BBC Sky at Night :: December 2007

I was on the Sky at Night for a second or two, firing rockets at MSSL's 40th Birthday Party. I also got to meet Patrick Moore, who was a very cool guy.

National Space Centre :: 27th October 2007

I went up to the National Space Centre in Leicester to be interviewed in their new "new space" gallery. I didn't find out until after I'd signed up to do it that they had decided to call it "An audience with Glyn Collinson", and put a huge picture of me up for about half an hour before the gig, both of which were very disconcerting. I was up on stage for about twenty minutes, after which a 10 year year old girl came up to me, and (clutching her mother's hand), said "when I grow up I want to be a scientist".

It was all worth it, just to hear that.

BBC London :: 11th October 2007

I got interviewed for BBC London News, which was a truly terrifying experience. I believe that I am officially now the only person ever to call Jupiter's moon of Europa "sexy" on prime time TV. My friends assure me that if I actually moved to Europa, I might actually live that one down someday. I was half expecting a BBC outside broadcast van, with camera man, sound man with a big hamster on a stick, makeup girl, lighting bloke, etc. In the end because of budget cuts to the BBC, it turned out that there was only one bloke, the news reporter, who had to do the job of all three. In the end, I don't think that I came off too badly. See for yourself and let me know what you think. Now that I am a famous TV star, of course, I am now fighting off armies of women with a stick.

"You might call Glyn the future". If I am the future, we are all in very, very big trouble.
 

Pond Life - One Night Only :: 13th March 2007

Listen to a live recording of this gig! (Thanks to Rob Eggington!)

• The Sound Check Song (Not recorded)
• West End Musical - Mitch Benn
• Bob! And the Kazoo*
• The British are Coming!*
• Close Your Eyes
• Beetleman
• All I got for Christmas
• Mr Mould*
• (This Song Has) Brackets in the Title*
• Raise your Hands to the Broccolli
  

My old Bristol Uni band were invited back by Livesoc to play one last time. We really pulled out all the stops, including four new songs, constume changes, and, of course, Free Brocolli. Our friend Ian Hallam stepped up with his violin to play with us for the last three songs. In our final song, the audience gaped when the entire front two rows stood up and sang the chorus in four part harmony (thanks to Ian's arrangement).  

Some of my Favourite gigs from my Uni Years...

The Big Climax :: July 2005

1. Anthony Noel
2. Katzenjammer
3. The New Root
4. Standup Comedy
• Iszi Lawrence
• Phil
• Will Voelker
• Simon
5. The Fast and the Spurious (UoB Improv. Comedy Society)
6. Joe Hollywood
7. Pondlife
• The Sound Check Song
• We Like the Music
• All I got for Christmas
• Gecko Hunt
• Close Your Eyes
• It's the Baliffs!
• Raise your Hands to the Broccolli
• Death
8. The Francos
   • Mixed Up
     

A party that I threw in the University of Bristol Student's Union to celebrate the end of uni, the end of exams and my 24th birthday. I booked out a bar, got a late licence, and invited all my extroverted friends up to play.

On stage with "The Paperboys" :: 17th April 2004

• Living Proof - The Paperboys

I went down to Southampton to see The Paperboys live in concert, and was having a grand old time, so I decided to request a song. Not only did they play it, but half way through I was invited onto the stage to help them finish it! I'd had a few beers and had been singing loudly over the P.A. all evening so I probably sounded terrible, but I can think of nothing cooler in the entire world than getting to sing lead vocals for one of your favorite bands!  

Xmas 'Redneck' Session :: December 2003