Uwtl yet again. Just saw some solid comedy at the UCBTNY, my last Whiplash for awhile.
Hoping that the quality of comedy in LA won't drop off too heavy. There are def a ton of NY performers who I will miss seeing on the regular. But then again, there are lots of awesome comics out in LA as well. If there is good stuff to be seen I will be sure to find it.
Big full day tomorrow. Lots of writing and packing to do as well as Bball to watch and people to see.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Sunday June 13th, 2010
Another big missed opportunity by the Lakers, now shite is getting real. I'm not stressing too much though, I believe there will be a game 7. Wish it didn't have to come down to this but it is what it is.
I won't lose any sleep over how things have gone down, if we get our stuff together and take care of biznass at home I will be real happy, but can't too down if it doesn't go our way. There are certainly bigger things in life.
I won't lose any sleep over how things have gone down, if we get our stuff together and take care of biznass at home I will be real happy, but can't too down if it doesn't go our way. There are certainly bigger things in life.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Saturday June 12th, 2010
Uwtl late again after a nice mellow saturday. Got some USA England action in, then a free concert in prospect park, followed by a drink and an egg sandwich. Cannot complain.
Nervous and excited for the Lakers game 5 tomorrow, doesn't get much better.
Sleepy time now, big sunday to take on.
Nervous and excited for the Lakers game 5 tomorrow, doesn't get much better.
Sleepy time now, big sunday to take on.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Friday June 11th, 2010
So tired right now. Need to pound this out and gets to bed.
Pretty fun and amusing night tonight. Went to the Yankee game which was a lot more fun than I expected it to be. First of all they were playing the dismal Houston Astros and secondly I don't give a s*@$ about the Yankees. It was a pretty tight game that went down to the very last out, allowing for the incomparable Mariano Rivera to aim for the save in the 9th. He struck out the side and all was good.
As me and my buddy headed for the guaranteed crowded subway, we arrived before most everyone else. But as the D train took forever to come, more and more people started to smush onto the platform.
Surprisingly enough, as the D train arrived we got on without much incident and had a fairly comfortable spot by the door. It could have been a hell of a lot more jammed in there.
All was fairly good until 125th street when a real nut squeezed onto the train.
He started spouting off some religious nonsense " I am Jesus, Mohamed. I am Jesus, Mohamed. You're all gonna burn in hell" bla bla, bla bla bla bla. This guy definitely appeared a bit misinformed and all kinds of disturbed.
Usually, a smart, sober person would ignore this kind of ranting and raving. Not on this car. Some idiot started egging the looney on, telling him to shut up and threatening to punch his lights out. Shit very well may have gone down is what I'm saying. And wouldn't you know, it had to happen on the longest stretch without a stop in the entire city of NY, 125th st. to 59th st. As I began to seriously root for the religious nut over the idiot who would engage his madness, a crazy thing happenned. An ass load of people exited the subway at 59th and all the sudden shit calmed down between these two idiots.
The crazy religious guy started praising the asshole for being a "bad ass mutha f$#@* like me" and so began a love affair that would last from 59th st. in Manhattan to Atlantic ave. in Brooklyn and who knows how much longer. During this stretch, these two men who I feared may kill each other, bonded for serious. The bum religous guy was doing most of the talking but he was chatting his new idiot pal non stop by complimenting him on his tattoos, talking about racial equality, teaching him about the fine art of Karate and last but certainly not least, displaying his best STREET FIGHTER moves.
As me and my bud transfered at Atlantic Ave., we had no idea of knowing how this new underground friendship would continue or end. Who knows, maybe it came full circle and ended in a violent shouting match.
But either way, the part I witnessed was one of the most fascinating and fully arced stories of human connection to ever grace the NY subway system.
Pretty fun and amusing night tonight. Went to the Yankee game which was a lot more fun than I expected it to be. First of all they were playing the dismal Houston Astros and secondly I don't give a s*@$ about the Yankees. It was a pretty tight game that went down to the very last out, allowing for the incomparable Mariano Rivera to aim for the save in the 9th. He struck out the side and all was good.
