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Elvis Mcgonagall - performance poet, slam poetry

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One man and his doggerel. Here's a random selection of poems both old and new. Greece Is The Word. Stop Yer Swithering Jock! Purbeck – The Enduring Isle. Making Plans With Nigel. Making Plans With Nigel. 53 Quid A Week. A Bed At The Ritz. Breaking News In Dorset Haiku. I Wanna Do The Continental. You Can Call Me Dave. Let Them Eat Flake. The Inexorable March of Western Cultural Hegemony. The Long, Long, Long Goodbye. This Land’s Not Your Land. A Game Of Two Halves. Portrait Of The Hunger Artist.

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Elvis Mcgonagall - performance poet, slam poetry

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One man and his doggerel. One Man And His Doggerel - Live! At Lowdown@The Albany in London's glitterin'. West End on Laughing Stock Records. And available from all good record shops. And the usual internet outlets for about a tenner. A wee collection entitled "Mostly Dreich" is published. By Nasty Little Press. Available from the publishers for a fiver. Please contact Elvis by email if you have any. Problems obtaining either the CD or book.

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One man and his doggerel. March 19th - Poole Lighthouse, Dorset. January 16th - "Hog the Limelight", Upton Grey Village Hall, Upton Grey, Hants.

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One man and his doggerel. Ldquo;Viva Loch Lomond! The Life and Times of Elvis McGonagall”. On the 3rd of March 1960, Elvis Presley spent two hours at Prestwick Airport, Scotland en route home from national service in Germany. Big Agnes McGonagall, a starstruck baggage handler, was left with the memory of a lifetime. Nine months later, on 22nd December, 1960, Elvis McGonagall was born on Carousel B in the North Terminal. Coincidence? Following extradition by the FBI the family returned to Scotland where i...

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Elvis Mcgonagall - performance poet, slam poetry

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One man and his doggerel. Elvis McGonagall’s first public performance took place on Saturday, 11th October, 2003 at the UK Allcomers’ Slam in Cheltenham where he somehow finished runner-up. He has appeared on BBC1's "The One Show", BBC2's "The Culture Show" and their coverage of the "World Snooker Championship Final" and on Channel 4's "Random Acts". Elvis is the compere of the notorious Blue Suede Sporran Club and regularly MC's events here, there and everywhere.

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One man and his doggerel. As well as writing original pieces regularly for BBC Radio 4’s “Saturday Live” since the programme started in 2006, Elvis has undertaken commissioned work and performances for a variety of television and radio programmes, organizations and individuals including. BBC Radio 4 “Saturday Live”. BBC Radio 4 “The Today Programme”. BBC1 "The One Show". BBC2 World Snooker Championships Final 2008. World Poker Series (Europe) 2007. Glastonbury Festival Poet-in-Residence 2007. Click here ...

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Elvis Mcgonagall - performance poet, slam poetry

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One man and his doggerel. What some have said: -. A Fringe debut that is everything it should be: funny, angry and tightly written.McGonagall combines anger, polish and carefully crafted verse in a way which recalls John Cooper Clarke (* * The Scotsman review of "One Man And His Doggerel" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Gilded Balloon, August 2009 - CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL REVIEW. If poetry is the new rock ‘n roll then Elvis….is Elvis” (Steve Larkin, Hammer and Tongue). A poet of panache and zip and st...

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One man and his doggerel. Woke up. Had a thought. Dismissed it. Had another. Dismissed that. Stared at the cows. The cows stared back. Scratched arse. Shouted at telly. Threw heavy object at telly. Had a wee drink. Had another. Went to bed. Tuesday to Sunday - repeat as above.

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One man and his doggerel. Frankie Says Leave It To The Birds. You are not a digital Samuel Pepys. Nor the Oscar Wilde that time forgot. Nay, nay and thrice nay, rather you than me. Ooh no please missus, twitter ye not.