Picture from Thinking Chap
An evening nap once again got out of hand last night which meant that I was too late to go to a gig I had wanted to attend. As a change of plan we once again watched repeats of Stars in Their Eyes on Challenge TV and wondering what happened to the contestants once the costumes were removed and they reverted back from Elton John to a bricklayer from Ingoldmells. Perhaps there was a living to be made on the tribute circuit, maybe not enough to give up the day job but a reasonable pocket money sideline doing the rounds of seaside shows and cabaret venues. To add a little excitement to watching this show, not that it isn't exciting enough waiting for the winner to be announced, we have started having penny bets on what song will be performed once the name of the artists have been revealed. We have a pile of pennies each and a bowl in the middle of the coffee table, as soon as the contestant says, for example, Stevie Wonder, we chip in with one of his songs and put a penny in the bowl. So if I correctly said 'Superstition' then I win. If we want to we can take the pennies out and put them on our pile, or if we are feeling brave we can leave them in the bowl and roll the prize money into the next round. You think you had an exciting Saturday night?
This is the second week in a row without a podcast going out, I am still waiting for a microphone to be delivered so hopefully this will enable me to pick up where I left off. Ideally I would like to find a studio to do this in but for now I am happy to do it at home providing I can get everything working. I don't want to leave too long a gap and lose momentum now that The Sunday Alternative is doing well with the listening figures.
In addition to the bags (see little advert below the blog), I now have a t-shirt on sale. As always the money will go into the fund to make podcasts, short films, documentaries, comedy sketches and other such entertainment that I will make available for free.
Logo t-shirt £12.50 (you can iron them, something you would think I'd have done before taking a picture)
Logo t-shirt with 'Please shut up' message on back £15
No podcast this week.
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