tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post2583157744971605885..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Podcasting at The Lewes ArmsSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-78828780657217653032010-12-19T06:29:12.004+00:002010-12-19T06:29:12.004+00:00Well done! Such fun to hear your voice. Small wo...Well done! Such fun to hear your voice. Small world, apparently, with Oliver's comedy club appearing in a book by A. A. Gill, whom your Grey Area fellow thinks is evil.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-62426547327241489692010-12-18T21:09:59.584+00:002010-12-18T21:09:59.584+00:00Unrelated but most welcome! Any sighting of the Be...Unrelated but most welcome! Any sighting of the Bearded Lady fills me with joy.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-48253809241782340182010-12-18T19:46:30.232+00:002010-12-18T19:46:30.232+00:00Steerforth,
Unrelated, but I was in Guildford yes...Steerforth,<br /><br />Unrelated, but I was in Guildford yesterday, saw the bearded lady wandering the High Street, and thought of you. Thought you'd be amused to know!<br /><br />HuwHuw Hitchinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-30283730900653283202010-12-18T19:16:19.397+00:002010-12-18T19:16:19.397+00:00I agree. When I worked for Ottakar's, we had a...I agree. When I worked for Ottakar's, we had a competition for National Poetry Day every year, which culminated in an awards evening where the winning poems were read out. <br /><br />Sometimes I used to plead with people to let me read their poems, because I knew that they'd sound like an I-Speak-Your-Weight machine, whereas I'd happily ham it up. Some were grateful, but others insisted on reading their own poems and delivered the lines with all the passion of the Speaking Clock. I can understand why, but there's a difference between creating and performing. <br /><br />The beauty of Oliver's poetry evenings is that although most of it feels like a comedy gig and we have a lot of fun, I know that there'll always be at least two poems that are breathtakingly beautiful.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-91999292959666213472010-12-18T18:50:13.075+00:002010-12-18T18:50:13.075+00:00I'm flattered by your confidence in my judgeme...I'm flattered by your confidence in my judgement Steerforth since I didn't know whether Lewes Poetry was any good or not being as I live rather a long way away, Oliver merely TOLD me it was and I believed him. ;-)<br /><br />However I do happen to concur that it is not compulsory for poetry to be read in a flat monotone voice by someone with an inflated opinion of themselves and a very lowly opinion of the audience whom they presumably desire to buy their books, and it was anally-retentive poetry evenings such as these I was particularly tired of before performance poetry came along to kick ass - sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, but always interestingly.<br /><br />Then again the old style 'serious' poets tended to drip contempt for everyone, not just the performance poet upstarts who dared to give them a run for their money and make the better ones raise their game and realise they needed to engage with, and not just recite at, their audience.<br /><br />Having said that I consider that Carole Anne Duffy (albeit a good poet if someone else read out her work) is one of the worst public readers of all, and she's just made it to Poet Laureate.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-22139048952457181882010-12-18T17:16:16.730+00:002010-12-18T17:16:16.730+00:00Thanks very much for this fine blog entry, Steerfo...Thanks very much for this fine blog entry, Steerforth.<br /><br />I enjoyed being interviewed by you and am sure that the women who spoke to us were interested in more than the ladies'!<br /><br />Being interviewed for a blog made me feel like we were at the cutting edge of the Blogosphere! Well done!Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334117174803599416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-42925501294617749322010-12-18T16:50:05.645+00:002010-12-18T16:50:05.645+00:00At a wedding in Westminster Abbey
A duchess was te...At a wedding in Westminster Abbey<br />A duchess was terribly crabby<br />"Heavens above!"<br />"They're marrying for LOVE!"<br />"Next, they'll expect to be happy!"<br /><br />Brian, I've tried alcohol-free poetry events in cafes and yes, a pub is a far more relaxed venue (assuming that the pub isn't in some hellhole in SE London).Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-86928934485533683802010-12-18T16:20:56.620+00:002010-12-18T16:20:56.620+00:00Kate was a lively young lass
Who didn't want t...Kate was a lively young lass<br />Who didn't want to be middle class<br />So she married Prince William<br />Who's worth a few squillion<br />And we all got to go on the lashAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-60136653442237880252010-12-18T16:10:41.538+00:002010-12-18T16:10:41.538+00:00Well done! Going by the evidence at hand, it seems...Well done! Going by the evidence at hand, it seems clear that an evening of poetry in an English pub trumps one in a Canadian coffee house.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com