These sitcoms were produced and performed as part of The Sitcom Trials, about which we should all be hearing a lot more soon.
Dead Air is dead cheap. Go on, spoil yourself.
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Dead Air - sitcom script on Amazon
Inspired by a piece in the Guardian the other day extolling the virtues of publishing books on Amazon Kindle, I've delved into the bottom drawer and started publishing a few of the things I've written. Here's one of the first to climb blinking into the light, a pair of sitcoms called Dead Air and Clarice.
These sitcoms were produced and performed as part of The Sitcom Trials, about which we should all be hearing a lot more soon.
Dead Air is dead cheap. Go on, spoil yourself.
These sitcoms were produced and performed as part of The Sitcom Trials, about which we should all be hearing a lot more soon.
Dead Air is dead cheap. Go on, spoil yourself.
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Youtoobling, from Tom Waits to Axis Of Awesome
Last night I treated myself to a bit of late night Youtoobling (I watch videos on Youtube and see what connections come to mind). There is some thread running through all of these, though I confess in the morning it can be a mystery even to me. Here's where last night's ramblings took me, beginning with Tom Waits...
The Piano Has Been Drinking, Tom Waits
Woody Allen Jesus, Tim Minchin
Nirvana on Jonathan Ross @wossy
Peter Kay does John Smith advert they can't show shock
They Might Be Giants on Jonathan Ross 1992 (naff titles, so Graham Norton)
You're Not The Boss Of Me Now, They Might Be Giants
The Impression That I Get, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart
Ever Met A Day, Graduate
So Lonely, The Police
Fish slapping dance, Monty Python #teddingtonlock
Squad, camp it up! Monty Python @BoyGeorge
British police are the best in the world Tom Robinson, Glad To Be Gay #youtoobling
I Am What I Am, John Barrowman
Sweet Transvestite, Tim Curry
Walk Like A Man, Divine
You Can't Stop The Beat, Michael Ball
Good morning Baltimore, Hairspray
Goodnight San Diego
Do You Know The Way To San Jose? Dionne Warwick
He had a rifle, oh what a rifle Raquel Welch TV 1967
Bang Bang, BA Robertson
Goodbye Girl, Squeeze
Goodbye, Miley Cyrus
The Four Chords, Axis of Awesome
The Piano Has Been Drinking, Tom Waits
Woody Allen Jesus, Tim Minchin
Nirvana on Jonathan Ross @wossy
Peter Kay does John Smith advert they can't show shock
They Might Be Giants on Jonathan Ross 1992 (naff titles, so Graham Norton)
You're Not The Boss Of Me Now, They Might Be Giants
The Impression That I Get, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Knock On Wood, Amii Stewart
Ever Met A Day, Graduate
So Lonely, The Police
Fish slapping dance, Monty Python #teddingtonlock
Squad, camp it up! Monty Python @BoyGeorge
British police are the best in the world Tom Robinson, Glad To Be Gay #youtoobling
I Am What I Am, John Barrowman
Sweet Transvestite, Tim Curry
Walk Like A Man, Divine
You Can't Stop The Beat, Michael Ball
Good morning Baltimore, Hairspray
Goodnight San Diego
Do You Know The Way To San Jose? Dionne Warwick
He had a rifle, oh what a rifle Raquel Welch TV 1967
Bang Bang, BA Robertson
Goodbye Girl, Squeeze
Goodbye, Miley Cyrus
The Four Chords, Axis of Awesome
Friday, 13 January 2012
Louise's funeral, the music
Today we had the mixed blessing of attending Louise's funeral. (I've remembered her in an earlier blog full of music).
She died in November in Israel aged way too young (our age, that's always too young) and the funeral was today in Torquay. The first good part of the day was meeting old friends we don't see too often (one I hadn't met for nearly thirty years, that's really far too long); and the second was the music Louise had chosen for her funeral (and don't we wish we'd all had that conversation when there was time? Tip: have that conversation) which comprised just three tracks (I'm guessing they only allow you three, which suggests we should all be working harder to get on Desert Island Discs), all of which were spot on (and the last of which I'd chosen myself in my musical tribute to Lou. Good guess).
Enjoy them and remember Louise. If you didn't know her, then think about the most marvellous of people who you wish was still with us.
