My life right now is nothing but a series of distractions designed me to help forget about reality. It's kinda working.

First up: I really enjoyed Mark Thomas. Best not to sit near the front, though, he gets a bit sweaty/spitty. The idea of this show is that every night the audience hand in their ideas of policies that should be on the Manifesto ( Read more... )

So the festival is up and running now, which is great. On Thursday I saw Rhod Gilbert who was charming and very likeable but not as funny as I was expecting. I think that's often the trouble with acts who have been hyped to the extreme, nothing ever really lives up to expectations.

Last night was Marcus Brigstocke's God Collar which was fantastic ( Read more... )

This is a very desperate request and I know it's a long shot, but is anyone by any chance driving to Rock Ness tomorrow {and coming back monday/sunday} and has space in their car for one more ( Read more... )