In GBA 136 we get better acquainted with Tony. He talks knife throwing accidents, impersonating Elvis on Channel 5, being a paparazzi photographer, transgressive art, travelling with the Circus, the World Gurning Championships, making serial killer puppet shows and more.
Tony plugs:
Meat Plough - https://www.facebook.com/groups/265143463593665/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magazine-journal-transgressive-Londons-pigeons/dp/B008LF8UNA
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thatcher-death-special-Tony-Hickson/dp/B00C9JM9C2/
http://tonyhickson1.wix.com/tonyhickson
I plug:
Tragic Christmas: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/
We mention:
The Dave: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave
Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Spark story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/papped-out-tony-hickson/
Paul Daniels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels
Gary Newman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan
Amy Winehouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse
Pete Doherty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty
Kate Moss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moss
Kate Middleton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge
The Ivy: http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/
Christopher Biggins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Biggins
Lady Gaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga
Guinness Book of Records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records
Stand Up Tragedy story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-14
Foolhardy Circus Knife Throwing Inccident 1995: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9og5oFfpE
Egremont Crab Fair World Gurning Championships: https://www.facebook.com/EgremontCrabFairWorldGurningChampionships
Worlds Ugliest Face - The Gurning: http://youtu.be/1kRTOhP28lk
Mary Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell
Where's Mary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250289/
Skunk Anansie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Anansie
Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy
Psychic TV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_TV
Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
Frank Sidebottom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey
Channel Five: http://www.channel5.com/
Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/
Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee
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