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Mike Gunn

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About Me


I am a London based stand up comedian. I perform at all the top comedy venues on the UK circuit and most of the crap ones. Occasionally I pop up abroad and have appeared in Hong Kong, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. I also have the dubious honor of being the first comic to ever play in Kuantan, East Malaysia. I put that last bit in because it sounds impressive but the truth is I just did my jokes to a few baffled looking foreigners in a very hot room and then we all left feeling slightly embarrassed.I have done at least two Edinburgh Festival shows, one adopting the character of a Funeral Director (it seemed like a good idea at the time).And one all about drug addiction (again it seemed like a good idea at the time)I also perform comedy/educational shows for adults and children about my previous triumphant career as a registered heroin addict, but I am not a sanctimonious twat.See my web site for details My Web Site

My Interests

Polar bear wrestling, not taking drugs ,playing Texas Holdem against other comics all night long and winning huge amounts of cash. Steve Best and Mark Billingham are both rubbish. Eating sushi and some other stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone. I have very few friends.

Music:

Tom Waits the best song writer ever, Bowie, Led Zep, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earl, Talking Heads, Captain Beefheart, John Martin, Nick Drake, Aberfeldy, Alabama 3, BB King, Lambchop, Neil Young, Kevin Ayres, Drive by Truckers, Graham Parker and many more...

Movies:

Apocalypse Now, Casino, Blade Runner(I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion). 2001 A space odyssey,Man who fell to earth, Magnolia.

Television:

Dont watch it unless Im on, so I dont watch it much.

Books:

I like a bit of crime fiction, so anything by.....Mark Billingham (Great writer but rubbish at poker and table tennis)orShutter Island by Dennis Lehane (Read it, if you dont like it you must be mad)andThe Black Angel by John Connolly (Fantastic). The Treatment by Mo Hayder. Also not crime fiction but still great, The Dice Man by Luke Rhineheart, Perfume by Patrick Suskind.

Heroes:

Mad Brian

My Blog

Legalise it.

Just before I continue with my story I really must have a rant about why we have a drug problem, the Law. Why are drugs illegal?   That's right, it's the bloody ridiculous drug laws that create...
Posted by Mike Gunn on Sat, 05 May 2007 06:09:00 PST

HEROIN a users guide pt 5

Childhood and Booze.. Obviously I didn't start life as a drug addict. I started as a kid. So stretch out on the couch and I'll tell you about my childhood... There is nothing more boring than listen...
Posted by Mike Gunn on Thu, 24 May 2007 06:41:00 PST

HEROIN a users guide pt4

Why Me "I can resist everything except temptation" Oscar Wilde I'm guessing that most people reading this have taken drugs at some time in their lives. If you haven't, don't worry - I took your...
Posted by Mike Gunn on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:07:00 PST

HEROIN a users guide pt 3

Here I am wittering on about heroin and I am just assuming you know all about it, but maybe you don't, so here's a quick history lesson&. Heroin, smack, skag, horse, junk, shit, china white, brown, d...
Posted by Mike Gunn on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:31:00 PST

HEROIN a users guide Pt 2

Now don't panic, I'm not going to mug anyone or remotely access your computer and steal your bank details. I've given up. Honest. I don't do heroin any more. In fact I don't do any drugs any more. I h...
Posted by Mike Gunn on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:24:00 PST

HEROIN a users guide Pt 1

Heroin. I loved everything about it. Not just the chemical effects, but the whole squalid junkie scene... The streets. The dealers. The hookers. The thieving. The scoring. The excitement. The drug sq...
Posted by Mike Gunn on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:03:00 PST