it’s my birthday. here’s me doing karaoke
birthday karaoke, once again
Tag: Scott Manley Hadley
reflections on an August trip to Edinburgh
the ways in which I fail myself recur: on performing a micro-run of a self-produced micro-budget solo comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY LIVE: REVIEWED
“a unique exploration of hairlessness and mental health issues”
a pre-Edinburgh Fringe Interview
i had a chat with a comedy blogger about creative process and themes
THE BIG BALD BOOK CLUB EPISODE SIX – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
a chat about one of the best of all time
No Deals, Mr Bond by John Gardner
well this one was shit
THE BIG BALD BOOK CLUB EPISODE FIVE – To Kill A Mockingbird
it’s a great novel, but maybe not so great to chat about while trying to keep things light
Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse #2); obituary for Katherine Jane Kaszas
actually an obit for my late mother-in-law, Katherine Jane Kaszas
THE BIG BALD BOOK CLUB EPISODE FOUR – Under The Hawthorn Tree
a conversation about some heinous historical wrongs
SOLID BALD presents: DINO TEETH SOUNDSCAPE feat. BB WHAMATHAN
a collaborative exercise in music composition; a 90second improvised vocal performance by a toddler
THE BIG BALD BOOK CLUB EPISODE THREE – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
see androids fighting brad and janet
The Dry by Jane Harper
should should should should should should should … reflections on reading more trash forces a reckoning likely to be unreckoned
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
a heady joyful experience, incidentally diagnosing Heathcliff with BPD
Noah Fang Quicksilver by Barracuda Guarisco
it’s my kind of stuff at length oh yes please
Podcast Appearance: Sam Joseph’s Comedians On… Technology, People & Drugs
i join Sam Joseph to discuss comedy, people, technology and drugs (I like one of the four)
The Unlit City by Patrick Hawkes
a fun Soho picaresque leads scott manley hadley astray
TRAILER FOR MY 2026 LIVE COMEDY SHOW:
new trailer for my live show BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER
Dancers In The Dark & Layla Steps Up: The Layla Collection by Charlaine Harris
charlaine harris does it again… again and again and again and again
SOLID BALD PRESENTS: “baby///vampire – demo ep rec 15th jan 2026”
vampire song, baby song, baby song, vampire song. It’s not complex
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
a serious book about the past that I hope doesn’t predict the future
2026 hopes/dreams/plans
looking ahead (and that’s fine to do one week in)
2025 in the Rear View
accidentally had a successful year (by my own metrics, which are probably not yours)
TriumphOfTheNow.com – a Manifesto (a Personifesto)
what is Triumph of the Now? It’s scott manley hadley
Windslash: The Last Elemental by Chris Bennett
being English poisons the mind; I read a fantasy novel that intentionally repeats itself
The Worlds of Jane Austen by Helena Kelly
a lovely popular history coffee table book bouncing around the life of Jane Austen
Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajko
perfect, glorious, flawless. i should only read 100 page bleak novellas
BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER WIP PERFORMANCE ON MONDAY!
Hi all! My Lambeth Fringe WIP performance of my developing show, BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER is coming up in FOUR days.Continue Reading
Light by M. John Harrison
i read a book i hoped to love while staying with just my baby on a boat
scott manley hadley Riverside Radio interview
check out a live on-air radio interview with scott manley hadley
IAN ASSERSOHN: NOTES ON THE LAMPMAKER INTERVIEW
notes on my new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
IAN ASSERSOHN: NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW
a new video interview with Ian Assersohn, author of The Lampmaker
SIT DOWN FOR STANDUP PODCAST APPEARANCE
smh chats naked comedy with Daniel Farr (no one is naked here)
The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré
everyone’s horny… and corrupt!: a 1970s spy thriller
update on BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER
some notes on the process of developing my first one-person show!
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam
halfwritten blog from a month ago with notes on the delay thank u for reading
Notes Made While Falling by Jenn Ashworth
some notes on Notes Made While Falling, EXACTLY my kinda book
Live Show Announcement: Bald Personality Disorder at the Lambeth Fringe
I’m very very very excited to announce that I’ll be performing some kind of spoken word/alternative comedy/performance art work-in-progress showContinue Reading
The Wild Body by Wyndham Lewis
so you’ve got a great name???
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN BONUS MATERIAL – WHAT MAKES A GOOD SHORT STORY? – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 4
bonus material with fictioneer and comedian Matt Nagin discussing what makes a good short story
VIDEO INTERVIEW: MATT NAGIN ON THE BOOK OF OUTCASTS – Triumph Of The Now Interviews Ep. 3
Fictioneer & comedian Matt Nagin joins smh to chat writing, reading, AI, travel, and all sorts of other fun
Notes To John by Joan Didion
a rallying hypocritical cry or is Notes To John an unethical publication in this form only???
video: scott manley hadley returns to Will Mars’ Joke Thieves
watch a room full of people chant my name (I didn’t instigate it)
Playing for Time by Arthur Miller
some life updates, some political commentary and a reflection on an unsubtle Arthur Miller play…
video – scott manley hadley ten minute alternative comedy set
a longer set than I’ve previously posted…
video – scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD tries musical comedy
an attempt at musical comedy from scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART TWO OF FOUR
LITERATURE DIDN’T DIE WITH JAMES JOYCE: a four-post special series continues
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man by Pierce Day – PART ONE OF FOUR
I WOULD HAVE SOLD MY DIRTY SOUL TO WRITE THIS BOOK: a four-post special series begins
La Mordida: A Scholarly Edition by Malcolm Lowry, edited and annotated by Patrick A. McCarthy
…a curiosity, a fragment of fragments, a distillation of the mind- and work-wrecking ferocity of addiction…
Triumph Of The Now 