Having tiny little hands is good for only a few things: Cleaning the inside of a clarinet, clapping enthusiastically without making too much noise, knitting a scarf for a gerbil and being the president of the USA.
All…
Read moreFeb 5 2018
Having tiny little hands is good for only a few things: Cleaning the inside of a clarinet, clapping enthusiastically without making too much noise, knitting a scarf for a gerbil and being the president of the USA.
All…
Read moreJan 22 2018
I’m in pain. My limbs are aching.
I can’t be blamed. I’ve been in a fight.
It was a series of fights. It feels like I spent the whole of yesterday fighting. In fact, pretty much everyone…
Read moreDec 30 2017
It's the time of year when you are supposed to look back and sum up all your achievements, successes and generally what a great person you are. The summary should also be peppered with a few failures and heartbreak…
Read moreDec 21 2017
School's out. And as with every year, the kids parade the streets with burning torches. Twelve year olds in charge of fire. The parents are never invited to what happens when they get to wherever they get, but I…
Read moreDec 20 2017
Last night I went to watch some Ice Hockey. And I had a lovely time - Nice food, a lovely buffet, a couple of beers, charming company in the form of the good people of Online Voices and Fishy…
Read moreNov 24 2017
The Linköping Comedy Festival 2018 juggernaut is shifting into gear - All the acts are now booked and ready to go, there's a couple of sponsors and the press is starting to prick up their ears. First off the…
Read moreNov 19 2017
I was in Stockholm earlier this week to talk to a few people about next summer's film project. Some small knockbacks, but also some very positive feedback and enthusiasm about the film - The overall picture is that it…
Read moreNov 13 2017
A couple of weeks ago, my wife asked me if I wanted to go camping with our son's scout group. Needless to say, the very suggestion of going camping at anytime of the year apart from at the height of…
Read moreNov 9 2017
Last night the US of A came to Linköping in the form of Team Amerika. Even though they cheated a bit by having Englishman Ben Richards (who was hilarious), they brought a slice of America to the stage at L'Orient. …
Read moreOct 27 2017
Newspapers are a bit weird. If you contact them with a story that is happening here and now and that is exciting, the response is..... apathy if they can be bothered and indifference if they care enough to answer…
Read moreOct 12 2017
I did a gig last night for about eighty kommunala tjänstemän from a selection of Sweden's so-called small big towns, or big small towns - The jury is out as to whether they are big and small, or small…
Read moreOct 11 2017
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about dying onstage at an open mic night where I tried out a couple of characters. Two weeks later and I had given my all to the creative process - In other words…
Read moreOct 2 2017
I went out late the other night. This is a big thing. I was out so late that I did something that I very rarely do. I caught the last train home. It was the party train and I…
Read moreSep 27 2017
I died twice last night. Once in a baseball cap and once in a wig.
For the last six months or so, there’s been an open mic stand up night in town called Beta Comedy. It's getting…
Read moreSep 21 2017
Yesterday, I made it to Vallastaden. The groundbreaking building project that aims to revolutionise town planning in Sweden and beyond. A whole new suburb, built from scratch, with only the imagination of the architects (plus budget and building regulations)…
Read moreSep 19 2017
Remember how I'm always going on about how I'd like to make it big in the world of Death Metal? You know, how it's been a dream of mine since childhood to appear on a record that appeals to Death…
Read moreSep 18 2017
The future is now.
The future was never about space travel, or ray guns that shrank people, or flying monkeys. The future was always about voice-activated toasters and robot dogs chewing up newspapers. It was about the mundane made…
Read moreSep 7 2017
Autumn season kicked off last night with the premiere of Messiah Hallberg's tour show - Den Missförstådde Profeten (The Misunderstood Prophet).
It was also a premiere for me, it being the first time I'd ever put on a…
Read moreSep 3 2017
Corren rang me the other day after I had sent out my autumn press release. They asked me why I am cutting back on the number of shows this season. You can read it here if you are…
Read moreAug 24 2017
I'm confused.
Apparently, according to a my social media feed, Tim Abbott, a medium from England is coming to Linköping to perform a seance. He promises to contact spirits from the other side. Speak to the dead, as it…
Read moreAug 2 2017
I'm back in Linköping after a couple of weeks in England. And last night we went out in town, which after the hustle and bustle of inner city Birmingham, metropolitan London and actually, come to think of it, even…
Read moreJul 10 2017