They Can’t All Be Good Gigs…
Posted by fridgy on December 8, 2009
Hey friends,
Just thought I’d post once more before Christmas as I imagine it’s going to get very busy over the next few weeks. Well, not for me. I do bugger all every day. But all you normal people with normal jobs and lives are probably going to be pushed for time and might not have time to visit www.fridgy.com (crazy, as I know it’s your favourite hobby)…
Anyways, just thought I’d give you a bit of a brief report on a gig I did the other night. Pretty much every time I update this blog I get on here and tell you that “the gig went great”, or “the gig was fun” or “I love watching cooking shows”. Ok, well maybe not the last one, but it’s true so now you know how I spend my spare time.
Well the other night, I have to be honest – I did a gig and it was not a pleasant one. It was at the Macquarie Hotel in Liverpool and maaaannnn it was tough! I was the MC and there were about 15 people in the crowd. None of them seemed like they really wanted to be there and I tried and tried to warm them up, talk to them, told them my best jokes… all while they sat there with their arms crossed and a scowl on their faces that would make an old person jealous. I told them they looked bored (not really supposed to do this as an MC but I figured I might as well be honest), then I told them that even the empty seats looked bored. Finally I got a couple of decent laughs and I brought the first act on (Nick Capper). He did well in the circumstances and by the time I did my second bracket of MC-ing they were drunker and willing to chuckle at least a little bit…
The headline Matt Elsbury also did well and the three of us could walk away feeling like we did a decent enough job. Although I tell you what – those first 10-12 minutes on stage were like standing in front of bunch of mutes in a library. Like I said in the title of this blog not all gigs can be great, and I guess you learn from these types of shows…
Learn things like don’t ever go to Liverpool again. Zing! Kidding, I’ve had fun nights there before. Maybe it was the full moon. Maybe I should stop making excuses.
Ok everyone, have a fantastic Christmas and thanks for popping by during the year! Have a good New Years and please come by again regularly in 2010 – chat to you then!
Done.
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