THE OUTSIDER
I hated this at the time. No one likes to be told their live show is only semi-good on
national television and, obviously, it was frustrating not to wow Stuart Maconie 100%.
But watching it again now, I do realise he’s still saying nice things about it and, to be
honest, if I were to watch my 2004 Edinburgh show again now, I’d probably agree with
him. I put way more effort into the music than into the spoken material. As Kirsty
Wark says about this brief clip of The Outsider (specially filmed for Newsnight Review),
there are “more references than a Tarantino film” - a quote I should have used on all
future publicity. But in the end, I didn’t want the audience to just sit there counting
cultural references all night, and tried a different approach for my next effort.
NEWSNIGHT REVIEW, BBC2
AUGUST 13, 2004
THE OUTSIDER
AUGUST 13, 2004
I hated this at the time. No one likes to be told their
live show is only semi-good on national television
and, obviously, it was frustrating not to wow Stuart
Maconie 100%. But watching it again now, I do
realise he’s still saying nice things about it and, to be
honest, if I were to watch my 2004 Edinburgh show
again now, I’d probably agree with him. I put way
more effort into the music than into the spoken
material. As Kirsty Wark says about this brief clip of
The Outsider (specially filmed for Newsnight
Review), there are “more references than a Tarantino
film” - a quote I should have used on all future
publicity. But in the end, I didn’t want the audience
to just sit there counting cultural references all
night, and tried a different approach for my next
effort.
NEWSNIGHT REVIEW, BBC2
