I woke up in Epsom, I've driven to the Sutton/Richmond/Kingston area, I might take in a football match in Merton and then I gig tonight in admittedly slightly more scummy Balham. We all wonder what social class we are and whether we are deserting our roots but forgetting that, I do feel like the antithesis of a punk rocker or a travelling Methodist minister trying to change people's attitudes to life. Sometimes comics want to be Woody Guthrie and John Wesley rolled into one with touches of Led Zeppelin coming in occasionally. We tend to end up like a 1950s Hoover salesman, travelling around in our cars peddling our wares. I don't mind, it's a funny old life and better than manufacturing industrial brushes on the Team Valley, one of my many ridiculous posts from the past, working for cunts and working with largely cunts.

Last night's two gigs were not so much a game of two halves but two much of a muchness shows that never hit any real heights. The Highlight Camden bill was pretty good. Scott Agnew compered, Ian Stone opened, I closed the first half, then Jeff Boyz, Steve Gribbin and Joe K were on in the 2nd half. Balham was a good one as well. Amongst others Andy Fury was down doing an open spot, hopefully that's him in there now. Sorry if I've put the kiss of death on it Andy by saying that. As a crowd they threatened to be great but just like Camden, it was the proverbial pumping up a lilo with a hole in it show, a big laugh and then it dissapated straight after and you had to start again. Henning Wehn had just stormed it before me and that's always a difficult thing to do follow a gig of the season from someone but I got away with it.

Tonight I'm just at Balham as it stands and then it's my difficult second album up at Newcastle Stand tomorrow. Do come down. You know where it is, just in case though, all the details are on the website www.thestand.co.uk See you all tomorrow.

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