I deleted it and warned the person who had done this I would not tolerate this sort of stuff being posted and that I would report and block him if he continued. The reply I got was really crazy and basically said that this person worked for the “Great Gods, the Annunaki” and that they had wanted David cursed, and further that I was in the wrong for removing what had been posted. Well, I went ahead with carrying out my threat and blocked and reported this hater. I thought no more of it but then the next morning my Internet was not working and my phone was dead. I soon found out why; someone had cut the cable to this apartment. I phoned Telefonica to report what had happened and to ask that my line be fixed again but then I had to wait in all day each day in case their repairman called. It was like being a prisoner where I lived and I had no access to the Internet or phone so couldn’t do much but I came up with the idea of using the time to write a new book.  It took over a week for them to send someone around to fix the line and in that time I had written most of what is in “Hummadruz And A Life Of High Strangeness”. It is not really an autobiography as such but more a collection of autobiographical accounts of paranormal experiences and other weird stuff I have been involved in or have experienced. ‘Hummadruz’, by the way, is a mysterious humming sound and the word is made from “hum” and “drone” and “buzz.”  UFO researcher and author Jenny Randles gave me the term. I don’t mind my life “being out there” because I am not ashamed of it in any way. My life is an open book.  I do believe there are other planets where people are telepathic so it would be impossible to conceal anything about yourself anyway because your mind could be read. If all humans on Earth were telepathic this would prevent all sorts of lies, theft and fraud that currently takes place here.

Look into the eyes, look into the eyes, not around the eyes...

MM: Even more surprising (!) to me was that you had a daughter, and you’ll know my motives for bringing this up, of course. How much of a part have you played in her life and how do you feel her existence has influenced the person you are?

SA: I don’t have a daughter but a son called Isaac.

MM: I am, of course, renowned for my extensive and reliable in-depth pre-interview research.

SA: I became a single parent in 1979 shortly after he was born because his mother the late Janice Pugsley (Google her) suffered a terrible mental breakdown and left us. So I did my best at bringing him up and that was how I qualified for the council house in Ely. Isaac used to listen to me as boy but when he became a teenager that stopped and he listened far more to his peers who were into boxing, rap music and designer clothes. When he was 16 he went to live with his mother. The experience has taught me what a hard job being a parent can be.

MM: Tell me about it! These days, you live in the beautiful sub-tropical paradise of Tenerife, but don’t tell me you don’t miss that council estate in Ely! I know you’ve been talking about it recently, so do you ever think it likely you’ll return to Wales, why would that be and how passionate a Welshman would you say you were?

At Radio Cardiff, with a gun in Steve Johnson's back. And he refuses to leave until he gets to be the new Doctor Who. The siege continues...

SA: Surprisingly as it may seem, I do miss Ely and the friends I had and have there. I miss my garden too in which I had a pond with newts and frogs in it and a nettle patch for the butterflies. I even grew kiwi fruit up my washing line pole and got in the South Wales Echo with them. I am planning on returning to the UK, and Wales would be ideal but we will have to wait and see. I never thought I would experience what is known as “hiraeth” but I have done so. If I could go right round in a circle and live back in Ely that would be great too but I don’t see how I can seeing as I am no longer eligible for council housing. My main reason for wanting to return is I have lost all the regular paid work I had here and cannot afford the cost of living in Tenerife any more. I am so sick of living the ‘struggling writer, poet, and musician’ life and suffering for my art. I think my chances are better back in Britain than they are here, much as I love this island. I don’t really think of myself as a Welshman or of any nationality really. I have an old song entitled “Citizen Of Earth” and that sums up how I feel. I think nationalities and borders between one place and another are artificial and part of the problem.

MM: Yeah, I was going to say that in spite of all the notoriety and successes, you still seem to be living very hand-to-mouth. I never cease to be impressed by that indefatigability, you never seem to be short of ideas to keep your head above water and I can’t personally see you EVER giving up. But what about you, how do you feel about your life to date and how do you see the future for Steve Andrews?  

SA: First of all, Mick, thank you for interviewing me and as for my future it is part of that ongoing open book I am writing. I have the idea for yet another book that would be an autobiography entitled “It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time”, because that just about sums up my life and how I get involved in whatever experiences I go through. I have an anthology of my poems with the title “The Bard Word” and another book I have finished writing called “Herbs Of The Sun, Moon And Planets”. Another I have been working on is entitled “The Dropouts” and is a very graphic series of autobiographical stories and memories about various stages in my life and the people I have known. So, yes, I am looking for publishers again. I still think proper books are much better than e-books. I would also love to record my best album ever with some contributions from famous and not so famous friends and do a “Getting Old Disgracefully” tour to promote it. And playing the festivals like Glastonbury and the Green Man again would be wonderful too. Really though, I am just looking for somewhere for me and my cat Tiggy to live and enough money to pay my way. A garden would be wonderful too. Anything else good that comes my way is a real bonus and most welcome surprise!