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"On Scatterbrain, McIntire addresses the ups and downs of a working comic's life. The bulk of the album is all laughs -- solid material on everything from having kids to the war on terror, killer stuff from one of Boston's most reliable comedy veterans -- but it's the bonus track, the one labeled "Nagasaki," that's getting the most attention. The nearly half-hour track is nothing short of a complete hell gig..."

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"If Tim set out to reveal more about himself and be vulnerable on his new CD, Scatterbrain, he succeeded. He pulls off the delicate trick of turning inward without losing his persona. He is still The Reverend. Now, rather than pointing the finger at others, he's pointing it at himself. Instead of looking at obscure news stories and making them universal, he takes something universal, the birth of a child, and makes it his...It's smart and fearless. Mr. Hicks, this is Mr. Cosby."

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Friday, May 05, 2006

More On Colbert

The thing about Colbert's performance and whether or not it was funny or appropriate is that basically, from a comedian's perspective, it's just another shitty private gig. Really, it's something that every comic with any time in this business at all has seen dozens of times.

You get hired by a company to do their annual party. The person who hires you tells you they want you to write jokes about the owner. They tell you he can take a joke, and they give you tons of stuff that they practically beg you to use. He cheats at golf, they say. He wears a wig. He yells at his secretary. Definitely mention how fat he's gotten, they tell you. Don't worry, he'll love it, they promise you. Then the night comes, and you get there, and as soon as the very first fat joke bombs, you can feel them turn, and the people who hired you suddenly pretend they had nothing to do with it, and you suffer through the silence, and when it's over, and you're talking to the very same people who told you to talk about the guy's wooden leg, they look at you and say, "What happened? You weren't funny."

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LISTENING STATION

SCATTERBRAIN (2006) - Selected Tracks

POOR IMPULSE CONTROL(2001) - Whole Damn Thing!

To buy Scatterbrain, click here (or here for iTunes). The actual CD is the only place you can hear Nagasaki, the semi-famous bonus track. Poor Impulse Control is sold out (unless you're crazy). If you just enjoy listening here, why not drop a buck or two in my tip jar, you stingy bastard?