This is awesome....I'm sure some of you will know this already, but for those that don't, please enjoy responsibly...
henwrench
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qN9pduox0
saw john cooper clarke support elvis costello and the attractions at the glasgow apollo, he strolled out on stage with two carrier bags , one full of bits of paper with his poems and the other with a six pack off tenent's lager. he was fabulous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZymVWuMKVk
These are great. It's easy to forget quite how big and lauded he was at the time. I wonder what happened to him. I recall the shock that he (apparently) got a £1m advance on a record deal.
You can see his influence on the title sequence of Shameless now (my fave TV show).
he is still doing the rounds http://www.johncooperclarke.com/