Stand-Up, Downstairs

Stand-up comedy is something I file alongside successfully playing Queens Of The Stone Age’s ‘No-One Knows’ on Guitar Hero – it’s so difficult to nail spot on I couldn’t really ever see myself doing it.

My friend Rich Heap, however, is rather a dab hand at it, and last night downstairs at the King’s Head in Crouch End he won over a tough crowd – some of which were wearing tracksuits.





Of the 14 acts only three – including Rich – won the crowd. The woman who repeatedly shouted about Gordon Brown and Barack Obama being robots wasn’t one of them, and neither was the girl who kept making jokes about sodomising three year-olds.

There were a few heckles at the weaker acts – and one dude got a bit shouty during Rich’s set. His cogs of retort immediately began whirring into action, but they didn’t need to – the crowd turned round and loudly boo-ed the heckler before swinging their eyes back round and cheering Rich.

It was a MOMENT! Go and see him live – here’s his MySpace page.