In what is fast (or slowly) becoming a monthly blog, it is time for another entry of what has been taking place in my life in the four weeks since…
Author: Alex Love
Squid in a bottle
It has been brought to my attention by at least two people that I have not been blogging much recently. They needn’t worry, this is something I am well aware…
An elapse in time
As you are reading this, then you will know that the technical issues affecting my site have been fixed and everything is now working again. In fact, the technical problems…
Memory problems
When you have been doing stand-up comedy for a few years, it becomes difficult to remember what gigs you have done in the past week. Or perhaps that is down…
An auction encore
Last night, I was performing at a one-off fundraiser in Hertford. It turned out to definitely be one of the more bizarre gigs I have done, and I was then…
More mirth to be mined
This week, I have been trying out some material I had earmarked for a small portion of my Edinburgh show. But it would seem that it has considerable legs. I…
Something to do with death
On 30 January 2006, a naive 21-year-old student took the train from Portsmouth to London to perform at the spot at the Comedy Store’s King Gong show. He had done…
Flying solo
This week, I received some bad news. My Edinburgh show partner, Paul Christopher Stephen Langton Esquire, has dropped out of this year’s Fringe. Logic, finances and real-life have got the…
The competitive element
I have said for some time that I would not be entering any comedy new act competitions again. However, in desperate search for January gigs and in two isolated moments…
A Giant Squid Poem
The recent footage taken by the Discovery Channel inspired me to write this: The Giant Squid, Look what he did. He attacked a fish And then went and hid. The…