As a ceilidh caller and a performer, I always like to look for examples of how better to connect with an audience, hold their attention, make them laugh. Billy Collins communicates in a comfortable, droll way that is unhindered by false confidence.
A spine-tingling choral performance down the Duck and Switchblade. Maybe Bigdaymusic should see if these guys are available for singing at weddings.
I realised that it's probably a good idea to relax over Christmas, so I'll give you my next ten posts in one, keeping inane chatter to a minimum.
In my opinion, the following ten websites are funny. Go look at them.
The Onion – America's finest news source.
I can has cheezeburger – Cats. Captions. Enjoy with your gran.
Dilbert – Office humour.
XKCD – Geek webcomic
Penny Arcade – Gamer geek webcomic
Failblog – Picture + FAIL = WIN
Today's Big Thing – WYSIWYG
Cake Wrecks – Specialist cakes gone wrong.
Awkward Family Photos – Make your own this Christmas
Write Badly Well – The web needs more illiteracy. Learn how you can help.
Have a great Christmas. I'm off to eat some more Quality Street and listen to Rage Against The Machine.
I have a theory that if everybody spoke like Robbie Shepherd, there wouldn't be any wars.
Sadly, this year the Jiggers ceilidh band will NOT be performing on Radio Scotland's live Hogmanay show. A bit gutted. That would have been fun. It was an honour to be asked, though! We've got some of our musicians playing at Hampden, others at the Hilton, AND (to further disappoint those of you who like fortuitous alliteration) at the Mormon Church. (maybe they could call it a Hootenanny?) It's going to be a pretty tight stretch as it is…
Good news, however, is that I discovered the DV tapes from the original BIG JIG were NOT corrupted after all, it was just the video camera I was playing them in! D'oh! Well, that means that I'll have TWO events to get a new Jiggers video from (the other being the Wee Jig on Saturday night there). So all in all, things are going OK.
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