Joy to the world
May I take this opportunity to wish you all, unadulterated, unfettered, over flowing, big, rollicking, knee jerking, nipple raising, pants dropping, nut crunching,wham bam, kiss kiss bang bang joy, this Christmas.
Archive for December, 2009
Get Pissed On Poetry This Thursday!!!
Ho Ho Ho Gunslingers!
Get Pissed on Poetry This Christmas!
Bang Said The Gun
Thursday 17th December at 8.30pm
The Roebuck, Great Dover Street SE1
(nearest tube Borough / London Bridge)
£5 / £3
Bang Said The Gun are:
Daniel Cockrill (Santa Claus)
Martin Galton (Santa got stuck up the chimney)
Sjanneke Milligan (I saw mummy kissing Santa Claus)
Rob Auton (Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer)
Starring the amazing Fran Landesman – jazz legend and poet laureate for lovers and losers alike. Knowing what you are getting for Christmas usually spoils the fun – but knowing Fran and her son Miles are coming to the Bang party has just made it even more exciting!
Plus – The World Famous ‘Tequila Shot ’ 2009 Champions
(a bit like the X-Factor finalists only with talent)
They are Lucy Carrington, Paul Cree, Danni Antagonist, Alan Wolfson, Ant Smith, Donall Dempsey, Janice Windle and Hasina Allen
Also – The Massive Christmas Pudding Give Away
Bang Said The Gun – stand up poetry and delicious animation for people who don’t necessarily decorate their Christmas trees with Wordsworth quotes. But even if you do like snogging under the poetry mistletoe, then don’t worry, let’s all celebrate together and have a great big Bang Said The Gun Christmas Party.
When:
Thursday 17th December at 8.30pm
Where:
The Roebuck, Great Dover Street SE1
(nearest tube Borough / London Bridge)
How Much – £5 / £3
Affordable poetry for the masses.
See you there.
See more –
http://www.bangsaidthegun.com
http://www.youtube.com/bangsaidtheguntevee
http://twitter.com/bangsaidthegun
Or join our ‘Bang Said The Gun’ Facebook group.
“Quite comprehensively the best poetry night I have ever been to…”
Popshot Magazine
And I thought the…
Art World was Glamourous!
The art shop is an exception to the rule I suppose!
Bang Said The Gun Comedy Nights
Dan and I are having a top level lunch tomorrow with legendary stand up comedian..er .. best keep his name under wraps at the moment. Anyway, were keen to move stand up comedy on, or at least sideways, by putting together a whole new type of evening. It will still retain the Bang Said The Gun spirit, but we want to come up with something fresh. High on the agenda is an evening of variety but do you have any suggestions? Dan is currently learning to play the musical saw.
A customer
A customer put his items down on the counter. He was talking on his mobile phone. He didn’t interact with me, apart from pointing to the spot on the counter where he wanted his change putting. Then a bloke from the fast show came into the shop. Peaks and traughs.
Me and Miss Lumley
Meeting Joanna Lumley tomorrow to do a voice recording. I’m taking along a jar of Gherkins, because I’ve heard she likes them.
Whoarrr! Said The Gun – Joanna loves her Gherkins!
Me and the Poet Laureate
Good to see Carol Anne Duffy at The Queen Elizabeth Hall last night for the Adrian Mitchell tribute. it was also good to see that she has even more trouble getting her words out than I do and that’s saying something.
Health Warning – is Bang Said The Gun safe?
The manufacturer of one of the UK’s top poetry events this Christmas has insisted that Bang Said The Gun is safe.
Cepia rejects claims from US consumer organisation GoodGuide that a chemical (laughter + love) found at Bang Said The Gun was at possibly dangerous levels.
The firm also said that Bang Said The Gun had passed “the most rigorous testing in the poetry industry”.
GoodGuide had alleged that the poetry event had more than the allowed level of fun and laughter.
Professor Dara O’Rourke, from GoodGuide, said “laughter has potential health hazards related to it which, if ingested in high enough levels can lead to cancer, reproductive health and other human health hazards”.
” I have been in the poetry industry for more than 35 years, and being a father of children myself, I would never allow any substandard or unsafe poetry near my kids.” said Russ Hornsby of Cepia.
One of the stars of Bang Said The Gun, Martin Galton, – who whizzes about the floor and squeaks when his nose is poked – has been one of the most in-demand poets in the UK this Christmas, with several major retailers reporting shortages.
Martin said he wanted to assure anyone thinking of going to Bang Said The Gun that the event is “100% safe and in compliance with all US and European poetry standards.
Daniel Cockrill, managing director for Bang, said: “We are confident that Bang Said The Gun and all the poets that take part on the night are completely safe. If you don’t believe us then come along to our Christmas bash on Thursday 17th December.”
Bashing the Bishop
Oi. Archbishop Rowan Williams. Stop being a tit. You say, don’t wish anybody Happy Christmas this year because there might be people out there who are a bit glum due to the severe economic climate. I say Bollocks. You obviously haven’t tried Bang Said The Gun. There’s plenty of happy people there. Delirious in fact. Try it yourself on Thursday 17th December. Scrolls unrolled at 8.30.
here some pictures of Archie…
Archie Ramsey
Actually, that is a picture of Archie Ramsey. Here are some of Rowan…
