Man o Man, what a fun Tuesday this has been. I did a brand new bit at Helium and it hit hard at the end, applause break and all that jazz. I have been feeling like I am in a rut lately so this was a nice change of pace for me. A solid 2 minutes added to my set and I am happy.
Afterwards I hit up Funhouse and hung out with some comic friends and shot the shit. I love Tuesdays.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
SMUT
I had a nice time at the funhouse lounge last night for the smut showcase. It was a solid lineup with me, Alex Rios, Jonas Barnes, Todd Armstrong, and Lonnie Bruin headlining. Jonas Barnes knows how to pack an audience, the place was filled! I did 10 minutes and felt amazing, the crowd was ready for some dirty talk and I gave it to them. Todd went up after me and absolutely destroyed, seriously. And Lonnie headlined the show and did a fantastic job as you would expect. He brought back a lot of old material from his Cripple X tour and it was all killer.
Afterwards me and Alex stayed for the Snutty the clown open mic, and I did some really dirty stuff about the make-a-wish foundation, my liver transplants, and my long hair bit. All three jokes had my drumset as a call back, and it worked out pretty well. I need to dial that material in and make a nice 5 to 7 minutes bit combining at all. I will.
Also a little side note, funhouse lounge has expanded and has a new room with a fireplace!. That place is becoming the go to comedy spot, I love it.
After that me and Alex went to control yourself open mic and I had a pretty mediocre set honestly. But I was playing with some new material, & I got a good read on it. That's what an open mic is for after all. Plus James Adomian stopped in after his show at curious comedy theater and he did an awesome 5 minutes just playing with the mic stand. Definitely a great night for comedy!
Monday, February 17, 2014
Been a while...
What is up my friends, it is been awhile since my last update: and I apologize. Here's what's going on in my life.
I went back to Virginia for a couple weeks during Christmas to see my family. It was great to catch up, and I haven't spent that many days off stage in a row in years. I finally got some business cards made! It's about time. I got 250 of them, & I made the graphics myself on MS Paint. I am kinda proud of them.
When I got back to Portland, I had a weekend at Helium waiting for me. All 5 shows went great, I had some new material from Christmas break and I got to work out some new tags. The headliners were Adam Ray and Dan Soder. They co headlined and switched off every night. They are both great guys on and off stage.
I did a show with my friend Don frost out in the tri-cities area. It was an overnighter, in a hotel conference room, for a radio station. A nice four hour drive there and back, gave me plenty of time to talk Star Trek with Don. The show went great, I was worried at first because it was very light 30 minutes until showtime, but in that 30 minutes the place filled out. There were about 60 people there, and I went up cold with a very basic intro, and won that room over quick. I felt great getting off stage and watched as Don killed it. Plus I made a new fan, a very pretty one at that so yeah, that was a great night. We ended up doing some karaoke afterwards and I watched Don drink a dozen or so fireballs and get wasted. Good times.
I was booked at Harveys last week and did a fun Wednesday show, and then got snowed out for the rest of the week. Bummer. But this story has a happy ending, because I got booked the very next week! So I never really lost money or stage time this month, just a slight delay. The shows at Harveys went very well, Saturday all three shows were sold out and I performed in front of 800 plus people. The feature was Keith Ellis, and the headliner is Chas Elstner, both super friendly guys that know what they are doing on stage. Sunday I decided to eat some mushrooms before my show, not a lot, just enough to feel... tingly. That show was a blast, sold out as well, and everything felt amazing. I recorded the audio from all shows, and worked some new tags into some old jokes. Definitely a very productive weekend for me.
I will keep you updated more regularly if I remember...
I went back to Virginia for a couple weeks during Christmas to see my family. It was great to catch up, and I haven't spent that many days off stage in a row in years. I finally got some business cards made! It's about time. I got 250 of them, & I made the graphics myself on MS Paint. I am kinda proud of them.
When I got back to Portland, I had a weekend at Helium waiting for me. All 5 shows went great, I had some new material from Christmas break and I got to work out some new tags. The headliners were Adam Ray and Dan Soder. They co headlined and switched off every night. They are both great guys on and off stage.
I did a show with my friend Don frost out in the tri-cities area. It was an overnighter, in a hotel conference room, for a radio station. A nice four hour drive there and back, gave me plenty of time to talk Star Trek with Don. The show went great, I was worried at first because it was very light 30 minutes until showtime, but in that 30 minutes the place filled out. There were about 60 people there, and I went up cold with a very basic intro, and won that room over quick. I felt great getting off stage and watched as Don killed it. Plus I made a new fan, a very pretty one at that so yeah, that was a great night. We ended up doing some karaoke afterwards and I watched Don drink a dozen or so fireballs and get wasted. Good times.
I was booked at Harveys last week and did a fun Wednesday show, and then got snowed out for the rest of the week. Bummer. But this story has a happy ending, because I got booked the very next week! So I never really lost money or stage time this month, just a slight delay. The shows at Harveys went very well, Saturday all three shows were sold out and I performed in front of 800 plus people. The feature was Keith Ellis, and the headliner is Chas Elstner, both super friendly guys that know what they are doing on stage. Sunday I decided to eat some mushrooms before my show, not a lot, just enough to feel... tingly. That show was a blast, sold out as well, and everything felt amazing. I recorded the audio from all shows, and worked some new tags into some old jokes. Definitely a very productive weekend for me.
I will keep you updated more regularly if I remember...
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