Today is my second anniversary of performing stand-up. I don’t care much for (mostly) meaningless dates but I’ve thought about it recently and realized that the first two years have been pretty distinct from each other. In the first year, I performed for the first time in August and waited until October to get on… Continue reading Two Years of Stand-up Comedy
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Comedian’s Blessing
Everyone has been in this situation: A discussion or argument has been over for hours, maybe days, and all of a sudden the perfect counterpoint or comeback comes to mind, but it’s too late for it. The person on the other end of the argument has long forgotten it even happened (especially if it was… Continue reading Comedian’s Blessing
The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast
I’m on two podcasts in two weeks? That’s a new record, with the old record being one (unless you count the short-lived, Cookies and Cakes, which I don’t). The other day I recorded The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast with fellow blogger and stand-up comedian, Tommy Sunshine [Twitter]. We had a good talk about what makes my stand-up… Continue reading The Sunshine Open Mic Podcast
A Piece of the Process
My blog posts are usually, reasonably, planned out. The least planning I do is whenever I just post a photo and make fun of it for a few sentences, but even then I have to go find a photo that is worth talking about. Longer posts where I just write and write, tend to fester… Continue reading A Piece of the Process
How I’ve Influenced the World
It’s been said a person would need to be a narcissist to be a stand-up comic. It’s probably true, I’m certainly not a counter example to this. I have an act, a blog, a Twitter, and Facebook and Google+ pages in addition to my profiles. I push all this stuff ad nauseam and probably annoy my… Continue reading How I’ve Influenced the World
Hack Comedy
In stand-up comedy, I strive to be as original as I can be. I’m not sure if anyone would admit to being unoriginal. Even Nickelback probably thinks they’re original at what they do, but I’ll take Modest Mouse or Brand New over them any day. Same as I’d rather listen to David Cross or Patton… Continue reading Hack Comedy
Everything’s the Best
Back in June, I was at Mottley’s Comedy Club to see Josh Gondelman. The purpose of this show was to record his first album, Everything’s The Best! which comes out today through Rooftop Comedy. I can say, first hand, that this show was awesome. So awesome that I bought the album so I could listen to… Continue reading Everything’s the Best