Been working in comedy for eight years now. Have now become a regular face on the British circuit. Have performed in sketch troups and as a double act but now focus on solo stand up...........
Here's a nice quote. "A diamond in the rough." The List........
Here's another. "Among the top five comedians in Scotland today." The Observer.
And Finaly. "He's nice to people and he works to time. He'll go a long way." Jim Bowen.
Influences
Billy Connelly, Eddie Izzard, Richard Pryor, Bill hicks, Spike Milligan, Reeves and Mortimer, Jerry Sadowitz, Dylan Moran.
Stand-up Comedy, music and all the usual shit that the rest of you like.But I'm yet to meet any body with such a passion for the work of Dexy's Midnight runners.
Music
Bowie,Soul,punk,New Wave,Stranglers,Talking Heads,Pistols,Proclaimers,The Mondays,Smiths,Kasabian,Blur,Dylan,Beatles,Depeche Mode,any stuff that features Banjos and trumpets
Movies
One flew over the cuckoos nest.
Superman.
V for Vendetta.
Leon.
Resevoir Dogs.
Television
Playstation. Boys from the Blackstuff.The Tube. Dr Who. Alan Partridge. Father Ted. Cracker. One Summer. The singing Detective. V. Star trek. Our friends in the North. Shameless.
Books
Kurt Vonnegut. Breakfast of Champions.
Davinci Code.(Ha Ha)
Many Biographies too numerous to mention but Rotten by John Lydon is favourite
Heroes
A good song by David Bowie. Check out his Berlin period, it's inovative of it's time.
About me: Life is hard. Success or failure. the truth of life has little to do with it's quality. the quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
Attention is an act of connection.
I learned this the way I learned most things.
Quite by accident.
Welcome to North by North east comedy more Northern than Killing your Brothers Kestrel.
JOHN SCOTT ON DRUGS, TERRORISM AND HOLIDAY.
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Who I'd like to meet: Kevin Rowland, John Lydon, Tom Baker, Irvine Welsh, Bono, Stevie Wonder, Billy Connelly, Morrisey, Trevor Macdonald.
Hey thanks for being a friend. My good Catholic friend Brian McCarthy has a new show called Panty Droppers. In his show he talks about my two favorite subjects sex and liquor. .
Hey hows you? cheers for being a friend, hope you liked the music x just wanted to mention iam touring all over the UK from september for a year, traveling all over got the first 4 months up and adding more and more to it, the first 3 months is for Busking For Cancer :) in Aid for cancer research, all the shows are free so would be awesome to see you at a show supporting wat im touring for, check out our dates and if we arnt playing in your area then please do let us know cause it is for a FULL year so we wanna get everywhere and anywhere :) also recording new stuff this weekend so new songs will be up :) anyways hoping ur having a good start to the summer.
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