Lager Time

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to episode 112 of the Lager Time Podcast. Three poems this week - they’ve been edited a bit since I read them last on here. It’s all part of the process as I get the poems ready for this next book - working title - Last Chance Academy for Dying Ideas. As ever, if you’re subscribed on Substack you can read the poems below, if not cree.substack.com That’...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening Welcome to Lager Time. Finally got round to selecting some potential poems for this next book - The Last Chance Academy for Dying Ideas - I’m now starting to go through each one to get them match fit. Some of them won’t make it, some, very much on the fringes, may well go on to become mainstays. Some, are clearly not as good as I’d first thought. But there you...

Greetings, bonjour, wha’s happneing? Welcome to Lager Time. Short one this week. Just the one poem this week and it’s new-ish work-in-progress one called Teams. Poem below for those on the Substack cree.substack.com That’s it, mate. Short and sweet Have a banging weekend Paul LINKS BUY-ME-A-LAGER https://ko-fi.com/paulcree THE SUBURBAN BOOK My 1st book collection of stories and poems www.paulcree....

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happenin? Welcome to Lager Time Another week, another poem from The Suburban audio project. Another one that I remember writing but don’t think I ever performed it. I remember thinking it was alright, though. A bygone phase of relationship-style poems that aren’t really in my wheelhouse anymore. Been back on some workshop and education business this last week, with Fourt...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time! Apologies for the lack of Lager action these last couple of weeks; I’ve been double busy with life stuff. Regardless, hope you’re all well out there in Lager Land. Two more poems from the Suburban this week; I’m slowly putting together an audio version of the book, which came out back in 2018. These poems certainly represent a moment for...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time. No podcast last week, soz, was a bit too hot and busy. This week, I’ve picked up where I left off with the audio book project I’m recording for The Suburban, which was my first book of poems and stories, I put out back in 2018. This week’s offering is 4 short poems: A Pale Shade of White The 12 (which is a haiku poem) She Says and anothe...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening Welcome to Lager Time! This week I run through a few short poems that I’m potentially going to read at tonight’s gig – Adult Entertainment – over at Café Oto, in Dalston, East London . Tickets are free but I’m told is booked-out, but maybe try your luck on the website. They’ll be links below Seems to be a popular gig so I’m looking forward to getting back on st...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening Welcome to Lager Time Couple more poems this week from my first book – The Suburban – The 2100 to No Where To Nowhere and Montage as part of the ongoing recording, to make into an audio book. 2100 was published in the Rhyming Thunder Anthology from Burning Eye Books back in 2011 or 12 I think. Montage I rarely performed by we shot a video for it, at my mate Ste...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Hope you’re all well out there. This week, I pick back up from where I left two weeks ago; with the audio version of my first book, The Suburban. The poems featured this week are Whoever Said It Was Easy and London Calling. Twp pieces I’ve performed a lot over the years. Apologies for the lack of an episode last week, I was dealing some family stuff; it was to...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time. This week, I read another three poems from my first book – The Suburban. Listen, since last week, I got lively in the booth and have started recording the audio version. I’ve also done a full edit now on Way of the Kip. Cracking on, mate. If you’ve listened / read to any of these, many thanks. It all helps The poems are below for those o...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Hope all is well out there in Lager Land. This week I chat about England at the World Cup (and having a bit of football fatigue) and the problem with having lots of ideas which don’t get seen through, then three poems from my first book of poems – The Suburban, in preparation for recording the audio book for it. Poems below for those on the Substack – cree.sub...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? This week, it’s a brand new very short story about shame and embarrassment. It came out of an exercise I attempted about trying to personify a few human emotions - in particular, shame and embarrassment. Story below for those on Substack Thank you to everyone who wished me well on the last week’s episode 100. I’m still here. I’ve been editing Way of the Kip, i...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? This is episode 100 of the Lager Time podcast. Mate, 100. A oner. A ton. A double-bullseye. Listen. If you’ve ever listened, read, once or twice, or more, subscribed, unsubscribed, shared, thought it was rubbish or thought it was ok; commented, mentioned it to me that you checked it on Spotify; thankyou. I started this thing back in October 2021. I wasn’t perf...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to this weeks Lager Time. It’s the penultimate chapter of Way of the Kip. I think I’ve worked out the ending - I’m working out as I go. Reece gets caught napping and gets called back to the office. This is where it all starts to go a bit pear-shaped…. Story below for those on Substack. Cree. cree.substack.com Substack. Com for those who aren’t Don’t fo...

