The
Bath BurpOct 2011 MUSIC * POETRY * ART Issue 7
SPECIAL OXJAM EDITION
=£1, but 50p of that is
donated to Oxjam. Thankyou !
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Editorial
The broadsheets are bleak, the tabloids ensure us
we’re all going to die of chronic terrorism and the
news at ten promises a world of fire and brimstone,
all looked over by a soot cloud in the shape of Kerry
Katonas face. Yet, somehow, an entire city has
grouped together, taken their own time and asked
kindly for help in putting on an whole month of
top notch entertainment to help raise awareness,
money, and a smile for people who they will most
likely never meet. So, thank you indeed for buying
this month’s Burp for £1, you can read this edition
knowing you’ve help put a little bit of happiness
into someone’s life.
Uncontrollably sweaty
David Selby
Oxjam is Oxfam’s month long music festival with
hundreds of events around the country organised
by volunteers who know and love their local music
scene. In Bath we’re hoping to raise £3,000 which
is enough to feed 250 families in the current East
Africa food crisis for 2 weeks. Find out more at www.
facebook.com/oxjam.bath or twitter: @oxjambath.
Local Music, Global Impact
Special thanks to John Hipperson for burning this
month’s CDs. Big well done to Heidi Lee-Sperring,
Leo Howe and James from OXJAM for working hard to get
this months issue together. Thanks too, as ever, to
Bob, Lewis and Ben.
Front cover image by the amazing Bob Shaw:
mattbobshaw.deviantart.com/gallery.
ON THIS MONTH’S CD
- SPECIAL OXJAM BAND (& poet) ISSUE -
All the bands this month have played, or are about to
play in an Oxjam-Bath event. Please go and support
them, support Oxjam and have a lovely evening while
you’re at it.
1. Our love is like a park bench, a poem by Jo Butts
Jo has contributed a work of art to the Bath Burp & OXJAM
Art Auction (see next page for more details).
2. I’m not around, by Dexter Selboy and the Shonky Trio
(Recorded live @ Chapel Arts)
www.soundcloud.com/dexter-selboy
See them live Oct 22nd @ Chapel Arts from 2pm
3. Chemicals, by The Flamenco Thief.
www.theflamencothief.com
See him play in October: 20th @ The Porter,
22nd @ Chapel Arts (2pm), and 23rd @ The Porter again.
4. Dreamboat, by St. Elmo’s Fire,
from their Maiden Voyage EP.
www.myspace.com/elmosfire
5. The Call, by Locks.
www.myspace.com/locksofficial
6. Burning Eyes, by Sam Gotley & Kelly Pullen
www.myspace.com/samandkellymusic
If you would like to submit a poem, song or story for a
future month, please send an email to:
[email protected] We are happy to come and
record gigs in Bath too, if you let us know in time.
www.thebathburp.co.uk
www.bathburpdirect.co.uk
THE BATH BURP & OXJAM ART AUCTION:
22nd
Oct. - 19th
Nov.
Raising money for OXFAM – and there’s NO RESERVE
All supported by generous local artists
The Bath Burp are hosting an ART AUCTION that will be
raising money for OXFAM. A number of local artists
have VERY KINDLY donated a piece of their artwork,
which will all be exhibited at THE ROYAL OAK (Lower
Bristol Rd, Bath) from the 22nd October until the
19th November. It’s a silent auction, so you place
your bid at the bar.
All the artwork in this month’s issue is included in
the auction - although here it’s all black and white
and not to scale. You can see colour versions at
www.thebathburp.co.uk, or you can see the real
things (the best way) on display at the pub.
Heidi Lee
-Sperr
ing ‘they love music’
Pen drawing and coll
age
app
rox 16 x 16 inches, framed
www.heidilee
sperr
ing.com
Phaedra Vlahos ‘working man, guitar blues’
oilbar and oil pastel
80 x 60 cm, framed
www.phaedravlahos.co.uk
All the money raised will go directly to OXFAM.
