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Nick Mason – A Saucerful of Secrets (Cardiff)

Nick Mason – A Saucerful of Secrets (Cardiff)

St David’s Hall has all the aesthetic appeal of a 1980s municipal swimming complex (“complex late brutalism”, according to Building Design magazine), but it’s where I found myself on the evening of April 29th. In a rare display of relevance,

jasonbstanding Monday 27th May, 2019 gig, review No Comments Read more

Like Jurassic Park, but with instruments

Like Jurassic Park, but with instruments

Simon said “Do you fancy coming to the Deafheaven gig on March 13th?”. Rather than bothering to look up Deafheaven videos or even the Wikipedia page to find out what sort of band they are, I’ve signed up enthusiastically on

jasonbstanding Monday 21st March, 2016 gig 1 Comment Read more

The final instalment of Owl Stretching Time

The final instalment of Owl Stretching Time

Monty Python. I got to see Monty frigging Python perform, live (almost)*.  Twice. Where to begin on a story like this?! At the tender young age of about 10 whilst killing time in the Victorian town of Elmore my brother

jasonbstanding Tuesday 29th July, 2014 amusing, gig, Headline, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 4 Comments Read more

The disappointment/poor research intersection

On Saturday night Liz & I went to Hammersmith Apollo to see an appearance by the currently touring film director, actor, comic book enthusiast and self-professed enthusiast of the sound of his own voice – Kevin Smith.  What was particularly

jasonbstanding Tuesday 21st February, 2012 gig 3 Comments Read more

Eedinborrow?

We’re back up in Edinburgh this year for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – this time Marty’s over from Australia, and he’s joined Liz, Billy, Myk, Kat & I in a nice centrally-placed apartment for a week of theatrical excess and

jasonbstanding Thursday 18th August, 2011Tuesday 13th September, 2011 amusing, gig, review, travel No Comments Read more

Not the cheapest place in the world to buy beer.

Just quickly, New York proved its awesomeness the other night by turning up an opportunity to go see improvisational maestro Bobby McFerrin play a gig at the Highline Ballroom as part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival with a band he

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Comedy Rush: Covering a lot of comedic ground in a very short space of time

60 comedians in 60 minutes sounds like a potentially ridiculous format for a gig, and if you thought that you’d be absolutely right.  However somebody cooked the concept up, and there’s clearly plenty of talent keen to get involved because

jasonbstanding Wednesday 6th April, 2011 gig, review No Comments Read more

Hummanana hummanana hummanana hummanana. POODLE! POODLE!

Weird Al Yankovic is a comedy legend.  He released his first parody song in 1976, and has been steadily at it ever since.  Far from being mainstream, people claim not to know who he is and yet all seem to

jasonbstanding Thursday 9th December, 2010Friday 24th December, 2010 gig, review 6 Comments Read more

You can sleep when… well… you can sleep later, anyway.

One of the most vibrant and fun fixtures on the UK calendar is the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe experience, and this year I was once again lucky enough to have the opportunity to go up there land in my lap.

jasonbstanding Wednesday 22nd September, 2010Thursday 7th October, 2010 gig, review No Comments Read more

Whooooooooa, we’re half way there… whooooaa-oooo, living on a prayer! We’ll turn 48 but still have amazing teeth and hair… whooooooa-oooa, etc.

Getting out to London’s former Millennium Dome – now ambiguously named “The O2”, like a selection of other venues around the continent – is always an exercise carried out with a sense of wistful resignation.  You know there’s nothing empirically

jasonbstanding Sunday 11th July, 2010Monday 2nd August, 2010 gig 1 Comment Read more
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