Greetings and welcome Hope all is well out there. This week is chapter 5 of Way of the Kip. Chapter below I was away last week so no podcast. My latest rap EP - More 64s of Boredom is out for stream / download pretty much everywhere. Links below Have a great weekend Paul BANDCAMP SPOTIFTY APPLE https://music.apple.com/gb/album/more-64s-of-boreddom-ep/6772325154 QOBUZ https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/al...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening! Yes, More 64s of Boredom is finally out. It’s up on Bandcamp and it will be out on all the major streaming sights shortley. It’s been a labour of love and it almost went belly-up this week but I managed to salavge it. Listen for the full details and hear me play and talk through each track. I had a laugh doing it, hope you do too. www.paulcree.co.uk Cheers Pau...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happeining? In both anticipation of my new rap EP More 64s of Boredom (which is ALMOST finished!) and the dispoaintment of Millwall crashing out of the playoffs; I got the itch to get livley and wrote some new bars. Lyrics below for those on the Substack (cree.substack.com for those who aren’t) It’s a sort of remix of the track Side of the House track (off the new EP) he...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? The podcast this week has chapter 5 of Way of the Kip. Now that Reece has the mystical sandalewood candle, will it help him sleep? Story below for those on Substack - cree.substack.com for those that aren’t Don’t forget, What We Do When We Can’t Dance - is on 30th May at the King Alfred theatre in London - tickets are free https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-w...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? This weeks episode of Lager Time feartures chapter 4 of Way of the Kip. Now that Reece has sought the sage advice of Bianca from accounts, he is on his way to Tesco in Brixton to find the sacred sandlewood candel. Will this help with his mission for a decent nights sleep? Will his internal bias get in the way? Story below for those on the Substack - www.cree.s...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening Hope all is well out there in Lager Land. This week you get the third chapter in Way of the Kip - last week, we left Reece at the end of his bias training - having embarrassed himself - but now with a mission to learn the ways of good sleep happens. So what happens when he speaks to his colleague Bianca? Story below for those on the Substack www.cree.substack.c...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time. This weeks episode features the second chapter of Way of the Kip - a short story about a frustrated young mans quest to find a decent nights sleep, tired of course, only to be told there is staff training about biases. A bit of a touch for young Reece. We left him just as the training was getting into nitty-the his gritty, having heared...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening This weeks episode of Lager Time - I read the first chapter of a short story called Way of the Kip. It features my old Reece, on a quest to improve his sleep. Read a few of these stories over the years, if you’re interested, I did a series a couple of years ago on here called Young UnProfessional. Hope you’re all enjoying the weather and have a great weekend. P...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time. Had a bit of a break, was just busy, nothing spesh, but I’m with back with four poems from the older file. Poems below for those on Substack. Subscribe if you like Have a banging bank-holiday Peas and taters Paul Ray Flecter Sunglasses That Barley Shield the Sun I’m an ill-equipped archaeologist trying to excavate the truth I’m a twice-a...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time. This week, I delve back into the fictional word of my old mate Reece and share the first chapter of a new short story - no name yet but he’s going on holiday with his girlfriend. Story below If you’re out and about tomorrow in London, I’ll be with the Poetry Takeaway in Covent Garden writing poems for anyone that wants one. Then of cours...

Greetings, bonjour, what’s happening? Welcome to Lager Time. Three poems this on a London theme - ish. Poems below for those on the Substack. cree.substack for those who aren’t Don’t forget - 27th March - I’m performing at Poetry & Poppadums Karemel Wood Green, tickets are a tenner - Murray Lachlan Young, Skye Lilly and Paul Lyalls hosting. Wollop. Hope you all have a great weekend Paul This is a...