kerouac, patti smith, camus, adbusters, ramones, satre, crass, gee vaucher, pb shelley, dada, aphex twin, ta tao ching, 23 envelope, radiohead, baudelaire, schnews, nick cave, nietzsche, sonic youth, john gray, sean penn, harold pinter, wachowski brothers, pillows & prayers, super furry animals, henry porter, ted hughes, rage against the machine, ezra pound, stereolab...
The Absurd are Andy Garside & Sophie McKeand. Together we blend spoken word, art, poetry, graphics, philosophy and photography.
We will be working on collaborations with musicians, poets and artists over the next year to hopefully create some truly unique experiences. We’ll keep you posted…
... in the meantime more of Sophie's poetry and other nonsense can be found at www.writeoutloud.net/poets/sophiemckeand
Hello good friends. Our 6 track ep is free to download on our page now, we want you to have it so make sure you stop by. Anytime you can fit us on your bill, we would be honoured. Love all ways. Heal the Last Stand x
yeah that would be awesome actually thanks! the sooner the better! i have to send an audition tape off and my computer's decided it doesn't know what a usb cable is so i can't actually do that. to be fair it doesn't know what most things are, i'm surprised it even turns on. i swear i was born into the wrong body. somewhere someone incredibly capable and very efficient is wandering around as winnie the pooh.
I'll be in town the 5,6 and 7 December at the Hand Hotel... or most evenings at the Price of Wales getting blasted and murdering the kareoke. However, if you've got a gig ... I'll be there!
Cheers for the add. Now all I have to work out is when I'll be next over the Irish Sea in Wales visiting fellow Celts. I know I'm in Llangollen in December... not missing that trip for anything.
YOU ARE IN OUR TOP FRIENDS! Our next Record Fair... MOLD - SATURDAY JUNE 14th Daniel Owen Community Centre. 10am-4pm. (for Venue information & directions visit the Blog on our MySpace page) All stalls booked - a great day in prospect! 24 tables of Rare and Collectable Vinyl,CD's,DVD's,Tapes,Memorabilia,Sleeves,Badges and much more! All Genres - hope to see you there!
thank you so much for giving me that awesome gig on thursday! only just got back home from random travelness afterwards. anyway, it was such an awesome night. that drum story teller rocked! but every single act you two put on were so high quality. honestly, as an audience member one of the best nights i've been to in a long while. if you're looking for more performers let me know and i'll send you recommendations/email addresses. and sophie, it's always such a pleasure to hear your stuff. you need an album.
Thank-you so much for creating a fantastic atmosphere on Thursday night in Mold... "The Absurd" has landed in a big way...!
You guys are Aces and we wish you all the successes and great gatherings for the future...
Life... The big adventure, It's here and you guys know it! we all affect each other, If the means don't contribute to human happiness, neither will the end ... It's been a real Joy sharing time with you recently :)
Your project sounds very interesting! Its good that literature and poetry haven't been forgotten in north wales and it is even better when you combine them with music and art. Keep it up! Diana x
Hello you cuddly little Absurdities. Lovely to meet you's the other night; it brought a glow to know that there are tortured existentialists in Clwyd. Yours for anarchy, peas and chips. Jonny x
hey how are you? love the poster man. been writing like mad lately, my style's changed a bit. looking forward to doing my new stuff in may, can't fuckin' wait to hear you perform again! anyway, hope you're well. hugs, love, aliens with tacos...for what is an alien without a taco?!
