03/08/07
As they pulled you out of the Oxygen tent, you asked for the latest party, with your silicone hump and your ten inch stump... -
Categories: News -
Bethany Black
@ 04:31:05 pm
Well immediately after leaving here yesterday I set off to find one of the elusive Loft bar passes, only to be told that they're like trying to get hold of rocking horse shit, but a short Haggis supper later I was sat outside teh Gilded Balloon when I met up wtih Tony Carter, who said that they had press packs with gilded balloon passes right outside the launch venue.
That's the sort of free stuff I like to get my hands on so I set off in there and couldn't find it and found myself accidentally sat in the Press launch, alongside Gordon Southern. I asked the usual question "so how's the show going?" "awesome!" came the reply. "really Awesome!... sorry I forgot you're not with the press, yeah it's been great." As the lights darkened I thought this would be a great press launch, the Gilded Balloon tend to have some of the best shows on during the festival from some of the big names, though this was totally missing from this launch. Karen Dunbar was hosting it and was fantastic, As was Hannah Gadsby, who I saw last year and thought was phenomenal, aside from that only Mickey D and Sista She really hit the mark for me. It made me feel a lot more confident about my own abilities as a performer.
For me the most entertaining part of the Press Launch other than that was the point when someone was trying to pass a tray of glasses of red wine along the row in front of me and managed to knock them over all over a guy in a white suit. To be honest that was the most I laughed yesterday. no matter how much effort you put in to writing really intelligent and sharp material that's original or honest, nothing is as funny as a guy in a white suit getting wine spilt on him, except maybe a child in teh park either licking an ice cream cone for the ice cream to fall out and hit the ground followed by tears, or a small child injuring themself via the medium of gravel.
Outside I bumped into Duncan Oakley and we had a chat and then headed over to our venue for a tech run. It's still not built yet, but so far it's looking good, the sound quality in there is brilliant, and though the set up and take down is going to be a bit tricky it should be fantastic. We got through the tech run in record time and as we were leaving got talking to Darrell Martin who's running it. Apparently the marquee was going to be empty for an hour a day until the 14th when Paul Karensa turns up.
What I'm trying to say is, I blagged a venue for an hour a day. I know!
So now I've got a venue between 13:40 and 14:40 for 9 days and so I've decided to host a show there, sort of a showcase for the acts who are performing, thrree of them doing short sets and me hosting it. I think I'll call it "Beth in the Afternoon. Plus special guests". This so far is the best free thing I've manged to blag and now all I need to do is get some PR for it and some advertising, even if I have to drag people in off the streets. So if anyone knows of anyone who's interested in looking at this as a news sotry for their publication or something like that whilch could get me some advertising then get in touch.
Still High on this it was time for another press launch. The Stand this time. I love the stand, it's like a second home to me and it was great to get downt here again and see the staff who I'd not spoken to for ages. After the pyro and the flashy hollowness of the Gilded Balloon Press launch this was an entirely different affair. With Barbara Nice Hosting the first section and crowd surfing fromt he stage to the bar we were off to a good start.
The quality was brilliant, with highpoints being Phil Nichol, Andy Zaltzman, and Jason Cook (please if you're around go and see his show it's excellent, it's on at 3:30 at the Stand 2). By 11pm the free bar had ended and I think a whole bunch of people fucked off in search of more frree booze at the list party. But I held on until the bitter end, catching up with people I'd not seen for too long, and some people who I'd seen too recently. Eventually at three I headed back over to Jason Cook's in a Taxi. Fortunately this taxi driver didn't give us all a synchronised intake of breath by suddenly chipping in to our conversation with "Right there's an American bird, a French bird and an African Bird on a plane..." So that was a blesséd relief. After a brief jazz woodbine we ended up stood trying to open the door of the flat for ten minutes wondering why the keys weren't working. then it became apparent, we were one floor down from where we should have been.
Lying ont he couch there I remembered why it is that I don't get on with Marijuana as I drifted off to sleep through a panic attack and by brain dragging up all of my insecurities and memories of how I've let down the people I love. That's why I always have said that it's the worst drug in the world.
So far today I've managed to go meet up wtih my friend Tat and go and see Breaker Morant starring Adam Hills, Brendon Burns, Alister Barrie and others. It was really good, better than they seemed to think it was. Though for half an hour before I wsaw Phil Nichol, the nicest man in teh world, wandering round looking angry. as for now I've got 45 minutes to get some food and got tech this show for Duncan whilst trying to figure out how to get people in to this free showcase on the site of the old gilded balloon tomorrow at 1:40pm.
Any suggestions as to what to do would be gratefully received.
Tonight I'm going to go and watch Brendon I think, I'll report back when I can.
until then I love you all
BB xXx
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