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PolarBear
A'cappella / Hip Hop / Emo

"if you don't listen you won't hear"

Birmingham/London,
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  10/12/2008
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   PolarBear: General Info
Member Since2/2/2006
Band Websitewebsite down. new one on the the way
Band MembersIts just me. I work with different people for different projects and always up for a collaboration if I'm feeling it. Working with Afrosaxon on the AFROBEAR project which is coming soon and is going to be alright.

InfluencesIf I Cover My NOse

Glensford Gardener, Teodosia Gardener, Geoff Hogan, Diego Armando Maradona, Dennis Bergkamp, Ronaldinho, Robin Van Persie, Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Zvladimir Boban, Dejan Savecevic, Marcel Desailly (but only in midfield), Edgar Davids (at Milan), Roberto Baggio, Louis Sachar, Charles Bukowski, J.D Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Pryor, Gill Scott Heron, Rakim, Lenny, Haruki Murakami, Oliver Jeffers, KRS, Like Water For Chocolate, Jazzanova, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Ruby Tuesday, Enjoy the Silence, Terry Callier, Jehst, Michel Gondry, Kim Trusty, my West Indian childhood, marijuana, white rum, my girl, Karl Marx, The Marx Brothers, The Incredible Hulk, Eddie Murphy, Jet Li, Way of the Dragon, Night time, the bath, money, a sense of legacy, Fried Plantain, people I know.
Sounds LikeMe talking
Record LabelAin't nobody pressing spoken word. Shame
Type of LabelNone




   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Oct 14 2008 8:00P
’If I Cover my Nose you Can’t see Me’ @ B’ham REP Birmingham
Oct 15 2008 8:00P
’If I cover my nose you can’t see me’ @ B’Ham REP Birmingham
Oct 16 2008 7:30P
If I cover my nose @ The Door, Birmingham REP Birmingham
Oct 19 2008 8:00P
CrimeJazz Rotterdam
Nov 14 2008 7:00P
Black Light Poetry Fresno, California
Nov 20 2008 8:00P
’If I Cover my Nose you Can’t see Me’ @ Nuffield Theatre Southampton
Nov 27 2008 8:00P
’If I Cover my Nose you Can’t see Me’ @ The Abany Theatre, Deptford London
Dec 9 2008 8:00P
The Green Note Camden

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   About PolarBear
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In 1979 a boy was born with an overly large cranium. Doctors at the time considered a diagnosis of ‘Water on the Brain’ but the young boy seemed to respond well to stimuli and was sent home with his mother. Over the following 7 years the boy developed a style of living which incorporated certain allowances for his oversized head, these included; standing at the back in group photographs, not standing in the line of the sun whilst around sunbathers and avoiding running downhill. All seemed normal until in the summer of 1986 the young boy witnessed two events that changed his life forever. The first was the artistic expression of Diego Armando Maradona. The second was an hour long documentary about the Arctic Circle narrated by David Attenborough. In the space of one week the young boy became obsessed with two things, Polar bears and the majesty of a perfectly executed pitch-long dribble. Around about the same time the boy’s mother began to notice an interesting phenomenon. Her son’s specially constructed balaclava seemed to be less tight and he seemed to leave his horizontal TV-watching position with greater ease on Saturday afternoons after A-Team. She took her son to her Doctor who told her that a shrinking of the cranium was a near impossibility and that there must be some other explanation for her perceptions, wishful thinking perhaps. Unconvinced, she took him to a reclusive Wizard who operated in the area under the guise of a ‘Holistic medicine Practitioner’. The Wizard examined the boy closely over a period of three days, setting the boy numerous tasks and puzzles. After the three days the Wizard showed the mother his composed dossier on her son. It stated that the young boy possessed immense physical skill, observation and rhythm, that seemed to be the result of the slow release of an unknown ‘essence’ from his brain. It seemed that the boy was able to capture the heart of a story and, using balance, rhythm and skilful delivery, somehow relay that story back in a mazy run that defied restraint. The Wizard told the mother that this was the reason for the reduction in her son’s head size. When the mother expressed concern for the long term effects of the condition, the Wizard reassured her that if what he believed was true, then upon reaching puberty her son would develop a means of sustaining this essence, with one proviso, he must be given some means of artistic release. The mother agreed and went out and bought her son his first pencil and notepad. She thanked the Wizard for his help and before she left asked him about her son’s fascination with Polar Bears. The Wizard replied, 'All gifted souls must choose their own ideal physical form. Your son has chosen wisely’.


I have ideas and write them down and move around while I say them.
From the 2nd city of Birmingham.
I like peach cobbler and Maradona
I don't like costume drama or saltfish.
Thanks for passing through and listening.
Safe




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Oct 13 2008 5:00 AM

Well, the flier is done and it's pretty beautiful to say the least! I hope you're getting ready for your little visit to the "States".

Be sure to tell all of your people that you're going to be performing in Fresno, Ca. It would be great to have all of your friends in the house.

Hope all is well, see you soon...
Milos





Oct 12 2008 8:46 PM

mate you and goon should bring your show up to Liverpool, they would fucking love it,

Peace
Louise Mary Martin





Oct 12 2008 5:54 PM

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Thinking Little Thoughts





Oct 12 2008 4:08 PM

hey, thanks for accepting, found your link through Mr pip. If you get a minute check out my music page XD

that goes for anyone else as well

ta
maryJane





Oct 10 2008 8:22 PM

im usually not much for lyrics, but i quite like listening to the narratives you-ve create-d :)
Beat the Dust





Oct 10 2008 12:14 PM

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Session





Oct 9 2008 3:03 PM

You are the best, everytime I see your face I'm inspired to put a pen up my arse.

