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Member Since	4/28/2006
Band Website	20six.co.uk/shortfuse
Band Members	Nathan Penlington: Resident host. John Bush: Co-organiser David Bush: Resident DJ Acts: The best established and up-and-coming poets, comics, musicians, and magicians on the circuit. Past performers include John Hegley, Rob Newman, Kevin Eldon, Pete Firman, Tim Wells, Tim Turnbull, Simon Munnery, Roddy Lumsden, Suzanne Andrade, Paul Birtill, Alistair Cook, Jesus Licks, Spinmaster Plantpot, Niall O'Sullivan, Kate Fox, Martin White, Annie Freud, Rhian Edwards, PP Snatch, Barry Jones & Stuart Macleod...to name only a handful.
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About shortfuse

SHORTFUSE is London's only weekly fusion of stand-up poetry, performance comedy and spokenword. Every Thursday for the past seven years we have presented an eclectic live show with an insistence on variety, quality and innovation featuring some of the best poets and performers from around the UK, USA, Canada and Europe.

You can find us evey Thursday at The Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington, London, N1 8DY. Click here for a map.

Tube: Angel. Click here for bus routes.

Doors: 8.30pm. Show starts: 9pm.

Admission: £5 waged / £3 concs.

For ticket reservations: just post us a myspace message or email us directly: tickets@shortfuse.co.uk

Check out www.20six.co.uk/shortfuse for more information.

