Yon VITAPHONIC IMPRESSIONS, however, feature none but myself merely superimposed thru studious application of the so-called 'Les Paul' Method...
Influences
Lonnie Donegan, Huddie Ledbetter, my ol' Nellie (1931 Kay Kraft flat-top), Chris Barber, Bogie, Bob Johnson, Woody Allen, Woody Guthrie, Willie Dixon, W. C. Fields, Chris Ware, the Quarrymen, Kristen Andrews, Tony Clifton, Donovan Leitch, Lon Chaney, Laurel & Hardy, the Chaplin brothers, the Marx Brothers, Max Steiner, Mike Saurette, Mack Sennet, Mickey Ashman, Merian Cooper, Buster Keaton, Edna Purviance, Katherine Osted, Harold Lloyd, Red Skelton, Jackie Coogan, Gene Vincent, Cab Calloway, Katharine McLennon, Jim Van Morrison, Erich von Stroheim, Louis Armstrong, Fay Wray, Emmet Ray, Django Reinhardt, Amelia Earhart, Marlene Deitrich, Max Fleischer, Leon Schlesinger, Preston Sturges, Steinbeck, H. P. Lovecats, good ol' Eddie Poe, God bless 'im; Edward G., Hedwig, Edward Gorey, John Fogerty, Rod Stewart & Ron Wood, Liz Bramwell & Khyro, the Bards (of Winnipeg), Geoff Berner, & Motörhead...warts and all!
My dear and cherished friends, colleagues, and other somewhat more dubious acquaintances: it is with the utmost verisimilitude of heartful sentimentalism that I bid you--welcome.
I am, of course, that genteel and gentle-souled, holey-soled, seldom-sober so-and-so the Ragpickers ladies are calling Poor Andy. I may admit myself, with some little pride, a 'man of the streets' --whether I am so much a man of the people. I have retained, for your ostensible diversion, as fine a lot of tub-thumping ne'er-do-wells as ever grubbed a nickel--which I say with all due respect. I call these ambrosiated tootlers my Dog and Pony Show, a name which is intended neither to generate inference, nor cast aspersions, upon any persons, animals, or for that matter personable animals--who besides which are mostly chums, so what the Hell? God bless and keep you all!
The Dog & Pony Show · Thom, Shawn, Self, & Jill ...photo: Carly Forbister
Ours, dear friends, is a SKIFFLE act, in the eminently disremembered British style, featuring my pained if plaintive renditions of such erstwhile quadrupletime ballads of murder and infamy as I am wont so adamantly to horse-flog. --And as to this tramp business; of course I realize it doesn't qualify as gainful employment, but what tramp is not merely an itinerant self-employed person? Besides which I've a MySpace-page, so figure that on your abacus... And what is an itinerant person, at that? --indeed, perhaps it is you! However this is neither an online dictionary nor an abacus, though I daresay the former may prove helpful in regard to the latter.
"Poor Andy" indeed! Poor people...
About the One-Take Super 8 Event: Curated by Regina filmmaker Alex Rogalski, the One-Take Super 8 Event is an annual international phenomenon hosted by filmmakers' groups in cities across the continent. Participants receive their single cartrige of super 8 film, directing & shooting their entries in sequence (editing "in the can" as it were) and viewing the completed films only at the Event Screening -- the apotheosis of high-wire filmmaking!
Poor Andy in "The Wedding Ball"
Esteemed gentleman-tramp Poor Andy, whilst perambulating parkwise, is inadvertently conked on the noggin by a wayward duffer. Upon regaining consciousness, our wayworn protagonist is taken rather aback to find himself engaged in the nuptial ceremony. Fleeing precipitately, our hero is given chase by his righteously piqued bride-to-be. A second concussion, however, is soon to set matters right. An erstwhile diversion indeed!
Aforementioned Conking Incident
"Y' mean ME?!?"
An Arboreal Pastime
Regaining Consciousness
Pre-release PROMO EP now available! Please visit joshuastanton.com--your EXCLUSIVE SOURCE for Poor Andy CDs. Songs are also available as Podcasts at iTunes!
Discover the TRUTH about "Joshua Stanton"--visit myspace.com/joshuawstanton TODAY. Tell your friends--or DON'T!
FRISKY & MANNISH'S SCHOOL OF POP RE-EDUCATION Sunday 8th February 2009 7pm (7.30pm performance) Leicester Square Theatre, London Featuring guest acts Moonfish Rhumba and Charlie Covell Tickets £10; available on 0844 847 2475 or at www. leicestersquaretheatre. com
A warm invite from Frisky and Mannish x
SCHOOL OF POP Second Sunday of Every Month Live at the Leicester Square Theatre
It is our great pleasure to invite you to our next performance - to book call 020 7486 2635. It's our very first hour-long extravaganza at the delicious Blandford Club with food and wine aplenty. Booking in advance is essential. It would be an honour to see you there. F&M xx
Please let me extend my warmest invitation to "Jewels", the brand-new multimedia dance-drama from Manohar Performing Arts of Canada (Western Canada's premiere Indian classical dance troupe) in association with VoidHouse Productions (Joshua Stanton) and Ambient Empire Films Inc.
The program, premiering at Pantages Playhouse Winnipeg on Thursday March 27th at 7 p.m., features a full-length dramatic dance performance in the electrifying classical styles of Kathak and Bharatnatyam, linked with five short films exploring dimensions of theme within our story. Ambient Empire, Joshua Stanton, and Manohar have spared no value in bringing forth what is hoped to be a new height in locally-produced theatre.
Produced under the aegis of the Victoria General Hospital Foundation, the work is presented as a fundraiser for the Minimally Invasive Surgery Program. Tickets can be purchased from Ms. Liz Bilton at the VGHP (477-3414) or from Ganga Dakshinamurti (837-3757). Each $100 'Ruby' ticket includes VIP reception and comes with a $60 tax receipt. The $50 ticket has $25 tax receipt, and the $35 has a $10 tax receipt. 'Pearl' tickets (rush seating) are an eminently affordable alternative for students & young people at $15 each.
Please come out and enjoy this thrilling multimedia spectacular!
Hi Poor Andy,you got there in the end.Sorry about that and thanks once again for letting us know our settings were messed up. Take care and best wishes, The Nervous Brothers.
