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Photohoots with Krystyna Fitzgerald Morris

Posted on 22/12/2013 by Ash mandrake
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An important element of the Ash Mandrake Package is the visual studio work. Many people who see him live don’t know about this. In 2013, Ash teamed up with the portrait artist Krystyna Fitzgerald Morris. Some of the results chosen … Continue reading →

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Posted on 22/12/2013 by Ash mandrake
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Double necked ukulele The double necked uke is a piece of mischief wrought for the character Magpie The Jesterly Corvid. it consists of a piccolo ukulele attatched to a baritone ukulele – The little and large of the uke family. … Continue reading →

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A slightly new formula for touring in 2014

Posted on 22/12/2013 by Ash mandrake
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Some people say don’t have your engine and living space in the same vehicle – i.e. have a trailer instead, so if your engine goes down, you’ve still got a home. I tried a camper in 2013. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Fell Edge 2013

Posted on 20/11/2013 by Ash mandrake
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Wow ! the big show is over. The last two and a half months have been pretty non-stop. The results of all the hard work are a new double EP (5 music tracks +3 weighty stories) 5 new characters spanning … Continue reading →

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Number plate recognition, revenue collection and modern day feudalism

Posted on 29/03/2013 by Ash mandrake
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Gone are the days when one could call on “Ifty Kanifty” (the god of double back somersaults) to get yourself out of bother. Have just been knobbled by a local council for stopping in a red zone. Did I stall … Continue reading →

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New Reviews of my album: “Footprints from A Tribal Id”

Posted on 26/02/2013 by Ash mandrake
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The first review out of the hat is by Dave Franklin of Green man Music. I’d say it’s mostly descriptive and is favourable. Here are the first two paragraphs: Having seen Ash Mandrake play as a solo act a couple … Continue reading →

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Photoshoot for the new hat collection

Posted on 25/02/2013 by Ash mandrake
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Couple of days ago, I had my new collection of hats photographed in Blackburn by Matt Ainsworth. It was a massive job. We didn’t manage to work with all the new ones. There are some that I haven’t used on … Continue reading →

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Experimentation in 2013

Posted on 17/01/2013 by Ash mandrake
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Work on the double neck guitar In a couple of days, I’m going to be installing a single coil pickup along side the humbucking Dimarzios on my top guitar for some harsher edge, but also for a split signal and … Continue reading →

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A camper van for 2013

Posted on 17/01/2013 by Ash mandrake
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January is a cliff face for gigs. Really relieved not to have to live in my Citroen Berlingo this winter. It would have been a really tough first winter out of bricks and mortar. Think the Berlingo would have been … Continue reading →

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NFA OR CMA

Posted on 30/03/2012 by Ash mandrake
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CMA = Constant Movable Abode A mate recently commented that I am now with “No Fixed Abode”. That term has many negative associations for me, especially because I have on quite a few occasions (sometimes planned, sometimes unplanned) been with … Continue reading →

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