(Another huge cheer for all the artists who have
contributed). There is NO RESERVE on any of the
pieces, so please go down, have a look, and maybe place
a bid.
Opening night party on the 22nd
Oct. Closing party on
the eve of the 19th
Nov, when the auctions will close
and the work will sell to the highest bidder thus far.
Happy viewing and happy bidding. THE BATH BURP TEAM.
MATT BOB SHAW - ‘I love music’, digital illustration
10 x 15 inches, framed, mattbobshaw.deviantart.com
PAT BETTS - ‘Shanghai Jazz’, mixed media approx. 17 x
11.5cm, mounted & framed
ASTRID FOREMAN
‘John Frusciante’
oil on canvas
22.5 x 61cm, unframed
www.astridforeman.com
SAM LINDUP
Music cards 1, 2 & 3
February 2011
Kalindi School lies about 10km from the main road in
the east of Zambia. A place where main road means a
mix of dirt track, quagmire, pot holes and ponds. A
place where 80% of the population live on less than
$2 a day.
Opening the car door we’re greeted by the sound of
children singing. It’s an inspiring sound. Over
the chorus their teacher Rachel introduces herself
and tells her story.
Rachel
She was a teacher in her youth but gave up when she
married. Just over 10 years ago, her husband passed
away and the community asked her to once more help
educate their children. So, under the shade of a
tree, Rachel began to teach.
Her school grew and came to the attention of a
local organisation, ZEDAO (the Zambia Education
Development & Advocacy Organisation). Using Oxfam
funds, they built a water pump, toilets, and a school
block with two basic classrooms and a library. They
stocked the library. They worked with the Parent
Community School Committee, enabling them to demand
more support from the government.
And so, the demand for Rachel’s school increased!
Now more than 375 pupils attend Kalindi. With 50
pupils to a class, Rachel and the one other teacher
must work three shifts of lessons to cover everyone.
By law primary education in Zambia is free. The
government are supposed to provide a range of items,
including chalk, but too little comes, or it doesn’t
arrive at all. They’re also supposed to provide
the community school grant, but often, not all of
this arrives at the school. ZEDAO’s work helping
the community understand what they are entitled to
and how to demand it, is as vital as the provision
of books. The school clearly still needs support
in improving facilities – students, teachers
and parents said their one wish was for another
classroom block. But Kalindi also shows the need to
raise awareness among local people of government
failings and use popular support to bring them to
account. Oxfam’s money is changing the lives of the
children who come to this school today and giving
their parents the tools to change the system for
generations to come. This is the only way to achieve
long term change.
Janine Woodward, Oxfam Activist, Bath
www.oxjam.org
VICKY CARD ‘Edith Piaf’
freehand machine embroidery
on cotton
12 x 16 inches, canvas mounted
www.meiowmeiow.com
JO BUTTS - ‘Bob Dylan’
pencil on paper
16 x 12 inches, framed
ALI VERMEEREN ‘Tough Crowd’Ink and crayon,
24 x 19 cm, framed. www.alivermeeren.co.uk
ANNA GAHLIN
‘Blue Notes
Soundwaves’
watercolour on
paper
50 x 70cm framed
www.annagahlin.
co.uk
DAVE SELBY
‘Tom Waits’
pencil
drawing
8 x 6 inches,
framed
dexterselboy.
blogspot.com
THE CAUGHT RAIN DROP
I caught a rain drop today;
Held it; showed it the world;
Told it about you; it grew
Greyer; sadder; sunk lower
In my palm; a cloud grew;
Flew; left my hand; and
Ran after you.
A GENTLE WARNING
Hello yellow;
Don’t stand to near that
Red; you’ll only end up
Orange.
IT WAS . . .
