Stewart Lee performed upstairs at a local pub along with Richard herring and isy Suttie (dobby from peep show).
He told a few risqué jokes throughout the set then told one that was close to the bone but not as cheeky as the others and everyone in the crowd almost laughed but we’re unsure and held back. He used that as a springboard to launch into one of his tirades- ‘you’ll laugh at X but you won’t laugh at Y? You make me sick, right listen here…’. The tirade sort of marked the hard launch of his routine.
I went outside for a fag after and he was also outside smoking. I felt abit bad doing it but said ‘hi mate, sorry to interrupt, I was just wondering how you knew the one joke would fall flat. Doesn’t it work sometimes and throw off the set?’.
He was really nice and ended up breaking down his entire routine and the way he writes and ways he can work back round to an entry point for the rant if it doesn’t work. I think we chatted for about 30 minutes in total and he was really engaging and didn’t seem like he wanted to be some where else desperately. 10 out 10 stewart Lee experience.
I swear there’s been a setup there for a week or so, Tidy messaged me and asked if I was popping down the other day, but had shit to do and didn’t have me car. I saw later on there were a few Ginsta stories from there with Keen Will and that, looks pretty dope.
I might wonder down when me crew are about next, hopefully it’s more of a feature for a while.
I recently abandoned FB (again) and, with Trending Topics such as ‘RIP Twitter’ and ‘Therese Coffey’ being directed at me, Twitter might well be next up.
I think the last day to skate it is today, there’s some event there tomorrow and then I think it’s all being taken down. Might be worth checking with Dan/Fix Up on Insta, though?
It’ll try to distract if you want to search for something. There was a point when mine was all young people trying to teach me how to do jazzy dance moves or skipping rope tricks, but now it’s moved in to VWs, tamiya rc’s and old men on skateboards… which is a little more appealing.
I still like facebook, I love the beef in my local neighbourhood group. One bloke was booting off because someone had left a dogshit bag in his skip he’d just ordered. The pettiness is lovely.
