So much to do.

Ok, so now I start a blog in English, why? Do I have to explain? It's what you do, you have to be out there, you have to put yourself on the world wide wank. Just being a Comedian ain't enough anymore you have to have a you tube channel, a instagram account, Twitter, Facebook and many many more. you have to keep these things up to date, post BS on them , be out there, self promote, be one of the tribe. I've just been trying to upload a vid of myself to a site ,trying to get some gigs spent an hour trying to attach the link, ok call me an idiot but I'm not an IT nerd I'm a comedian ,I should be spending time thinking about material, honing my craft . No time for that anymore it's all come to this, 'selfie madness' and ego pushing megabytes.
Even now, the reason I am blogging is 'to be out there' to be noticed, to attract attention ,why? to get gigs. Wank on!

I've been doing stand-up now for 17 years in Flanders, 17 years of taking the same highway exits and same rooms, a great way to live. Loved it, an easy way to earn a living if you can take the strain.
Trouble is in Flanders there aren't really any comedy 'clubs' there are a few Cafés that programme stand-up comedy ,but not many real clubs where young (and not so young) comedians can hone their craft an work out new routines. comedy clubs are the places that also breed comedy audiences. TV doesn't do that television creates a false sense of what Stand-up is or should be. In flanders you have to perform for organisations that organise comedy evenings to raise cash or give their members a night out, and those people might just come watch to support the organisation, not because they love comedy. So young comedians have to cater for a very wide audience, which takes the down them road to
middle of the road comedy so as 'not to offend' the audience in front of them.

That's why now after all these years I feel I should branch out, get an act together in my mother tongue (not my mothers tongue 'cos she was an alcoholic- you wouldn't 'get' her).
So as from now I'll be doing more stuff in English, like this blog. Why did I have to start a second blog to do it? Because I started getting Flemish 'troll' sending me BS about doing stuff in English instead of their holy grail Flemish language bla bla bla.
The world is fucked and internet is wearing the strap on!.