It
Was
Just like playing;
Two naked bits of the world
Exploring each other’s worlds;
You looked at every part of me
As though you had never seen
Skin; like you were studying
Intently, as if to make
A wax work;
And
I
Wasn’t
Scared; hands enclosing
My breasts; moths in your
Palms; holding my frame
Like a fractured glass vessel
About to break; and I broke;
For you; for me; and watching
You break; made me hum
All the way
to work.
Poems © Amy Neilson Smith
Date Time Gig Text Price Venue
Thurs
20 Oct8pm
Oxjam
Porter
Teakover
DJ’s, Acoustic
& Bands
£3
(£2 NUS)Porter
Sat 22
Oct2pm
(Ox)jam &
Scones
Live music and
afternoon tea
£7 inc
afternoon
tea
Chapel
Arts
Centre
Sat 22
Oct8pm
Bath Burp
Launch
Live music &
launching our
Oxjam edition
& art auction
Free
Royal
Oak
(Lower
Bristol)
Sat 22
Oct7pm
Acoustic
Night
Let beautiful
voices,
acoustic
guitars, and a
pint or five,
make you a
better person!
£2
The
Dolphin
Inn
Sun 23
Oct8pm
Opposite
of Chill
Out
The Bohemian
Embassy
Bite the
Buffalo
Dirty Kiss
Craig Sutton
£3 (£2
NUS)Moles
Fri 28
Oct7.30
Ukulele
Life
Drawing
Ukulele duo
playing naked
with charcoal
provided
£5
St James
VW
Gallery
Room
Sun 30
Oct8pm
Oxjam
Acoustic
Fantastic
Acoustic acts£5
Rondo
Theatre
Fri 4
Nov8pm
Burlesque
Bar Crawl
Fantastic acts
in 3 of Bath’s
best bars
Donations
Opium,
Common
Rooms,
Door 34
Fri 19
Nov8pm
Bath Burp
Launch
and Art
Auction
Music & the
final chance
to bid for
work.
Free
The
Royal
Oak
OXJAM BATH GIG LISTINGS
www.facebook.com/oxjam.bath
EMMA CRUD - Drum Hat. sewn
tobacco packets, one size
MALCOLM ASHMAN
‘Cover Version’
oil on paper
approx. 8 x 10 inches,
framed
www.malcolmashman.com
OXJAM / BATH BURP
ART AUCTION
Opening night: Sat 22
Oct. Then continuous
bidding at The Roayl Oak
(Lower Bristol Rd) un-
til Final night of Sat
19th Nov. All proceeds to
charity! All work kindly
donated by the artists.
SAM LINDUP ‘Love and hate music’Print of a drawing/painting
19 x 14cm,framed. Samuell
indup.blogspot.com
Train
The baby wails,
The phone rings,
A person talks on and on.
The coffee’s spilt,
The announcements come,
The countryside rattles by.
The noise increases,
The headache grows,
And where’s that still small voice?
You close your eyes,
Stare out the window,
Trying to drown out the noise of the world.
You ask for that peace,
So freely given,
And your heart grows still.
The noise around you dies down,
The lady stops talking,
The baby gurgles.
You can hear that still small voice,
And all is right with the world.
© Sarah MacGillivray 2011
Faces in the crowd
The people come,
The people go,
And nobody stops to ask
Who they are and what they do,
If all this is a mask.
As they hurry by,
Head down,
Enclosed in their own little worlds,
I watch
Longing
Wishing they would let Me in,
Open up and experience My love.
I see their faces in the crowd,
Their hearts, so calloused and dry,
Living in a world of pain
That they can’t see and understand,
With Me, reaching out,
Wanting them to take My hand.
© Sarah MacGillivray 2011
If you are an artist working locally or with a
Bath connection and would like to submit some of
your poems or artwork to a future issue, please
send the Bath Burp team an email:
www.thebathburp.co.uk
PS: special offer for Bath bands - big rehearsal
space at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios (Box).
£36 (eve) £120 (full long day). Contact Lisa on
01225 740600 for more details.