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“Boss” Tin

By Tom Lennon ⋅ September 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The second issue of Dirty Bristow magazine features a piece I wrote entitled Lennon’s Guide to the Mythical Fauna of the English Midlands. It’s my attempt at presenting an overview of those Birmingham-based mythological beasts that have so often been ignored by local historians, cryptozoologists and the presenters of Midlands Today.

Dirty Bristow Returns

By Tom Lennon ⋅ June 26, 2011 ⋅ One comment

UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE – DIRTY BRISTOW #2 LAUNCH PARTY WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST The more observant amongst you may notice a discrete ad for the second issue of Dirty Bristow at the top right corner of this blog. Of course, if you’re reading this post via Google Reader [...]

The Dirty Bristow ELO-ke

By Tom Lennon ⋅ March 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

On Saturday night I’ll be going to this: It’s an ELO-themed Karaoke fundraiser for Dirty Bristow, the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objection to publishing stuff by me (God love ‘em). A ticket for the ELO-ke comes with a free copy of Issue 1, which features something I wrote about my dad [...]

Four King Hell

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 13, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This evening I will be going to this: It’s being organised by Dirty Bristow – the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objections to publishing stuff by me – and promises to be: …the most difficult pub quiz you’ve even attended — and every penny raised goes towards printing and other costs [...]

Dirty Bristow

By Tom Lennon ⋅ September 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The debut issue of Dirty Bristow magazine is now on sale. It’s a beautiful looking thing – as magazine’s go, it’s definitely a looker – and features an article wot I wrote and an illustration wot I drew and lots of great stuff by very talented people. You can find out more about it [...]

The Dirty Bristow Summer Fête

By Tom Lennon ⋅ August 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Dirty Bristow- the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objections to publishing stuff by me – will be having a launch party at The Edge in Digbeth on Saturday August 28th. There’s all sorts of strange, summer fête-themed shenanigans lined up for the night as well as live music and comedy (with yours [...]

My first stand-up gig (in COLOR)

By Tom Lennon ⋅ May 18, 2010 ⋅ One comment

For those who like to supplement their audio with moving pictures, here’s a video of my first stand-up gig from last month (my “early, funny period”): Tom Lennon’s First Stand-Up (in COLOR) from Tom Lennon on Vimeo. The video was recorded by my good pal Gerry Logan and – just to clarify – I’m now [...]

Seven Days that Changed a Week *

By Tom Lennon ⋅ May 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

In case you haven’t had enough of politics this week, here’s my General Election-themed stand-up set I performed last Sunday night: Tom Lennon Stands-Up Again from Tom Lennon on Vimeo. As I’ve already said, much of this material seemed quite topical on Sunday night, quite dated by Monday teatime and now resembles a vintage newsreel. [...]

Comedy Night – Change of Venue

By Tom Lennon ⋅ April 8, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I’ll be doing my first proper stand-up comedy set this Sunday night (11th April). The venue is now: Highlight Comedy Club (formerly Jongleurs) Quayside Tower 259-262 Broad Street Birmingham B1 2HF Doors 6.45pm, Tickets £5 It’d be great if you could make it.

Ulysses on the Buses: Erdington

By Tom Lennon ⋅ December 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The following is a brief extract from the recently unearthed sequel to James Joyce’s Ulysses, entitled ‘Twolysses’. This rigidly structured chapter was to be written as a sequence of questions and answers, and an early version originally appeared in a 1921 edition of Aston Villa’s match day souvenir programme. WHAT DIVERGENT COURSES DID STEPHEN DEDALUS [...]

Twolysses

By Tom Lennon ⋅ November 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The high-brow world of literary scholarship was thrown into disarray earlier this week when lost manuscripts by the great Irish author James Joyce were discovered in one of Paris’ infamous northern suburbs by a team of French construction workers. These priceless documents – which include fragments of a previously unknown sequel to Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses [...]

What Goes Round

By Tom Lennon ⋅ October 17, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

So, Britain’s best-selling red-top is back in the blue camp again. I can’t say I was particularly surprised when The Sun’s 12 year love-in with New Labour came to an end the other week. Maybe it’s because my political conscience first rolled off the production line during the 1980s, but I’ve always struggled to think [...]