternative prose version - you can read both at the following link:

http://www.thedaffypoet.blogspot.co.uk/2011_10_02_archive.html

I hope you enjoyed that! Now for something completely different...



Yes, thank you, Paul... Very amusing!

I just wanted to pause to mark the moment - as it was a bit of a turning point and I can't honestly say that if my friend Max DeWinter hadn't challenged me to write a poem on that day 15 years ago that I would ever have decided to go back to writing poetry in such a big way. Maybe I would have or maybe not - but it's quite possible that it wouldn't have been quite such a big part of my creative life and that I would never have reached the stage where I considered myself a poet or put myself in a situation where I perform those poems live. So thank you coincidence for putting me in that place at that time and for the topic of poetry for coming up in conversation! Thank you, Max DeW!

Have you finished, yeti? You have? Thank you!!

Next time - there will be more podcasts - some chatter about my recent visit to Radio Wey and may be even a new piece of prose... We are also lining up another chat with The Beargrrrian Gazette - after all it's been a pretty busy few months since they last checked in... We are also nearing our 400th post... Then there is Halloween... Then there is Venice for my birthday, oh - and I may be doing another John Smallshaw open mic night if I can jiggle the dates! Not to mention another couple of Shy Yeti scripts that I've been working on! It's all go!!

More soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

All contents of this post are copyright Paul Chandler, 2016 - except for the two graffiti photos that are copyright Toby W.