Despite the rather uninteresting bathroom I had to get dressed in, I was pretty excited for this gig. Why? Well, I’ve been playing the Crow’s Nest for years. First as an MC. Then worked my way up to feature. And this show was my first time headlining there. I’ve never done a lot of MC…
I had planned on writing about the top 10 goals on my career bucket list. Turns out there aren’t 10. There are just 3. I figure any other goals would be a lead up to these three anyway. And of course, these are just the career goals. There are others having to do finances, possessions,…
I grew up in the early days of rap music and have been a fan since the beginning. I suppose it’s thanks to MTv (back when they played music) that I was exposed to RunDMC, Grandmaster Flash, and the Beastie Boys so early. I’ll put it this way. I discovered Aerosmith after thinking they were…
Hey Friends… This weekend is my annual birthday show, which is always a fun affair. Even if this particular birthday is one of those less desirable ones with a “zero” in the number. If you’re in the San Jose, CA area, I’d love to have you at the party. It’s Saturday March 2nd at Louisiana…
For most of high school, at least since I’d picked up a guitar during my sophomore year, I’d been telling people I was going to start a band. There were a couple false starts. Lots of talk about a band with my friend Carlos that we were going to call Social Disaster… until we heard…
I recently released my new Android app, but haven’t done much marketing on it yet. It includes push notification abilities so I can communicate with you through the app. Of course, I’ll be using it sparingly and only for stuff I think you’ll really be interested in. And I can geo-target instead of shooting everything…
As both a Disney fan and a Star Wars fan, I’m excited to see how this new partnership works out. I wasn’t surprised really. I’d heard that Lucas was looking to move onto new things and he’s a longtime Disney fan. And of course the two companies have worked on attractions together in the past. …
There was a discussion the other day among my comedian friends about how to put up a website cheaply and easily. And it can be done just that way. This system I’ll tell you about in a second is just one of a zillion ways to get a website up. But I’ve found it to…
A few people have asked recently about how much it costs me to release new music. Obviously it’s much cheaper than it was even just a few years ago. But it’s definitely not free. So, since I have a new single coming out this Thursday (watch here for an announcement…) and all this is fresh…
I’ve talked in the past about the new depths that Hollywood is sinking to on the creative front. And you may think the title of this post is a joke. Unfortunately, it’s not. “The Exorcist” recently finished a run at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles and is probably headed for the Great White Way….
I want to do a video for my latest single “Geeks Don’t Care” that features pictures of the geek couples I revere in the song. I’m thinking something like the picture to the left. I don’t know those people, but they look fun. In return for use of the picture I’ll be offering back links…
I was doing a show at Mission City in Santa Clara last year. Before the show, the talent booker, Matt, told me his friend Maria was coming to the show to hang out with him. While I was onstage performing my song “Geeks Don’t Care”, I saw a bit of smooching happening behind the sound…
Alrighty, here’s the second “name your own price” release, “I Know I Shouldn’t Say This, But…” This album includes some of my most popular songs: “LCW”, “Asshole”, and “Hey Little Goth Girl”, plus a couple live tracks and 30 minutes of bonus video footage. You name the price for it and it’s all yours! Yes,…
As promised in my recent survey results, I’m going to be switching over to a NYOP price model for downloading my comedy and music from my website. And yep, that includes free if you want to be cheap like that. Having as many people as possible seeing and hearing my work is the important thing. …
With today’s much-hyped IPO of Facebook, U2’s Bono stands to make a couple billion dollars through his investment company Elevation. That will be more money than he’s made with U2 in the last 30 years and, depending on his personal cut, could make him the world’s richest musician. Paul McCartney has had that distinction until…
I finally had a chance to dive into Pinterest yesterday. My profile is at http://www.pinterest.com/philcomedy/ if you’d like to come and check it out. I’ve never claimed to be an early adopter with this stuff. Apparently I had to wait until Pinterest became the 3rd most trafficked social media site on the net. That…
I recently released a survey to mailing list to get some feedback on possible models for future distribution of my music and comedy. Quite a few other artists were interested in seeing the results as well, so I thought I’d post them here. Now, I would not hold this up to any sort of strict…
There’s been plenty of news coming out of Coachella over the weekend. And if the outrageous success of acts like The Swedish House Mafia or the appearance by a long-dead Tupac Shakur is any sign, our business of show is in for more groundbreaking changes. Strangely, the hologram stuff is exciting to me. Not because…
Such a fine line between A bomb and THE bomb, isn’t it? I almost called this post “Why John Carter Sucks”, but I don’t know if it does or not. I haven’t seen it. And actually, I’ve heard it’s a pretty good film. So where did Disney go wrong in this, one of their biggest…
The first show of my Comedy Lab series in Santa Clara, CA is coming up on Saturday March 10th. If you’re in the area, make sure to come by for a great evening of comedy and music. The purpose of the show is to give performers and place to try material and performance styles they…
I’ll probably be watching the Oscars this weekend. But on at least a 20 minute delay because my girlfriend can’t sit through commercials. Yay DVR. Like every awards show, they often seem a little arbitrary. So today I’m presenting my own awards to movies that should have won something, at some point, somewhere. Eddie and…
I saw a trailer for a new movie recently. It takes place in Atlantic City in the 1920’s. Four wealthy real estate magnates are each trying to undercut the other’s business while raising the cost of living to obscene amounts that force the city’s poor deeper into debt. One of the men drives a big…
I’m sure you have gotten a zillion emails about holiday sales. Black-this, Cyber-that. I’m a contrarian by nature, so I thought I’d try something different: Giving away large quantities of stuff for the holidays. 🙂 So starting today thru 12/24, you can gift one of my albums to anyone you’d like for no money. AND you…
I’ve been diving into a lot of podcasts recently. When I’m on tour, I’m sometimes spending 8-10 hours a day just driving. So it’s nice to hear another human voice besides the inbred hick fine upstanding citizen working at the gas station. Though you may remember that I recently ranted about the low quality of…
