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:

music@thebathburp.co.uk 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:

contact@thebathburp.co.uk

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.