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JLS and their lack of upcoming gigs

If you have come to this page looking for JLS – X Factor finalists – and a list of their upcoming gigs, I apologise.

Google thinks I have an authority on JLS because I mentioned a book called Johnathan Livingston Seagull, JLS for short.

Hope you get tickets if you are still searching for them.

Tags: JLS, Tickets, Johnathan+Livingston+Seagull

We interrupt this comedy blog

To hope that someone in Israel has the guts to stand up and say that, despite provocation, the action of their country in attacking the Gaza Strip in such a barbarous and callous way is an atrocity.

There appear to be few voices in Israel against this action – is this the reality? Do the people of Israel not question the legitimacy of this action?

BBC

Tags: Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Atrocity

Peter Kay Backlash

There seems to be a mighty backlash against Peter Kay; people say his comedy is 'simple,' easy, etc and now people are beginning to rail against the rehashing of the same content ( see reviews on link [associates] above).

All that being said, when I saw Peter Kay at the Hammersmith Apollo I laughed my heart out. I’ve had genuine fits of giggles at Phoenix Nights ( not just Peter Kay obv. ) and Max and Paddy. Soapstar Superstar On Ice was mediocre but still raised a smile.

I knew this latest release was old material – he hasn’t gigged since the Mum wants a Bungalow tour so how could it be new material? – so I didn’t buy it…. No doubt people did and they were disappointed. Why would a populist entertainer risk pissing people off by putting out old product?

I bet you there’s a massive rush to buy tickets for the next tour though, and I’ll be at the front of the queue.

Tags: Peter+Kay

Lupton's

A queue for Steak Pies at Lupton's Butchers in Mount Florida, Glasgow. Lupton's is renowned for the quality of its butcher meat, and, in particular, its Steak Pies; a traditional Scottish New Year dinner.

Happy Christmas

Hope this finds you all well, and your presents as desired.

Have a good one,
Ciaran

McPhabbs

Was at Ding Dong Comedy at McPhabbs last night – my post detailing the night is here.

Haven’t got the time to review the night just yet but wanted to say how good Bob Doolally was. An awesome performance from Paul Sneddon in an unusual environment; I laughed my heart out.

Everyone on the bill did well on a strange night to a strange crowd. As I said, not enough time to discuss it just now but I’ll try later on to make time.

Tags: McPhabbs, Comedy, Glasgow

Wordle

The tiny picture above will take you to a tag cloud for this website. Interesting. Worth clicking through to, I reckon.

Tags: Wordle, Cloud+Tag, Roarty+Blog

Roy Chubby Brown in Glasgow

I’d love to say that Chubby Brown walked off in Glasgow because the crowd realised the error of their ways and thought ‘My God, what have I done,’ but that ain’t really the case.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t handle the heckling and stormed off. I’d be lying if I said this made me anything other than happy.

Tags: Roy+Chubby+Brown, Chubby+Brown

McPhabbs

Next Thursday I will be going along to McPhabbs to watch a tip-top night of comedy because there is a very strong line-up:

• Iain Stirling – Housewives’ favourite
• Daniel Webster
• Davey See
• Rob Kane
• Elaine Malcolmson
• Bob Doolally, aka Paul Sneddon, aka Vladimir McTavish

All for £3, that’s 50p each.

I’ve seen Elaine Malcolmson three ( or possibly four ) times now and I really like her deadpan, downbeat style; when it works in a room, it works very well indeed. I know the other guys far better and would probably stretch to £1.50 to watch any of them so 50p is a bargain ;-)

Really looking forward to seeing Paul do Bob Doolally because I’ve only seen him as Vladimir McTavish before. Mr Sneddon is a comedy genius, in my humble opinion, so that should be pretty special.

Tags: Davey+See, Iain+Stirling, Rob+Kane, Paul+Sneddon, McPhabbs, Daniel+Webster, Elaine+Malcolmson, Bob+Doolally