Danny Baker (born 22 June 1957, Deptford, South London) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Since the late 1970s, he has worked for a wide range of publications and broadcasters including NME, LWT, the BBC, and Talk Radio
Eddi Front is a singer/songwriter from Brooklyn.
Sean Lock (born April 22, 1963) is an English comedian and writer. Born in Woking, Surrey, he began his career in comedy as a stand up comedian. He won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He is also well known for his appearances on television and radio. He has also written material for such comics as Bill Bailey, Lee Evans and Mark Lamarr.
Gavin Osborn's plan for his second record was to make an upbeat album, filled with positive songs to perk us all up in these troubled times. But the plan failed, and 'Meeting Your Heroes' is essentially about love, heartbreak and nostalgia. Which is far better. Featuring a collection of live favourites including 'Charlie's 18th Birthday'', 'Sweet Bedford' and 'FM2030', the story of a cryogenically-frozen ex-basketball player.
Phil Butler is a British stand-up comedian who has been performing stand-up for over 21 years (since the age of 18 in 1988). He is currently producing and hosting a Podcast called ‘THE GREEN ROOM’ which is recorded backstage on the comedy circuit with interviews and clips of the show. It’s a free podcast available at www.thegreenroompodcast.com on all popular podcast sites, at www.philbutler.co.uk or on itunes.
Ukulele Kris is an acoustic punk/ska musician from the Northwest city of Preston. Kris has been in two bands previously, both of which were ska. Firstly "The Emotional Problems of Dirk Diggler", and then "Peter Simple", later renamed "The Strikeouts", after dropping from an 8 piece, to a 3 piece band. After a short unsuccessful stab at stand up comedy (not down to not being funny, more down to not being confident enough), Kris is now back to what he does best. Writing punky ska songs, but this time, just performing them on his own.
Six songs from Ty Segall's Perverts. This 7" is loud as fuck, will melt your face off and do a line of blow off your skull. Prepare to die.
Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is an American stand-up comedian. He grew up in New York City (on the Lower East Side of Manhattan). Mason graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of New York and, at the age of 25, was ordained, as his three brothers and father had been, a rabbi in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.Three years later he resigned to become a comedian.
Grin may refer to multiple artists.
1) An early 70s American rock band best-known for featuring Nils Lofgren on guitar;
2) An independent alternative rock band based in Chicago, now known as Quasar Wut-Wut. 1) Grin was an early 70s rock group based in the Washington D.C metro area whose debut release came out in 1971 on the CBS/Spindizzy Label. The group featured a 19-year-old prodigal alumni of Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, MD, that being Nils Lofgren on guitar.
Hugh Laurie is an English actor and comedian. Originally part of Cambridge University Footlights, he found fame playing various roles in the classic British comedy TV series "Blackadder." He is perhaps more famous for the legendary TV sketch show "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" where he performed with his Cambridge University chum, Stephen Fry. Since then he has appeared in various films (Maybe Baby, Girl from Rio, Flight of the Phoenix, Stuart Little), television work and done some theatre work in London's West End.