May 20, 2007
LOTS OF NEWS!
SORRY IT’S BEEN A WHILE BUT…
I’ve been busy. I’m currently rehearsing for a Channel 4 pilot with the working title Modern Men, written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, the insanely talented men behind Peep Show. I’ve done quite a few pilots over the last year and sadly (or mercifully in a few cases) they haven’t gone any further. I really hope this one gets the nod though because it’s very funny and the rest of the cast is top notch. I won’t say any more about it just yet for fear of jinxing the barnicle but if anything exciting develops I’ll let you know. Now here’s more of the latest thrilling lint from my attractive navel.
BBC PILOT NEWS!
I got some great news the other day. The BBC have commissioned a pilot from me for a show containing the kind of videos I’ve been posting on You Tube this last year as well as some character stuff. It’s by no means big budget but they’re giving me as long as I need to deliver it so I’m hoping to put together something very disappointing. I’m joking of course, it should only be mildly disappointing. The ultimate plan is for there to be some kind of website that would exist in tandem with the show (as the whole thing will be very much inspired by the net and sites like You Tube, albeit featuring all new material, not stuff we’ve got off the web) where you’d be able to see everything in the TV version plus lots more in the same vein. Anyway, while I’m working on the pilot I probably won’t be posting much new video material unless it’s something, like the Nissan ad below, that I know I wouldn’t be able to use for clearance reasons. There’s still a lot of good quality ballcrap in the vaults though so don’t despair! I’ll keep you updated now and then on my pilot progress. Fingers crossed!
JOE ON MY SPACE NEWS!
One of the questions I get asked most frequently is ‘what’s Joe up to?’ Well, now you can find out as Joe has his own My Space page here. At the moment his My Space page is certainly more fun packed than mine and I feel a little guilty every time I add a new friend because it’s unlikely to get more exciting any time soon. I was trying to make it more sexy a while ago but I got angry with the fact that I couldn’t put up my own piece of audio unless I had a ‘musician’ account and then I thought ‘what am I doing on My Space when I’ve got an amazing blog right here?’ and then I had a lie down. My advice is not to bother with me on My Space, but give Joe’s page a look!
FAQ NEWS!
Apart from ‘what’s Joe up to?’ there seem to be a handful of questions that I get asked a lot so I’ve added a new FAQ section at the top of this page to deal with some of those.
OTHER SHITE!
If you’re a fan of brief Q&A’s (and who isn’t?) here’s one that I did for a website for aspiring media types called Media Circus.
There’s a mention of Adam & Joe along with our old friends Louis Theroux and Giles Coren in The Word magazine this month. It’s the issue with Nick Cave on the cover. I was wondering the other day if Nick Cave fans refer to themselves as ‘Cavemen’, as in “Are you a Caveman?†“Are you kidding? I’m a giant Caveman!†etc. They’re missing a trick if they don’t, surely! Anyway, we’re mentioned in a piece about ’stars in the making’ who knew eachother at school.
The piece is factually accurate but the photograph features Louis, myself and Joe with my brother David, not Giles Coren as is kind of implied by the caption. I think they probably got the pic from David’s sadly no longer maintained Adam & Joe site so they must have known full well that it wasn’t Giles but thought, ‘oh fuckit, he could pass for him’ and stuck it in. I’m not complaining though and I’m flattered that The Word included us, but I thought I’d give Dave a shout out. The picture incidentally is from around Christmas 1995 and it’s my Mum and Dad’s old house in Clapham. It was a tradition in those days for Lou and Joe to come over on Christmas eve and have some booze while my Dad regaled us with tales of debauchery from his youth. In fact it was these Christmas eve sessions that lead to Louis encouraging us to include my Pa in The Adam & Joe Show, which of course we eventually did.
In other old photo news. I was rooting through some old crap in the attic the other day and I found this picture of myself as a carefree 23 year old bartender with a young lady customer I had charmed into the restaurant photobooth with my special people skills and booze.
Needless to say that’s as raunchy as things got and I never saw her again until a few months ago when I was watching Lost, the ridiculous yet enjoyable mystery island soap. Recognise her yet? Give up? OK, click here. That’s right, it’s Penny, erstwhile girlfriend of Desmond (catchphrase ‘you alright brother?’)! What are the chances eh? Thought I’d share that with you, it doesn’t really go anywhere. Maybe if she reads this she can send me a message of some kind to complete a rather underwhelming circle. And with that, I bid you goodlunch.