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rachel	Feb 6 2008 12:01 PM
CHELSEA HOTEL MANHATTAN	Nov 22 2007 12:31 PM Chelsea Hotel Manhattan, Joe Ambrose's book of extreme travel writing will be launched at Waterstones, Islington Green, London N1, on November 29th at 6.30pm. Five minutes from Angel Tube. Buses include 73, 19, and 38. Details available on www.joeambrose.net and www.myspace.com/chelseahotelmanhattan. Ambrose will discuss the hotel and Post Impressionism, Warhol, Sid and Nancy, Brendan Behan and the Ramones; questions will be taken, books signed, and drinks served. Headpress, publishers of the book, are hosting a party after the Waterstones event, to which everybody's invited. This takes place five minute’s walk from Waterstones. More drinks, live bands, and a specially commissioned Chelsea Hotel DJ set will happen. Music guests include Sid Vicious’s guitarist from his Chelsea Hotel days. The party kicks off immediately after the Waterstones event. Party details will be available there. Chelsea Hotel Manhattan features a longish previously unpublished interview with William Burroughs, an essay by Herbert Huncke on Harry Smith, Thelma Blitz on Leonard Cohen at the hotel, George Wallace and Laki Vazakas on Beat poet Marty Matz, a previously unpublished conversation with Allen Ginsberg, a discussion concerning the Chelsea Hotel with Warhol superstar Gerard Malanga, a conversation with Liam Clancy, a conversation with Brendan Behan's biographer Ulick O'Connor, Barry Miles on Claud Pilieu and Mark Beach, Frank Rynne on Herbert Huncke, Spencer Kansa in conversation with William Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Allen Ginsberg, an eyewitness account of the night Sid was accused of killing Nancy, and an interview with Stanley Bard, recently ousted from his position running the Chelsea.
Philip	Oct 29 2007 7:37 AM
The Ex-Men	Oct 29 2007 5:29 AM WIN THE EX-MEN ALBUM Today and every other Monday for the next six weeks (29th Oct, 12th Nov, 26th Nov) you'll be able to win a copy of The Ex-men debut "A life of love" by listening in to Keith Manson's show on Black Diamond (www.blackdiamondfm.com or 107.8 FM in Midlothian) from 8 to 9pm.
MJ Hibbett & The Validators	Oct 17 2007 7:06 AM Thanks for having me last week, hope you're feeling better!
Colonel Crabtree Smythe	Sep 27 2007 1:52 AM Thankyou for the love - I can do poetry you know- The Colonel x
Joe Hakim Recordings	Sep 16 2007 4:38 AM Thanks for inviting me down...always a pleasure. Be seeing you Joe
howard	Sep 7 2007 7:13 AM nice one shortfuse.....how am i
Philip	Aug 12 2007 11:18 AM
Bette O'Callaghan	Aug 8 2007 9:02 AM New collaboration, Ladies Choice, music by Lorenzo Fragiacomo, words written and spoken by Bette O'Callaghan. It will play automatically when you visit my page.
Small Wonder	Aug 2 2007 3:17 AM Hello shortfuse, Thank you for being a friend of Small Wonder Festival! xxx
The real Adam Puckey	Jun 28 2007 5:04 AM I am so tempted to kick something like this down here in Kernow. We have so many talented writers ('the poverty line', I like to call us) hmmm. It's finding the venues....
Joe Hakim Recordings	May 21 2007 5:11 AM Thanks for everything, speak to you soon. Be seeing you Joe Hakim
The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra	May 7 2007 8:17 PM Thank-you for having us chaps, it was a blast! Would love to do it again. x
Pete Firman	Apr 20 2007 2:35 AM Thank you for having me Shortfuse. Px.
CHELSEA HOTEL MANHATTAN	Apr 19 2007 11:32 AM BRIAN JONES VERY STONED When Rolling Stone Brian Jones visited the Moroccan village of Joujouka to record the Pipes of Pan album, The Master Musicians of Joujouka wrote a song about him, Brahim Jones, Joujouka Very Stoned. They're playing that song right now at CHELSEA HOTEL MANHATTAN
The Fix	Apr 13 2007 9:26 AM New issue of the Fix out now, free at comedy clubs nationwide and Fopp record stores. E-mail thefixonline@gmail.com for details on how to get your copy. Have a good weekend
rab - storyteller, poet, novelist	Mar 27 2007 4:38 AM lovely tae link up wae yiz. If yi ever need a scots poet / storyteller for a reading in london geeza shout ;-)
Bette O'Callaghan	Mar 26 2007 9:34 AM So nice to be back in the bosom (so to speak) of Shortfuse. Please tell the lads at the bar I said hey.
London Poets	Mar 16 2007 7:13 AM That was great last night. It was so good to see Dean Wilson perform, I'm a massive fan. And Nathans' poem about the streetlamp and the torches was wonderful too. I'll be there in a couple of weeks x
Rosie	Mar 15 2007 6:23 PM Delightful evening...something to be repeated soon! Ta muchly, Rosie
The Fix	Mar 13 2007 7:39 AM Come one come all.
Anna Savage	Mar 8 2007 12:25 PM Hello Nathan and friends, Thanks for adding me. been a long time. Missed you. Hope will meet again soon! Glad things are going so well for you All the best Anna
the electric stallion fanclub	Mar 7 2007 9:29 AM GOT ANY BADGES!!!???? lol
Tim Wells	Mar 1 2007 11:58 PM
Frank Burton Poetry	Feb 18 2007 1:31 PM How you doing? Check out the poems on my page, tell me what you think. Or you could just buy the album No pressure!
Wednesday F Kennedy	Jan 23 2007 12:46 PM greetings from sydney:)
Tim Wells	Dec 15 2006 3:30 AM Make an online slide show at onetruemedia.com
Tom	Nov 23 2006 10:43 AM Bring your own booze poetry larks in the Elephant Friday 1 December @ Steedman Street SE17 Forward Prize nominee and all-round poetry geezer Tim Wells is joined by the very funny Ventriloquist and the wondrous Aoife Mannix at this special spoken word event as part of this year's Elefest. Also on the bill: Nathan Penlington, Heather Taylor, Le Couteau Jaune, Baden Prince Jr, Tamsin Kendrick and, erm, me. The venue is an empty retail unit in Steedman Street, five minutes walk from Elephant & Castle tube. Map here. There's no bar so bring your own booze. Doors are at 8pm and we go on til late. Two pounds entry. ----------------------- On another note, we're back at The Spitz on Wednesday 6 December with Catherine Anne Davies, Nigel Burch & The Fleapit Orchestra, Inua Ellams & Jamie Woon, Generation Txt. Tickets fiver here.
Rhianna	Oct 24 2006 12:01 PM hello back! maybe seeing you next week, otherwise legless again at the xmas party ;)
the humanzoo	Oct 8 2006 3:53 PM
Niall O'Sullivan	Sep 17 2006 7:12 AM For everyone that has had something to say about London's biggest weekly open mike event, but never got the chance during the 5 minute limit, the Poetry Unplugged forum is now running! It's very bare bones at the moment, but all people interested in poetry should register and start a topic. It can be found at unplugged.999.org. Be the first to get stuck in!
Nafeesa is Super Woman	Sep 2 2006 2:01 PM Shortfuse...shortfuse....shortfuse..... I know, I know, gotta wait 'til November for my little American butt...well, it's not really that little, but, well, um, you know what I mean!
Nev Hawkins	Aug 19 2006 4:05 PM From one short fuse to another, Thanks for the Add. Nev
Tom	Aug 5 2006 5:18 AM
Illegal Poet	Jul 16 2006 9:08 AM I was at Short Fuse last week and I had a really good time. Much success to all of the performers.
Poetry Idol	Jul 7 2006 7:16 AM Due to high demand for tickets we can't accept any more reservations for Poetry Idol 8 on the 13th of July. There will however be a limited number of tickets on sale at the door from 8.30pm.
Nathan Penlington	Jun 30 2006 6:37 AM Very funny, shortfuse, very funny.
Post Records	Jun 22 2006 1:52 AM
Jesus Licks	Jun 12 2006 11:29 PM hi Nathan thank you very much for introducing us on friday. You were brilliant.
Tim Wells	May 26 2006 3:44 AM Bards in Their Eyes - fantastic night!
Tim Wells	May 20 2006 12:53 AM Kate Smurthwaite http://metropolis.japantoday.com/lifeinjapan/350/lifeinjapaninc.htm
Tim Wells	May 11 2006 11:31 PM Great fun hosting last night, Nathan I hope you're better
Tim Wells	Apr 30 2006 1:44 AM Has anyone laughed inappropriately yet? It's just not the same without it.
Jesus Licks

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