Last night ROSS SUTHERLAND popped by to tell us the THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU LEAVE TOWN. Just brilliant. There are not many things in life that get better the more you consume them. For example, if you eat too much of your favourite icecream you start to feel sick, if you drink too much wine you get a headache, but Ross Sutherland just makes you feel better the more you see of him. And let’s just make it very clear, Ross is not a Nazi. He is a brilliant brilliant beautiful man.

See Ross’s film here http://www.rosssutherland.co.uk/

This Happened… Luke Wright, Tony Walsh, Golden Guns, Shakes, Rattles…

This week at London’s favourite poetry night
BYRON VINCENT + PAUL LYALLS
How blooming marvellous…

So this is what happened at the Camden Crawl…

We stuffed everything in the back of Martin’s car… including his son Victor.

Then off to the venue… and like a well oiled machine we set up.

We kept an eye on our beers…

Martin kicked it all off… Rude Bastards

Then Rob… Laaaaadies and Geeeentlemen…

and then Wallop …

Fiona Bevan, Pete The Temp, Karen Hayley, Sean Taylor, PolarBear, AntiPoet…

Now bring on the Camden Crawl 2011 Slam

Clair Whitefield was in there too but I forgot to snap a picture because i was blinded by her beauty…
AND THE WINNER IS….

ANNA LE – GAYMERS CAMDEN CRAWL 2011 POETRY SLAM CHAMPION

That was 3 hours of top entertainment… THE END

Should be fun.

After 2010’s blistering Meadowlands festival, we now have our own TENT at this years extravaganza. The best spoken worders from across the country will be gathered to pack out a tent that will be Banged up to the max. Last year when waiting for my train back to London after a weekend full of really full full stops I went a bit Andy Goldsworthy on the platform with the crumbling yellow line. Shortly after completing this I was thrown on the tracks by the station security. Picture below. www.maedowlandsfestival.com

Nice one Dave… we know the Golden Gun has gone to a good home. See Dave next week perform alongside GEORGE CHOPPING + ANTI POET… it’s gonna be mega!

here are some pictures from JO BELL’s point of view… nice work Jo!

Martin Galton discusses love and hate…

John Osborne shows a touch of class..

Dan Cockrill starts to shake…

Dan Simpson explains the poetry of science…

Fatima blows us away in the Golden Gun open mic…

The Gunslingers go wild…
Jo Bell is top class!!!

John Osborne was brilliant.
Jo Bell was brilliant.
Dan Simpson was brilliant.
Sophie Cameron was brilliant.
Rob Auton was brilliant.
Martin Galton was brilliant.
Dan Cockrill was brilliant.
Raw Meat Stew was brilliant.
The audience was brilliant.
Naomi Woolnough was brilliant.
So brilliant she won the golden gun.

BANG was brilliant!!!
See Naomi perform next week with Mark Grist and Harry Baker.

just discovered this little beauty on PoetCurious blog, so I thought I’d share it… Win your very own Golden Gun at this weeks BANG!

WHO ARE THE REAL AISLE 16?
Luke Wright is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler.

Ross Sutherland is a Scottish Rugby Club.

John Osborne was a playwright who wrote a famous play called “Look Back in Anger”.

Are Aisle 16 trying to confuse us on purpose?
Anyway, see the real John Osborne this Thursday at BANG SAID THE GUN!