A black gaffa tape X on the floor. Very blurred the background a fancy table and musicians rehearsing before the show. The X was the target for a game of curling with pots in the show.
Very decent new picture in the project.
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Huge discount if you've got a pending admin task for him to settle.
Oh no.
Funny is back.
BE FUNNY OR DIE will rise again.
E-book and audiobook available now…
New paperback edition next year.
It's unlikely. But the show was received very well. Unfortunately the person who's commissioned us is now spreading that we're difficult to work with. So no subsequent jobs again probably.
Me in a glittery jacket. Leaning forward. Fantastic motion blur in the throwing arm chucking sweets to the audience. Expression on my face best to be described as unhingedly delighted. A sign language interpreter is working in the background. I like to imagine there is a hint of amusement in or expression.
I'd like to pretend I'm fairly chill about throwing stuff at the audience, but once more I am betrayed by my manic expression.
Would have been more method to make a group first.
And since I can't say it enough: The actual stage is BEHIND this golden wall.
Käthe Lorenz and me on stage with empty seats behind us.
Audience view on a stage. Four women on it in front of the quite beautiful iron curtain the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus has got. My co-host Käthe is chatting with Doro Pesch. I'm on the left with my laptop on a desk. Franka, the singer of the show band, on the right.
Not wearing the hat on these unfortunately.
That's backstage. Which, in this case, is the actual stage.
Better view on the room.
Way too long too, our show. So the first game I contribute I just made for myself to play. Explaining anything would take too long.
They will need it for their own show after ours to be fair.
So all in all not that prestigious in the end maybe.
And we won't be allowed on the actual stage tomorrow. They're building us a second stage in front of the curtain.
Selfie in front of a shabby looking stage with instruments on it.
We weren't allowed in on the actual stage for our rehearsal today.
Selfie in front of a big venue. The building is white and sort of wavy. A red arrow is pointing to the highest roof. The bigger room stage is under it. The sky is very blue.
Show tomorrow in that room.
Uh-oh.
Introducing the <Low Poly Rat Jam>!
Team up or go it alone - submissions open 6 - 22 March.
No ranks, no prizes, only a promise: I will play and review EVERY RAT GAME.
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This can only be excellent.
The rat is rather successful as far as my posts go. (The thread and quote reposts to the post this is replying to are delightful.)
I've set up a Patreon where you can subscribe to get all sorts of extras around my books, podcast, live shows. I was squeamish about doing this but, well, *I* support various artists this way, and I've been taken advantage of a lot in life, and I'm nice, so why not?
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Forbes had that list of quite scientifically determined wealth of fictional characters. Smaug wouldn't make it in the top ten of real people.
Brown rat built with few boxes in blender.
I have just opened blender for the first time.
Main character energy, but in a bad way.
(I might have to further workshop this. I'll get back.)
Stop channeling your lead character.
Thank YOU. It's a gorgeous album.
Hornets metaphor about murder. Finally @murderbastard.bsky.social is speaking my language. (Beekeeper for ever.)
Also I have short wired my brain to think 'pianist' sounds like someone in a cult for me. So very good episode on a personal level.
But also enjoyable in general I think:
I've listened to this now and I think you should too.
My debut solo piano album, ICHI, is out now on all major streaming platforms!
Listen here: linkco.re/Mh7cSU2f
Composed, performed, and produced by me
Recorded at West London Music Studio
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