{"id":4979,"date":"2017-02-11T10:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T10:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2017-02-11T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T11:48:18","slug":"ian-mcmillan-tony-husband-heart-centre-leeds-100217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2017\/02\/11\/ian-mcmillan-tony-husband-heart-centre-leeds-100217\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McMillan + Tony Husband – Heart Centre, Leeds – 10\/02\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few years ago I noticed that friends (Hi Helen, Hi Jim) had the cartoonist Tony Husband<\/a> as a facebook friend. I\u2019ve been a big fan since his \u2018Oink!\u2019 comic days so messaged him to see if he wanted an MP3 version of the \u2018Oink Song\u2019 – I\u2019d kept the 7\u201d version I had in pristine condition (I used to sing the kids to sleep with it<\/a>). He did and we too became facebook friends.<\/p>\n

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Just before Christmas I saw a flyer for this evening\u2019s show with poet Ian McMillan<\/a> and snapped up some tickets. I\u2019d first come to love Ian when he was on \u2018Mark + Lard\u2019s\u2019 evening Radio 1 programme \u2013 they introduced me (and I’m sure many other uncultured 20-somethings) to many poets thanks to those shows. Lard (aka Marc Riley) also worked on \u2018Oink!\u2019 and recorded the Oink song\u2026..circles within circles\u2026..<\/p>\n

As we entered the Heart centre, Ian was there full of beans chatting to everyone as they came in. We were the only ones with kids \u201cYou\u2019re the youngest by about a million years! Come to the front so they can see\u201d \u2013 So we ended up on the front row for what turned into a fabulous night.<\/p>\n

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Ian \u2013 a self confessed small fat bloke from Barnsley \u2013 takes the first half with a motor-mouthed comedy routine that takes in signs he\u2019s pinched from various church halls and schools they\u2019ve played (\u2018Waste Food\u2019 \u201cWhat kind of instruction is that for a child!\u201d) interweaved with his poems. My son Matty laughed so hard he almost fell off his chair twice \u2013 which Ian loved. He got Sally and Mia in on the act too\u2026..his empathy and kindness shone through\u2026..the kids had a hoot!<\/p>\n

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In the second half (\u201cThere\u2019s no interval because people don\u2019t come back\u201d) we made up a poem, line by line, which Tony illustrated \u2018live\u2019. It was loosely based on the fact that we were in an old school building: \u2018Gerty Cunliffe\u2019 \u2013 a teacher who went mad with late night marking and OFSTED checks, threw herself off a cliff but was saved by landing on a friend. Excellent stuff!<\/p>\n

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The kids got to keep some of Tony\u2019s original artwork (now on their bedroom walls) and we got his new book \u2018From a dark place\u2019<\/a> which charts his sons descent into drug addiction, and rehab with the help of professionals (LUF<\/a>) and photography \u2013 Paul was the photographer a friend\u2019s Mike+Jo\u2019s wedding and they are spectacular photos<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Managed to catch up with Tony for a drink post gig and after mentioning that the misses speaks German, he gave me a German copy of his other \u2018serious\u2019 book \u2018Take Care Son\u2019 (about his dad\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s) for her \u2013 what lovely, lovely men these two are \u2013 a highly recommended show!<\/p>\n

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Bob the Chiropodist<\/p>\n

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