Good Hair, from Chris Rock
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Coming soon to the theaters: Chris Rock’s new documentary, Good Hair, which won raves at Sundance. Check out the trailer: Hilarious. I’m looking forward to it…
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Jimmy Carr opening for Louis CK
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009I realize that my earlier post was pretty insubstantial, and I feel kind of bad about it. Hence, a second post tonight. I was about to quietly go to sleep when I saw this pass across my twitstream: : wow. I would have paid many non-extant moneys to be at a show of Jimmy Carr [...]
The Rules of Sport
Monday, July 27th, 2009I know I said I’d have another stand-up comedy topic today. Sorry. Blame Andrew. Do you ever wonder how to qualify something as a sport? Wonder no longer. These are The Rules of Sport, tried and true, passed on for years and utterly infallible. There are four Rules: Features a contested object of possession. Athletic [...]
Movie Review Weekend
Sunday, July 26th, 2009I saw some movies this weekend: The Hurt Locker – Absolutely riveting, and totally immersive in a way I can’t recall since Black Hawk Down. It’s one of the rare action movies that remembers that all good stories come from character first. One minor point: the advertising of various big-name actors in this movie is [...]
Tosh.0 is Funny and Frightening
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Download Daniel Tosh’s CDas MP3s from Amazon The Stranger, Seattle’s beloved, edgy, supergay alternative weekly, just posted a rave about Daniel Tosh’s new Comedy Central show, Tosh.0, and I’m here to hop on the bandwagon with both feet. Tosh is a first-rate stand-up comedian, and his perspective and delivery are perfectly suited for a show [...]
