Ivor Cutler @ 90 R4 Teeneet

[friedaweed]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0381jzt

"I have a harmonium and it's going to explode in two minutes", were the opening words spoken on the Andy Kershaw Show in 1980 by a gentle voiced Scotsman called Ivor Cutler.
Championed by everyone from the Beatles to Billy Connolly, Ivor Cutler was a poet, humorist and absurdist whose appearances on BBC radio and television span over 5 decades. As well as producing a vast body of records, books and plays, Ivor was a notable eccentric, often seen cycling around London in plus fours, handing out homemade stickers and badges to strangers.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

He used to come to the bookshop I worked in and chat and give us stickers.

Used to write stuff in his books on the shelves too. First time I saw him doing it, I'd just started and didn't know who he was. I went and told a colleague there was a man in the poetry section writing on the books. 'Oh that's Ivor,' he said and took me over to say hello.

 

[friedaweed]

Used to write stuff in his books on the shelves too. First time I saw him doing it, I'd just started and didn't know who he was. I went and told a colleague there was a man in the poetry section writing on the books. 'Oh that's Ivor,' he said and took me over to say hello.

That's so

I'm laughing my socks off at him and his Mr's sending morse code to each other whilst being sat in the same room

 

[billy_bob]

I wish he was my granda.

 

[kittyP]

Badgers and I listen to this all the time