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crispfencer I haven't posted in so long! Where to start...
I've been listening to so many podcasts recently, good lord. I'll try to rattle through them all here.
Bridget Christie's Utopia is glorious and I'm so happy she's back on the radio. Only two episodes have been released so far, so I'm really excited for the rest of the series!
So many podcast panel shows are female-led, and I honestly I've been finding that so refreshing. At the moment I've been listening to Guilty Feminist podcast (I LOVE SOPHIE HAGEN SO MUCH), Global Pillage (it's got the format of QI, except straight white men aren't allowed on. Basically, it's perfect) and the Standard Issue podcast (I think it's pretty new, but it's got all my faves on it, plus Sarah MIllican is a babe). As for the male-led podcasts, I've listened to The Horne Section Podcast (only listened to the Adam Buxton one so far, but I really enjoyed it!), Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown (I think this one really depends on the guests, for me at least. The ones with Nish, Bridget, Alex and John had me in stitches, but I turned off halfway with some of the other ones. Also some are all male panels, which got my goat a little), Stewart Lee's Resonance FM show (the one with Adam Buxton was brill, mostly because it was my two faves interacting. Choice quote from the Herring interview, " *laughing* I forgot how mad you were, Rich". <3 Also, it seems to have come out during Stews break from stand-up, as well as before the release of Jerry Springer the Opera which; in my opinion, changed their dynamic for the better.)
Fiiiiiiinaly, Scroobius Pip's podcast, or whatever it's called. I listened to the Josie Long interview, but had to turn off because it just made me so angry. His stance against the mandatory one-woman on every panel show was poorly argued and had no factual basis whatsoever. He even used that fucking infuriating line "shouldn't you be asking for specific women? Just asking for 'women' as if they're a genre is a bit sexist, innt?" Argh, fuck off, honestly. I can name many women that make me laugh, and are great on panel shows, but simply asking for 'more women' is a genuine and valid sentiment. Stop being contrary, honestly. (I'm still going to check out his interview with Alex, though.)
In other news, I've been watching Derry Girls! It's so so perfect and anyone who hasn't watched it needs to, immediately. I fucking adore the whole cast and want to hug them all. (Also I realised that TMWRNJ was still airing when the show is set (1998), as well as the final series of Father Ted. That's so weirrrrd.)
Oh, and I experienced The Darkness of Robins! This was technically my first ever stand-up gig and I enjoyed it so fucking much. He did an extra 20mins of new material at the beginning to do with his appearance on Celebrity Mastermind ("In which I fulfil neither of those conditions") and how much he hates homophobe extraordinaire Tim Farron. Also, the TOWIE girl initially wanted to answer questions on TOWIE, which he did a very funny thing on. There was also some audience participation, with a Mastermind/Winner Plays On-style quiz on the topic of John Robins and his shame. Although, I think that might've been part of the original show, as he made a pretty good callback to it in the second half. (This incident in the sea, if you must know.)
By the end of the show I was crying because, fucking hell mate. But then I quickly had to compose myself, because he was signing posters! He couldn't afford staff or a card reader, so it was literally just him with a pile of posters on a table, plastic bag for the cash, and little golden sharpie. I very awkwardly showed him my art, and he was super super kind!! He said (and I know this because my friend wrote it down so I wouldn't black-out and forget) "You've given me such long legs, I like that a lot!", "You've drawn me like a Disney prince", and "Elis wouldn't appreciate this, of course." And then he asked me to send it into the show!! Which I did!! I was buzzing for the rest of the week, seriously. Next gig is Stewart Lee in March! Elis and James Acaster are performing in my city this week, but I literally do not have the money to go. :(
(Update because I wrote this post about a week ago: they mentioned the Canterbury gig on the podcast! It's on episode 207, aka Tick Tock Robins Part 2.)
I have some bits of art to post now.
Firstly, sixth form Robins! He's chilling out with a butterbeer in The Three Broomsticks (pls imagine it, I'm bad with backgrounds... ^^;)
Second is a cleanup of a lunchbreak sketch I did formarginaliana of the bestboys at Jonathan Ross' Halloween party.
(Loooosers)
Oh, and you can get this design as a sticker, plus some other things you might fancy, from my Redbubble shop!
