Monday, June 23, 2008
This is UNBELIEVABLY AWESOMELY HILARIOUS!!!
OK... Everybody take a deep breath.
That is HILARIOUS! Now if we could only get that on split screen with Kobe watching it, so we could see his reaction it would be even better.
I think my two favorite parts are...
I think my two favorite parts are...
1) I think that is the first rap to reference a vasectomy. I'm sure that it is definitely the first rap to reference it in a GOOD way.
2) My other favorite part is the crowd chanting, "KOBE, TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES!!!"
WOW!
P.S. The best thing about Kobe losing in the finals without Shaq is now NOBODY can EVER say that Kobe is as good or even as close to as good as Michael Jordan. I know I must sound like old man basketball, but HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
George Carlin R. I. P.
When I was trying to come up with an appropriate analogy for the importance of George Carlin to stand-up comedy, I initially had trouble until I thought of one man... Miles Davis.
George Carlin was to stand-up comedy what Miles Davis was to music. Both men always pushed the boundaries of their chosen art forms. Both men were alive and working during the heydays of their chosen art forms. And both men were STILL relevant up until (and after) death.
And both seemed to know that the end was near based on their last blasts of creativity.
Miles began playing songs fro early in his career right before he died.
And these are clips from Carlin's most recent HBO special that aired in March of this year.
Carlin also has the increasingly RAAAAAAAAAAARE distinction of spending his whole career being known as a stand-up comic. Not a stand-up/talk show host. Not a stand-up/attempted movie star. Not a stand-up/sitcom star. He went onstage. He said what he felt with jokes added in. And he left town. Beautiful. We will never see his like again for many reasons. He is the last comic who could get arrested for what he said. back when you had to have a certain amount of bravery to go up on stage and say what you felt.
He died at 71 and we definitely lost him too soon.
P.S. Carlin's last special was recorded in Santa Rosa at The Luther Burbank Center. I performed there once. Tommy Smothers of The Smothers Brothers was in the audience. He is another comic who was on the forefront of the freedom of speech movement in comedy in the 60's. I was really excited to see what he thought of me, a dude doing socially relevant and slightly (at the time) political material. After the show he said nothing to me and enthusiastically complimented a guy who was doing circus tricks. Tommy SMothers is still alive. George is dead. Further proof that only the good die young.
George Carlin was to stand-up comedy what Miles Davis was to music. Both men always pushed the boundaries of their chosen art forms. Both men were alive and working during the heydays of their chosen art forms. And both men were STILL relevant up until (and after) death.
And both seemed to know that the end was near based on their last blasts of creativity.
Miles began playing songs fro early in his career right before he died.
And these are clips from Carlin's most recent HBO special that aired in March of this year.
Carlin also has the increasingly RAAAAAAAAAAARE distinction of spending his whole career being known as a stand-up comic. Not a stand-up/talk show host. Not a stand-up/attempted movie star. Not a stand-up/sitcom star. He went onstage. He said what he felt with jokes added in. And he left town. Beautiful. We will never see his like again for many reasons. He is the last comic who could get arrested for what he said. back when you had to have a certain amount of bravery to go up on stage and say what you felt.
He died at 71 and we definitely lost him too soon.
P.S. Carlin's last special was recorded in Santa Rosa at The Luther Burbank Center. I performed there once. Tommy Smothers of The Smothers Brothers was in the audience. He is another comic who was on the forefront of the freedom of speech movement in comedy in the 60's. I was really excited to see what he thought of me, a dude doing socially relevant and slightly (at the time) political material. After the show he said nothing to me and enthusiastically complimented a guy who was doing circus tricks. Tommy SMothers is still alive. George is dead. Further proof that only the good die young.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The Ultimate Karaoke Champion
I'm only half kidding this dude has apparently been in successful Filipino bands for years, and it has all added up to THIS...
If that whet your palette then you can watch the extended remix of the story here...
And this is him in the clip that got him the job. He had no idea that one day he would be doing this same song in front of thousands of screaming fans instead of just a few disinterested drunks. Nobody even really claps at the end and the tables look empty.
I don't know why I like this so much, but somehow it makes me feel all warm inside, while at the same time, it gives me hope for humanity.
P.S.
This is him doing Black dog by Led Zepplin, but weirdly his Robert Plant sounds more like Steven Tyler.
