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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Learning from experience
Here’s a list of observations I’ve made from watching brilliant comics, bad comics, and looking back at my own performances. Take em or leave em. Right now, for me they’re gospel. In other words I disobey constantly, and then desperately seek forgiveness. Stay in the spotlight (if there is one), no matter how blinding. If… Read more
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Gig 2 – Underground Comedy Club (Thomas Reads)
Gig 2 – Underground Comedy Club (Thomas Reads), Wellington Quay, Temple Bar, 17th September 2009 Thinking back… Pre show: Incredibly nervous, pacing back and forth, stretching back stage, running out into the bar. Having my friends there made it so much worse. Show: This was the first gig I told my friends about. I invited… Read more
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Writing Comedy
Writing Comedy These are what my notes look like for one bit of my set, ‘Being single’. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you not to write your standup down. While it’s absolutely true that delivery is as (if not more) important than material, working out your set on paper helps you figure out what… Read more
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Gig 1 – Anseo, Wexford St Dublin
Gig 1 – Anseo, Wexford St Dublin, 31st August 2009 Thinking back… This was a great place for a first gig. Young sympathetic crowd, no bar in the upstairs room where the gig goes on, a working mic, a spotlight and most importantly a great Mc (Aidan Killian). Not to mention the other acts, which… Read more
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What is a Hipster anyway? Part 1
Prelude – One Hipster’s Story In my final year at college I helped start a music magazine that briefly went nationwide. For a little while we covered a brutally hip range of ‘indie’ and electronica acts: Interviewing, smooching, listening to a lot of great new music and occasionally finding time to publish some decent writing.… Read more
Gareth Stack 