Matt Whistler the life and life, day to day

Utensils and Radio West Pier remaining scene

Chuffin Nora he's back well whatever next I hear you cry.

Well I think now is a good time to post my second chatty blog as there is new stuff, stuff of a surreal nature. Over the weekend Geatan and I travelled to Oxforshire to perform our Monshamto taste laboratory control centre puppet and crazy chef two man show. Our gig was at Britain's first kids food festival. The fezi was to promote food awareness we were lucky to get there to be honest as the battery was dead in the car that morning in Brighton, but by shear luck ... or maybe not, some might argue magic, the local furniture shop chappy was hoofing it past with his dinky dog in toe (one of those deceiving types that is actually a voracious canine specimin that strategically uses its incisors to dangle from your knee caps when you bend down to stroke it due to being hypnotised by a deceiving puppy dog persona.) The furniture shop chappy kindly offered to put the jump leads on the battery and we got the show on the road.

On arrival we set up the new bell tent (ooooh luxury camping enough room to swing a welly) and then proceeded to prepare for our first show. As this was the first event of its kind there was only one other tent in the camping field it was like the Glastonbury mirage ..no mud and enough space to have a mini Olympics with ginger bread men.

Over a period of two days we met two jelly girls who walk with a stern posture whilst balancing jelly on their heads a guy who drives a moped with a cabaret bar towed to the bike with a comedy guy being pulled along in the bar enclosure at high speed and a whole host of other walkabout theatre acts. The real surreal element was topped with army patrol, day and night, this was down to an army base being located on the other side of the runway.

On the second day Geatan and I was having a cuppa and who should turn up but Antonio Carluccio and the organiser was happy for us to have a photograph standing next to Antonio holding Mr Prong our king size fork utensil and Bubba our king size spoon. I think Millie the ladle maybe have been in on the photo also. Highlights are always welcome in life and this was one of them. Antonio has just set up a new restaurant in Brighton hmmm maybe there is scope for a adult disco performance from our Utensils dressed in funky gear.

Our performances went down well to the kids and one kid came up to me after a show whilst I was carrying part of the set back to the performers tent and said
"excuse me .... that was the best show I have ever seen". Then he turned his back and went to meet his dad. Its moments like this touch you and make it all worth your while.

The bottom line is our live show doesn't have to be an Oscar winning performance with accolades coming out of our ears ... just so long as the kids enjoyed it that's what counts. Although I have to say they do like my handstand at the start, its funny every show we do the handstand seems to get longer maybe this is a metaphor for the show getting stronger. Geatans puppetry is engaging and hilarious hes a top chap to be working with.

Well I seem to be focusing this blog on my latest Utensils involvement and not Radio West Pier. This is partly due to the fact that doing this show is taking me away thinking about RWP all the time so I may as well let you guys know more about me and the fact that I am touring with this show throughout 2007 ...... maybe now is a good time to plug the Utensils we do private parties for kids. We had a show the other week in Husterpierpoint. The Booker's also live in Singapore and originally spotted the show on the internet in Singapore and booked it over there via the internet. As this was our first private party a veil of excitement came over us. The excitement of knowing that the internet can make interesting things happen. Myspace is good for that also if you go to the home page I have collaborated with the Tristram Shandy Drinker and a sitar player called Eva and her partner who plays a minimalistic clown called naughty.

Well its 12.02 a.m and I have been preparing and painting a window frame in the flat directly above me and every time I close my eyes I can see my hand sanding down the wood. This is what I do to keep the pennies rolling in and to stop the letting agents from charging a £15 admin fee for late rent.


There is more but for now I am kerrknackered

Whats to come in the next blog

(oooh I say you can enlarge words and make them red. How modern !!!)
Why our green screen had to be dragged along the seafront in Brighton
The missing scenes of Radio West Pier episode three being filmed today.
General prose and nonsensical zen possibly.

OVER

P.S If you spot any bad grammar please feel free to point it out .. my proof reader is sat on the couch reading Conversations with God ... not as dubious as it might sound by the way.