September 2010

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Book Club 14
09.30.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Just started reading X-Rated: Adventures of an Exploitation Filmmaker by Stanley Long with Simon Sheridan. It’s the autobiography (although I don’t know if you can call it that when it’s ghost written) of the British film director Stanley Long. Stanley Long is best known as the director of the Adventures of… series which are like [...]
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Book Club 13
09.14.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Just started reading The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel. It’s a comic book or graphic novel if you’re so inclined but I’ve never really liked the term. It always sounds to me like someone trying to make the word “comics” sound more highbrow. You probably already know, but if you don’t I work [...]
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Autumn Dates
09.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

My upcoming gigs now look like this: Wednesday 29th September 2010 New Variety Live! The Plough Inn, 173 Wood Street, Walthamstow, London E17 3NU 8pm (7.30pm Doors) £3.50 Website Thursday 30th September 2010 Comedy @ The Temperance, The Temperance, 74-76 York Street, London, W1H 1QN 8pm (7.30pm Doors) £8 Reservations: 020 7262 1513 Facebook With [...]
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Book Club 12
09.12.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Just finished reading How I Escaped My Certian Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian by Stewart Lee. I reckon you’d like it if you’re reading this. It’s basically transcripts of his three commercially available DVDs, which are heavilly annotated giving a personal and professional overview of his whole career. Highly recommended.