Thanks to everyone who came to the PMT shows in Leeds and Manchester, I had a great time.
Unfortunately I seem to have lost the piece of paper with addresses that 3 people left for me in Leeds, so if you see this can you please post and let me know.
xG
Hello all, sorry I haven’t been in for ages, and don’t really have an excuse..
I had an extraordinary experience yesterday, when my friend Tessa Grobel asked me to introduce Jon Snow (Baritone) and Alan Rusbridger (Piano) at the launch of ‘Music for Offices” at Christchurch Spitalfields. It’s an initiative to get people in offices to learn instruments and start choirs or whatever..
For non-Brits I should explain, Jon Snow is the Channel 4 News Anchor, and quite simply one of the finest journalists this country has ever produced, as well as just being a dude. Alan Rusbridger is editor of The Guardian, the left-liberal broadsheet, and my newspaper of choice for 30 years.
I’ve got a couple of sort-of gigs coming up, in Leeds and Manchester at PMT Music shops, which is as a thank you to Mark Gooday and the good people at Ashdown Engineering, whose Amps I couldn’t live without.
Then of course July is my 21 date Australian onslaught…Really looking forwards to that, it’s the first real tour I’ve ever done under my own name..
Hope all good with everyone.
Toodle pip!
xGuy
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| “Notting Good Taste” is in fact quite the opposite. It’s a round-up of some of the best comedy talent around, served up in tasty morsels, resulting in a full serving of mirth and laughter.
It is hosted by internationally renowned musician and comedian Guy Pratt, whose 25 odd years spent living in the area seems to make him think he has the right to front something like this. This time round we have Phill Jupitus headlining, with Elvis McGonagal and Alan Francis in support and The Stillhouse Orchestra playing live in the foyer. £15 admission in aid of MS Society Tickets available on the door and in advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/47956 |
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Phill Jupitus Phill Jupitus began his performing career in 1984, when he quit working in a Job Centre to become a left-wing punk poet, going by the name Porky The Poet. He did the rounds of pubs and universities, supporting bands including The Style Council, The Housemartins and Billy Bragg. Two years later, he began working for indie label Go! Discs - whose artists included Billy Bragg - where he eventually became press officer for The Housemartins. He has also directed videos for Billy Bragg and the late Kirsty McColl. And as his poetry turned into comedy, Jupitus remained linked to the music scene, with his big TV break coming in 1996, when he joined BBC2’s pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks as a regular team captain. He also hosted his own show on BBC GLR, where he presented his own show from 1995 to 2000, and became the breakfast DJ on 6 Music in 2002. As a stand-up, he has performed two UK tours: the Star-Wars-themed Jedi, Steady, Go in 1996, and Quadrophobia in 1999. Phill also supported Madness on their 2000 national tour, and starred in a sitcom called Dark Ages for Granada Television. In January 2000, he joined BBC1’s comedy panel game It’s Only TV But I Like It as a team captain, alongside Jonathan Ross and Julian Clary. He has also provided the voice of Dandelion in an animated series based on Watership Down for ITV and in Aardman Animation’s Rex The Runt. He has also played a patient in Holby City and an embittered sports journalist in the film Mike Bassett: England Manager. |
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 Elvis McGonagall (“one man and his doggerel”) Stand-up poet, armchair revolutionary and recumbent rocker, Elvis McGonagall is the sole resident of The Graceland Caravan Park somewhere in the middle of nowhere where he scribbles verse whilst drinking malt whisky, listening to Johnny Cash and throwing heavy objects at his portable telly. Elvis is the 2006 World Slam Champion, the compere of the notorious Blue Suede Sporran Club and is one of the poets occasionally in residence on BBC Radio 4’s “Saturday Live”. – “If poetry is the new rock ‘n roll then Elvis….is Elvis” (Steve Larkin, Hammer & Tongue) Further info at www.elvismcgonagall.co.uk |
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 Alan Francis Scottish actor and comedian Alan Francis won channel 4’s So You Think Your Funny in 1991. Since then his reputation has grown as a writer, stand-up and actor. Television includes Alistair Mcgowan’s Big Impression, Knowing Me, Knowing Yule (BBC), The 11 O’clock Show (Channel 4), The Last Laugh… (BBC), Pulling (BBC). Radio Includes Stamp Collecting With Legs (BBC Radio 4) It’s That Jo Caulfield Again (Bbc Radio 4). In 2007 he was in the UK tour of The Wonderful World Of Dissocia, Breaker Morant (Edinburgh Festival), The Winters Tale (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh). Earlier this year he appeared in 3 Men In A Boat (York Theatre Royal) and is soon to be seen in Taggart (ITV). Alan has just recorded his own radio series Inside Alan Francis (BBC Radio 4). |
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 Guy Pratt Guy Pratt is one of the world’s leading bass players and author of the hit book . My Bass & Other Animals. It tells the story of his fascinating 20 year career as a professional bass player, which started with the Australian band Icehouse. Since then he has gone on to work with some of the world’s top performers including Pink Floyd, Madonna, Elton John and Michael Jackson. He performed with Roxy Music at LIVE8 in Berlin and recently toured with David Gilmour on his On An Island tour. Guy has recently returned from his |
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 The Stillhouse Orchestra The Stillhouse Orchestra is Tia Maria Cork and Rib Eye Jake Evans. They met when Jake threw up on Maria’s shoes in church one Christmas morning and fell in love at first sight. Making off with the communion wine they headed for the hills to live in sin with |
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