I've been listening to so many podcasts recently, good lord. I'll try to rattle through them all here.
Bridget Christie's Utopia is glorious and I'm so happy she's back on the radio. Only two episodes have been released so far, so I'm really excited for the rest of the series!
So many podcast panel shows are female-led, and I honestly I've been finding that so refreshing. At the moment I've been listening to Guilty Feminist podcast (I LOVE SOPHIE HAGEN SO MUCH), Global Pillage (it's got the format of QI, except straight white men aren't allowed on. Basically, it's perfect) and the Standard Issue podcast (I think it's pretty new, but it's got all my faves on it, plus Sarah MIllican is a babe). As for the male-led podcasts, I've listened to The Horne Section Podcast (only listened to the Adam Buxton one so far, but I really enjoyed it!), Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown (I think this one really depends on the guests, for me at least. The ones with Nish, Bridget, Alex and John had me in stitches, but I turned off halfway with some of the other ones. Also some are all male panels, which got my goat a little), Stewart Lee's Resonance FM show (the one with Adam Buxton was brill, mostly because it was my two faves interacting. Choice quote from the Herring interview, " *laughing* I forgot how mad you were, Rich". <3 Also, it seems to have come out during Stews break from stand-up, as well as before the release of Jerry Springer the Opera which; in my opinion, changed their dynamic for the better.)
Fiiiiiiinaly, Scroobius Pip's podcast, or whatever it's called. I listened to the Josie Long interview, but had to turn off because it just made me so angry. His stance against the mandatory one-woman on every panel show was poorly argued and had no factual basis whatsoever. He even used that fucking infuriating line "shouldn't you be asking for specific women? Just asking for 'women' as if they're a genre is a bit sexist, innt?" Argh, fuck off, honestly. I can name many women that make me laugh, and are great on panel shows, but simply asking for 'more women' is a genuine and valid sentiment. Stop being contrary, honestly. (I'm still going to check out his interview with Alex, though.)
In other news, I've been watching Derry Girls! It's so so perfect and anyone who hasn't watched it needs to, immediately. I fucking adore the whole cast and want to hug them all. (Also I realised that TMWRNJ was still airing when the show is set (1998), as well as the final series of Father Ted. That's so weirrrrd.)
Oh, and I experienced The Darkness of Robins! This was technically my first ever stand-up gig and I enjoyed it so fucking much. He did an extra 20mins of new material at the beginning to do with his appearance on Celebrity Mastermind ("In which I fulfil neither of those conditions") and how much he hates homophobe extraordinaire Tim Farron. Also, the TOWIE girl initially wanted to answer questions on TOWIE, which he did a very funny thing on. There was also some audience participation, with a Mastermind/Winner Plays On-style quiz on the topic of John Robins and his shame. Although, I think that might've been part of the original show, as he made a pretty good callback to it in the second half. (This incident in the sea, if you must know.)
By the end of the show I was crying because, fucking hell mate. But then I quickly had to compose myself, because he was signing posters! He couldn't afford staff or a card reader, so it was literally just him with a pile of posters on a table, plastic bag for the cash, and little golden sharpie. I very awkwardly showed him my art, and he was super super kind!! He said (and I know this because my friend wrote it down so I wouldn't black-out and forget) "You've given me such long legs, I like that a lot!", "You've drawn me like a Disney prince", and "Elis wouldn't appreciate this, of course." And then he asked me to send it into the show!! Which I did!! I was buzzing for the rest of the week, seriously. Next gig is Stewart Lee in March! Elis and James Acaster are performing in my city this week, but I literally do not have the money to go. :(
(Update because I wrote this post about a week ago: they mentioned the Canterbury gig on the podcast! It's on episode 207, aka Tick Tock Robins Part 2.)
I have some bits of art to post now.
Firstly, sixth form Robins! He's chilling out with a butterbeer in The Three Broomsticks (pls imagine it, I'm bad with backgrounds... ^^;)
Second is a cleanup of a lunchbreak sketch I did for
marginaliana of the bestboys at Jonathan Ross' Halloween party. (Loooosers)
Oh, and you can get this design as a sticker, plus some other things you might fancy, from my Redbubble shop!