As me and my buddy headed for the guaranteed crowded subway, we arrived before most everyone else. But as the D train took forever to come, more and more people started to smush onto the platform.
Surprisingly enough, as the D train arrived we got on without much incident and had a fairly comfortable spot by the door. It could have been a hell of a lot more jammed in there.
All was fairly good until 125th street when a real nut squeezed onto the train.
He started spouting off some religious nonsense " I am Jesus, Mohamed. I am Jesus, Mohamed. You're all gonna burn in hell" bla bla, bla bla bla bla. This guy definitely appeared a bit misinformed and all kinds of disturbed.
Usually, a smart, sober person would ignore this kind of ranting and raving. Not on this car. Some idiot started egging the looney on, telling him to shut up and threatening to punch his lights out. Shit very well may have gone down is what I'm saying. And wouldn't you know, it had to happen on the longest stretch without a stop in the entire city of NY, 125th st. to 59th st. As I began to seriously root for the religious nut over the idiot who would engage his madness, a crazy thing happenned. An ass load of people exited the subway at 59th and all the sudden shit calmed down between these two idiots.
The crazy religious guy started praising the asshole for being a "bad ass mutha f$#@* like me" and so began a love affair that would last from 59th st. in Manhattan to Atlantic ave. in Brooklyn and who knows how much longer. During this stretch, these two men who I feared may kill each other, bonded for serious. The bum religous guy was doing most of the talking but he was chatting his new idiot pal non stop by complimenting him on his tattoos, talking about racial equality, teaching him about the fine art of Karate and last but certainly not least, displaying his best STREET FIGHTER moves.
As me and my bud transfered at Atlantic Ave., we had no idea of knowing how this new underground friendship would continue or end. Who knows, maybe it came full circle and ended in a violent shouting match.
But either way, the part I witnessed was one of the most fascinating and fully arced stories of human connection to ever grace the NY subway system.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Monday June 7th, 2010
Uwtl yet again. Just engaged in a bit of a comedy marathon by taking in two awesome shows at UCBNY.
Started off w/ an hour of new stuff from the incomparable Mike Birbiglia who was as good as i've seen him in quite some time.
Then Whiplash, a late Monday night weekly comedy show that I discovered way too late in my NY run.
The lineup as listed was unbelievable with some of the best in NY comedy: Eugene Mirman, John Mulaney and Anthony Jeselnek. The two former def amongst my personal favorites while the latter young master of the kilker one liner is quickly becoming one of my faves as well.
Also enjoyable throughtout the show was the presence in the audience of a certain young comedian I've come to know a little bit over the last few months, who gained much attention from acting quite the fool throughout many of the acts. He seemed like he was truly enjoying himself but it was still ridic.
Then late in the already late show, a man with a thick bushy beard started lurking backstage, occasionally poking his head out. The large in width and now even larger in notoriety, Zach Galifianikis, proved to be the unannounced surprise headliner/ late replacement for a no show on the bill.
A little blurry I know, but you know it's him.
The man (a personal favorite of mine ong before The Hangover) came out to massive applause and then proceeded to do what most hugely famous comics are able to do once they've hit the big time: make the audience laugh at every single thing that comes out of their mouth.
For the next 15-20 minutes very few written jokes were told as the great bearded one went off script and jumped into audience interaction, asking a number of unwitting spectators a little about themselves.
Often this kind of plan B would be just plain terrible, but with Mr. G, a ridiculously smart and gifted improviser, much gold was mined from this diversion.
After all, you can't blame the guy for lack of sharpness or fresh new material as he's def been quite busy lately. I can only hope that he sticks with standup despite his newfound success in movies and that I'll see him at the top of his game one of these days.
Overall, a great night after a prettty good day in NYC. UCB was a huge part of it and I can only hope that UCBLA will fill that gap quite nicely as well.
