It's been a busy old week since I last posted.
On Wednesday I did a charity gig in Preston, with it being Comic Relief week it's always good to do something for nowt. The lady organising the night did a fantastic job, with a great band, some strictly ballroom dancing, me and a full house. I sneaked off hoping I'd done a good job. This was confirmed when she said something nice about me on the comedians web site www.chortle.co.uk.
Thursday was ho-hum but Friday saw me in Hartlepool, a Sportsman's Diner for Seaton Carew Cricket Club. I was on with one of my favourite speakers and someone I worshipped as a lad and now am proud to call him a mate, John McGovern, he did a great job and I literally ripped the roof off, always a nice thing to do in the north east. I got very drunk afterwards!
I was up early the next day to have a couple of hours with my daughter, A. Very convivial and I had a savaloy dip, heaven!. Lorri drove down from Aberdeen and attended her first Sunderland game. We had a drink in the Sunderland Deaf Society Club, very laudable having people with hearing impairment serving hundreds of thirsty Mackems, they did a grand job too. The match was bit non descript and it was freezing cold but we beat Hull City 2-0 and we enjoyed the day though and Lorri was mightily impressed with the SSOL and the Balti pies!
The gig on the night was strange, my sister and brother in law came along, as well as my mate NMc. The venue was somewhere I'd played many times before, but the audience were a little flat. I got there in the end though, then we got very drunk!
Sunday arrived with a cuddle and a hangover, fish and chips by the beach and sad farewells as Lorri headed up the road home. Me? I went to Gateshead and did a stag do to a 100 or so disinterested Geordies who'd just watched their team lose (I was loving it) and two of the most hideous strippers I've ever seen in my life. I'm glad I don't watch the "dancers" anymore, I'd just had my lunch and that may have tipped me over the edge.
So then it was a long drive home to Tyldesley in a fucking awful wind, couple of pints, supper and to bed with all the weekend's newspapers...bringing home to me how lonely it is being a comedian and having your new wife living 330 miles away.
FTM!
Monday, March 19, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Tuesday 13th March 2007
A lot has happened since I last posted my diary. There's me and Mrs. Rough for one!
I married Lorri on the 9th January of this year. We'd been together for over two years and my one regret is that I didn't shout from the rooftops how in Love I was at the time. I did allude to Lorri throughout my blogging, but decided that discretion was the best thing for all.
So? I'm in Love, married and feeling good. My health is on the up, I've started eating properly and drinking less and my career is starting to take off again.
People may have seen me in the national newspapers a year or so back.....the bastards could have used a better picture of me!.
It's been a roller coaster 18 months, with my comedy taking a bit of a dip, due to a nasty piece of business done by my ex. No matter, Lorri had a real belief in me as a Comedian and as someone who works hard at being as professional as possible. So I went back to basics and things have really started to take off again. Will I achieve my ambition of being the top Comedian on the mainstream comedy circuit, well it's certainly looking that way. To the agents who dumped me, you were cowardly, I'm now playing bigger and better places and am planning my 10th anniversary tour of provincial theatres for this time next year.
There have been some great gigs, the best perhaps being my show at Blackburn King George's Hall in August 2005. people warned me that I that I wouldn't get a crowd in August, they were wrong! It was as near to selling out as is possible and it was all captured on DVD by a great company called Showcase Media(http://www.showcasemedia.co.uk/). Kevin did a fantastic job, filming editing and designing the consequent DVD "Have You Ever Had It Blue?" I'm really happy with it. Email me and order your copy now!
I've got so much catching up to do with this diary so I'm not going to attempt to cram it all into one posting, it'll all come back to me I promise!
Ironically when I last posted my beloved Sunderland AFC were embarking on what was a season of shame in the Premier League..that's all changed with the arrival of Niall and Keano. As I speak we're unbeaten in 12 and have won 10 of those. We've got Stoke at home tonight..can we go up this season, I wouldn't dare to dream. It's the hope I can't stand!
FTM!
I married Lorri on the 9th January of this year. We'd been together for over two years and my one regret is that I didn't shout from the rooftops how in Love I was at the time. I did allude to Lorri throughout my blogging, but decided that discretion was the best thing for all.
So? I'm in Love, married and feeling good. My health is on the up, I've started eating properly and drinking less and my career is starting to take off again.
People may have seen me in the national newspapers a year or so back.....the bastards could have used a better picture of me!.
It's been a roller coaster 18 months, with my comedy taking a bit of a dip, due to a nasty piece of business done by my ex. No matter, Lorri had a real belief in me as a Comedian and as someone who works hard at being as professional as possible. So I went back to basics and things have really started to take off again. Will I achieve my ambition of being the top Comedian on the mainstream comedy circuit, well it's certainly looking that way. To the agents who dumped me, you were cowardly, I'm now playing bigger and better places and am planning my 10th anniversary tour of provincial theatres for this time next year.
There have been some great gigs, the best perhaps being my show at Blackburn King George's Hall in August 2005. people warned me that I that I wouldn't get a crowd in August, they were wrong! It was as near to selling out as is possible and it was all captured on DVD by a great company called Showcase Media(http://www.showcasemedia.co.uk/). Kevin did a fantastic job, filming editing and designing the consequent DVD "Have You Ever Had It Blue?" I'm really happy with it. Email me and order your copy now!
I've got so much catching up to do with this diary so I'm not going to attempt to cram it all into one posting, it'll all come back to me I promise!
Ironically when I last posted my beloved Sunderland AFC were embarking on what was a season of shame in the Premier League..that's all changed with the arrival of Niall and Keano. As I speak we're unbeaten in 12 and have won 10 of those. We've got Stoke at home tonight..can we go up this season, I wouldn't dare to dream. It's the hope I can't stand!
FTM!
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