The Wednesday Poem - Please Myself & The Barnet Cultural Round Up

Wednesday is the day when we focus on the cultural life of the Borough of Barnet. We give you our pick of forthcoming events etc. But before that we love to publish a poem on a Wednesday. I've just acquired a new CD player, my old one broke down before lock down. I've been playing some old CDs and cathcing up with some old songs by my band. I'd forgotten just how good some sounded. The numbers we are doing now are all new. One that stands out is 'Please Myself', an Allen Ashley composition. It is a great song and possibly the favourite lyrics Allen wrote for the band. 

We posted a live video of this when we played at The Midland Hotel. The sound quality left a bit to be desired, but this was Allen performing with the False Dots at our raucous best!

 

Please myself

All you trolls and haters, with your messages and spam

You won’t say things to our faces, coz your only half a man

All you commentators, trying to set the news

Have you heard the latest, no one’s listening to you

 

Chorus

We don’t need your adulation, we are just our own creation

You won’t find us in the mainstream we’ve been hived off to the slipstream

We’ve been struck off all your playlists whilst running from the bailiffs

I may be hard of hearing but I’ve never heard you cheering

But I did the whole thing just to please myself

Please myself!

 

All you spinning doctors, with your data and your claims

Spinning words to fit your meaning making language just a game

All you corporations turning workers into clones

Writing algorithmic profiles set to fill the sky with drones

 

CH

Smily Dick and Jesus Rabbit you’ve got one chance you’d better grab it

Or you’ll never kick the habit of trashing things you couldn’t dream of achieving

I’ve stopped watching programs, I won’t vote by phone

Catch us in the margins making shows up of our own

All you fashionistas on your Sponsored chatty shows

Brashly lacking substance just the emperors new clothes

CH

And now onto our cultural roundup.

A great way to see in the new year

Celebrate the end of 2022 with @BerlinPhil’s New Year’s Eve Concert, broadcast live from the #BerlinerPhilharmonie on Dec 31. Led by conductor #KirillPetrenko, star tenor Jonas @tenorkaufmann, the orchestra will present a spectacular programme!

Tickets: https://t.co/dh1dku5rM2 pic.twitter.com/GFn3SOcZcj

— Phoenix Cinema (@Phoenixcinema) November 30, 2022

A wonderful pre Xmas gig in Barnet

The best night you'll have in the Borough of Barnet this Xmas with @The_Silencerz at the Butchers Arms on 17th December, proceeds to @CherryLodgeCC pic.twitter.com/0aS0Fhdz3a

— #MillHillMusicComplex (@MillHillMusicCo) November 28, 2022

Fancy an Xmas Panto? Check out The Grinche's Xmas Adventure at the Bull Theatre, Barnet

https://www.thebulltheatre.com/whats-on

@JamesHylandUK will be discussing "A Christmas Carol - As told by Jacob Marley (deceased)" on @BBCRadioStoke tonight between 6pm and 7pm ahead of the performances at @CreweLyceum on 4 Dec, @artsdepot on 10 Dec and @ORLTheatre on 23 & 24 Dec.

TUNE IN: https://t.co/r7HxjhelmG pic.twitter.com/KqsHtsxw4O

— Brother Wolf (@BrotherWolfUK) November 29, 2022

Join us on the 4th December for the Barnet Christmas Fayre! We’ve got an amazing afternoon of performances, 1pm til 4, ending with our community Christmas Carol concert, at 4:30! We’re delighted to be welcoming @alchemy_urban, and there’ll be cake, soup, and soft drinks too! pic.twitter.com/S9BC4zF5A5

— SJB: Barnet Church (@barnetchurch) November 11, 2022