Intro
'Stewart Lee is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically-acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry Springer - The Opera. In a review of the comedy of the previous decade, a 2009 article in The Times referred to Lee as "the comedian's comedian, and for good reason" and named him "face of the decade". One critic has described Lee as "unflinching in his scathing satire, unapologetic in his liberal, middle-class, highbrow appeal, and fiercely intelligent" and stated that "his comedy certainly does not pander to the masses". His stand-up features frequent use of "repetition, call-backs, nonchalant delivery and deconstruction".' -- Wiki
Quotes
"I wish Richard Hammond had been decapitated and that his head had rolled off in front of his wife. And that a jagged piece of metal debris from the car had stuck in his eye and blinded him and then his head had rolled a few more yards into a pool of boiling oil and that it had just retained enough neural capacity for him to be able to think 'Ooh, this is hot!' before the whole thing exploded into tiny pieces."
"The idea of what's acceptable and what's shocking, that's where I investigate. I mean, you can't be on Top Gear, where your only argument is that it's all just a joke and anyone who takes offence is an example of political correctness gone mad, and then not accept the counterbalance to that. Put simply, if Clarkson can say the prime minister is a one-eyed Scottish idiot, then I can say that I hope his children go blind."
"If you have been on the verge of becoming a millionaire and that has not happened because of far-right pressure groups, and your work has been banned and taken apart, and you've been threatened with prosecution, and the police have advised people involved with your production to go into hiding, and bed and breakfasts won't have the cast to stay because they're blasphemers, and you have to cross a BNP picket line to go to work in Plymouth, you do start to think, well, what can be worse that that?"
"I'm now in the position of having to justify myself against the fearless young men of comedy. "The thing about most of those professionally offensive comedians, though, is that no one is ever actually offended. Everyone understands the parameters and operates within them, the audience and the performer. Whereas, with someone like Jerry Sadowitz, there's a part in every show of his where a little piece of me dies and I think, I wish I'd never heard that. Now, that's the most truly offensive comedian you'll ever see."
Samples
First one I saw
for JoeM
'Big Brother scandal'
'Vomiting into the gaping anus of Christ (Part 1)'
'Vomiting into the gaping anus of Christ (Part 2)'
'Morgan Freeman'
'Political Correctness'
'Art for art's sake'
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p.s. Hey. The writer and d.l. supreme tomkendall is here to get you through the weekend via the English raconteur Stewart Lee, and I predict a good time for all, although that's your call, obviously. In any case, explore and report back to your guest-host in the comments arena, please? And thanks a ton, Tom. So, as I mentioned yesterday, you're going to have a three-day weekend as far as this blog goes because I'll be heading back to Paris from Munich on Monday morning, which means there'll be no post that day. This place will be refreshed and back in action starting on Tuesday. ** Bernard Welt, Top of the subsequent morning to you, B. ** David Ehrenstein, I didn't know about that Skolimowski 'Ferdydurke' film possibility. What a shame that didn't happen. I'll see if I can get NPR over here. I think I can, if Munich allows, and assuming you won't be on the air in the middle of my night. Everyone, David Ehrenstein says, 'This Sunday NPR's Weekend Edition will have a segment about ballet in the movies for which I was interviewed.' That means listen if you're able, and please do. ** Chris Cochrane, So true, man. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Thanks about the post. Oh, on Gombrowicz, I'd say maybe start either with 'Ferdydurke' or his journals, which are quite possibly his best stuff. Great about the impending post. Thanks, Jeff! I'll keep my eyes peeled. I haven't done a proper Coil post here, no, strangely enough. Kind of a no brainer. Or a Christopherson post. I'll figure something out. I'd like to make it something special, but we'll see. ** Alan, Hey. Oh, no problem. I wasn't taken aback by your comment or anything. I know how frustrating the post-writing, pre-publishing phase can be. Yeah, maybe taking a short break to strategize is a good idea. It's true the whole world of and around publishing is 'out of the office' physically and mentally around this time of year. I'm sure it'll work out and well. It's just how and about figuring out your end of that 'how', I guess. ** Sypha, Oh, shit, sorry. Yeah, I must have somehow missed your comment as I was scrolling. I'm kind of surprised that doesn't happen more often. Hope Black Friday at the job wasn't too trampling. Oh, okay, about the blurb. If I have internet access available when I'm in Munich, and I won't know how hooked up I'll be there until I actually get there, I'll get the blurb to you on Sunday sometime. If I'm cut off, I'll get it to you when I get back here on Monday or Tuesday morning my time at the latest. I hope that's okay, and I'll do my best to get it to you before Sunday is history if I can. ** Tosh, Hey, Tosh. Thanks a lot. Oh, I'm not sure if you saw it, but I mentioned a week or so ago that I saw your father's show here, and it was really exquisite, and, as you said, the catalog is a really pretty one, which I snagged on my way out. Have a good weekend, man. ** David, We didn't get Black Friday over here, but we did get the steep temperature drop and some snow and the whole winter shebang. ** Pilgarlic, Hey. Yeah, really sucks about Peter. And, yeah, my poor imaginary music-impaired porn film. Maybe Bradford Cox would be good. I like the way he thinks about sex. Classic Thanksgiving you had right there. Never heard of 'fluff'. If they have it over