Thrillho
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Honourable mention for surviving on leaves and compost inside the stomach of an accommodating bear
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Post by Thrillho on Jan 23, 2011 16:33:59 GMT 10
A Conversation with Shaun MicallefWilliam McInnes talks to Shaun Micallef – comedian, TV personality, the author of Smithereens and, most recently, Preincarnate and the only person who could get away with accepting a Logie with Sir Laurence Olivier’s 1977 Academy Awards acceptance speech. Sunday Feb 13, The Community RoomThe Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers Street Abbotsford VIC www.writersattheconvent.com
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Post by yorkshiremoorsviv on Feb 7, 2011 11:24:41 GMT 10
Shaun briefly discussed on this The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine today 774 (I expect will be podcastificated). Plus UFOlogy, & the (un)usual stuff
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Thrillho
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Post by Thrillho on Feb 7, 2011 17:59:33 GMT 10
Oh, nice! I'll look out for the podcast! (I knew I shouldn't've slept in this morning. I'll have to look out tomorrow morning for TAYG radio promo appearances.)
I won't be at the Convent due to work so I hope someone sneaks a recording.
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Post by p1cklepepperpiper on Feb 7, 2011 19:53:48 GMT 10
I will be in Melbourne in time for the Convent, but I'm not so sure my rent-a-family will be happy to drive me around the city. I will see what I can do! (But in anycase, I don't have great bootleg recording devices. I have a Nokia 3600, but everything will come out as a vague electronic murmur) -PPP
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Post by p1cklepepperpiper on Feb 16, 2011 21:28:35 GMT 10
As it turns out, I did manage to get to the convent during my time in Melbourne, but foolishly did not anticipate that Shaun was perhaps a bit more popular than I had assumed. The event was apparently sold out a week beforehand, so I milled around waiting for him to leave so as to ambush him. Thankfully, he was signing books in the courtyard and I jumped in the line quite early, so managed to get to him while he was still fresh. It was an absolute highlight - I had read Cereality in "Smithereens" before on the Scrivener's Fancy (http://thescrivenersfancy.com/visiting-scrivener/2009/05/27/cereality.aspx) where Shaun delivers the great line "A few years later he invented Cornflakes and made a fucking fortune". In the re-publication of "Smithereens", the word 'fucking' is missing. I asked Shaun about that, and expressed that it wasn't the same line without 'fucking', and he laughed, took my book and like a real gentleman corrected the book for me, telling me that Penguin tried to tone down the swearing. Here it is! He then signed "Smithereens" as per the norm, I finally got to congradulate him for Good Evening, got a photo and a handshake and said goodbye so the other people could get a piece of him. Twas awesome. And by the sounds of it, it was a great conversation, with Francis Greenslade taking William McInnes's place for some reason. This makes me very upset that I missed it! -PPP
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Thrillho
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Honourable mention for surviving on leaves and compost inside the stomach of an accommodating bear
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Post by Thrillho on Feb 16, 2011 21:53:47 GMT 10
Fan-fucking-tastic! It would've been an incredible event to go to, especially with Francis taking over. Edit: "This image or video violated our terms of use."
Clearly you can't use the word "fucking" in print or the internet.
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