Monthly Archives: October 2004

Spoken Word Last night I entered a Poetry Slam. It was my first time on stage reciting a serious poem of my own devising (if not my first time reading a serious poem of anyone’s devising). It was a lot … Continue reading →

The week’s getting on a bit We’re nearly through this week and I’ve been sparse with my comments thus far. I chose not to say anything about the death of John Peel when I found out about it, despite the … Continue reading →

Comedy Competitions There’s just some unholy and wrong about making comedy into a competition. I went along to the BBC Talent stand-up comedy thingy tonight at the Hyena to watch 12 acts get put through the rigours of performing short … Continue reading →

Just listening to the musical Song and Dance, as performed by Bernadette Peters. There’s a smashing line: I spilt tea on your bongos Makes me chuckle just to look at it.

Donner und blitzen There was something quite amazing about the drive back from Yorkshire this evening. The rain was pelting down, I had Radio 2 playing classical music loudly in my ears (during a rather eclectic 90 minute show which … Continue reading →

A mixed day today. I dropped into town for a bit of lunch and to meet a friend for coffee. I’d intended to stay out and go out with another friend for the evening. The cold and the need for … Continue reading →

Another run of failing to update this blog. It has been a busy week. It’s not been busy in the way that last week was – a run of 4 distant gigs could drive you mad. Maybe I’m now too … Continue reading →

Every so often, the internet surprises me. I consider the forumla – Google+theinternet = the-answer-to-anything – to be totally true, but you usually need to do the research yourself. It seems that the writer of this blog has considered the … Continue reading →

I would quite like to have a go at this.

Another absence Sorry about this. I keep having stuff to do. The first thing to go appears to be this blog. Actually, I’ve not been all that bad of late, but I’m still a few days out. Things were somewhat … Continue reading →