Triple show night

   Today is very exciting because I have 3 shows. First one is The Brunchening, hosted by Trevor an The Doug Fir Lounge. This is a beautiful venue that I've had the pleasure of performing at before during Bridgetown. I go up right in the middle and do about 18 solid minutes. I really felt like I captured the audience's attention from start to finish. Great show with great friends. Bonus: afterwards we went next door to play some pinball and I found a $20 bill in the ATM!
    2nd show is hosted at Proof. This is a small bar that I have performed in many a times, & I go up first. I deliver a solid 15 minute set and then immediately leave for my 3rd show.
    I get to the third show about 830, this is at the Hutch Tavern which is a new spot I have never been in. The show started at 8 & I walk in had a pretty good time. I go up about 15 minutes after I get there. I deliver another very solid and feel like I really destroyed this room.
    This was a great Saturday for me. I did 3 sets and I feel like I killed all three of them.

Helium

    Real fun times tonight, I was very large and vocal audience

Brody Theater

  I went out on this Thursday to Brody Theater. I haven't been going to this place like I used too, this is one of the first places I started in. Great atmosphere and cool posters on the walls, very welcoming. I got there about 20 minutes to showtime and hung out with the few people I knew.
    It's weird to walk into a place I used to frequent and not recognize half of the people in the room. I'm old in the comedy scene now, 4+ years into it. I'm glad I've gotten to a place where I am comfortable calling myself a comic and people in the city know who I am. I was def the ... and I hate to use this term... but "biggest" comic in the room that night. I'm not a "big" comic, I'm not a diva, I am just a guy who has kept at it and gotten to be a regular at both clubs...I went back and read some of my first posts on this blog and it really brings back a lot of memories. I used to be an open mic exclusive... Now Im opening up for Dave Attell to sold out crowds at the coolest club in town. When did this happen?
   Anyways... My set at Brody was "meh". I went up there with a ballpark idea on what I wanted to talk about, and it was topical, just something I wanted to get off my chest. This wasn't so much a set as it was me just venting a little. Still productive. Afterwards, I hit up the arcade and played pinball and then went to a karaoke bar and sang The Cure. Love life.

Helium Radio Show

Tonight, I'm performing at helium with 3 other comedians for a small radio sponsored show. Its at Helium , a venue that I am very familiar with. The show however, I'm not so sure.
   I figured the three radio DJ's would open the show so I waited in the green room.  To my surprise, I was introduced as the host and MC, before the radio DJs even took the stage. I did not know what to do, so I rushed on stage a little frazzled and addressed the audience just like I would any other host job.
   Set went well, but about 10 minutes into my 15 minutes set, another comedian walked up the side of the stage and handed me a drink with a note. Obviously the note was the real reason for him to be there.
    The note basically said that I was supposed to introduce the three radio DJ's next instead of a comedian. But it startled me and caught me off guard, I ended up ending my set pretty abruptly because I thought the note was in a "get off stage now, you're fucking up" context. Was I supposed to introduce the three radio DJ's immediately? Have I been on stage for 10 minutes when I should have only been on for 1? A lot of thoughts went racing through my mind.
   I brought the three radio DJs up and even screwed up one of their names. Real classy. Luckily they played it off well, and besides the really awkward ending, my set was ok. Its just you remember the bad things.
    I felt real bad after that for a while. Then I listened to Andrew WK, smoked some weed, and felt much better.

Helium Week

   This has been the best week in my career.  I got to open for Dave Attell.  Dave Attell. Fucking Dave Attell.  2 shows Fri and Sat, all sold out. 
    First 3 shows I did different material,  trying to stretch my legs on stage at Helium.  Every show was just... amazing.  The crowds ate up everything I said.  Right off the bat they are on board with me.  The 4th show I used my fave jokes from the first 3 and tried to make a "best of". That actually was what I felt the weakest set too... But still fucking great.
   It feels good to be in a place where I can put together 3 different sets on the fly and really excel with all of them.  As have a lot of solid material now and I need to dial in a strong 30 for featuring.

Rialto Corner Bar

I pull up to the Rialto at 930 and get a spot right at the front door, VIP parking. That alone gives me good vibes for the show, but I have another ace up my sleeve, mushrooms. I did not eat a lot of mushrooms but enough to give me a good buzz.
    I get on stage for the 8 people that are in the audience and just let loose. Total free form set where I'm just spitting s*** out as fast as I can.
    Really felt like I had a strong 20 minutes in there tonight. I hope the people in the audience felt the same way. And the people behind the curtain on the slot machines... they were there too.

Dirty Dozen

     This was the best Dirty Dozen showcase ever! Sold out show! The audience was large, and on board for everything.
    I did about 8 minutes out front and it went really really well. I started off with a story of a recent date that was terrible, segue into my other dating material, and segued is that into my dirty talk material and finally segued that into my choke f****** bit. Everything flowed really really well. I'm very happy with this show.
    Though, I'll be honest I should have ended my set there but I got greedy and told one more joke . My Anne Frank joke. It went fine, it just didnt hit as hard as everything else.
    You live and you learn