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Russell Brand

The Wings of a Butterfly

  • Mr Gee
  • 31 Mar 08, 03:44 PM

For the past month or so my life has been fairly routine. I've been out doing a bit of general shopping, reading old magazines at the launderette and just scribbling away a few poetical musings. Then just over a week ago I got a call from an excitable Russell telling me that he's back in England for a few days and wants to catch up. Of course catching up with Mr B is a feat in itself, chasing butterflies with Papillon on Devil's Island holds a more realistic result. During his brief return, Russell had countless business meetings, did two radio shows, two live shows, watched the footy and...er... caught up on his T5 backlog of (ahem) "extra curricular" activities.

He did however manage to make it down to see me perform in the West End production of "Into The Hoods". Predictably the whole event turned into a Russell Brand autograph session, with the theatre staff having to tell him to sit down so that the show could effectively start!. It was good for the three of us to catch up and do the radio show all together again. And even though I got suckered into having to look after the house and feed Morrissey on my only day off, while Russell was out harrassing the police.... the brief intrusion of chaos was most welcome.


On Top of the Cops

It was the briefest of times,
For all those seeking to find,
Militaristic manoeuvres,
And Breast feeding's the crime,

Blamanche bubbling,
Tit-Milk troubling,
Porn adventure plot's struggling,
As reason's no longer needed when policing for fumblings,

Taking down particulars,
Gross misconduct in vehicular,
Measuring the "Rears of the year"
Detecting angles?....perpendicular.

Comments

  1. At 04:53 PM on 31 Mar 2008, Groucho marks wrote:

    Good luck with into the woods G.

  2. At 06:40 PM on 03 Apr 2008, wrote:

    Alrite Lads!!
    Ive just been oggling at pics of Russell and Noel MMM what a lovely pair of chappies!!!
    Russell what on earth were thinking when you made that orrible song its not you love, your edgy, witty and controversal that song was pants,
    hope your not selling out and conforming to the pretentious world of LA PLEASE can we have our loveable cockney old rogue back.
    Spend a bit of time with your old mucka Noel Fielding and matt they`l get you back on track again, im not saying you`ve lost your edge far from it you`ve just swayed a bit, thats ok nice to try different things test out different personas, and im so bloody proud you`ve made your mark in America ots not an easy country to crack!!
    Im not going to have any more digs at you coz I do think your a real star!!
    They have`nt let me put any of my blogs up for a while, I was using this site to offload pent up anger and anger about an ex of mine I do apologise there was no need for that behaviour,
    its just that Russell and co are so diverse and different you feel you can open your heart up to them you dont get many celebtities that are so open and honest these days!
    Right im off now before any more diahorrea comes tumbling from my cakehole!!
    Loadsalove and cuddly stuff.
    K xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  3. At 07:19 PM on 03 Apr 2008, kareoki queen wrote:

    Hi Russ, Mat, Mr G and Nick, Sharon and everyone.

    Hope all is well in LA, and the West end show and youre moving forward with the writing Mat.

    I had a very rude awakening when I went to the job centre yesterday, to have my bi anual job focused interview.

    I was told that as of October I would no have to change my life completely.
    For the last 11 years I have been a stay at home Mum.
    I did a lot of voluntary work in the school and with the homeless and addicted while my son was at school.
    Then 3 years ago I took my son out of the education system and began to home educate.

    It was so empowering and liberating for both of us.

    But I will have to make adjustments to our life as I will no longer be able to get income support.

    I will have to work for 16 hours a week. It will mean I need to rethink the home schooling.

    I was devastated and felt that I had to rethink my perspectives.
    I thought I would no longer be able to be free thinking and entitled to look at society from a side ways view.
    That is if I have to go out to work.
    But I,m going to be optemistic and hope to work from home.
    Then littlun wont have to go back to school, to face severe bullying.
    He is as unusual as me and free thinking, it can get on peoples nerves. I wont let the fear overwhelm me.

    I felt so friendless as the news hit home. I didnt think I would get sympathy from anyone as they would think it only fair that I should face the same stuggles as them.
    I even thought they might secretly laugh at me.
    But today after plenty of valarium, St Johns Wart and Evening primrose oil, I have regained me composure.


  4. At 12:48 AM on 05 Apr 2008, Anonymous wrote:

    Sharon Smith is a legend!!!!!!!

  5. At 08:31 PM on 06 Apr 2008, Becca wrote:

    The show was brilliant on Saturday night.
    I hope that the stand up went well, in the presence of the venerable Mr. Sandler and Mr. Morrisy.

    I wonder if when you were young, and listening to the Smiths, you ever thought you would be performing infront of him!

    D,you reckon you could twist Adams arm to come on the radio show?
    He,s a legend, I love him. It certainly would take the show to new levels.
    That guy is so talented.
    I love all his films.
    The Wedding Singer is one of my favorite movies coz it incapsulates the eighties.
    Fifty first dates is utter escapism for a girl. I always imagine its me, he,s twinkling at. The Hawiian landscapes and scenes are breathtaking as well.

