Minion Opinion

I quite liked recommending Stina last month so I have decided to make it a monthly occurrence. I know it's a little arrogant to suggest that my approval of someone's act somehow lends it a credence that others should take note of and follow like little sheep, but that's the way I hear about these people. So I hope no one minds. And if they do, too bad! I'm King of the Worlddd!

So Reggie Watts: part beatbox, part comedian, part Al Green, total legend. Indefinably undefinable, and a great great guy! The other week I went to the Jazz Cafe to see a band my friend was managing, and while we were waiting for the show to go, a man with an unfeasibly large afro and large coat walks on stage. After testing the mic, messing with cables, sending silent signals to the soundman, out of the blue he took the space and launched into a 5 minute diatribe on the origins of feedback. Then, on the verge of losing the audience, he broke into a blistering beatbox, which, with the aid of a little box, he layered into a gorgeous soundscape to accompany his scat. Anyhow, as luck would have it, I won tickets to his full evening show, and went along last night. This guy is genius, with a hard capital G. All I can say is he did a song about a Pterodactyl. What more do you need? Just go see him, buy the album and generally make him so rich and famous he loses all his heart and ambition, sinking slowly back to oblivion.

And finally I couldn't let this post go without mentioning Ian the Shoelace King, who has created the fastest method for tying shoelaces. Ever! Get this man a Gold Star. And then a life.