WOKE UP ON A BUS IN MY HEAD:

19:45 – meet in square
19:55 – get to restaurant – switch off – conversation – eat
22:10 – back home
22:18 – turn on tv – find anything to turn off head
23:02 – bed
06:38 – woken by nightmare – roll over – sleep
07:30 – alarm – think I’m waking in a public place
07:40 – shower – dress
08:03 – turn into Shaun K on 6Music
08:10 – make porridge – try to charge my new ipod – damn thing!
08:15 – eat porridge (too sweet!)
08:20 – eat & answer emails
08:43 – shave
09:05 – leave for work – walk in the rain – I love the rain
09:20 – arrive at work – greet the team – get a tea i fix the head
09:40 – mix a batch of fresh white paint
09:55 – wipe hand on t-shirt
10:00 – open doors – dance

(K)

KARL HAD A HEAD LIKE THE MEKON:

02:00 – home
02:30 – bed
05:20 – woken by something I can’t remember
07:30 – alarm
07:35 – load washing machine – press go
07:50 – shower
08:10 – make porridge
08:20 – answering emails
09:07 – leave for Oldham Street
09:19 – arrive – greet the team – take phone calls
09:40 – prep
10:00 – Street Poem open – paint – paint – paint – talk
18:00 – close Street Poem
18:10 – leave – walk home – locate tv crap
18:14 – switch off
18:30 – switch back on again
18:35 – write diary – send
19:05 – shower – dress – leave

(K)

BEGIN AGAIN:

18:00 – close installation for the day – debrief – thank team
18:10 – walk to flat
18:20 – shop for food
18:38 – get out of work clothes – eat – wash – dress
19:00 – leave for the theatre
19:10 – arrive – find seat – sit quite – switch off
19:30 – Watch FATHERLAND – (best performance ever)
21:00 – surprised by the appearance of an old friend
21:10 – tea & conversation in the bar of the Royal Exchange
22:00 – walk to Festival Square in the rain
22:10 – friends – an evening of bottled water & conversation
23:43 – return to flat
23:45 – switch off to anything on TV that isn’t taxing
23:50 – eat an Orange
01:00 – bed
06:20 – woken by violent dream
07:00 – receive & reply to texts
07:30 – read the washing machine instructions
07:40 – cross fingers – put a wash on
07:45 – shower – select ‘new White t-shirt’ for the day
08:03 – make porridge
08:10 – spoon jumps from pot – scalding porridge clings to leg
08:11 – laugh – clean porridge from kitchen floor
08:20 – answer emails – write diary – eat porridge
08:40 – watch AC/DC on computer
08:50 – don the painters uniform
09:00 – leave flat – walk to Oldham Street
09:15 – greet the team at UNFEAR – prep for live broadcast
10:00 – live broadcast from the installation begins

(K)

ART AT THE SHOW SHOP:

Day two,
Oldham Street,
Manchester,

A shoe shop transformed into:
A gallery,
A library,
A gig,
A dance,

Footwear optional

(K)

A CHANGE IN DIRECTION:

Art factory

(K)

THE BEST OF DAYS:

We formed the band in 2013,
Hit it off straight away,
A no-brainer project,
With people I instantly liked & trusted,

No small thing for a mis-trusful Brummy,

They walked into my lives at the right time,
With an idea for a project that had all the right ingredients,
A concept based on a cartoon that had triggered a thought,

Scott brought focus & drive & relentless passion,
Simon turned words into fabulous paintings,
We jumped in a car & drove,

And we laughed a lot together,
Mostly at me,
Which was liberating,

Today,
The last day of the tour,
I am gutted

(K)

SET THE COAT UNDER THE BLUE LIGHT:

A face,
Two hands,
Four feet,

A door,
A rhythm tapped once on a body,

Red shoes,
Feet without socks,

One shoe,
One shadow cast

(K)

FALLING APART ON A TRAIN:

Do you want some raw pistol?

(Listening to: Male Gaze – ‘KEEP YR KOOLS‘)

(K)

SATURDAY PROCESSION FOR THE SUN:

She’s painted on the side of a bus,
holding her hat on,
Shining,

All the boys ride by,
Flags flying,

Throaty in leathers,
Waving for cameras,

Leans out of shadows,
From under the moon

(K)

CRACK AT IT:

Everybody scatter,
Everybody gather,
Watch your back,
OK?

Everybody rock from side-to-side,
Everybody come into the centre,
Do you get me?

It’s almost foolproof,
Unless you’re following a fool,
So is everybody clear on what’s happening?

Make that sound of a balloon expelling air,
Yeah,
Fast lips,

Everybody back to the beginning,
Doors closed,
Shall we have a crack at it?

(K)