... or at least they should, to take the chance to catch one of Calan's forthcoming performances. Latest bookings for the start of 2009 are listed below.
Next TV appearance:
S4C - 'Nodyn', Friday 2 January at 10.00pm
Live appearances:
Jan 25 2009
Celtic Connections – Glasgow
Scotland’s premier international winter music festival
http://www.celticconnections.com
Feb 28 2009
Muni Arts Centre – Pontypridd
A full day of celebrations on the eve of St. David’s Day
http://muni.rct-arts.org/en/whats-on/view/2009/02/28/taffyfest
Mar 28 2009
Cwlwm Celtaid – Porthcawl
The Celtic Festival of Wales
http://www.cwlwmceltaidd.com/
May 2 2009
Upton on Severn Folk Festival – Worcestershire
http://www.uptonfolk.org/
May 23 2009
Chippenham Folk Festival – Wiltshire
http://www.chippfolk.co.uk/index.php
OK, that got your attention.
Welsh musical wizards "Calan" are currently running around Wales in support of some fancy-arsed Canadian band. More importantly, the long-awaited CD is finally available and begging to be heard - even in England. Fear not, the label, inlays etc are all bilingual (which, by the way, is nothing to do with oral sex).
Anyhooo... no hard sell, just think of the poor boy huddling around his dwindling candle as the light and heat fades, torn between buying gloves from oxfam to prevent his guitar-picking fingers becoming frost-bitten, or scavenging for a piece of cast off meat to dip in luke-warm carrot-water (see that... that's Cawl that is).
Anyone seeing the Welsh branch in the foreseeable should buy from us rather than the record company website, as the band get a bigger cut. Otherwise... enjoy.
http://www.sainwales.com/sain/product.aspx?productuid=251049&clickproductonpage=
You can hear some more here - -
http://www.myspace.com/calanfolk
Hey yo Cockney and Welsh dudes! Ve old deeya 'as ownly gone 'n' 'ad 'er ova oye done 'ant she! So juwoin me in wishing 'er well! *
*also available in Welsh and Tourettes!
Welsh: How do! The old deyerrrr has gone and had her ayes done 'ant she! I tell you what!
Tourettes: Oi you fucking family cunts! Fucking wish Mum well you wankers or I'll get ARSEY with you all. cunts!
......But I think that I've been kidnapped by aliens or even that I'm carrying the spawn of the devil! Anyway, it appears that the old girl is pregnant!
Hope your all well. Really sad not to be able to make the party. Have a lovely session and try not to forget that, just coz your family are as weird as you are, it doesn't make it alright! Thank god I escaped the Grace neurosis, addictive personality and anal retention!!!!
All together now: Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa! Whoo! Paul Weller, THAT's entertainment!
For those of you who are coming, here's the first invitation courtesy of Sam Braithwaite Dezines (I keep telling him that's not how you spell it but he won't listen!) Looking forward to a right old knees up with y'all!
Sam is off in Kefalonia at the moment, which is a shame as he has been waiting for this site to go live for ages now!
Check it out: www.thechangering.com
Keep your fingers crossed that this is his big break...cos he's a shite receptionist!
1.Where is everyone?
2. Who DID put that picture at the top of this page?
3. What shall we do to them?
Once in a while, one is sent something one needs to share. An invaluable guide for overseas travellers awaits the clickers of this link.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16275_9-most-devastating-insults-from-around-world.html
Go to this link to see lots of sexy photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26610474@N08/
- Festivale Celtique, Lorient, Brittany, August - Calan gigs on 5th (afternoon) and 10th (evening) - who's coming?!
Just a quick one thinking of Dame Judi who is having a much needed eye operation today! She's been completely blind for a while now and couldn't even go out in sunlight because it made her dizzy or drive at night (or in the day for that matter!). Stubborn old bag that she is, she didn't want anyone to look after her or pay any attention to it, so I thought we should all pay lots of attention and completely embarrass her!
Get well soon Muvva! Love you lots! Looking forward to 'see'ing you this weekend! x
ALL LAWYERS ARE CUNTS! Just in case you didn't already know! I couldn't put this post on the other family site cos they are mostly lawyers!
At work this morning I was asking my colleague about inquests and what the point of them is, as my cousin Ben is going to an inquest over his car crash last year at the moment. Quite a sore subject still! My CUNTING LAWYER boss walks in and stands by my desk listening in for a bit. She then interrupts rather rudely and asks where the mugs are as she wants coffee. I explain that another colleague put them in the kitchen yesterday so that's where they are. She TOLD me to go and get them, not asked nicely, despite the fact that she could quite easily have done so and looked at me as if I was a silly little servant who shouldn't forget such things! CCCCCCUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNT! I've grown used to being treated like a hunk of junk second class citizen in this office but that was the last straw! What is it with lawyers? Where did they get this notion that they are superior to EVERYONE on this planet? Is that part of the syllabus? Are they reminded on a daily basis? If you think about it, they are actually exceedingly INFERIOR to EVERYONE on this planet because they are paid insubordinate amounts of cash to screw people over the best way they can and use posh words like OTIOSE or AVERS! And even then they delegate most of THAT work so that they have time to go to fucking lunch! I spend my days typing up papers for women claiming sex discrimination cases because their male peers are paid more or students who have been stitched up on their degree classification, or students with mental health problems trying to get what they rightly deserve by fighting the Universitywho are trying to chuck them out because they 'simply can't deal with that weirdo'!. And all these FUCKERS do is try and find the loophole which says NO WAY JOSE are you gonna get a dime out of us or screw our reputation! And these lawyers are fucking FEMALE! Where's their sense of solidarity? Why don't they use their 'superiority' to write new legislation which gives everyone a fair ride? Rrrrrrrrrrr! I HAAAAATE THEM!
Anyone fancy a pint?
Yep, Emilio is officially 5 today. Although he's somewhat confused as we've already celebrated his birthday party on Sunday, it's his birthday today, but he can't have his prezzies until his mum comes back from France tomorrow morning. He's taking it quite well, although that's probably something to do with the diet of pure sugar that I've had the kids on since Steph left on Saturday morning.
Thought I'd instigate a little caption contest with this pic from Emile's party. Entries welcome.
Happy birthday Emile.
Last week the great, the good, the bad and the ugly gathered at the BBC theatre in Cardiff to record a St David's day music extravaganza.
The biggest names in Welsh traditional and folk music were pressed into submission as supporting acts for the (relatively) new phenomenon that is now known to the world at large as "Calan".
All manner of living things flocked to the venue. But do not dispair if you could not be part of the lucky few.
This not-to-be-missed concert will be transmitted on Saturday 1 March as part of the "Celtic Heartbeat" programme at 7.25 pm on BBC Wales. Those unfortunate enough not to live on the better side of Offa's dyke will probably need to resort to the internet to listen.
Go on, give your ears a treat... You cannot afford to miss this gala performance.
Oh and by the way... Calan... that's Chris's band.
I came across this article yesterday and was suddenly unsure as to the date - I could've sworn it was 14th February and not 1st April.
I still can't figure out whether it's for real or just a load of pants.
I have volunteered to arrange a Knees Up. Any suggestions? Where? When? Who? Why? All very deep questions, but can I trust you to come up with the answers!
No comment required -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7200531.stm
