[Photo] Robin Ince's Bad Book Club, 13/04/11, J2

[karohemd]

I had bought a ticket for this a while ago because I like Robin Ince's bits he's been doing on Infinite Monkey Cage and his introduction to Brian Cox' Douglas Adams memorial lecture was brilliant, too.
In this show he basically talks about and reads from random books he's found (mostly at charity shops), mostly bad romance novels (Mills & Boon and the like), Giant Crabs, fundie Christian lit and random lifestyle advice books (The Secrets of Picking Up Sexy Girls, rabbit keeping, amateur taxidermy etc.). He also goes off on tangents a lot (or all the time) so everything is a bit random but it's brilliantly performed and very funny.

Support was from Philip Jeays who sings lovely, fun and evil songs about various things with a rather Brecht/Weill feel. Very expressive, a lot of fun.

  
 


Philip Jeays:









Robin Ince:


The expression says it all






He can be an angry man


My favourite shot

Comments

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

Ah, The Secrets of Picking Up Sexy Girls, Robin's lost book. I'm going to Uncaged Monkeys next month, it's going to be fantastic.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That was the title, thanks! Yes, that's rather sad he lost it (or it was nicked).
I'm going to see the Uncaged Monkeys in Cambridge next month. Sadly, without Alan Moore. :(

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

I think most of his fans are on the hunt for another copy for him. :)

[devalmont.livejournal.com]

Haha! He read from one of the Crabs books! They hold a special place in my heart because most of them are set in my home town, literally yards from where my parents live. If you look at his back catalogue on the website there's a book called 'The Busker' with a cathedral on the cover. That is Lichfield, my favourite cathedral in the worl.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! :o)