Quick blogging interlude before I head off to my first of two late night gigs; before going to go host the first of 6 late 'n' lives this year, I'm off to C Venue to be the opening act in a gig where the compere is ... an improv group. Any other place, any other time, I'd drop the gig like a red-hot saucepan, but here in Edinburgh, the 'sod it, why not?' index is practically off the scale.

Late 'n' live is another interesting one. I don't want to comment until I've done it tonight, so I won't. If you know me, you know my thoughts on this, but in the meanwhile, how about some light lounge music?

Anyway, speaking of the Gilded Balloon, congratulations to Seann Walsh, stand-out winner of the first heat of SYTYF on Sunday. Here's the contestants...



And here's the winner Seann with a friend and last year contestant Hannah George.



Bit embarassing as I know Seann from Brighton and being the host of the heat, it smacked of some sort of collusion that he won. But I have no involvement with the judging, nor do I have any sway over the judges, and most importantly, he really was the best on the day. Well done mate.

Show went well tonight; Adam Bloom has just arrived in Edinburgh and came straight to see it, which was really nice of him because he was quite fried by the journey. Lots of positive feedback; which was appreciated. Tomorrow's my day off so it's nice to go into the 'interval' on a high. Just awaiting List review on Thursday now, and hoping I can go into the 2nd week with a bit of momentum, though it's anyone's guess how this festival is going, even a week on.

Oh and found out I live next door to Neil and Christine Hamilton, whose talk show I was on today. On their way home, they nipped round today for five minutes today to say Hi, and for Christine to use the Loo. Even though they live next door. Randomness abounds.

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Comment from: Ian Llewellyn-Rowe [Visitor] · http://www.comedycv.co.uk/ianllewellynrowe

Fairplay to Sean... he was class.
I was pissed off to have him in my heat. Bastard.

Ah well....

Great job compering by the way! And was nice to meet you.

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Comment from: Stephen Grant [Member] · http://www.stephengrant.com/

Yes, bad luck Ian. I said to Julia afterwards that I definitely thought you have some good stuff in your set. Do keep plugging away at it - it gets easier and better with work, I promise you. :)

Permalink 07/08/08 @ 01:29

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