Stripping in the Fringe

On our travels we found two collections of abandoned human attire.

I can only assume that people either had catastrophic soiling incidents, or stripped down as part of the fringe festival. WithWood is hoping for a disgusting combination of the two.

Did anybody see these people disrobe in Leith or on bus?

As well as bringing the excitement of nudity and the fear of no dancing, the fringe will also provide some laughter. Last year I saw two of my childhood comic heroes (Lee and Herring) and had intentions of repeating this, sadly something went terribly wrong with the purchase of the Stewart Lee ticket, I didn’t seem to go through with the order online.

I stood in the box office for about 30 minutes trying to collect the tickets I hadn’t bought, it was fun, almost.

Well, at least I have tickets for Richard Herring, which in my opinion was the superior show last year, I’ll be sure to let you know if it good. Although there aren’t many more performances left.

So what else is on the cards WithWood?

DEADMAU5 @ Liquid Rooms

I knew I was fated to see this DJ when I saw a dead mouse swimming in the Waters of Leith, this will be one special weekend.

Now I’m off to find Edinburgh’s best Mexican!

Previosuly, on WithWood

I’ve been away so long, not sure about sitting here and recalling all of my adventures, I don’t have the time or the memory capacity.

Forwards, not backwards, sometimes sideways, but not often. So, instead of letting you all in on the past few weeks WithOutWood, I thought I would just delve deep into my phone and show you what we achieved.

Here we go…

Hay-fever

A WithWood special – but for now summer has been and gone, time to replace my summer sneezes with festival flu.

Festival Furore

I forgot that the festival was happening so soon and left it too late to buy the cheaper tickets, I’ve already started to become annoyed by tourists – which is a great sign of me finally being a Scottish.

Sculpture

My housemate got play-doh for his birthday, I couldn’t help but rekindle my love for Henry Moore.

The phallus was later thrown against the living room wall, in years to come people will wonder why there is a green stain in our flat, they’ll never guess! Unless they are you.

Meat

The local curry house seemed to have some of the strangest meat in their bins…

I don’t search all bins, just interesting ones, the smell from the restaurant was amazing, but the screams from the kitchen were a little over the top.

Music

Polish DJs are amazing, but I was slightly dissapointed by the foam party only lasting one hour.

Rested

Another speciality, my feet settled in to the new flat pretty quickly, although my hands are a different story altogether.

So that’s my life in a pistachio nut shell, I think we’re all up to speed now. Soon I can update you on my new pet, my new pub, my new friend and my new shoes. Excited? I doubt it.

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Lee and Herring

I won’t spoil the Fringe by writing real reviews – just in case you decide to go see the shows for yourself.

Slightly childish, very funny, just the right number of paedophile jokes – it gains my seal of approval and achieves an excellent:

4½ Woods

Very subtle, extremely funny, an intelligent piece of comedy – I’ll award this show:

4 Woods

Stewart Lee’s show was probably the better crafted one, but for greater lpm (laughs per minute) go see Richard Herring, actually just go and see both!

So there we have it, two fantastic comedians from my youth back to back – what a weekend!

My next adventure will take me to:

Jerry Sadowitz – Comedian, Magician Psychopath

Prepare to be offended.

The Fringe…

…is upon us, it turns Edinburgh into the city that it deserves to be, the sheer volume of people queueing in Gregg’s can get a bit annoying but everything else gets so much more fun. A prime example of this would be the local discotheques, during the festival they open until 5am, which surely shouldn’t be a special treat – it should be standard practice.

WithWood has two nights of comedy planned this week in the form of Lee and Herring.

I grew up loving these guys, just a shame that I will have to see them individually. Expect reviews of both, I doubt there’ll be any photos though as the camera ability in my phone has been lost due to excessive internal liquids.

WithWood will be having a fringe frenzy, any recommendations are more than welcome. BawBags has already suggested Limmy Show’s and WithWood will be in attendance on his behalf. It’s likely that the overwhelming amount of choice will bring back the You Decide feature, making my life much easier.