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[maxcelcat]

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you may have heard that the next in Melbourne's seemingly endless series of festivals (Jewish Gay Short Film Festival anyone?) is on soon. The Comedy festival! Cool.

I already have tickets to the return season of Keating!, the country Soul opera we had to have. Friday April 13th should you care to join us. Also have tickets to that rude Jim Henson's Puppet show, Puppet Up! on April 14th (busy weekend!)

And, outside the comedy fest but hopefully still painfully funny, Weird Al at Hamer Hall in late March. Looking at the tickets right now, bluetacked to my monitor :-)

Anyway, had a flick through the guide. When I get paid in a couple of weeks (yay!) I'm going to grab tickets to a couple of things which usually sell out:

• The Second Annual Golden Guy Fawkes Award. Saw the First Annual last year - it was Seditious.
• Tim Minchn, who I hear only good things about.

And then, having blown my March paycheck, I also plan to try and see the following, probably waiting till I get paid again in April... This is why I'm always fucking broke, having far too good a time:

• Men of Steel - Puppetry done with kitchen utensils. Saw them at evildoom_bunny's graduation. Very funny!
• The Hound of the Baskervilles - Saw bits of an early version of this at a comedy night a few week
  .s............................................... (thanks for that schnitzelrug) ago
• Josh Earl is a Librarian - half of the Renegades of Folk. He really is a librarian...

That's about all I'd picked out so far. If I make it to all of these I'll be chuffed. If I make it to all of these with you, I'll be chufferedered...

Missing from this years festival, inexplicably: My man Justin "Bedroom Philosopher" Haezlwood. Performance poet Tug Dumbly. And Eddie Perfect. Although I hear rumours that Eddie might have a roll in Keating! Justin on the other hand is working on his second studio album and will be touring music venues later. As for Tug Dumbly, he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth - anyone heard any news?

Comments

[naughtydolphin.livejournal.com]

I want to see Weird Al!

[maxcelcat]

I believe he's touring the major cities... I could be wrong. Wouldn't have the foggiest when or which venue... But then at this point I only have the foggiest about a number of things... :-)

[naughtydolphin.livejournal.com]

Given that I'm 34 weeks pregnant as of tomorrow, and that I can't afford it, I think I'm going to have to pass :(

[maxcelcat]

That's no excuse - have the baby in the aisle and name it Weird Al Junior :-)

[naughtydolphin.livejournal.com]

LOL as I'm having a girl - that'd be a bit too weird for me!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_megalomania_/]

Comfest! Yay! :)

I seen to have committed myself to seeing two comedians (Daniel Kitson and Stephen K Amos) based on (friend) Bachlan asking if I'd do see them with her. I've got no idea if they're good or not though and am horribly broke even now. Ahh well...

Weird Al. Hee. I bet that'll be brilliant.