Les Barker at the Harlequin ?

Subject: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Cavia_P
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 09:07 AM

Does anyone know, or can they confirm whether Les Barker is appearing at the Harlequin in Sheffield (uk) this coming Saturday (28th Oct)?
Assuming he is, I'm planning on coming to Sheffield and stopping over Saturday evening.
If there are any other 'Catters there it would be nice to meet up ?
Regards,

Cavia_P

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: JulieF
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 09:57 AM

Yes - According to the Stirrings Listings. Can't be there myself - have a shopping trip arranged with my mother in York.

Julie

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Oct 00 - 03:36 PM

Try his page at [e-mail] (I think)....

That should tell you all. Give him a squeak from me. And tell him, yes, I know I owe him a tenner.

LTS

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 27 Oct 00 - 01:16 PM

I've got a really bad cold so can't be there
Have a great time
The web site says he is on...
Harlequin

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Bill Hahn//\\
Date: 27 Oct 00 - 08:10 PM

If anhone has his e mail address---should there be one I would appreciate it. Hopefully for an interview.

Bill H

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 07:21 AM

Liz what is that email link?????????
Try this Bill

Les

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 07:30 AM

...I hate to seem so ignorant but who is, or rather what does Les Barker do?

I am looking through the website for clues

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 07:49 AM

OK I understand now, and I want to go, and get the T-shirt DACHSHUNDS WITH ...
will I get thrown out for sneezing and coughing????

Roger

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 06:41 PM

Well how was it for you?

LTS

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: GUEST,Mark Cohen
Date: 28 Oct 00 - 06:49 PM

For us Yanquis, Les' genius is available through Waterbug Music, a wonderful independent label that mostly has a number of excellent singer/songwriters. I never heard of him until hearing "An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables" on a Waterbug anthology CD. What a gem!

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 Oct 00 - 08:53 AM

If you ever get to hear the CD A cardi and bloke - yes that is the famous Liz the Squeak you hear chortling along and sending homing messages to bats..... I AM the East London society for Funny Laughs.... or ELSFUL......

LTS

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Cavia_P
Date: 03 Nov 00 - 11:56 AM

For those that haven't seen (or heard) him before, Les Barker is a poet and comic genius. He writes, publishes and performs poems, monologues, songs, parodies and t-shirts. He is best known for comedy, but he also writes some very good 'serious' poems and songs, some of which are performed by top flight international folkies.
Last Saturday at the Harlequin was wonderful. It's a traditional pub with a function room upstairs for the Folk Club, real ale in the bar, a large pub dog and a relaxed approach to opening hours! Les was heading upstairs just as we arrived and stopped to say 'ello. There were 30+ people in the audience including the land-lady, the pub dog and several of our friends.
Les is brilliant in a informal venue where he can get close to the audience, specially where there are folks who haven't seen him before. Watching their astonished reaction to his performance is wonderful! When I've seen Les in small venues, he gets through a lot more of his stuff than he does in his Big Stage performances and he will often try out newer work.
Les did two great sets with a break for beer, books and T-shirts. He did poems including: Deja Vu; The Homing Phoenix; Stay, Go and Fetch; Occasional Tables; News of the Iceberg; Boomerang; Guide Cats for the Blind; Camoflage Net; Vowels of the Earth; Spot of the Antarctic; It was the Surprise more than anything; The Deck of Cards; and (many) others.
We had a really great time. Les's latest book should be out this week for those on his subscription list.

Cavia_P
p.s. Liz, he said he hadn't forgotten about the tenner!

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: GeorgeH
Date: 03 Nov 00 - 02:46 PM

Cavia_P, I agree with EVERYTHING you say . . but you forgot the TRAINS!! (OK, so have RailTrack, but that's a different story . . )

G.

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Nov 00 - 03:56 AM

So did you buy lots of CD's? Do you want me to sign any of them for you? I'm on Up the creek without a poodle too....

LTS

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: BDtheQB
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 12:48 AM

it seems like DeJa Vu, all over again. it seems like DeJa Vu, all over again.

Watch out for the knife thrower too...

Subject: RE: Les Barker at the Harlequin ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Nov 00 - 03:15 PM

But I have a very short memory span. That's a nice piece of weed over there.

LTS