my life as a artist
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Sunday 12th June 2011 9:09 PM
On Sunday 19th June I'm doing a gig at the Grand Opera House in York along with some other comics, and, there's no easy way to say this, a psychological illusionist. The headliner is Steve Day, 'a truly unique comedian - warm, witty and engaging whilst dealing with the dilemmas of being a deaf man in a hearing world'. I gigged with him in Scarborough and he's good..
It's a fund-raiser for the Arts Barge Project, which is a loosely knit, yet sturdy, warm and windproof assemblage of interesting persons interested in providing a performance space, on a barge, on the River Ouse in York. As a decorative thread in this oddly fashionable pullover of ambition, I urge you to try us on. We're made of 100% organic, pure mixed fibres, so we won't go sloppy and baggy on youââ'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â¦
The following week I'm performing at the Glastonbury Festival again, having declined the invitation to the last two as a protest against the increasing corporatisation of the event. In 2009 I told Michael and Emily Eavis that I couldn't perform at the same event as Lady Gaga, and gave them the ultimatum that it was either her or me. They chose Lady Gaga. Last year I told them it was either Snoop Snoop Doggy Dog Dog or me. They chose Snoop Snoop Doggy Dog Dog. This year I told them I'd only do the gig if they promised to book Beyonce, U2 and the Wombles, and insisted that two out of the three wouldn't be good enough, it had to be all of them. Thankfully they saw sense.
Besides my usual booking in the cabaret tent I've been invited to perform on the Spirit of 71 café stage. It's a new stage to celebrate the festival's 40th anniversary, and the idea is to have some of the original artists playing, along with other acts who embody the impractical but ultimately rewarding ethos of those times. I'm doing an hour by myself at 7pm on Thursday followed by an hour with an exquisitely pared down version of the 'Travelling Libraries', featuring my brother Nick on mandolin and Steve 'mm, he's lovely' Marshall on keyboards and everything.
I'm telling you all this so you know I'm out there doing it, because my recent lack of web presence could have suggested to some people that I'd given up showbiz, become obese, shaved all my body hair off and gone to live in a bed-sit in Pocklington. I haven't done any of those things, although to be honest, in the wee small hours, when the warp and weft of creation is not so tightly woven, I sometimes find a couple of them strangely attractive.
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