Dean Whitbread

usefully imaginative since 1984 
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January 10, 2011
 

Joseph O'Connor - "Like"

Joseph O'Connor's inspired comic monologue is like something you always thought you'd heard, but until now, you really haven't.

I will give one hundred golden Irish euros to the person who memorises this and reproduces it word for word.

Filed under  //   Irish   comedy   language   like   monologue  

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December 4, 2010
 

Kraftwerk Shreds

I love the "shreds" phenomenon, where good performances are carefully ruined. Shredding fullfils me in several ways, both as anti-art, and perverse appreciation. Distorting expectations, shreds mock both skillful artists and their worshipping audiences; if it's done well, meaning, with sensitivity to the original, it can be side-splittingly funny and cause me to cry tears of laughter. This Kraftwerk Shreds is a beautiful case in point.

If you want more, also check out this great Jaco Pastorius shred.

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June 24, 2010
 

Don't Mention the World Cup Ever Again

 
Four years ago in 2006 I wrote this song and made this video for Mr John Otto Cleese to coincide with the World Cup.

You know - THE World Cup - the FIFA World Cup. Football. The game played with the feet. By the whole world.

Didn't do too badly. Astonishingly, now England are playing Germany, we're even shifting some more copies of this neatly non-xenophobic number. iTunes: http://bit.ly/dontmentionthewar
 
Song written by Dean Whitbread, Ashley Slater. Oh yes, and John Cleese nabbed himself a credit too.

Filed under  //   Ashley Slater   Dean Whitbread   FIFA   John Cleese   World Cup   cash   comedy   football   joy   music   song  

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