Top Banana on 16.7.09. To save £4, I opted to walk to the train station from the Cafe Sanctuary (which hosts Top Banana) and got caught in a torrential downpour. It was warm and I was wearing sandals so it wasn’t a huge problem. After two months of enforced solitary confinement, it felt good to be able to enjoy the night air. Had a burger and fries instead of the usual fried chicken. I just felt like a change.
I felt at peace with myself.
Top Banana is run by a nice Sri Lankan guy called Romesh. It was a low key night, enough gaps in the audience to resemble a mouth full of missing teeth but they were warm and receptive. I tried out my first political gag (have since come up with another) but basically just went through my standard routine. Got some laughs. I have to say that Romesh seems to be mining the same shtick as Don Biswas but coming from it at a slightly different angle. He’s good and I can see a future for him if he keeps at it. I did OK and I’m content with that. I wasn’t feeling 100% and had insufficient time to prepare but did not want to make excuses for not doing the gig.
This may well be the last blog posting I do on this website. One of the things that has really fascinated me is the possibility of making a living, in part, out of blogging. I have some ideas and I also want to stretch myself creatively. The problem with wordpress is that you can’t sell stuff on it or allow advertising. Their house. Their rules. I respect that and it’s been great but I want to take it to another level but this isn’t the place for it.
So thank you WordPress, this website has been great but I’ll be moving on.
July 22, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Um, if you’re going to set up shop elsewhere, are you going to tell us where it is?
July 23, 2009 at 12:40 am
Of course. I may not blog for a while, as I figure out what I want to write about (besides comedy) and how to make it work.