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Meet the poet, mod and working stiff for whom the everyday is political. Chip Hamer, aka Grim Chip, is a founder member of the Poetry on the Picket Line collective. When he's not pumping out internal rhymes through a megaphone, he might be pumping iron at the boxing gym or taking a poem for a 10 mile run to tone it up. Find out why he's lean but not mean.More about Poetry on the Picket Line on Facebook and instagram: #poetryonthepicketlineGet the Poetry on the Picket Line Anthology.Since we recorded this interview the founder of Chip's boxing club, All Stars Gym in Paddington, Isola Akay, has passed away.Tupocopod is created and produced by Phil and Adam, aka Mop Head and Don Diego. Email us about artists and venues you think we should have on our podshow.

We talk to one of the engines of London's vibrant acoustic music scene - and not just London: the unstoppable Gabriel Moreno ranges across the prairies of Europe like a friendly wolf devouring the darkness and turning it into song, poetry and high times. And he doesn't stop there - masterminding a growing series of poetry and music nights at bars, cafes and clubs in the capital. How does he square the life bohemian with being a dad? More at www.gabrielmoreno.co.uk With his band the Quivering Poets https://www.facebook.com/quiveringpoets/From their new EP Poetical Resistance, here's Lena KalinkaThe nights he runs:The Lantern Society, LondonThe Poetry Brothel, LondonNotes from UndergroundPoetry Mondays at the Hackney Empire BarInstagram @quiveringpoetsFacebook.com/quivering Songs in this episode also feature the Quivering Poets: Pablo Yupton, Pablo Kajon, Adrià Faura, Barbara Bartz.Tupocopod is created and produced by Phil and Adam aka Mop Head and Don Diego. Email us about artists and venues you think we should have on the show.

Hackney-based lo-fi minimalist rocker Hannah Lovell talks to Tupocopod about how dreams become songs and how songs might help you become your dreams. Also about dips and not shopping at Waitrose. She engages gamefully in our taxing word-association challenge - but admits to sweating at the elbows with the stress. Lovell on Facebook  - where you can find out about gigs and merchandise including spectacular Lovell bumbags. Lovell on youtube. Instagram: @lovellsongs Tupocopod is created and produced by Phil and Adam or Mop Head and Don Diego. Email us about artists and venues you think we should have on the show.