John Fleming (I)
- Journalist
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That time I tried to persuade comic Malcolm Hardee to fake his own death
In December 2021, Barry Ferns interviewed me for his Angel Comedy Club's podcast. I recently posted a couple of transcripts from the start of that chat - largely about the changes in UK comedy since the 1980s - slightly tidied up to avoid my wittering. This is how the chat continued...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 28th April 2025Is The Iceman's aim at his new London exhibition to be better than Van Gogh?
The last time he appeared in this blog was in September last year when The Iceman made his final appearance, giving a lecture at and attempting to melt a block of ice in the Bill Murray comedy club in North London. At least, he said it was his final appearance. Now read on...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th April 2025Ashley Frieze on why AI country music "is a lovely thing" (Part 3)
Concluding my chat with comedian Ashley Frieze about his three AI music albums...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 9th December 2024Ashley Frieze (Part 2 of 3): Can AI music and comedy really be creative?
In my last blog, comedian Ashley Frieze talked about how he combined music and comedy using Articial Intelligence. His third AI music album Oh No! It's a Monkey Paw Christmas is out now under the pseudonym of The Incredible Jukebox...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th December 2024Ashley Frieze and his new artificial intelligence music album...
Ashley is a musical stand-up comedian. He says, "I've been around for about 22 years doing mainly live comedy club stuff." But now he has released a new music album - Oh No! It's a Monkey Paw Christmas - co-created with AI.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th December 2024Janey Godley. The most creative person I ever met. A lovely human being. RIP.
Janey Godley, who died this morning, was without any doubt at all the most all-round creative person I ever met in my life.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd November 2024Becky Fury's show on British-ish-ness
Becky Fury and I met for a chat in a coffee shop in a London church called Sacred Grounds. The coffee shop not the church...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th October 2024John Dowie on Victoria Wood, the Mona Lisa, a banana and his new book
This is the second and final part of a chat I had with the unique British performer John Dowie. We were supposed to be plugging his latest book Before I Go. But I just like chatting randomly with creative people. Mea culpa.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th October 2024Before I Go: John Dowie has thoughts on both Kens Dodd and Campbell...
John Dowie has a new book out entitled Before I Go...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd October 2024The final performance by The Iceman shows the impermanence of existence
Last night, I witnessed what was allegedly the last ever performance by legendary act The Iceman. It had not been billed in advance as his final performance, but there was a sense of anticipation before the show started.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 23rd September 2024