I Love Green Guide Letters (2) - Saturday 6th April 2013
I was glad I wasn't sitting in the front row of the podcast recording, mostly because Pete Holmes was the special guest of the I Love Green Guide Letters live podcast recording.
Along with the other guests Merrick Watts and Kate Langbroek.
The other guests I found were more special than Pete Holmes. Just because they had tales of interest and amusement to tell.
Pete Holmes just had trouble with the Australian language. Although I would like to see a news report reporting on the invasion of BraahdePuitteNuhvrephive where the US would likely launch their nukes to were a war to break out somewhere that they don'd speak what they regard as English.
Holmes though was interesting, having seen him twice now (though not in his own show), he’s, I don't think been to Australia before so he's not really locked into how to play to Australian audiences. Unlike say Arj Barker or Eddie Ifft, both who have been coming to Australia for many years, though both still retain that unique American outlook on things, but they've tempered it and edited their acts for Australian audiences.
Pete Holmes was less like that.
There was lots of hugging and some almost storming off stage.
I thick Merrick Watts is also a liar or has really good deodorant.
He said, when he came onto stage that he was late arriving because he had run from the Arts Centre to the Melbourne Town Hall.
He also lifted up his arms several times throughout the opening of the show and there were no sweat marks under his arms.
Maybe he's got really good antiperspirant deodorant. Maybe.
It's according to Google Maps 600 meters from the Arts Centre to the Town Hall or an 8 minute walk.
It wasn't a cold day either, moderately warm, though the sort of weather that you can't easily dress for because of Melbourne's inconsistent weather.
Possibilities; he could have brought a change of t-shirt with him, knowing that he would need to change when he got there. That's a possibility.
He made a note of the fact that he couldn't get a taxi and I'm inclined to believe him on that front.
He could have caught a tram from the arts centre up to the Town Hall I suppose but then I wonder if he'd have mentioned that rather than go on about running from the arts centre.
There is also the feasibility of running from the Arts Centre to the Town Hall.
While the 600 metres aren't difficult; it's on a moderate slope, there are obstacles.
From the Arts Centre to Flinders Street Station there's no traffic lights, although you would need to contend with people. Once you get to Flinders Street there are 2 intersections, 3 if you counted Flinders Street, 4 if you go from one side of the street to the other. Which if you were running you would go to the East side of the street; the church side. As that's the one with fewer people on it, generally.
Back to the podcast.
It was funny and Watts and Langbroek were great value. I think this is a podcast which I'm glad I was there to see in person because there was a lot of visual stuff and time that Kate Langbroek wasn't even holding the mic close enough to her mouth to grab what she was saying.
I was in the second row so I could hear even without the mic and speakers.
There were no great revelations like the first podcast's "Sam Pang rapes buildings".
Except that in a recent review Steele Saunders was described as a "chubby Ethan Hawk:" which is matched against Homes' self description as a "lesbian Val Kilmer".
Even Merrick Watts described himself as a chubby guy.
None of the guys were at all chubby, I thought they're all rather dashing.
I was glad I wasn't sitting in the front row of the podcast recording, mostly because Pete Holmes was the special guest of the I Love Green Guide Letters live podcast recording.
Along with the other guests Merrick Watts and Kate Langbroek.
The other guests I found were more special than Pete Holmes. Just because they had tales of interest and amusement to tell.
Pete Holmes just had trouble with the Australian language. Although I would like to see a news report reporting on the invasion of BraahdePuitteNuhvrephive where the US would likely launch their nukes to were a war to break out somewhere that they don'd speak what they regard as English.
Holmes though was interesting, having seen him twice now (though not in his own show), he’s, I don't think been to Australia before so he's not really locked into how to play to Australian audiences. Unlike say Arj Barker or Eddie Ifft, both who have been coming to Australia for many years, though both still retain that unique American outlook on things, but they've tempered it and edited their acts for Australian audiences.
Pete Holmes was less like that.
There was lots of hugging and some almost storming off stage.
I thick Merrick Watts is also a liar or has really good deodorant.
He said, when he came onto stage that he was late arriving because he had run from the Arts Centre to the Melbourne Town Hall.
He also lifted up his arms several times throughout the opening of the show and there were no sweat marks under his arms.
Maybe he's got really good antiperspirant deodorant. Maybe.
It's according to Google Maps 600 meters from the Arts Centre to the Town Hall or an 8 minute walk.
It wasn't a cold day either, moderately warm, though the sort of weather that you can't easily dress for because of Melbourne's inconsistent weather.
Possibilities; he could have brought a change of t-shirt with him, knowing that he would need to change when he got there. That's a possibility.
He made a note of the fact that he couldn't get a taxi and I'm inclined to believe him on that front.
He could have caught a tram from the arts centre up to the Town Hall I suppose but then I wonder if he'd have mentioned that rather than go on about running from the arts centre.
There is also the feasibility of running from the Arts Centre to the Town Hall.
While the 600 metres aren't difficult; it's on a moderate slope, there are obstacles.
From the Arts Centre to Flinders Street Station there's no traffic lights, although you would need to contend with people. Once you get to Flinders Street there are 2 intersections, 3 if you counted Flinders Street, 4 if you go from one side of the street to the other. Which if you were running you would go to the East side of the street; the church side. As that's the one with fewer people on it, generally.
Back to the podcast.
It was funny and Watts and Langbroek were great value. I think this is a podcast which I'm glad I was there to see in person because there was a lot of visual stuff and time that Kate Langbroek wasn't even holding the mic close enough to her mouth to grab what she was saying.
I was in the second row so I could hear even without the mic and speakers.
There were no great revelations like the first podcast's "Sam Pang rapes buildings".
Except that in a recent review Steele Saunders was described as a "chubby Ethan Hawk:" which is matched against Homes' self description as a "lesbian Val Kilmer".
Even Merrick Watts described himself as a chubby guy.
None of the guys were at all chubby, I thought they're all rather dashing.