Surface to Air Miscellany
Hey there 'Redheads... Thanks for keeping your breath bated as I kept you waiting for another dose of idle nonsense. I better have something remotely resembling something decent for you if I expect you to tolerate this constant tardiness. Well, sit back and enjoy while I broaden the definition of "decent".
Yeah, unfortunately I don't have a whole lot to report. I did just get back from a swing through Newport News, VA and one of my favorite clubs, Cozzy's. Big thanks to Lorain, Karen, Jimmy, and the rest of the great staff down there for making me feel like Norm from Cheers. Not only was I the recipient of generous hospitality, but I got a chance to meet an area comic I had heard nothing but good things about, Hatton Jordan. His girlfriend, Jenn, was the MC for the weekend and he snuck in a guest set on the Saturday late show. The headliner for the weekend was Kevin Lee. Kevin is a prop comic/magician who juggles bowling balls, eats fire, and swallows swords. Pretty much my polar opposite on the comedy continuum. If there was a freak transporter accident during my set, Kevin would be the guy that would finish the show...c'mon my fellow dorks, stay with me...
Good times.
Segue...Apparently, I have a tiny YouTube sensation on my hands. The public's ravenous search for video train wreckage to gawk at has brought them to a video I posted a couple years ago. I've shown you this 8 minute piece of evil before, in the hope that you would better know your enemy, making it easier to spot and thwart. Over the last couple weeks, the hits on this thing have ballooned from a couple hundred to about 5,000. Sign of the apocalypse? Perhaps. For your protection, you may want to view it through a piece of smoked glass. If you experience a dull throbbing pain in your psyche, close the window immediately. Please remove your belt and shoelaces and may God have mercy on your soul...
Those of you who are currently plotting revenge against me for tattooing that dreck on your mind's eye, you can find me at Tagline's on Thursday night with Freddie Vernell and Mike Shader.
I know April was dismal in terms of blog quantity. I haven't been writing much material-wise recently. When I was at the Improv last month, my contribution to the backstage graffiti was, "Jared Stern told pretty much the same jokes..." Well, brace yourselves for another month-long stunt that'll probably only make it a week. It's JOKE/BIT/PREMISE/TAG-A-DAY IN MAY. To prime the pump and pick my brain up off the pile of papers it's been holding down, I'm going to write something in this space every day in May. Something that'll hopefully provide a jumping off point for some new usable material. Excelsior...or something.
Finally, on a sad note, a belated farewell to Adam Gregory, who passed away last week. Adam was one of the crew from Winchester's, who started doing stand-up shortly after I did. Those of you up in Baltimore may have had the pleasure of working with him. He had a whispery voice that sounded like an inadvertent Godfather impression. He was a good guy and a funny fellow.
To be continued...
Yeah, unfortunately I don't have a whole lot to report. I did just get back from a swing through Newport News, VA and one of my favorite clubs, Cozzy's. Big thanks to Lorain, Karen, Jimmy, and the rest of the great staff down there for making me feel like Norm from Cheers. Not only was I the recipient of generous hospitality, but I got a chance to meet an area comic I had heard nothing but good things about, Hatton Jordan. His girlfriend, Jenn, was the MC for the weekend and he snuck in a guest set on the Saturday late show. The headliner for the weekend was Kevin Lee. Kevin is a prop comic/magician who juggles bowling balls, eats fire, and swallows swords. Pretty much my polar opposite on the comedy continuum. If there was a freak transporter accident during my set, Kevin would be the guy that would finish the show...c'mon my fellow dorks, stay with me...
Good times.
Segue...Apparently, I have a tiny YouTube sensation on my hands. The public's ravenous search for video train wreckage to gawk at has brought them to a video I posted a couple years ago. I've shown you this 8 minute piece of evil before, in the hope that you would better know your enemy, making it easier to spot and thwart. Over the last couple weeks, the hits on this thing have ballooned from a couple hundred to about 5,000. Sign of the apocalypse? Perhaps. For your protection, you may want to view it through a piece of smoked glass. If you experience a dull throbbing pain in your psyche, close the window immediately. Please remove your belt and shoelaces and may God have mercy on your soul...
Those of you who are currently plotting revenge against me for tattooing that dreck on your mind's eye, you can find me at Tagline's on Thursday night with Freddie Vernell and Mike Shader.
I know April was dismal in terms of blog quantity. I haven't been writing much material-wise recently. When I was at the Improv last month, my contribution to the backstage graffiti was, "Jared Stern told pretty much the same jokes..." Well, brace yourselves for another month-long stunt that'll probably only make it a week. It's JOKE/BIT/PREMISE/TAG-A-DAY IN MAY. To prime the pump and pick my brain up off the pile of papers it's been holding down, I'm going to write something in this space every day in May. Something that'll hopefully provide a jumping off point for some new usable material. Excelsior...or something.
Finally, on a sad note, a belated farewell to Adam Gregory, who passed away last week. Adam was one of the crew from Winchester's, who started doing stand-up shortly after I did. Those of you up in Baltimore may have had the pleasure of working with him. He had a whispery voice that sounded like an inadvertent Godfather impression. He was a good guy and a funny fellow.
To be continued...
Labels: comedy, Cozzy's, funny, Jared Stern