Kev F
She died in November in Israel aged way too young (our age, that's always too young) and the funeral was today in Torquay. The first good part of the day was meeting old friends we don't see too often (one I hadn't met for nearly thirty years, that's really far too long); and the second was the music Louise had chosen for her funeral (and don't we wish we'd all had that conversation when there was time? Tip: have that conversation) which comprised just three tracks (I'm guessing they only allow you three, which suggests we should all be working harder to get on Desert Island Discs), all of which were spot on (and the last of which I'd chosen myself in my musical tribute to Lou. Good guess).
Enjoy them and remember Louise. If you didn't know her, then think about the most marvellous of people who you wish was still with us.
Kev F
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Who Stole Batman's Potty? - comics by kids
The new year's Comic Art Masterclasses have begun, with me teaching comic art to kids in primary schools in Taunton, Eastleigh and Bristol. Working with two groups a day, with up to 30 in each group, they all go away with a photocopied comic containing a strip written and drawn by every single one of them plus an individual caricature by me. Here are the front covers from my first eight groups of 2012 (click to enlarge)...
If anyone wants me to come and show their kids how to do what I've been doing for a living for the last two decades, drop me a line, a comment, a Twitter, smoke signals, the usual methods. Click below to see more, including video and contact details.
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2000AD memories
John Freeman of Down The Tubes is compiling a 2000AD birthday celebration piece, so has asked former contributors some questions. Here are my answers:
First memory of 2000AD?
I bought issue 2 then read it on my paper round. As a result it bears the ink smudges of a few dozen Leicester Mercurys as it slid in & out of my bag so is probably worth less than some copies. I was addicted to the weekly Marvel reprints at the time so took a while to start getting 2000AD regularly, only becoming a subscriber when it merged with StarLord.
The 2000AD book that credits me for work I had nothing to do with. Can't hurt
If you worked on 2000AD, do you have an anecdote you'd like to share about your experience of Tharg and his minions?
• My first cheque from 2000AD, for either a Captain Klep script or an illustration in an annual (circa 1980) was made out to the Rev F Sutherland.
• I wrote a Ro-Jaws Robo Tale in the 1981 Sci Fi Special whose credit-box fell off en route to the printers, so no-one ever knew I wrote it. It was the robot with the knife out the bottom story drawn by (equally uncredited) Steve Kyte.
* In recompense, a recent reprint volume of ABC Warriors and Ro-Busters credits me as the author of a story from an early annual which I had nothing to do with.
Favourite Character or Story (if you can't pick one then feel free to mention several)
For a long time it was Dredd, and I'm the reader who still thinks Gerry Finley-Day's Rogue Trooper remains the best version of the character, but once Alan Moore's strips started, nothing else compared. DR & Quinch, Halo Jones and Skizz are pretty unbeatable.
What do you like most about the 2000AD?
In its heyday it quite simply led the world in the quality and originally of its creators and creations. I was privileged to be the right age to live through 2000AD's golden age as a schoolkid and student. At the age of 18, in 1980, I got to visit the 2000AD offices in Kings Reach Tower when Alan Grant and Steve McManus were in charge there. To that date it was probably the most exciting day of my life.
What would you most like to see in 2000AD as it heads to its Forties?
Sadly I have lost touch with 2000AD, drifting from it in the early 2000s, but I hear good things. I look forward to hearing more.
Kev F Sutherland
First memory of 2000AD?
I bought issue 2 then read it on my paper round. As a result it bears the ink smudges of a few dozen Leicester Mercurys as it slid in & out of my bag so is probably worth less than some copies. I was addicted to the weekly Marvel reprints at the time so took a while to start getting 2000AD regularly, only becoming a subscriber when it merged with StarLord.
The 2000AD book that credits me for work I had nothing to do with. Can't hurt
If you worked on 2000AD, do you have an anecdote you'd like to share about your experience of Tharg and his minions?
• My first cheque from 2000AD, for either a Captain Klep script or an illustration in an annual (circa 1980) was made out to the Rev F Sutherland.
• I wrote a Ro-Jaws Robo Tale in the 1981 Sci Fi Special whose credit-box fell off en route to the printers, so no-one ever knew I wrote it. It was the robot with the knife out the bottom story drawn by (equally uncredited) Steve Kyte.
* In recompense, a recent reprint volume of ABC Warriors and Ro-Busters credits me as the author of a story from an early annual which I had nothing to do with.
Favourite Character or Story (if you can't pick one then feel free to mention several)
For a long time it was Dredd, and I'm the reader who still thinks Gerry Finley-Day's Rogue Trooper remains the best version of the character, but once Alan Moore's strips started, nothing else compared. DR & Quinch, Halo Jones and Skizz are pretty unbeatable.
