Thursday, November 13, 2003  

Open Miker-a Go Go

There's a nice little pretentious comedy brouhaha going on over on the Kvetch board. Come watch open-mikers try to decide which one sucks more. It's like watching retarded kids hit each other with rakes!

Patrick's Pub

Hey, gang. Tonight I'm performing at Patrick's Pub in beautiful Gilford, NH. Great club, but be warned that it's an obnoxious website. I will try to talk to the owner about taking off the JINGLE that plays when you load it. What is it about New Hampshire people and websites with music? At least Boggis's has beaver shots as a payoff. Anyway, showtime tonight is 9:00, and Steve Scarfo is opening. Don't mean to name drop.

Upstate New York

I am so completely wiped out from this weekend. It was a great time, and Rusty Ward was really fun to work with. He's a terrific writer and really loves comedy. We did two shows in Sackets Harbor and then one show in Geneva, New York. After that show, I went out with the owner and his girlfriend, where we saw three guys who seem to be burn survivors working out some new rhymes at a hip hop open mike. I was sitting down to a Black and Tan when this black guy with pink scar tissue covering his face and head (except for a small tuft of on the left rear quandrant) came looming out of nowhere yelling at me "to say YEAH-AH!" It freaked me out, frankly, and we went to three more bars, including an Irish bar that didn't sell Guiness, a Polynesian bar promising their own comedy night (featuring three total douchebags!) and wound up in yuppie heaven, but it was blessedly free of irony and the walking wounded.

Last night did a benefit for the Ellie Fund. I'm glad it was a good cause, 'cuz I don't like to bomb for a bad one. Oof. On the plus side, lots of free drinky drinks. On the minus side, Sam Walters acted like the devil and tempted me with bad, bad things.