Dave's One Night Stand

That's the channel Dave not me-Dave. We recorded it on Saturday night at the Birmingham Hippodrome. If you've seen the show before (last series featured Russel Kane, Sarah Millican, Ben Elton, Jack Whitehall and Johnny Vegas) you'll know it involves someone doing a home town gig... and a lot of people don't realise I'm from Birmingham. Me included. Because I'm not.

I'm from Stafford. Which is 25 miles up the road. But it's the West Midlands... so it's a local gig at least.

So I filmed some short stuff to show folks round Stafford in the morning and then did the show that night.

I really like the way the production company approached things with their focus being all about the live show on the day - something that isn't always true in telly-land. As you can see from the set (my Mum took the picture) the excellent Simon Evans and Isy Suttie were on too - as were Elis James and Jason Cook - which I think made for a really well balanced bill with every performer pushing at slightly different comic doors. Fun.

Being on a Saturday night it meant I couldn't stay over in Birmingham as I had to be in London on Sunday morning for my Absolute Radio show. I hate missing a show... even when I was on tour I only missed one and that was because it was physically impossible to get back from Belfast in time to do it.

It's exhausting but worth it. And if you were in the audience at the Hippodrome and listened to the show then you'll be able to confirm that I succeeded with my secret mission. But that's just between us, right?

If you missed the show and want the podcast then it's here (if you're an itunes user) or here (if you're not) and the One Night Stand episode is scheduled to be on Dave on April 28th.

Dave Gorman's Screen Guild...

... is the name of a new night I'm setting up at the gorgeous Hoxton Hall.

I wanted to create a space where I could introduce really good acts as well as play with new ideas of my own... and this is it.

I've really enjoyed getting back into stand-up this last couple of years but I don't want to abandon what I can achieve with powerpoint and a laptop.

But it's not really easy to find a space where I can experiment with that stuff... so I'm forming a double act with a big screen and we're going to host this night together.

The first one is on March 19th. I promise the acts will be ace. You can book tickets via the venue's website:

HoxtonHall.co.uk

Who are you... who, who? Who who?

It was a real privilege to meet Roger Daltrey a couple of days ago.

He's a driving force behind the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at the Albert Hall and is going to be performing songs from Tommy at one of them this year... so he dropped in at Absolute Radio to help promote the shows and the cause. All the proper DJs must have been busy because I got a phone call asking if I could come along and do an interview. I didn't have to think for very long. Of course I could.

He was a proper gent... very easy to chat to and really passionate about the charity and all that it does.

You can get tickets for his and all the other concerts - they run from March 21st to the 27th - here.

Some of the interview will be in tomorrow's show - 10am til 12 on Absolute. And of course it'll then be on the subsequent podcast - what d'you mean you don't subscribe? I'm pretty sure the complete interview will be put out as a separate podcast too.

I bloody love this job.

Hello!

Well that was productive!

I've just done a month without using the internet.

It wasn't quite as extreme as that. I took Sunday's off. By which I mean, I allowed myself online on Sundays because I wasn't trying to work on Sundays because I was doing the radio show on Sundays.

And I used e-mail. But on work days - and that's been Monday to Saturday - I ignored twitter, facebook, youtube, this blog and the rest of the world wide web. And it was a useful exercise. I got a lot of work done.

So... what did I miss?

Happy New Year

Stairs, originally uploaded by Dave Gorman.

Here's wishing you a very happy new year.

I had an amazing 2010. If 2011 comes close to being as good I'll be bloody delighted.

My new year resolution is to leave the internet alone for a while. Not for long. Just long enough to get some work done. I won't be on twitter, I won't be blogging and I won't be checking my e-mail... until I've got this chunk of work out of the way. Then normal service will be resumed.

I'll be on twitter when I do the radio show a week on Sunday... because that's a conversation... but not in between times. It's simply too distracting. As many of you know I have a history when it comes to the internet distracting me from work. Not this time internet! You're not the boss of me.

I'm not saying what the work is on purpose. If I do people will ask questions. If people are asking questions I know I'll get dragged back to the internet to answer them. And if I do that, I won't get the work done. It's a vicious circle.

Right. Internet off. See you soon! And a happy new year!

Season's Greetings

I know it's from a commercial application. I know I only had to upload a couple of photos to make it... but what the hey... Mrs Gorman and myself wanted to wish you a happy Christmas.

Especially you.

Absobloominlutely

We recorded our last live radio show of the year this morning. (I think they're playing a best-of compilation next week) If you've tuned in during the last twelve months - or downloaded the podcast - then thanks. It seems to have grown and grown and we're all very happy with the way it's going.

Every now and then - like this morning - our regular producer has to miss a show and we have someone else come in and do the show... and one of the things they always comment on is how responsive - and intelligently so - our audience is. Especially for a Sunday morning. That makes me feel reet proud. Ta.

Absolute Radio are being really supportive of the DVD (I think the fact that I only missed one radio show when I was on tour and that was because I was in Belfast helped) and done a deal which means their listeners can effectively get free delivery (in the UK). I think it's a really nice way to connect the live radio stuff I do with the live and vice versa and a nice pat on the back for the show - and a better deal for the listeners too.

There are two or three ads for it playing on the station every now and then and seeing as it makes for the cheapest price I thought the decent thing would be to mention it here too. I didn't know how to upload a sound clip to the blog... so I've made this video to accompany it.