Archive for August, 2008
Dancing Freemason
It’s only since I began dating a coffee shop manager that I’ve come to appreciate how instrumental coffee is to the romancing process.
This is why Starbucks and Durex always have the same stock market value.
“Would you like to come out for coffee?” is the universally-acknowledged code for “Would you like to have sex?”
Similarly, “Would you [...]
Genealogy of the Joke: Ian Macpherson
Originally published at British Comedy Guide
Some jokes get chanted like mantras in offices and playgrounds across the nation. Others, like trees toppled in empty forests, will remain unuttered forever in a lazy comedian’s scratchpad.
Some jokes achieve immortality in popular parlance. Others die peacefully in their sleep.
Just as a punchline is always remembered while a [...]
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Originally published at The Skinny
Haruki Murakami’s style is deliberate, economical and has a unique ’sufficiency’ which lends itself startlingly well to magical realism. His style somehow succeeds in making everyday non-adventures – say, cooking spaghetti – into engaging portraits of human activity and when he finally pulls you into wonderland nothing could seem more [...]
Two gigs
Tonight: Discombobulate. Stand-Up comedy and author readings featuring Robert Wringham, Arnold Brown, Magi Gibson, Alan Bissett and more. Hosted by Ian Macpherson. Glasgow CCA. 8:30.
September 7th: OMG. Fauxkward diary-readings from Glasgow’s schmitteratti. Offshore Cafe, Gibson Street, Glasgow. This will be excellent.
Richard Herring, The Headmaster’s Son
Originally published at
By his own confession, Richard Herring is a dick. A lazy, needy, Guitar Hero-playing dick. But why? In this show, he rifles through his childhood memories in order to find out what could have possibly made him turn out like this. The working hypothesis: that his dad was his school headmaster.
Surely [...]
Arnold Brown Presents Happiness: The Search Continues
Originally published at The Groggy Squirrel
“I was walking along a street in Glasgow…” starts Arnold Brown.
And then he pauses. Somewhere inside your head, a clock ticks heavily. Flowers bloom, wither and die. Civilisations rise and fall. Entire galaxies fade from the night sky as their component stars expire one by one.
It’s a very long [...]
The Podcast
“Rapina vestri auris eminus”
Go and listen to the podcast I’ve done with a man called Dan.
It’ll be on iTunes next week so get in there before it takes over the world.
The subject? Ghosts! Well, sort of.
Here’s the promo blurb:
Wringham and Godsil are from two different worlds. Wringham likes hollandaise sauce and Will Self. [...]