You still alive?
James!





Oct 9 2008 1:11 AM

Hey polar bear (if that is an appropriate way to address you!) Me and a few mates went to the sticks and stones gig last night at the strawbs in leeds. If I'm honest we didn't really know what to expect yet the whole night was amazing so cheers for such a wicked night. We went to the old bar later (it being our local at the union!) shame we didn't see you in there sipping a pint! Definately generated a massive interest in spoken word.
James x
The Good Stuff





Oct 8 2008 10:38 PM

The Good Stuff LOVES Polarbear xx
Kiss Me 'Til I'm In A Coma





Oct 7 2008 5:17 PM

Wow, you are extremely talented!
Jessica is just fantastic.
I'm inspired- I'm hoping to try some spoken word soon, everything is starting to seem too static on paper.
x
Lex





Oct 6 2008 2:31 PM

I can imagine :)

I used to write, but I kind of gave it up. Now I'm usually sketching/drawing out pictures. I can't even come up with a simple sentence without sounding completely weird.

:P
Lex





Oct 6 2008 2:55 AM

Every time i listen to you talk, im inspired.

I love it.
with reason as a knife she slit the veils of life





Oct 5 2008 6:26 PM

so glad to have happened across your page :) sad that the new media player is terribly hit or miss on whether it plays
Session And The Bear





Oct 4 2008 12:24 PM

Hello sir, yes I am being long on the instrumentals, been a while since I've been on this 'space'. Come round on monday to pick up the tracks if you can, good excuse to see my new place and have a chat.

lovin Bear like a fat kid loves cake.
melanie





Oct 4 2008 12:18 PM

Cant wait 4 u to come back 2 Derby!
The Henry Girls





Oct 3 2008 4:36 PM

Come back to Donegal please!!! We loved you
REGGAE REGGAE JON





Oct 3 2008 9:50 AM

turning the pages of the metro on way to work this morning and who should i come across...?!

hope all's good man...
peas
hullsarah





Oct 2 2008 9:05 PM

hey hun how is it going? xxx
Secret Wars Birmingham





Oct 2 2008 7:58 PM

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Joe Driscoll





Oct 2 2008 2:46 PM

bruv-
just had a crazy flashback to you bustin a move at picnic.
wish i saw yas more often!
take care- hope to witness you cover your nose soon...
much love
Tom





Oct 2 2008 2:34 PM

hello
have yu done radio1 spoken word surgury?
cheers
Berkavitch





Sep 29 2008 2:32 PM

Yeah you might of guest that i didn't ring you t'other day. Crazy I walked from Stepney Green to Kingscross then just had to go home.
You in Midds this week?
Legohead


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Sep 27 2008 7:25 PM

Any updates on the t-shirts?? :-)

Also; can't wait for you in Birmingham! :-)

Cal
streetballer





Sep 27 2008 3:06 PM

hey dude
been a while since i last commented you,
i still luv the mad skills that u manage to pour down a mic :P
but i cant seem to download any of your tracks coz of the weird way myspace layed out the music player :)
but anyways how are you?
peace and keep spoken word alive
Kim-Leng





Sep 24 2008 1:08 PM

I absolutely adore your poetry. It inspires me more than you would believe. I'm going to beat down Musa and Josh until they ask you to play PoeJazzi...... Or I could just take the non-agressive stance and just come to one of your gigs instead. Damn these dialemmas.
Anyway, keep doing what you do. Your words are beautiful.
xx
Ellie





Sep 24 2008 12:16 PM

Hey,
Thanks for accepting the freind request.
Really feeling your work, think you are brilliant. Hope i can come see you at a gig soon. Keep doing what your doing cos what your doing is real.
Take Care
Ellie
Stac





Sep 24 2008 11:45 AM

Flarp. Meaning delivered with 100% accuracy. Im gonna work it into the dictionary.
x
Stac





Sep 24 2008 10:07 AM

Aw Bear its lovely to hear you sing. Really looking forward to tomorrow. x

p.
s You are neither sharp nor flat!! ;)
KrizSea





Sep 24 2008 12:48 AM

You are brilliant. Indeed.
Rik (Poet-Treeman)





Sep 23 2008 6:26 PM

lovin your latest track mate... :O) (Sometimes) most glad i spent my computer-moments wisely (they are sparse and snatched in my household, in-betwixt cooking and nappies and night-nights) -listenin to it... and you know what, dinner can wait, I'm gonna listen to it again. :O) -big love to you, hope to catch up with you again soon.. :O) x
Tony Walsh





Sep 23 2008 4:55 PM

Ey up! Was great working with you on Saturday. Hope Sunday went well? I'll be sure to catch the show next time it comes north. Onwards and upwards, mate.

T
Louise Mary Martin





Sep 23 2008 9:52 AM

Just want to say again, I really loved the show on Sunday. I was enthralled by the genius story and your delivery, so warm, honest and utterly convincing. Gordon the Gopher references are always a winner - he was my hero! ha ha
All the best with your PolarBear expeditions,
Much love xx