Slough, it must have something going for it but I’m not sure quite what that is! Certainly a different venue and audience for you Tania, definitely the sort of place to try out new stuff. You and Alistair were brilliant at Top Secret last Saturday. I’ve just booked tickets for 14 December as I imagine it will be very popular just before Christmas. Bob’s book arrived last Saturday and I bumped into Bob & Alistair for a quick chat before your show. I’m hoping to be at the Round Table on 25th to have a drink and a chat with a few familiar faces.
It takes a lot of guts and a healthy ego to stand on a stage in front of strangers, saying essentially, "I am going to perform, and you are going to watch me, because I believe you will be entertained". This is all the more so at an event like the hen night you describe, where a sizeable chunk - if not all - of the audience didn't come to see you, and might not want to.
Many years ago, I fronted an indie band which got booked to play the freshers' ball at a South Wales technical college, and we soldiered on against a barrage of yells of, "Get the disco on!"
Great piece, a great attitude, and a great reaction to come away wanting to do more. Lovely writing, too.
Hey MsTania. I writing here to let you know I'm gonna "unsubscribe" from your substack for a while. Budgetary demands. Next time I see You having another conversation at James Delingpole's podcast I will re-subscribe to your 'stack for another few months. Spread the wealth, right?
In the meantime, I wish you the very very best of the upcoming Holidays, Christmas where you are, Thanksgiving AND Christmas where I am. Also, please find below a great blues from Billy Gibbons & ZZTop "Fool For Your Stockings." I've been listening to it for years and only recently began to realize "Fool For Your Stockings" is Mister Bill's lament over the damage done by the great sexual revolution of the Sixties. I reckon we all must live and learn. Keep on rockin' MizTania. C-ya in the mix...
I recall what the poet John Benjamin once said about Slough, and yes, I once lived there.
He was right!
Slough, it must have something going for it but I’m not sure quite what that is! Certainly a different venue and audience for you Tania, definitely the sort of place to try out new stuff. You and Alistair were brilliant at Top Secret last Saturday. I’ve just booked tickets for 14 December as I imagine it will be very popular just before Christmas. Bob’s book arrived last Saturday and I bumped into Bob & Alistair for a quick chat before your show. I’m hoping to be at the Round Table on 25th to have a drink and a chat with a few familiar faces.
I do hope you make it! And thank you. Everything’s great at the moment. Need a few Sloughs for balance lol. X
It takes a lot of guts and a healthy ego to stand on a stage in front of strangers, saying essentially, "I am going to perform, and you are going to watch me, because I believe you will be entertained". This is all the more so at an event like the hen night you describe, where a sizeable chunk - if not all - of the audience didn't come to see you, and might not want to.
Many years ago, I fronted an indie band which got booked to play the freshers' ball at a South Wales technical college, and we soldiered on against a barrage of yells of, "Get the disco on!"
Great piece, a great attitude, and a great reaction to come away wanting to do more. Lovely writing, too.
Hahaha “get the disco on!” This really made me laugh. Deaths make the best anecdotes. X
Hey MsTania. I writing here to let you know I'm gonna "unsubscribe" from your substack for a while. Budgetary demands. Next time I see You having another conversation at James Delingpole's podcast I will re-subscribe to your 'stack for another few months. Spread the wealth, right?
In the meantime, I wish you the very very best of the upcoming Holidays, Christmas where you are, Thanksgiving AND Christmas where I am. Also, please find below a great blues from Billy Gibbons & ZZTop "Fool For Your Stockings." I've been listening to it for years and only recently began to realize "Fool For Your Stockings" is Mister Bill's lament over the damage done by the great sexual revolution of the Sixties. I reckon we all must live and learn. Keep on rockin' MizTania. C-ya in the mix...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpqHOCpAGoA&list=RDBpqHOCpAGoA&start_radio=1