    Actually this will make you laugh.
    Theres an Adam Sandler on facebook.
    I found him after making friends with Jonothan Ross on FB.
    So nicked him.
    Then one day Jonny Woss was moanin that people were harrassing his friends and got quite narky about it.[In his update bar.]
    So I apologised for nickin Adam, sayin I was a big fan.
    Wossy replied sayin it wasnt the real Adam Sandler anyway.
    Then, I said, he had gone to alot of trouble to be like him.
    Wossy got back sayin it wasnt him and could we move on.
    So to cut a long story short Wossy deleted me, after I turned into wierd psyco over Christmas, [I,m not great at that time of year]
    He had been really kind to me on face book and I just told him how depressed I was.
    What a cretin I felt, tellin the illuminate,
    JR, someone of his calibre, me emotional woes.
    Poor guy.
    I did then email him on his radio 2 site, apologisin and sayin I would always be a fan.
    At the end of all this I still dont know if Sandley is the real one.
    It doesnt matter now, coz youve got a hot line to him. I,m not suggestin that you get uncool and move in on him, but we would really love to get a bit of the action. You cant keep inm all to yerself.

    Tis selfish... ogglin at im when we,re not even getting a look in. Gettin called kid all the time.

    Sorry Russ, its so annoying when people try to muscle in on the act, you just enjoy him.

    S,nice that youve got your Mum out there, comforting.

    Do you guys have English things on in your house, like Radio 2.
    People listen in from all over the world and feel immediately at home when its on.

    Sundays are really nice now, with Micheal Ball and then Elaine Paige.
    Its really Sundayish.
    With hits from the West end musicals playing, and friendly banter, we had vegetarian lasagne, which took ages to chop up all the veg, t,wernt veggie really coz it ad a bitta bacon in in. But whats a bit of bacon between friends.
    Ok, its all the difference.

    That American friend was a live wire! The actor who was in Sarah Marshall.

    He wasnt accustomed to the idea that you had a radio show that is cracking, mesmarizing, hard hitting and proffesional chaos.
    He seemed to treat it like it were a free fer all, which it aint.

    Its a finely tuned race horse that can rear up and get jittery if treated without respect.
    I must say you handled yourself remarkably well.
    Bringing the tone back to top speed and frantic genius.

    It is no mean feat to put the show out from different sides of the atlantic, but you always pull it off.

    You clever boys.
    CLEVER CLEVER CLEVER.
    Right, I know, I,m infantalizing you.

    Have you seen the new Sarah Connor Cronicles. The terminator series, its great. The new bionic womans good too. Whatabout Harry Hill, can you get him.
    I was roaring with laughter at im today.
    The new Top Gears on tonight.
    I cant believe that James girl hair was at a gig. Wow what a privilage, I love that guy. Hes so funny, without meaning to be.

    I havnt heard the soundtrack to the videos of you with Sharon yet, only seen without sound. But tommozza at the library I can use some earphones.


    It was snowing today, surreal.
    Snowing.
    One day when I,m rich , I,m going to move to a warm country, the winters are just so long here.

  6. At 02:06 PM on 07 Apr 2008, Eating humble pie wrote:

    Hi Russ and the rest of the clan!!!!!

    Hows it going, ooh its a cold one today I cannot beleive its Spring and we had snow on Sunday was quite citing really.!!!!!!
    I had to lay under the duvet most of the weekend being miserable, im not a happy bunny
    at the moment and am struggling to put a bravea front on it all. Must plan a nice holiday might go and see my little sis whos currently doing a six month stint around Thailand, vietnam, Austrailia, Canada and America. Im thinking of going to visit her in Austrailia. I hate flying but il overcome that just to experience the Aussie experience!!!!!
    I put a new profile up at the weekend on match.com i said my perfect man would be a cross between Russell Brand and Noel Fielding,
    then went on to ramble a load of mad nonense!! I also took a really concieted photo of myself in soft lighting so as not to show up any perfections!!! One really hot bloke e mailed me and said `im really not into Russell Brand but thanks for your interesting profile` I wrote back who cares whether your into Mr Brand or not I like him so up yours matey!!!!!!
    Still have`nt got my stuff back from the last date i went on. Wander why he wants to hold onto my stuff bit weird really!! if i broke up with someone i would want shot of their stuff so they didnt have any holds on me!!!!
    You get some real egotisticlal twats on internet dating, some of them have black and white photos that look like they have been taken in a proper studio or perhaps just ripped out of a magazine and the real geezer looks like gollum!! The profiles are even funnier and read like they are movie stars too good for the likes of little old me, what a load of nonsense why cant people keep it real, its only a bloomin dating site not an audition for the apprentice, I dont care what their life long ambitions are as long as they are genuine guys with a good heart, good sense of humour and will buy me half a lager!!! (pint if they can stretch to it!)
    I might put a pic of Jordan up as myself and see what response i get, see how shallow these guys really are, then turn up to the date in rollers, headscarf and a fag hanging out of my mouth that would teach em!!!!!!
    Anyway you guys have fun, Russell behave and Matt keep up the good work.
    LOVE YOU
    K xxxxxxxxxxxx

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