At the Royal Festival Hall in 1997, Derek Bailey played a double header with the Japanese duo Ruins. I seem to recall a moment where septuagenarian genius, lost in concentration, actually bumped into the back wall of the stage, his guitar making a resonating clang. Looking down, he appeared to consider what had happened, and…
Michael Pennington was born in St Helens, Lancashire, in 1971. He gave birth to Johnny Vegas sometime in the early 90’s, after a difficult pregnancy involving pottery, the priesthood and at least one severe beating. Pennington is one of our most misunderstood and maligned talents, and Johnny is one of the greatest comedy characters ever…
Julian Cope, the former lead singer of the chart-topping 80’s pin-ups The Teardrop Explodes, is playing a secret solo show in the back room of a community arts centre in the Berkshire frontier town of Aldershot. Union Jacks flutter in all the pubs. Cope’s hair is, by some margin, the longest in the surrounding area.…
Music Theatre, the genre which gave us Andrew Lloyd Webber and the tribute show, combines the worst aspects of music with the worst aspects of theatre to create a mutant hybrid that is the worst form of live art that exists. There are few aspects of human artistic endeavour that are of less moral or…
During the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a few years ago a cab driver asked me who my favourite stand-ups were. I mentioned Billy Connolly amongst the usual international top ten. The cab driver explained that he hated Billy Connolly because he was ‘too English.’ I didn’t know what this meant exactly. Was it perhaps that Connolly…
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Brighton Argus
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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John Robins, Comedian
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter