sometimes old fandoms really don't die
Jan. 13th, 2017 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitRecently I rewatched some old Doug Anthony Allstars stuff and fell in love all over again.* I did some googling and discovered that DAAS have actually gotten back together**, with a new show that they performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and then toured.
I'm torn between joy (it's a fan's dream come true! it's the kind of thing that never happens, but it did!) and frustration that I'll never get to see them play live. Hopefully they'll release a DVD, anyway.
The new show, "Near Death Experiences," is apparently based around Tim Ferguson's worsening multiple sclerosis--he uses a wheelchair now--and the fact that they're all almost thirty years older. Where the old DAAS's favorite taboos to comedically break were sexual ones, now they're joking about illness, disability, aging, and mortality. Or in other words, the topics I am increasingly drawn to as I get older. I really, really want a DVD, oh yes.
Here's a pretty good interview with Tim:
A more group-focused piece in which Paul nearly loses his composure every time he's asked about his feelings for Tim:
And in case you're thinking "The Doug Anthony who with the what now?", have some clips from their days of youth and stardom. The second and third clips are HIGHLY NSFW.
*Seriously, we live in a world in which Donald Trump can be elected President of the US and yet I am still not Paul McDermott's boyfriend. How can this be?
**Sort of. Richard chose to keep his day job and was replaced on guitar by Paul Livingstone aka Flacco.
I'm torn between joy (it's a fan's dream come true! it's the kind of thing that never happens, but it did!) and frustration that I'll never get to see them play live. Hopefully they'll release a DVD, anyway.
The new show, "Near Death Experiences," is apparently based around Tim Ferguson's worsening multiple sclerosis--he uses a wheelchair now--and the fact that they're all almost thirty years older. Where the old DAAS's favorite taboos to comedically break were sexual ones, now they're joking about illness, disability, aging, and mortality. Or in other words, the topics I am increasingly drawn to as I get older. I really, really want a DVD, oh yes.
Here's a pretty good interview with Tim:
A more group-focused piece in which Paul nearly loses his composure every time he's asked about his feelings for Tim:
And in case you're thinking "The Doug Anthony who with the what now?", have some clips from their days of youth and stardom. The second and third clips are HIGHLY NSFW.
*Seriously, we live in a world in which Donald Trump can be elected President of the US and yet I am still not Paul McDermott's boyfriend. How can this be?
**Sort of. Richard chose to keep his day job and was replaced on guitar by Paul Livingstone aka Flacco.
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Date: 2017-01-14 01:41 am (UTC)Fuck, Paul has a gorgeous voice, for serious.
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Date: 2017-01-14 03:17 pm (UTC)His voice is amazing. There are certain songs I could just about listen to on an endless loop. And of course he writes songs and paints and writes books and makes films, too, the bastard. Talent is very unevenly distributed in this world.
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