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Robin Ince
February 18th, 2007 at 01:13
I went to see comedian Robin Ince last night- for the second time. Unlike the first time, I didn’t have the foresight to take my camera to get a slightly updated picture of me and Robin Ince. I think I look almost the same – just give me some more hair and a different black coat, blue fleece and black t-shirt.
It’s actually quite hard to write about going to see a comedian. I could go down the route of trying to remember some of his material, repeating it on here and execute it in the style of Barzan Ibrahim (ie: badly). Alternatively, I could go down the MySpace blog route of “omfg it was really gud!!!”, and not actually elaborating on what “it” was, and why it was good.
Basically, the point that I’m trying to make is that it was really excellent. And more importantly: really funny. He covered some topics similar to the last time I saw him: like Daily Mail headlines, for example. He even bought props. His ability to improvise and react to situations in the room was incredible- he started a running joke with an audience member about starting a band, and went off on a tangent about music after hearing a squeaky door. Of course, it could all be scripted, but it didn’t seem like it.
Before and after his performance, he sat in the bar at the table next to the one me and JD were sitting at. Unfortunately, I didn’t dare talk to him, which in retrospect is a shame, as I’d love a celebrity friend. I did vaguely consider seeing if I could steal his mobile phone whilst he was on stage… I could have got Ricky Gervais’ phone number or something. But, alas, the accepted norms of the society I live in overrode my desire to be vaguely associated with celebrities. Damn.
In conclusion: Robin Ince = Recommended.
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