Dirty Bristow
Tom Lennon
The debut issue of Dirty Bristow magazine is now on sale. It’s a beautiful looking thing – as magazine’s go, it’s definitely […]
The Dirty Bristow Summer Fête
Tom Lennon
Dirty Bristow– the magazine with no ads, no rules and no […]
My first stand-up gig (in COLOR)
Tom LennonFor 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 […]
Comedy Night – Change of Venue
Tom LennonI’ll be doing my first proper stand-up comedy set this Sunday night (11th April). The venue is now:
Highlight Comedy Club (formerly Jongleurs)
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What Goes Round
Tom LennonSo, 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 […]
(Nothing But) Flowers
Tom LennonLast December I was driving past the former Matthew Boulton College building on Sherlock Street in Birmingham as it was being demolished. […]
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Confessions of the Artist as a Young Man (1974)
Tom LennonCert X, Dir. Alan Smithee. Stockland Green Plaza from 16th June, 1974. Showtimes vary.
Yesterday was Record Store Day
Tom LennonI popped into Birmingham music emporium Swordfish Records yesterday in order to fulfil my obligatory Record Store Day obligation. As this blog is […]
This is Record Store Day
Tom LennonWhich, in case you don’t know, “is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the […]
James Joyce’s Birmingham: Ulysses on the Buses
Tom LennonStateless, scrawny James Joyce and his mistressmusewife, Nora Barnacle, were waiting for a number eleven omnibus in the Perry Barr district of Birmingham. It was […]
11-11-11: Lost Souls and Plimsoles
Tom LennonWell we know where we’re goin’
But we dont know where we’ve been
And we know what were knowin’
But we can’t say what weve […]