here, it must have been retitled. Everyone, Pilgarlic asks if anyone out there has heard of a recreational drug called 'fluff', and, if so, has anything to say or report back about it. Do you? It sounds pretty tasty. Let me know. ** Killer Luka, Very proud to have done something here that wasn't an escort or slave post that facilitated a hard on. Me, I'm good or goodish. And you? ** _Black_Acrylic, Congrats on getting the YnY piece finished. Looking forward to it, and to the unveiling of your mystery guest. Hmmmm ... ** L@rstonovich, Yeah, I get thwarted a lot. Thwart myself actually. Sigh. Or I guess that should be *sigh*. Oh, man, hope your hangover fled and took your knee pain along with it. Have a great weekend on me. ** JW Veldhoen, Well, if you're sure you won't get all ice cubed out, go for it. I saw a headline somewhere yesterday that said Calgary was 'blacked out' on Black Friday, but I didn't click the link, so what the heck did that mean? ** Mark, Hey, Mark! Good to see you! Oh, man, I hope I'm not in NYC the whole time you're here. I have a gig there from the 8th to the 10th, which, hm, yeah, shouldn't be a problem if you're here until the end of the month, now that I think more about it. Rue Martel is indeed a hop, skip, and jump from me. Excellent. It'll be great to see you! And it'll be interesting to learn more about the 'seamy' side of Paris, a thing I don't know nearly enough about. ** Nb, Hey. I will do my best given that I'm facing subzero temperatures and a room full of strangers' eyes. Thank you! Enjoy ... wait, where are you? Still in Texas, yes? Well, enjoy there. ** Misanthrope, Is that why I'm special? I was sure it was due to my unassuming attire. Christmas is corrupted nonsense, yeah, but Paris looks so fucking pretty in its Christmas lights and decorations that it's worth it. I guess that doesn't help you guys in the US of A. Sorry. I hope those pain pills keep working, but do get yourself to dentist when their offices reopen, okay? What a great, glowing report on Alan's novel. I can't wait until mine isn't blocking its view. That was really nice, man. ** Creative Massacre, Hey. Something very similar to that happened to my dad years ago, and he also was given a medication to improve his blood flow, and it worked really well. I think they can control those problems pretty well and kind of meticulously nowadays, so I think and hope your mom will be just fine. Think positive and all that, with good reason, I think. My very best to you on all of that. It snowed here yesterday too. Twice. It didn't stick to the ground, but it sure made my window look a lot better. But it's freezing cold now too. Ugh. That picture was beautiful, thanks. Oh, and I'll be writing to you about your post really soon, probably as soon as I get back to Paris. Nice weekend to you. ** Heliotrope, Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that, Mark. Kaya had a great, long, rich life with you guys, though. You know that. Still, man, yeah, that hurts. Today is Jules' birthday! Wish her the happiest one humanly possible from me please. Oh, I really need to download 'Smiling Men With Bad Reputations'. My vinyl copy got lost ages ago, and I miss it. I love you too, my pal, and have a wonderful celebration today. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, Hey. Wow, you actually ventured out into the thick of Black Friday. It sounds fun. Black Friday was still kind of low key when I was living in the States. And there's no equivalent here, which is strange, actually. Anyway, at least I got to live it through your lovely delivery. Thank you. My day: It wasn't much at all. Yet again. I, yes, worked on my novel and rather lengthily since I might not be able to work on it while I'm in Munich, and I didn't want to get too far behind. I kind of got past my fear and dislike of it, thankfully. I only have 5 pages left to go now. They're tough pages, but at least they're only five in number. I can't tell you what's going on in the novel at the moment because it's the ending and all that, you know? I went out to buy a train ticket to the airport, but there was such a huge line that I gave up. I did buy enough cigarettes to get me through the trip and some food to take along since I think that when you fly within the EU, they aren't as crazy about what you can and can't bring on board. The people organizing my gig in Munich sent me info about the hotel and all that kind of stuff. I started deciding what I'm going to read at the event, and I realized that I hardly have any of my books here with me, and so I don't have a lot of choice in the matter, and I was and am not happy about that. I washed some clothes. I'm trying to get them dry before I have to leave by piling them on our heater and kind of shifting them around. It snowed yesterday. Once in the afternoon, and once at night. Not for very long or all that heavily, but it was very pretty. It's really cold here, and it's really, really cold in Munich, which isn't good, but whatever. Uh, I think that was kind of my story for the day. But what with my trip to Germany and stuff, I should have a decent report for you on Tuesday. Still, more importantly, how was your long weekend, my friend? ** Bill, Hey. Well, maybe I'll wait until you're here and we can do the A&M automata collection together if you haven't had your fill already. I got through my novel-related despair, thankfully. Whether I got over it or just suppressed it, we'll see, but at least it's a non-factor for the moment. Oh, yeah, Love's Secret Domain' is a terrific one. One of my faves of Coil's, I think. I don't think I know the work of Merce Rodoreda. The name only rings the faintest of bells. Hm. I'll definitely track down 'Death in Spring'. It does sound really interesting. Thanks for the comparison and the tip, man. ** Okay, I'll go do my final trip preparations now and then get out of here. I'll see you on Tuesday, and, in the meantime, let Mr. tomkendall and his captured entertainer entertain you. See you in a few. Have a great weekend!
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