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“Boss” Tin
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
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 [...]
James Joyce’s Digbeth
The Digbeth area has long been known as the spiritual home to the city’s Irish community, but did you know that one of Ireland’s most famous literary sons – a certain James Augustine Aloysius Joyce – once resided there? James Joyce and his lover Nora Barnacle arrived in Birmingham in 1920. They were about to [...]
The Dirty Bristow ELO-ke
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
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
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 [...]
Here’s a couple of photos from my stand up gig at Highlight last month: Pics courtesy of Brum-based MTC Media Productions. As you were.
My first stand-up gig (in COLOR)
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 *
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. [...]
Last night
Courtesy of my good friend Mr Pete Ashton, here’s an audio of my first ever stand-up comedy gig from last night. Tom Lennon’s First Standup from Pete Ashton on Vimeo. (This, of course, means I’ll now have to write fresh material)
Comedy Night – Change of Venue
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
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 [...]
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