I also, at Amy’s request, sang ‘Sheila Take A Bow’ at the very first Unhappy Birthday scratch night, over a year ago.Īmy Lame: I arrived the end of December 1992.ĪL: I think probably listening to so many Smiths and Morrissey records did have a little bit of an influence on the decision. In the interests of full disclosure, I should say here that in a previous life as a record label PR, I did press for Morrissey’s Maladjusted album in 1997 – an experience that began as blind-sidingly surreal moved through high comedy and high drama into something approaching traumatic. A hit in London a few months back, her immersive new show Unhappy Birthday – a sometimes funny, sometimes extreme look at obsessive fandom and how it shapes us – will shock anyone who sees her as a cuddly (and sometimes not-so-cuddly) comedian. Hostess of alternative homosexual nitespot Duckie (at London’s Royal Vauxall Tavern), she’s also known for her tenure as Mayoress of Camden, opposite openly gay Mayor Jonathan Simpson, her takes-no-prisoners Huffington Post blog, and as foil to Danny Baker on BBC London’s afternoon show.
On the bedroom floor …don't forget the songsīut they were the only ones who ever stood by you’Īmy Lame has fingers in a lot of pies.
