A Terrifying Ordeal – Thursday 11th March
By Milo | March 4, 2010
A terrifying ordeal really isn’t an exaggeration when it comes to this gig. Stick with me for why. First though, the important stuff – all proceeds go to the charity Great Little Libraries, which as the poster says, aims to get books in primary schools in disadvantaged areas of Scotland. And, it’s not a normal gig by any means. The title comes from a book of the same name by the poet Paul Birtill. Birtill has been described as “Bleedin’ fabulous” by none other than John Cooper Clarke (one of my heroes). And having read his book ‘So Far So Bad’ I can tell you that Paul takes bleakly humorous to new levels of both bleakness and humorousness (is that a word?).
Also on the bill is Edinburgh based writer Claire Askew, who writes the One Night Stanzas blog and teaches poetry and creative writing at educational establishments around the city. This interview with her is worth a read, and features an excellent example of her poetry too so you can get a flavour.
And the lyrical triumvirate is completed by a Glasgow poet named Robin Cairns who veers towards the more comedy based stand up/slam poetry side of things. He was interviewed by the List about his involvement in the open mic scene.
Music comes courtesy of Lewis Gibson and the Midas Touch, who were apparently very good indeed at the recent Hidden Door festival at the Roxy Arthouse. Plus Ralf Matrix will be DJing.
Ok, so there’s one more artist on the line-up. Someone very foolish indeed, who didn’t really think it through when he signed up. Not really a musician, not really a poet. But it seems he’s even managed to rope in a couple of other musicians to join him for the first ever live performance by his new Edinburgh band Famous Drunk (have you guessed who it is yet?)
Hope to see you there!
2 Comments
Evil_Stu on 05/03/2010 at 10:37 am.
Has this Famous Drunk previously been pushed around on a Swivel Chair?
Milo on 06/03/2010 at 9:30 pm.
That would be telling..