I’ve now been home from the Edinburgh Fringe for 3 days, and I’m still in the usual need for recovery. Yesterday I accidentally napped for 3 hours without meaning to. Does that still fit into nap criteria? 3 hours doesn’t feel long enough for a sleep but it’s definitely way more than a nap. Is […]
TAGGED WITH: naps, neeps, reviews, Robin Ince, small dogs, stand up comedy, The Defenders, tiernan douieb, vegetarian CATEGORISED BY:Adrenaline Blog cabin fever Comedy diabetes diabetic edfringe Edinburgh Edinburgh Fringe News 14 Years A Clown August 29th, 2017 by Tiernan DouiebIt occurred to me while tucking into some toast off the A1 near Berwick on Tweed, that I’ve been doing stand-up comedy for 14 years this year. Not sure why it hit me at that moment but it was probably a combination of me feeling relief that I was finally on my way home from […]
TAGGED WITH: juice shot, Partly Political Broadcast, podcast, Robin Ince, stand up comedy, tiernan douieb, toast CATEGORISED BY:14 years Berwick Upon Tweed Blog budget Comedy edfringe News Regular Breaks November 22nd, 2016 by Tiernan DouiebRobin Ince had a bit in his stand-set recently about giving up reading newspapers and instead reading a book or looking at your favourite bit of art for a while. I’ve thought about this a lot, as the news has swept everyone up in its hysteria over the past year more so than ever before. […]
TAGGED WITH: Kathryn Williams, Robin Ince, The Lemon Twigs, The Rock, tiernan douieb CATEGORISED BY:A Tribe Called Quest BBC News 24 Bec Hill Blog Chilly Gonzales Fin Taylor News Correct To The Worst Of My Ability January 17th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebI’m taking part in a radio show tonight. It’s one of those ones where they discuss topical issues, people call in who have often read a news headline and like shouting it over and over again until someone responds, and they have a guest comedian hoping they might say something funny here and there. Tonight, […]
TAGGED WITH: obesity, opinions, Politics, radio, research, Robin Ince, shit car, tiernan douieb, viewpoints CATEGORISED BY:Blog Comedy Facts fracking News The Green Green Grass Of Elsewhere September 18th, 2013 by Tiernan DouiebI remember hearing Robin Ince once do a bit of material about how the problem with going abroad is often it makes you realise how many things are wrong with the country you come from. I’m currently in Norway and this is one of the few countries that does exactly that for me. Even with […]
TAGGED WITH: heckling, Latter, Lib Dem, Norway, Norwegian, Oslo, Robin Ince, tiernan douieb CATEGORISED BY:Anglo-centric bellend Birmingham Blog Comedy Comedy Store Conservative FRP News Doing The Right Thing August 14th, 2013 by Tiernan DouiebIt’s not often I’ll pat myself on the back about anything, and this is not just due to having incredibly inflexible limbs. Nor am I one to blow my own trumpet, and that’s not just because I neither own a trumpet or have any musical skills at all. But it’s 3 days since the Phoenix […]
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