The Sustainability of Scotch Eggs: A Chat with Nicky (nick-e) Melville
In this special feature Tom Bartlett chats with Nicky (nick-e) Melville about his poetry, its artisitic lineage through Ivor Cutler and punk, and the ethos of sustainability in which it is produced and performed.
Nicky starts off with a partial reading of his work Oiling Palms (click here for the full piece).
Click the image below to watch the chat.
To hear Scotch Egg in full, as well as other poetic gems, visit Nicky's Bandcamp site here.
See more about Nicky's complete poems here.
For a copy of ABBODIES click ABBODIES (published by Sad Press).
To learn more about Spite Press, click here.
Nicky (nick-e) melville is the author of selections and dissections (Otoliths, 2010), a collection of visual poetry, its companion piece, this is visual poetry (Chapbook Publisher, 2010), and the found collection STUFF (whirlpool press, 2011). His visual work was featured in various group exhibitions in 2011, notably thetextisthetext, poetry beyond text, and I AM NOT A POET, where he curated a two day tippex installation. He also makes music to poetry as one half of ShellSuit Massacre. See his profil page in the Scottish Poetry Libray here