this is a really good comedy room. I've never been here
before, it's right in the heart of downtown Portland. A wonderful
seller room, you walk downstairs to get into it has really cool ambiance
with a little red globe hanging from the black ceiling. And the
bathroom is amazing, stunning urinals.... Feel like I'm pissing on the
titanic. If you wanna see pictures go to my other blog
barbathroomreview.com and check it out. The rest of this place has the
same vintage old school New York club on feel It's a Friday and Saturday
show, and both had a very well attended audience. I look forward to
doing this one again!
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Bridgetown!
The last 4 days have been a whirlwind of great shows with
great friends. I've met some amazing people from all around the country,
and get to work with them too! James Adomian, Sean Patton, Myq
Kaplan... So many All Stars here.
First show was a young guns best of Portland type showcase held at analog theater. I went up with some familiar faces and some out of towners from Seattle, in front of a a medium sized crowd. It was a Thursday, so I wasn't expecting a sold out show. It's a wonderful venue or too, giant green room, and nice large stage upstairs. The smaller but still very nice stage downstairs in the cafe. Great show.
Friday I was at the Hawthorne lounge primetime show with a bunch of people I have never gotten to work with before. And Ayggie Smith, he ended the show with with a closer that no one will ever forget. The man's a professional. Afterwards I headed over to host the tanker open mic for an hour. This place was absolutely packed, 100 plus people crammed in this tiny bar and just watching a rotation of amazing comics one after another, never ending... Truly an amazing spectacle!
Saturday I got the privilege of performing at the Doug Fir lounge on the midnight show. This venue is by far my favorite place. Everything's gotta ambient yellow glow to it, and looks like a log cabin...really chill. Also a packed crowd, 60 ish people love and everything that everyone was saying. Then I headed over to the after party at the Jupiter hotel, and ate mushrooms and watched Genesis on YouTube at 5 in the morning... Typical Saturday right?
Then Sunday, my last so, I was at the White Owl primetime show. Definitely the most sparsely attended show I was on that week, but still a good turnout. I had fun trying out some new jokes and shooting from the hip. I got to work with a Seattle comic named David Zoe Leon on that showcase as well, that guy is a riot.
First show was a young guns best of Portland type showcase held at analog theater. I went up with some familiar faces and some out of towners from Seattle, in front of a a medium sized crowd. It was a Thursday, so I wasn't expecting a sold out show. It's a wonderful venue or too, giant green room, and nice large stage upstairs. The smaller but still very nice stage downstairs in the cafe. Great show.
Friday I was at the Hawthorne lounge primetime show with a bunch of people I have never gotten to work with before. And Ayggie Smith, he ended the show with with a closer that no one will ever forget. The man's a professional. Afterwards I headed over to host the tanker open mic for an hour. This place was absolutely packed, 100 plus people crammed in this tiny bar and just watching a rotation of amazing comics one after another, never ending... Truly an amazing spectacle!
Saturday I got the privilege of performing at the Doug Fir lounge on the midnight show. This venue is by far my favorite place. Everything's gotta ambient yellow glow to it, and looks like a log cabin...really chill. Also a packed crowd, 60 ish people love and everything that everyone was saying. Then I headed over to the after party at the Jupiter hotel, and ate mushrooms and watched Genesis on YouTube at 5 in the morning... Typical Saturday right?
Then Sunday, my last so, I was at the White Owl primetime show. Definitely the most sparsely attended show I was on that week, but still a good turnout. I had fun trying out some new jokes and shooting from the hip. I got to work with a Seattle comic named David Zoe Leon on that showcase as well, that guy is a riot.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
CI bar and grille
This is a pretty typical suburb sports bar. Lotto machines, neon beer signs and televisions line the wood panelled walls. Pretty packed audience, mostly older but super into comedy. My set went well, 15 minutes, most jokes hit, especially my bottled piss bit. I feel like I played the room like a pro, stick and move, stick and move!
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Eagles Lodge
Well look at me now...Ive made it! Standing on this stage in front of all 6 of these elderly....follow your dreams.
Seriously though, I got to this venue and knew it was gonna be bad times. Only 12 people there, all 65+, and not caring about comedy. They were all super friendly though, and respectful. I did 30 minutes and got a few laughs at my dirtiest material of all things. About 10 minutes into my set I knew it wasnt going anywhere so I just went dirty...they liked it! Yay old people!
Alberta Street Pub
Alberta Street Pub, I love this room, small with a great atmosphere for comedy. Joanne does a great job hosting too!
I went up and did a lot of new material, nothing more that 2 months old. It went pretty ok. A lot of my new stuff needs work but the premises are sound.
Lake stevens
This was supposed to be a good time. Me and Don Frost in Washington. But the gods werent on board. 3 hours into our trip my car overheated and shut off. I had to miss the gig.
Luckiky Don had connections in Tacoma. Good people too. They picked us up, gave us a place to sleep, fed us, and then they towed me and my car all the way back to Portland! They really hooked me up big time. Good people still exist.
Now I gotta fix my car though :(
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