Eels (the band), Travis, Damien Rice, Frank Black, Josh Ritter, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, Martin Carthy, Martin Simpson, Bob Marley, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, The Offspring. Tony Harrison, William Wordsworth, Coleridge, T.S Eliot, W.H Auden, Homer, Alicia Stubbersfield, Matthew Francis, Jem Poster, Michael Jackson (when he was still cool), David Hume, John H. Hick, Peter Barry, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, random philosophy, Football, rhyme, Beer (read as not lager), the creation of popular culture, aspirations, community, Oscar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Allen Ginsberg and consciously NOT Shhhh akespeare....he was probably Marlowe anyway.
Born and bred in Dartford, Kent, Kevin attended the boys school Mick Jagger graced. The lack of ladies didn't really bother Kev at the time, though what it did to dear Mick you can judge for yourself.
Kevin was actually more concerned that he couldn't join a school football team - rugby only. His sporting passions thwarted, he sought refuge in the pen.
Escaping England, he retreated to a student haven at the fulcrum of the Mid Wales coast. There he moulded his writing self, surrounded by a community of risk-takers, dreamers, drinkers, revolutionaries. And students. To his delight, amongst the madness he was rewarded for his scrawls, but for a while the ride stopped there.
Then one day in the depths of frustration, the Internet brought the lights of London upon him. The times of change swept the dust from his nib and he wrote once more.
These days he freely plays football and speaks to the opposite sex...sometimes one straight after the other. How his younger self is green with envy. Oh, and he performs poetry...sometimes.
His latest writings, things lyrical, critical, poetic and prosaic are at www.kevinpocock.com
And there's some reviews as well.
My new EP, 'In Miracle World', is now online! It has four brand new recordings and you can either listen on my profile or download it absolutely FREE from www. filthylittleangels. com
you've got that right kevin. great to hear from you, big man - our paths will cross soon for sure. let's grab a drink in the next few weeks if you're about.
The next two Salt Margins at The Whitechapel Gallery are unmissable. Hope to see you there!
Thursday 2 August
Luke Kennard Laura Forman Adam Green The Ex-Men
At 26 Luke Kennard is the youngest ever nominee for the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection. He reads from The Harbour Beyond The Movie, his outstanding
second book. Lazy Gramophonite Adam Green reads from Satsuma Sun Mover, a surreal coming-of-age tale. Generation Txter Laura Forman performs poems about Bon
Jovi (yes!) and Battersea Power Station. Plus music and spoken word from Glasgow-based duo The Ex-Men. Doors 7pm, free entry. Produced in association with
Salt Publishing.
Thursday 20 September
Melanie Challenger Eleanor Rees Chris McCabe Songdog
Salt poets Eleanor Rees (Andraste's Hair) and Melanie Challenger (Galatea) have both been nominated for this year's Forward Prize for Best First Collection.
Which is reason enough to come and hear them read. Like Eleanor, Chris McCabe is a Salt poet and a Liverpudlian. His collection The Hutton Inquiry is a
powerful examination of language under pressure. Musical refreshment is provided by the excellent Songdog, led by playwright Lyndon Morgan.
hi kevin,
thanks for the add :)
hope you can make it to our London show tomorrow night. tickets from www.thebloomsbury.com or 020 7388 8822. or just rock up.
Sadly its not random at all, I searched for you using the super-handy search tool. You said some nice things about the record and I could never find an email address to thank you for it... now is my chance... thanks :)
Hello Kevin. Despite the fact that I sit next to you at work - indeed, you're sitting next to me right now - I thought I would, nevertheless, communicate with you via the medium of the internet. Right now you're sitting at your desk, surfing the internet, but trying to give off the impression that you're doing something constructive. Just like me then.
