My friend and fellow stand-up comedian Ryan Staples has just published his second book, called hi, jim. (available on amazon.com), I just got my copy today: I obviously haven’t read it yet, but I have read his first book, The Angel with the Crayons, so I know he’s not just messing around. And while I’m… Continue reading hi, jim. – Available Now!
Author: Matt Aromando
Stand-up, improv, and sketch comedian.
Doug Loves Movies
This is the beginning of a series of blog posts about podcasts, for some background on why, check out my original post on podcasts. The first podcast I ever listened to was Doug Benson’s Doug Loves Movies (iTunes link). I’m not sure why I started listening to it, I didn’t really know much about Doug… Continue reading Doug Loves Movies
A Rejection Letter
Every industry has its politics, lingo, red tape, etc. and stand-up comedy is no different. I’m not a fan of that kind of stuff but to some extent I have to “play the game.” So I won’t mention the club’s name, but I received an e-mail the other day from comedy club informing me they… Continue reading A Rejection Letter
Podcasts
In the same way people listen to most of their music on portable media players now, podcasts are becoming more popular by the day and are at the cutting edge of spoken audio content. They’re gaining listeners where it’s well known radio is losing them. And if you aren’t sure what a podcast is, I… Continue reading Podcasts
Comments!
Hey, I’ve opened the site up for comments! You can leave comments on posts, pages, events, whatever! The site was created using WordPress, so if you’re already logged into your WordPress account then you don’t have anything to worry about. Otherwise you can log in to your WordPress account or create one now. I look… Continue reading Comments!
First Time at Grandma’s Basement
I’ve been to many of the venues for open mics in (and around) Boston, but I feel like every time I do a show I hear of at least one place I haven’t been yet. About a month ago I was recommended to try out Grandma’s Basement inside the Hong Kong Cafe on Boylston St.… Continue reading First Time at Grandma’s Basement
Matt’s Art
Just about every Tuesday I try to draw a silly little cartoon for TheMTA.com in an album called Matt’s Art which as you can imagine is art by me, Matt. Well here is yesterday’s drawing to hopefully pique your interest in looking at more. It’s called, Air Farce One…