Lee Bemrose

LATEST ARTICLES ( 359 )

• Almost Live On International Radio

  Last Saturday I slept in like a boss. I really look forward to sleeping in after doing a full week of early starts. I got up just after 9.30, trudged upstairs... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Want To Write A Story

  , a made-up story. I used to write made-up stories all the time, hardly have the time or energy these days. But now I want to write a story. I want to do it in... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wonderful Eyes

  You see beauty a thousand times a day. It's the strangers with their hair and their tattoos and their piercings so exotic. The high-heeled girl from that... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Imagine No Batshit Crazies

  What the fuck is going on in the world? Idiots in a desert calling on holy war in the name of some guy in a book, and idiots in other parts of the world... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• When The DJ Drops Your Jam

  In light of not having anything happy to write about during these shitty (but in a first world problems kind of way) times, I give you this. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Junk

  I enter the cafe, walk through to the back and hang my bag on the rack and immediately hear the front door being knocked on. It squeaks open. A customer... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• You Bet You Are... The Many Voices In Abbott's Head

  "I'm going to shirtfront Mr Putin, you bet you are - I bet I am." The most intriguing thing for me about this recent bit of idiocy from our PM is the 'you bet... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Conversations With Our Customers: I'm Beth Patterson, Bitch

  We certainly seem to get our share of performers in Grumpy The Dreaded One's Little Cafe Of Awesome.I was packing away the outdoor furniture for closing... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Once, The Musical, A Review.

  

  OnceReviewed by Lee BemroseI have to start out by admitting that I don't like musicals. The last one I went to was six or so years ago and it was an accident. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• In The Shop Of Infinite Sadness

  Hello.Hello.How you?I sad. Oh.How You?I sad too.Oh. How sad?Hmm. How to say... I sadder than yesterday.Oh.But not as sad as I will be tomorrow.Ah. That is... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Once, The Musical

  I don't generally go to musicals. They usually annoy me. But this one has something about it... just ticks a lot of boxes. I'm about to head in now and see the... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Laugh. Just Laugh. If You Don't Laugh, You Won't Laugh

  I don't know another industry that is so open to criticism by absolutely any knucklehead as the hospitality industry is. (Aside from Hollywood). Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Reasons To Be Pretty, Review

  

  Reasons To Be PrettyBy Neil LabuteReviewed by Lee BemroseLocal on-again-off-again theatre company Mellow Yellow are on again, with their Fringe offering... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• A String Of Memories. (Luckiest Fucker There Ever Was)

  Big night. It was a big night. Daylight now and a headful of crashing thoughts that are either dreams or memories. What actually happened? Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Game Of Human

  I think the beings playing the game Human Fuckwittery have recently taken the game to a new level. It's like... create an intelligent species... separate them b... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• LAX by Alyx

  One of our workers sings and makes music. This is one of her songs. I think it is gorgeous. She is lovely and very funny, and today we had a lengthy discussion... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Grand Budapest Hotel

  Finally saw this last night. What a wonderful movie. Am looking forward to watching it again. Such good storytelling, so many talented actors having fun with... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear Idiot Jihadis

  

  DDear idiot Jihadis,You evil, fucked in the head morons. You are so dumb it defies words. You are such idiots. It's like you have Idiot Disease or something.... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Tip: Treat Good People Well

  One of the reasons The Dreaded One and I started our own cafe was because we both had terrible experiences at roughly the same time of working for awful... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Imagine Believing In Miracles...

  So fucking tired of the struggle, of people letting you down, of people not living up to the promise. So tired of the idiots. So worried about Islamic State... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 SELF EXPRESSION