Adventures in Self-indulgence and Narcissism

Nothing here is of much importance to anyone but Johnny and the friends/musicians/artists who find themselves in various ways part of this collective. But feel free to explore the many projects that are being archived, as some of them are pretty cool…

This site is perpetually under construction. Stay tuned…

Wots Gnu?

Update (1 April, 2024): The second session of the year from Noah’s Raven, from Saturday 23rd March:

Update (23 March, 2024): A few bits and bobs have been sprinkled around various pages since the last word, including a recording from the first Noah’s Raven session of ‘24. Unfortunately only part one survived, due to an untimely “learning curve” glitch that resulted in losing part two. We had the chance to hear the recording once before it vanished…

Update (3 December, 2023): Two fresh improvs from Noah’s Raven, recorded 2nd December ‘23 are now up.

Just a couple of new-ish things (11.11.23)…

The latest jam by Noah’s Raven:

And here’s a clip from a recent “catch the treat” session with The Pied Piper of Pontcanna Fields:

Update (1 September, 2023): The latest Noah’s Raven stuff is up, as well as a big batch of recent recordings by Andreas Adamson on the same page. An entire show from The Bakers’ Dozen, recorded the 17th of August, 1996 in Auburn, NH is now in The Bakers’ Dozen & Family collection. Currently in the works in the same section, A Haunted Family Tree will look into the interwoven paths of a group of friends and musicians who appear throughout this site. Including: Bottled Goblins, Rogue Odium, Sythe, Jeremiah Stone, Blue Midnight Band, The Bakers’ Dozen, Fixhate, Hevyded, Windy Hill, Raising the Sun, Stone the Glasshouse & Eljer P. Sloan…On a related note, another entire gig by Jeremiah Stone [featuring Ron Forsythe on drums], taped at the Coffee House, Derry, NH, the 28th of March, 1992 is on the Bottled Goblins page. There have been various random injections on several other pages as well.

Update (1 June, 2023): The 2023 Noah’s Raven sessions are up, as well as the latest Every Other Sunday Club jams recorded 28th May at the Flute & Tankard, Cardiff.

Update (Friday the 13th, January 2023): Creeping along, some more Bottled Goblins tunes have been added, including the odd compilation (mostly improv.) Bowl of Worms and two versions of the infamous Sorry John. Also, the first offering of the year from nGhoblyn, a late night session that resulted in a manic bass & drum spasm Sacrificial Lamb Kebab and it’s continuation, the slightly more organised Maybe Tomorrow.

Update (16 December, 2022): A few things have been added since the last update. The 1996 cassette demo The Baker’s Dozen: Two Days from Yesterday is up, as is the most recent Noah’s Raven gig (featuring Gavin Williams) from the Flute & Tankard in Cardiff on 29.10.2022. New links are up in Jack the Ripper and there are some new photos in Johnny’s Gallery of Curiosities. A few random nuggets have found the way into Assorted Gimcrackery, Bottled Goblins and The Secret Underground Casket Convention as well. Much more to come.

Update (9th August, 2022): Noah’s Raven, the musical collaboration between myself and Andreas Adamson now has its own page. It also features The Every Other Sunday Club, brought to you by Pi & Hash Music. All of the tunes are available to download. The Pied Piper of Pontcanna Fields is now a page dedicated to my corvid friends. Bits and bobs are being inserted here and there on several other pages.

Update (27th April, 2022): Everything’s Still the Same.

Update (18th December, 2021): A new and pointless photo gallery “Trees” is now up. Also, all of my “solo” project nGhoblyn, as well as all of the (yet to be officially named) project with guitarist (and master luthier) Andreas Adamson (both on the nGhoblyn page) can be downloaded directly.

Update (9th October, 2021): New content in the Experiments Portfolio includes the album Suicide Tuesday by The Baker’s Dead (2009) in Project Two and the double album the Dog by Hevyded (2007) in Project Three.

An update (8th September, 2021): Crawling along with the speed of a sloth and the stealth of a slug…There have been a few recent additions to Jack the Ripper, The Secret Underground Casket Convention & Assorted Gimcrackery. Also, there is a bootleg recording of a jam from the Monday Club (Pi & Hash) on the nGhoblyn page.