What do you like most about the 2000AD?
In its heyday it quite simply led the world in the quality and originally of its creators and creations. I was privileged to be the right age to live through 2000AD's golden age as a schoolkid and student. At the age of 18, in 1980, I got to visit the 2000AD offices in Kings Reach Tower when Alan Grant and Steve McManus were in charge there. To that date it was probably the most exciting day of my life.
What would you most like to see in 2000AD as it heads to its Forties?
Sadly I have lost touch with 2000AD, drifting from it in the early 2000s, but I hear good things. I look forward to hearing more.
Kev F Sutherland
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Socks at Pun Run London Jan 20
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre play their first London show of 2012 as part of Pun Run in Camden on Jan 20th:
Okay, it probably won't be our longest show of the year, but look at the line-up we're sharing the bill with. Yes, we know. Get on down there.
And if that's not Hard Sell enough for you, check out some of the Socks' more pun-filled videos from the archives:
Okay, it probably won't be our longest show of the year, but look at the line-up we're sharing the bill with. Yes, we know. Get on down there.
And if that's not Hard Sell enough for you, check out some of the Socks' more pun-filled videos from the archives:
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Socks to Adelaide, and other sales
So, with the first Scottish Falsetto Socks gig of the year under our belt (a cracking slot at the Lyric Rooms in Ashby De La Zouch which earned us a big colour photo in the Leicester Mercury) we look forward to a busy spring season, dominated by a 30-date run at the Adelaide Fringe.
The Leicester Mercury, the Socks' first press of 2012
Adelaide tickets have started selling well, with this particular example being a nice boost. There's a promotional scheme run by BankSA called Support Acts whereby they offer reduced price tickets for a number of shows by new acts (which we are in Australia) and sponsor the rest of the ticket cost. 115 shows are promoted on the scheme and, at time of writing, only 4 shows have sold out of their allocation. 4 shows, including...
Not too shabby. Though as advance sales go, we have to say The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen is taking the biscuit for best pre-sales ever. The show's not until April 27th but has already sold 45 tickets. I know it's hardly Michael McIntyre levels, but if we're perfectly honest that has out-sold a few shows we played in 2011 already.
Other shows whose tickets are now on sale and starting to clock up good figures are:
Feb 9, 10 & ll Leicester Comedy Festival
April 7 Bath Comedy Festival
April 12 The Torch, Milford Haven
May 12 Chorley Little Theatre
And other gigs whose ticket links should be up soon are:
Apr 13 - Exeter Barnfield
Apr 14 2012 - Spa Bridlington
April 25 - Byre Theatre, St Andrews
May 3 - Halifax, Square Chapel
May 4 - Keighley
May 5 - Stafford Gatehouse
May 19/20 Brighton
May 27 - Hereford Courtyard
June 28 & 29 - Harrogate
July 9 - Rondo Bath
July 13 - Beverly Puppet Festival
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The Leicester Mercury, the Socks' first press of 2012
Adelaide tickets have started selling well, with this particular example being a nice boost. There's a promotional scheme run by BankSA called Support Acts whereby they offer reduced price tickets for a number of shows by new acts (which we are in Australia) and sponsor the rest of the ticket cost. 115 shows are promoted on the scheme and, at time of writing, only 4 shows have sold out of their allocation. 4 shows, including...
Not too shabby. Though as advance sales go, we have to say The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen is taking the biscuit for best pre-sales ever. The show's not until April 27th but has already sold 45 tickets. I know it's hardly Michael McIntyre levels, but if we're perfectly honest that has out-sold a few shows we played in 2011 already.
Other shows whose tickets are now on sale and starting to clock up good figures are:
Feb 9, 10 & ll Leicester Comedy Festival
April 7 Bath Comedy Festival
April 12 The Torch, Milford Haven
May 12 Chorley Little Theatre
And other gigs whose ticket links should be up soon are:
Apr 13 - Exeter Barnfield
Apr 14 2012 - Spa Bridlington
April 25 - Byre Theatre, St Andrews
May 3 - Halifax, Square Chapel
May 4 - Keighley
May 5 - Stafford Gatehouse
May 19/20 Brighton
May 27 - Hereford Courtyard
June 28 & 29 - Harrogate
July 9 - Rondo Bath
July 13 - Beverly Puppet Festival
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