November 26, 2005
UPDATE 24th NOVEMBER 2005
UPDATE 24th NOVEMBER 2005
Wow! Look at this! I’m doing another update only 4 days after the last one. I’m on some kind of delicious roll!
KEN ON THE LAST WORD NEWS
Tonight’s edition of The Last Word (11pm More 4) features Ken talking about why his adaptation of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire is superior to the Warner Brothers version currently on release. He makes his case with extracts from his original adaptation and storyboards. This is partly because I thought it would be funny and partly because Warner Brothers would not allow us to use any footage from the film, despite having sent us the EPK and being reassured that we weren’t going to take the piss at all (which they shouldn’t have any right to demand in the first place really). I actually quite liked the miserable film for what it’s worth.
Next week I’m going to tackle Flightplan, which started out being the most fun I’ve had at the cinema in ages but ended up being a shockingly poor lump. It was still fun mind you. Anyway, rather than get into the critical ins and outs of it, Ken’s going to do a short Flightplan musical (his original idea for how the film should be made, vetoed by a tone deaf Foster.) This will involve some bad singing and guitar playing, so fasten your seat belts, you’re in for some aural turbulence! (that’s the kind of thing they say on planes you see?)
XFM NEWS
It looks as if Joe and I will be staying on at Xfm until about April next year when we’ll have to take a break for various work commitments. I’m glad about that because it is generally great fun to do and it’s the only opportunity Joe and I get to work together at the moment. We’ll be at Xfm’s Winter Wonderland gig on Sunday 11th December. We’re supposed to be introducing The Editors. I haven’t really heard much of their stuff so I suppose I should get on the case before then. It’s going to be a busy night for me because after we’ve introduced them I have to cycle back to Clapham for a quick stand up slot in a new club called…
SIT DOWN SUNDAYS, SUNDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2005
This takes place once a month at The Landor Theatre, at 8pm. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Address: Upstairs in the Landor Pub
70 Landor Road,
London, SW9 9PH
(2 mins' walk from Clapham North tube station)
The box office number is: 020 7737 7276
Or you can book online at www.landortheatre.co.uk
As far as I know it’s a little like the comedy evenings I was doing earlier in the year at The Zetter Hotel in Clerkenwell, ie a place for people to try out new character based stuff without fear of violent reprisals. There’s a few Ealing Live people doing stuff there next time (John Hopkins and Katie Brand so far) and I’ll probably do my new American film star character Guy which I did once at the Zetter and once a few weeks ago at Storm in Leicester Square. Or I may do another character called General Tony who is a furious alien warlord. If you have The Adam & Joe DVD you can see him briefly in a very early incarnation on The Story Of Adam & Joe. I always wanted to do more with him and a few weeks ago I was playing Bowie’s Five Years on my guitar and I started singing it very, very fast in a furious alien voice. It made me chuckle so I thought I might give it a try in public but I may chicken out. I need to make a decent costume for him or something.
THE WORST THING I’VE SEEN ALL WEEK
I was working in Camden and I needed something to eat on the go so I ended up going in to Pret A Manger (or is it just ‘Pret’ without the ‘Manger’, as the state of readiness is more important than the actual food?) As I was paying for my box of plasticky sushi I read the small sign on the till that said something like “We are legally obliged to add VAT to all non takeaway purchases” adding at the end the word “Nightmare!”
I’m sure this was the idea of some Pret genius who thought that a bit of contemporary Davina McCall style colloquialism would make the customers feel more like a real friend of Pret. But I am not a friend of Pret. I just want a snack. I’ve had to make do with Pret because I don’t want a burger and there’s nowhere else around selling anything halfway edible so I’m going to give Pret my money as a last resort and unless Pret is going to pop into the kitchen and whip me up something a little more appetizing than the old shit on his stainless steel shelves Pret can just shut up, take my money, say thankyou and leave it at that. But don’t try and make friends with me! Don’t follow your legal disclaimer with some sub Kate Thornton banter as if I’m going to think “Nightmare!” Yeah, tell me about it Pret! Good to know you’re on my side man! I’m lovin’ this rubbery sushi by the way! Fuck Pret.
My friends and family often accuse me of taking things too seriously. I don’t know why. To me being patronized by a sandwich corporation is serious and to be anything less than theatrically apoplectic seems remiss. So why aren’t I out campaigning to stop the war in Iraq if I’m so very serious then? You may well ask. I’m starting by complaining about Pret and moving on to the war in Iraq in a few weeks if you must know. Once I start complaining about the war in Iraq on this website I think you’ll find things get straightened out there pretty quickly.
I’m going now byeee!
Love Adam
24/11/05
November 21, 2005
UPDATE 20th NOVEMBER 2005
UPDATE 20th NOVEMBER 2005
INFO BUTTON NEWS
So, you know when I said that people were getting in touch with the ‘info button’ yeah? I don’t know what I was thinking about because there’s no ‘info button’. I honestly don’t know how people have been getting in touch but they have and continue to do so and while that isn’t why I’m maintaining this site (ie. to meet new people) it’s nice all the same.
RADIO NEWS
I’ve been doing a few bits and pieces for BBC radio recently. Mainly just small parts in other people’s stuff but I’ve also written a short play as part of a series called Friends Like These which will air as part of Woman’s Hour (don’t know why exactly) next year sometime. The plays in the series (on the theme of friendship) have all been written by double acts of various kinds. Joe wasn’t able to write anything with me as he’s busy with all kinds of projects but he said he’d be up for being in it so I’ve written it with him in mind. I’ve only written a first draft so far so if and when it gets more serious I’ll let you know. That must be pretty exciting for you. In a way I’m like Santa.
KEN ON THE LAST WORD NEWS
My brother Dave (whose site Poo Pages is the best place to go if you are an Adam & Joe Show fan in search of trivs) has put up the first 6 movie reviews that Ken has done for More 4’s The Last Word. Some (Lord Of War, Battle In Heaven, Broken Flowers, Elizabethtown) differ very slightly from the transmitted pieces! It’s a very slight internet exclusive! I think I’m doing a few more of these up till Christmas, thereafter I don’t know. I’m just taking it as it comes. I’m like the freewheeling Bob Dylan. And Santa.
SCALLIWAG NEWS
I’ve also put my Scalliwag song up here for Scalliwag fans (although I have no reason to believe there are any at all). This is something I did last year when I was doing little bits of sub Streets/Dizzee Rascal style rapping over pop songs for Xfm in an effort to get listeners to reciprocate. A couple of people did but mainly it was an excuse for me to rap. The song (which samples the amazing Talking Heads song Warning Sign) was something I did when I decided I was going to make an entire album in the style of The Streets. Needless to say I failed to make an entire album, but I haven’t given up entirely. If I get any further I’ll stick some more up. I’m like the freewheeling Bob Dylan and Santa and The Streets. And a twat.
Right, I’ve got to watch I’m A Celebrity now. I want to dislike Ant & Dec so much but I just can’t. What’s my problem?
Love Adam 20/11/05
Scalliwag’s Warning
About the movies of Ken Korda (MP4)
Hello,
The movies just posted of Ken Korda are all in MPEG4 format. They have the extension ‘.mp4′, and should play fine in all kinds of proper MPEG4 movie players. They work fine in QuickTime versions 6.5 and 7 on my Mac here. But for some reason the QuickTime plugin doesn’t start playing the movie until the entire file has been downloaded, which is annoying.
David B.
Ken Korda on Stoned
Ken Korda on Stoned, the Brian Jones biopic. Taken from The Last Word on More4.