Started off w/ an hour of new stuff from the incomparable Mike Birbiglia who was as good as i've seen him in quite some time.
Then Whiplash, a late Monday night weekly comedy show that I discovered way too late in my NY run.
The lineup as listed was unbelievable with some of the best in NY comedy: Eugene Mirman, John Mulaney and Anthony Jeselnek. The two former def amongst my personal favorites while the latter young master of the kilker one liner is quickly becoming one of my faves as well.
Also enjoyable throughtout the show was the presence in the audience of a certain young comedian I've come to know a little bit over the last few months, who gained much attention from acting quite the fool throughout many of the acts. He seemed like he was truly enjoying himself but it was still ridic.
Then late in the already late show, a man with a thick bushy beard started lurking backstage, occasionally poking his head out. The large in width and now even larger in notoriety, Zach Galifianikis, proved to be the unannounced surprise headliner/ late replacement for a no show on the bill.
A little blurry I know, but you know it's him.The man (a personal favorite of mine ong before The Hangover) came out to massive applause and then proceeded to do what most hugely famous comics are able to do once they've hit the big time: make the audience laugh at every single thing that comes out of their mouth.
For the next 15-20 minutes very few written jokes were told as the great bearded one went off script and jumped into audience interaction, asking a number of unwitting spectators a little about themselves.
Often this kind of plan B would be just plain terrible, but with Mr. G, a ridiculously smart and gifted improviser, much gold was mined from this diversion.
After all, you can't blame the guy for lack of sharpness or fresh new material as he's def been quite busy lately. I can only hope that he sticks with standup despite his newfound success in movies and that I'll see him at the top of his game one of these days.
Overall, a great night after a prettty good day in NYC. UCB was a huge part of it and I can only hope that UCBLA will fill that gap quite nicely as well.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Tuesday June 1st, 2010
Uwtl. Tried to get some writing done the last few hours but kinda failed miserably.
Besides for that the evening was pretty awesome. Had my first experience at THE Radio City Music Hall where I was funtertained by the musicomedy stylings of sir Reggie Watts and the just straight up comedy stylings of Mr. Conan O' Brien.
Mr. Watts, a personal favorite of mine, opened up the show and absolutely killed it during his short set.
Conan's 2 hour extravaganza was also quite good. Def had it's ups and downs but overall, absolutely worth the price of admission. His opening monologue (if you can call it that) got stronger as it went. The biggest guests of the night were Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart in a 3 way dance off that spiraled into a duel to the death. The latter came out from down the aisle in a huge surprise wearing a ridiculous red wrestling or bullfighter outfit. I couldn't really tell.
Towards the end some Coco favs, best of which was the WALKER TEXAS RANGER pulley or whatever they renamed it, in which a bevy of awesome comic actors came out to trigger the onset of absolutely ridiculous Chuck Norris clips.
Great night. Maybe I continue to be my own worst enemy and didn't get too much done, but great nonetheless.
Besides for that the evening was pretty awesome. Had my first experience at THE Radio City Music Hall where I was funtertained by the musicomedy stylings of sir Reggie Watts and the just straight up comedy stylings of Mr. Conan O' Brien.
Mr. Watts, a personal favorite of mine, opened up the show and absolutely killed it during his short set.
Conan's 2 hour extravaganza was also quite good. Def had it's ups and downs but overall, absolutely worth the price of admission. His opening monologue (if you can call it that) got stronger as it went. The biggest guests of the night were Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart in a 3 way dance off that spiraled into a duel to the death. The latter came out from down the aisle in a huge surprise wearing a ridiculous red wrestling or bullfighter outfit. I couldn't really tell.
Towards the end some Coco favs, best of which was the WALKER TEXAS RANGER pulley or whatever they renamed it, in which a bevy of awesome comic actors came out to trigger the onset of absolutely ridiculous Chuck Norris clips.
Great night. Maybe I continue to be my own worst enemy and didn't get too much done, but great nonetheless.
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