Music and Writing

I’ve always had a love and fascination for people’s stories. The funny, the dark, the secrets. All that stuff is endlessly wonderful, so I’ve decided to create a space for me to explore that stuff. This means songs about real people and real moments and a tedious and rambling blog of whatever half baked ideas are in my head when the urge to write strikes me.

Today that is a new beginning and a brand new name. I’m Alex Walker, and my old name is gone. Well it’s not, I’m far too lazy to do all that legal change stuff, but in public at least, I’m Alex. Mainly it’s a copyright thing, there’s already a guy with my old name who is an active musician, I saw him on a poster touring with Billy Bragg and couldn’t remember booking shows and didn’t have any songs to play anyway, though if I did then that other guy very kindly filled in.

There is that other reason though, the reason I didn’t mention the old name. This change gives me the freedom to walk away and start over if everything here goes wrong. To me this is important. I have myriad mental health issues and will inevitably do or say something really stupid at some point, and in the internet age that shit doesn’t wash off.

This is turning into something of a mission statement, so I may as well go all in. I’m here to tell stories, to hear your stories and to stay the fuck away from politics.

Yes I want to hear your stories, and not your nice little anecdote about some good deed that made you feel good or how you were a very brave hippy and saved the world.

I want to hear about when you were up to your neck in it. To misquote Doug Stanhope, “I’m not here to die for your sins, your sins are the most interesting thing about you dreary fucks”. He had a point. I don’t care if you’re lefty or righty, privileged or a mere peasant. Just tell me the juicy stuff.

Sometimes what I have to say might seem to touch politics, but I go to lengths to avoid any preaching, though the world of late seems to be hyper politicised and polarised and such a lot of the internet is focused on how offended someone was or the latest bollocks about our inevitable demise. This means any dark stories are bound to upset someone whether I want to or not. That said, if I offend you, whatever your cause or affiliation, I promise I will absolutely laugh at you.

This is about life, warts and all.