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Andrew O'Neill

destroythedoctor

About Me

Andrew O'Neill is a stand-up comedian and human being.
Currently writing a new solo show about the decline of British industry.
I will be touring my show WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS JACK THE RIPPER in the new year.
I have a website .

My Interests

Radical politics, the situationists, hitchhiking, extreme music, huge tattoos, vegan food, direct action, skulls, magick, Doctor Who, tea, dressing like I'm not a boy, WW1 and WW2, Jack The Ripper, psychogeography, Alan Moore, painting, performance, showing off, rejecting societal norms, writing lists.

I'd like to meet:

Anarchists, metallers, vegans, geeks, activists, weirdos.
People who hold a utopia in their hearts and go out there and build it.
No more comedians, thank you. I know enough of those.

Music:

Hendrix, Metallica, Public Enemy, Kiss It Goodbye, Slayer, Sepultura, Emperor, 1349, Converge, Cave In, Dresden Dolls, Darkthrone, Cannibal Corpse, Mortician, Suffocation, Type O Negative, White Zombie, Pale Horse, Pantera, Down, At The Gates, Carcass, Entombed, Miles Davis, Nailbomb, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Neurosis, Isis, Will Haven, (are you bored yet?), Refused. Samael, Death, Earth Crisis, Deadguy, Red Stars Parade, Tori Amos, Obituary, Nile, Municipal Waste, Tsjuder, Gorgoroth, Dimmu Borgir, Rage Against The Machine, The Locust, Soilent Green, Mastodon, High On Fire, Shellac, Minor Threat, Kneejerk, Sick Of It All, Armed Response Unit, TBAC, Level 42, (you must be bored by now, surely?), Catharsis, Black Flag, ... a bit of delta blues, early 20th century Russian composers, Godspeed You! Black Emperor...

Movies:

The Life Aquatic, Royal Tenembaums, Jerry Seinfeld's Comedian, Brazil.

Television:

"The human body has a basic weakness... one which I shall exploit... to assist in the destruction of humanity." The Master

Books:


Available at all good bookstores. (ie. not Waterstones, Borders, WH Smiths, Tescos...)

Heroes:

Everyone who has put it on the line to make the world better.

My Blog

If you vote for Boris Johnson I will punch you in the face.

If I find out that anyone within striking distance has voted for Boris Johnson in the mayoral elections I promise I will punch them in the face without warning or apology.There are several reasons why...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:25:00 PST

Led Zeppelin gig renders them 98.5% less cool.

Suddenly I feel a lot less proud to like Led Zeppelin. The news has been full of gushing, gurning Americans vomiting platitudes about 'the best band in the world'. I don't want to be associated with t...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:28:00 PST

New TV show idea

I've come up with an amazing idea for a prime-time TV show that I'm going to pitch to all the major production companies.Andrew O'Neill presents:"What, d'you want a fuckin' medal?"Essentially it's lik...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:48:00 PST

Get in the van. (Well, cream VW Beetle.)

Mr. Griffiths off of Grange Hill was in my audience tonight. His name's George A Cooper, and he doesn't have a favourite dinosaur. But he has been in both Doctor Who (The Smugglers) and the amazing Ha...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:53:00 PST

Our terrorists are shit.

We have the shittest terrorists in the world.We're on a state of alert because of the most pathetic car bomb I've ever seen. I can just imagine the meeting of Al Q'Aida discussing their ten-year plan....
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:16:00 PST

The boat festival

A boat festival is a romantic affair at the worst of times, and since the population of Mahone Bay had caught leprosy, the worst times were upon them. The mayor, Roddy 'Tightbeam' Fraser, an alcoholic...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:50:00 PST

Coming out. Again.

The thing I never thought about when I came out as a transvestite 7 years ago was that I would constantly have to do it all over again.Putting cross-dressed pictures on MySpace is something I should h...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:44:00 PST

Counting the summers

Music made by old friends. A time-capsule, second only to smell in evoking the real stuff of memory. Not facts but feelings.The ache of teenage loneliness. Tentative steps towards identity. Friendship...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:35:00 PST

Bookham Train Station

We arrived at Bookham station with bleary eyes and shoulders aching from the weight of our bags. The platform was empty and the wind was blowing rubbish across the platform. Ashley pointed at the sig...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:38:00 PST

At the night clubs

You see a woman across the room. You catch her eye. You pick up your drink and walk over to her. There are people dancing. AVOID THE URGE TO DANCE on your way over there. You may spill your drink, or...
Posted by Andrew O'Neill on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:48:00 PST