As you may have heard by now, the shows we filmed in San Diego in August for my new special were absolutely fantastic. I was elated both with the audience and my performance. I took one day off to bask in a job well done before getting down to the work of editing the show…
So, what’s up with all these tiny ass songs? If you’ve been following my social media accounts for the last couple weeks you’ve seen the miniature songs I’ve been posting each day. There’s a purpose behind them. Let me tell you what’s up. I’ve been working really hard on the standup parts of my show…
The “Bees” bit from “Pretty From The Back” has been on my mind lately. Mostly because I just bought tickets to Eddie Izzard’s new tour. I’ll explain what that’s all about. Eddie Izzard, in his show called “Unrepeatable” did a whole bit about bees. I’ll put the video below. What I’ve always admired about Eddie…
Roy Wood Jr gave me an unusual compliment about one of my bits years ago that I still carry around in my brain.
If there’s one thing about comedy music, it’s important to know the lyrics. That’s where most of the jokes are after all. And while I try to sing legibly, you might miss a line here and there. So I just put together a lyric video for my latest single “Binary Love”. And what better…
This is one of the first “trigger-y” kind of bits I wrote that really worked well. And by “trigger-y” I mean that the subject matter catches people off guard. And if they’re not paying attention to actual intent and content they freak out a little bit. The premise is all true of course. I believe…
Awhile back I read about Google’s AI called Magenta that they’re trying to teach how to write music. I am, obviously, not excited about the robots coming for my job already. But curious nonetheless. Then they released Magenta’s first track and it was a steaming pile of nothingness. So the hitmakers of the world are…
Every year my music collection grows by leaps and bounds. When I was a kid I had to save up my money and make careful decisions as to which albums I’d buy with my hard-earned dough. Unless I could score one of those Columbia House “10 CDs for a penny!” deals. Then you could load…
I’ve never been the most graceful person to stand on a stage, but this was a new one even for me. I was playing at Loonees Comedy Corner in Colorado Springs last weekend. And it wouldn’t be a Saturday late show if some weird shit didn’t happen. And for this one, I apparently forgot how…
One of the side effects of being with a Singaporean girl is having to get used to spicy food. Before her it’s wasn’t my strong suit. I’m a firm “Mild” at Taco Bell. But I’ve gotten used to it over the years and I know if we go to a Thai restaurant I’ll come out…
I woke up one morning in one of those mid-dream states and a bizarre version of the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” was rolling around in my head as a leftover. Slowed down, acoustic guitar, big vocal harmonies… Basically everything the Ramones didn’t stand for. But it sounded so ridiculous in my head that I…
My girlfriend and I took a trip to London recently. Fantastic city and you’ll be hearing about it more in my shows this year. Because I can’t take a vacation without getting 5 new minutes of comedy out it. 🙂 While I was there I managed to get Pink Eye. The lesson is to wash…
You won’t believe the celebrities I’ve got in my new video! Seriously, you won’t believe it. While I’m working on a full-fledged video for “I Wanna Rock (Socially Responsibly)”, I put together a lyric video so you can follow along with all the jokey goodness. And things move too. Like a Harry Potter painting. But,…
In case you’ve never looked at me, I have a background in hard rock and metal music. LOVE the stuff. But some of it hasn’t held up well over the years. Some of the lyrics are downright unacceptable now. Violent, sexist, homophobic… Not very politically correct.. So being a responsible modern adult white male (‘woke’…
If you’ve been hanging around and following my various music and comedy projects over the years, you might also know that I’ve been a music teacher for a long time. Over the last few years, I started reading up on accelerated learning techniques and skill mastery principles, and putting those ideas to work with my…
I was driving an unfamiliar freeway yesterday and took an exit to get some gas. As I was sitting at the stop light at the top of the exit, a pickup truck pulled up next to me and the driver started shaking his fist and grimacing at me. I didn’t remember having done anything wrong….
A pic from last night’s show at the San Jose Improv with Reylina and Hana. The hair has many uses…. I liked the opener, so obviously we had to play with his hair @philjohnsoncomedy #biotingoals #improvcomedy A photo posted by Hana ? Sayles (@iwannahana13) on Aug 25, 2016 at 1:35pm PDT
Geez, do I hate dealing with the drama of people who don’t understand things. So I’m going to respond fully to this here and be done with it. I recently did a corporate gig for Jack Drimmer and his company the Auburn Racquet and Fitness Club. Jack’s review of my performance does not take into…
About a month ago I posted the story of a jackass who doesn’t understand what goes into the business of being an artist. Knowing that many of the good folks that follow my work are also great artists of their own, I put out the call for stuff they’ve done. And as you’ll see below,…
Every so often I get a nasty comment on my YouTube videos. I’m lucky they don’t turn into the cesspool of racism and homophobia that many YouTube comment threads do. But when one turns up, I just delete it. Oh yeah, I delete it them with relish. And sometimes mustard. If someone has a legit critique…
I won’t lie. I’d love to be made into an action figure. They always make the abs way better looking than in real life. I’ll take plastic abs. But there have been quite a few action figures over the years that we just didn’t need. Such as.. Ron Howard I loved Happy Days as much…
You’ve seen all the background stuff on the string arrangement, the influences, the solo acoustic version, and the recording breakdown. And now the full version of “The Legend of Ms Garcia” is now available for download! Click here to listen, download, and share the song. You can also hit the player below to hear it….
We’re almost to the release of the “The Legend of Ms Garcia”. I had to do some different stuff and learn a few new tricks while recording this track. And I thought it would be fun to take you into the studio and break the song down to show you all the moving parts. I…
