Monday, October 29, 2007

ok, so it's been over a week since i last updated this thing and i feel kinda bad. i don't know why. it's probably because i started this blog in hopes that if i posted things of substance i would update on a regular basis or at least every three days or so, and i'm slacking off. awesome! sorry about this.

anyways...

i did my first show back on akaradio and it was a lot of fun to be back in that chair. i fucked up a couple times and i had a couple incidents of radio silence, but overall i was pretty happy with how it came out. the show is now available for download here. the file is around 120 megs and the person recording the show accidentally threw in a little audio surprise. while she was recording, she decided to check out a myspace page...why i have no idea...and it was one of those pages with embeded music so there's a little snippet of nickelback during one of the songs...so, uhm...yeah...sorry about that...but yes, it's a really good show overall and i think you'll enjoy listening to it in your car or while your jogging or perhaps while you're masturbating to internet pornography. either way, check it out, won't you?

i went to go see comedians of comedy last night. i have to say that it was absolutely amazing. i got to meet henry owings, the tour manager/editor-in-chief of chunklet magazine and he seemed genuinely surprised that someone recognized him. he's a pretty nice guy and told me the new issue is coming out very soon AAAAND he's coming out with a new book called "the rock bible." he told me it's going to be amazing, so i'm totally gonna buy it. maria bamford was the first to perform and she's a lot funnier live than on cd. her facial expressions, i found out, is what makes her absolutely hilarious. the gf wasn't a huge fan still, which kind of disappointed me. eugene mirman was amazing! his riffs and non-sequitors were genius and when he interacted with the audience people were dying. brian posehn was pretty alright. i mean, he was funny but it wasn't as great as i was expecting it to be. his bit on a party bus stripper was pretty great, though. patton was, of course, pants-shittingly hilarious. he mostly did stuff with the audience and new material, including an update on his "kfc famous bowls" bit by talking about a new kfc product coming out called the mega leg which is, apparently, a drumstick the size of a turkey leg. if you get a chance, you need to go see them. a couple of criticisms, however:

1. brian posehn did too many jokes abut him and his wife. they were funny jokes, but i was getting kinda bored with them after a bit.
2. jasper redd didn't perform, which thoroughly bummed me out. i've only seen him perform on the comedians of comedy live at the troubador dvd and i was looking forward to seeing more of him. i wonder why he couldn't make it, even though he was on the bill.
3. patton's set was way too short. i was looking forward to a marathon set in the vein of his "222" cd, but i got about 45 minutes of it. ah well.
4. the audience was kinda ridiculous. there was this metal dude that was obviously there only for brian posehn because he was "that guy" (wearing a posehn shirt) and not laughing during the other comics unless his girlfriend turned around and glared at him for not laughing. also, there were these two girls in front of me that kept shaking their heads whenever someone made a rape joke. i hate it when people take themselves too seriously.

there was a piece of merchandise for sale that i almost bought, but i decided against it. it's a plate that had a picture of eugene mirman as a child on it with a cartoon bubble coming out of him that said "i will kick you in the dick hard so hard you'll cum fear." i don't know why i didn't buy it there, but i'm going to do my best to find it now. and on that note, you need to go see comedians of comedy if you likes the yuk-yuks.

i'm going to be spending a lot of money on comedy shows next month because michael ian black and michael showalter are coming in november AAAAAND lewis black is coming that some month. FUCK YES! FUCKING LEWIS BLACK!!! lewis black is the guy who got me interested in comedy again. i honestly hadn't paid attention to stand-up comedy after the mid-90s and then i saw lewis black's "end of the universe" stand-up special on comedy central and i was in awe over how hilarious it was. i have made it a point since then to watch every single thing he makes an appearance in and buy every single one of his cds. without seeing lewis black, i wouldn't have checked out david cross, who in turn got me interested in patton oswalt, and it's been a loooooong journey since then. lewis black also got me interested in trying out stand-up comedy as well, which i'm still in the process of getting started up. good luck with that, i suppose.

anyways, here are some of my favorite bits from lewis black's "end of the universe" cd, which was recorded in my hometown of atlanta. DIRTY SOUTH!

atlanta
coke, pepsi, and the super bowl
tax rebates and common sense
tv news & jerry falwell
what i've learned

be sure to tune into akaradio this wednesday at 8 for my halloween special. there's gonna be laughs, tricks, treats, and lots of creepy/fucked-up music that will make your parents question your sexuality. good job!

love,
-+>kevin

Labels: aka, brian posehn, chunklet, comedy, eugene mirman, lewis black, maria bamford, mp3, patton oswalt, podcast, radio, stand-up

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Monday, October 29, 2007

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