If that whet your palette then you can watch the extended remix of the story here...
And this is him in the clip that got him the job. He had no idea that one day he would be doing this same song in front of thousands of screaming fans instead of just a few disinterested drunks. Nobody even really claps at the end and the tables look empty.
I don't know why I like this so much, but somehow it makes me feel all warm inside, while at the same time, it gives me hope for humanity.
P.S.
This is him doing Black dog by Led Zepplin, but weirdly his Robert Plant sounds more like Steven Tyler.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
And now a word on Barack Obama from Cornell West...
I think that Cornell West saying that he hates white supremacy is one of the most awesomely redundant things that I think ever heard in my life.
I know you're busy Jason, but....
You HAVE to watch this...
Yes, that's Rage Against The Machine. And YES! They are dressed like prisoners from Guantanamo. And yes, they keep the masks on the whole song.
AHHH, I feel so young. This kind of protest takes me back to the early 90's.
Cassette tapes, personal ads in the newspaper, Sony Discmans, carrying around extra AA batteries, and thinking a girl liked me only to find out later that she wasn't that interested or didn't know I existed.
Yes, that's Rage Against The Machine. And YES! They are dressed like prisoners from Guantanamo. And yes, they keep the masks on the whole song.
AHHH, I feel so young. This kind of protest takes me back to the early 90's.
Cassette tapes, personal ads in the newspaper, Sony Discmans, carrying around extra AA batteries, and thinking a girl liked me only to find out later that she wasn't that interested or didn't know I existed.
MY SHOW gets it's first OFFICIAL REVIEW & it's GOOOOOOD!
RECOMMENDED --- The Bell Curve Shelton Theatre, 533 Sutter; brownpapertickets.com. $20. Thurs, 8pm. Through June 12. Just when you thought identity politics were passé, along comes the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primary, forcing us all to endure many a tired stereotype that should have died out with the advent of the disco era. Luckily, we have W. Kamau Bell to help us recover from the trauma while guiding us safely away from the precipice of other bad habits. In this 90-minute show, the longtime solo performer and half of the comedy duo Siskel and Negro breaks down the problems with PC terminology, while coming up with a few absurd ones of his own. With today's headlines providing him new material, Bell constantly updates the show, optimizing it for multiple viewings. We also get the back story on how Bell was raised by a single mom with a PhD instead of, as you might now be wondering, a rap sheet, and how early childhood experiences with skin-color bias shaped his future outlook. Along the way, Bell flows easily from biting to charming, pensive to goofy. Through studying martial arts, dating white women, getting a fancy salon haircut, and living in San Francisco, Bell comes to realize there are really only two kinds of people in this world. I was glad to find out that he and I are the same kind. (Giattina)
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Thanks to Debra Giattina and The SF Bay Guardian for helping to make a little boy's dream come true. My favorite part is "Bell flows easily from biting to charming, pensive to goofy." And also the stuff about me guiding people safely through trauma.
For the record NONE of this would be possible without Bruce Pachtmnan, Martha Rynberg, Lisa Marie Rollins, and The Solo Performance Workshop... and Lee Hahn... and Paul E. Hunt and Conjure... and The JCC East Bay... and The Shelton Theater... and Molly Schminke... and Jeremy Townsend... and Adam Davis... and Mike Paunovich... my mom and dad and mom and the number 37 and by the letter "U.
It looks like we're going to EXTEND the show at The Shelton for several weeks, so come once, come often, spread the word...
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/32466
P.S. And Jason B. Smith and Dwayne Kennedy.
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Thanks to Debra Giattina and The SF Bay Guardian for helping to make a little boy's dream come true. My favorite part is "Bell flows easily from biting to charming, pensive to goofy." And also the stuff about me guiding people safely through trauma.
For the record NONE of this would be possible without Bruce Pachtmnan, Martha Rynberg, Lisa Marie Rollins, and The Solo Performance Workshop... and Lee Hahn... and Paul E. Hunt and Conjure... and The JCC East Bay... and The Shelton Theater... and Molly Schminke... and Jeremy Townsend... and Adam Davis... and Mike Paunovich... my mom and dad and mom and the number 37 and by the letter "U.
It looks like we're going to EXTEND the show at The Shelton for several weeks, so come once, come often, spread the word...
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/32466
P.S. And Jason B. Smith and Dwayne Kennedy.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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