The studio version of “The Legend of Ms Garcia will be available on Friday February 5th and I’m excited for you to hear it. Since we’ve had some behind the scenes peeks at the song here and here, I thought I’d give you an “in front of the scenes” look today. If you have my…
My favorite songs that I’ve written are the ones that come with a visual story attached to them. At least in my head, even if I never get around to doing a video for them. “The Legend of Ms Garcia”, which will be released on February 5th, is one of those songs. It’s about my…
This is a little clippy clip about vampires from my latest comedy special “Pretty From The Back” I just can’t be scared of vampires from places like Forks, Mystic Falls, or Bon Temps. Here’s why. When I was a kid our vampires were rich aristocratic types who lived in a castle high in the Carpathian…
I’ve been reading a bit about the Dark Web lately. Particularly in a great (and long) book called Future Crimes. The Dark Web is a large section of the web that can only be accessed by the TOR browser which anonymizes all your internet activity. While it’s initial purpose was to help people protect their information online, it’s…
New Year’s Eve is a time when everyone parties it up and then gets all serious the next day about what they’re going to do over the next year. I try to have some plans in motion before January because getting back to work after the holidays is hard enough without having to try new…
It’s that time of year again where stores open for longer hours and people go to great depths of debt and sleeplessness to create “joy”. And to accompany all that strfesstivity? (I made up a word! Yay!) The constant trickle of badly covered Christmas songs. Back when I worked in grocery stores, I had to…
I just realized it’s been awhile since I posted a blog here. Not for lack of writing. I spend 3-4 hours per day writing. Been working on new stand-up material and songs for my 4th comedy special. I’m about 15,000 words into the first draft of a novel. And I’m working on some sample pieces…
Have you seen this Playmobil pirate ship thing? Usually when a mother cries insensitivity about some toy her kid is playing with my first thought is “Calm down. You haven’t been damaged and neither has your kid.” And I’m not even mad about this one because I know Playmobil didn’t mean it to *exactly* look…
I just got back from the 2015 World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas. I didn’t do nearly as well as last year, but from what I’m told my round was one of the toughest of the week. And I didn’t come in last. So it could definitely be worse. The whole week is always…
Coming to you from deep in the heart of Las Vegas at the annual World Series of Comedy. When I showed up yesterday I noticed the posters for the event around the casino featuring different comedians from years past. And then I saw this one… Joe Lowers, the creator of the festival said he…
So the iPhone 6S is supposed to be out on September 25th. As usual I won’t be buying one. I’m nothing if not consistent. But I do wonder if the feature in this clip will be built into instead of an optional accessory. And if it is, be prepared for screaming butt dials. And yes,…
Internet journalism is becoming more and more like baby food. Easy to digest and chock full of 14 vitamins and inaccuracies. It’s only a matter of time before serious scientific research is forced to do the same. So I’m helping them get ahead of the curve. These 7 original headlines are courtesy of Science….
A long while back, we bought a house in the lovely suburb of Milpitas, CA. Now first of all, since we all need something new to be offended by, let’s try the word “suburb”. The prefix “sub” means less than. Which is calling my town somehow imperfect or below an urb. We have the same ethnic…
When they finally come up with the pill that will let us eat anything we want without gaining weight, lettuce can fuck right off. Those weeds and lawn clippings shall never touch these lips again. Because really, nobody actually likes leafy greens. You know how I know? Because nobody gets stoned and goes “Dude… Leeeeettuuuuce…” Waking…
Typical business advice says to release one project at a time and make sure it’s aligned to your core business. Ok, yeah, whatever… I don’t like to hold things back when they’re ready to go, so today I’m releasing 2 new projects that I’ve been working on. First up is my new single, “Kissing in…
So the NASA brainiacs recently discovered a planet, Kepler-452b, that they’ve dubbed Earth 2.0. Of course it’s 1400 light years away. So I wouldn’t start packing your bags and burning bridges just yet. Sure the real estate there is still cheap. But just try to find a buying agent. Darn near impossible. Though I can…
I’m looking into offering some cool goodies and otherwise being much more active as an artist on Spotify. However their new rules insist that an artist have at least 250 followers before I can claim my Artist Profile. They have apparently never heard my axiom that every band is somebody’s favorite. So if you’re…
Here’s a new clip from my recent comedy special, “Pretty From The Back” about Banana Republic. Every time I pass one I wonder what they were thinking naming the place that. They obviously don’t know what a Banana Republic is. And you certainly couldn’t name other stores the same way. Check out the video below…
I’m always looking for new places to put my creativity to work. And as I’ve been listening to interviews with really successful people, one of the things they mostly have in common is some sort of daily meditation. So I’ve been trying to maintain a meditation regimen myself. There are lots of different kinds, but…
I just finished listening to Marc Maron’s interview with Barack Obama on WTF. If you haven’t heard it yet, you can stream it here. When I found out last Friday that it was going down I got so excited! Not excited like my favorite TV show is coming on. I mean excited like my friend…
Everyone hates robocalls. And yet they must work or companies would stop using them. So I figure the perverts of the world are going to need to modernize too. Take a listen below to hear what happens.
June 9th is Donald Duck Day. I’m not quite sure how Donald gets his own day and Goofy doesn’t. Though I guess we could say that any day politicians are in charge of anything is Goofy Day. As a Disney nerd though, I’ve always dug Donald. One of the rights of passage of childhood is…
Thought I’d give a few recommendations today for some cool finds in the book and music world. Quick, name me one Japanese-American rapper from Berkeley. If you name one, it’ll be Lyrics Born. I’ve been an LB fan since “Callin’ Out” and every album gets better than the last. And his new one, “Real People”…
I just saw this TED Talk with a Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist, talking about laughter. Really interesting stuff. Truthfully, a lot of the information is stuff that comedians know intuitively. But it’s cool to hear it explained scientifically. I love that laughter is such a primitive, unconscious sound. And yet as comedians, we have to engage…
