Simon Amstell
Oct. 12th, 2009 10:27 pmI saw Simon Amstell (and his support act Arnad Chandra). Brilliant. Awesome funny.
Reminiscent of Daniel Kitson, although not so measured and not quite so extreme in the simplicity of the story and the diversionariness of the tangents. Well, there weren't exactly tangents, although the stories did turn back to other parts. Very clever, though, and aching self deprecation.
It was about how to be in the moment, between the past (which is just our perspective on things that we can't change) and the future (which is just imagined and doesn't exist). He started with "I'm lonely. Let's start with that." And finished with winning an imaginary bottle of champagne. In between there was a lot about how to live in the moment and the times he's failed to do so.
Like we're characters in someone else's dream. It was called "do nothing" because that was the advice that a Mini Cab driver gave him once, when it made sense.
There were two groups of fire twirlers in the park/median strip, packing up as I walked back to the hostel. And Ross Nobel's Australian Adventure is on tv here, and he went to Melbourne. I love my city.
Reminiscent of Daniel Kitson, although not so measured and not quite so extreme in the simplicity of the story and the diversionariness of the tangents. Well, there weren't exactly tangents, although the stories did turn back to other parts. Very clever, though, and aching self deprecation.
It was about how to be in the moment, between the past (which is just our perspective on things that we can't change) and the future (which is just imagined and doesn't exist). He started with "I'm lonely. Let's start with that." And finished with winning an imaginary bottle of champagne. In between there was a lot about how to live in the moment and the times he's failed to do so.
Like we're characters in someone else's dream. It was called "do nothing" because that was the advice that a Mini Cab driver gave him once, when it made sense.
There were two groups of fire twirlers in the park/median strip, packing up as I walked back to the hostel. And Ross Nobel's Australian Adventure is on tv here, and he went to Melbourne. I love my city.
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