Humans and never really figured out how to read each others minds. But our tech devices are getting closer to doing so. And that’s kind of creepy. Google just released a light version of Android that will be used in wearable tech. Smart watches and the like. And it’s main feature will use Google Now…
I’m just beginning the preparation for filming my next comedy special. And it occurred to me that I’ll need some of that good ‘ol behind the scenes stuff. So I’m going to do my best to document the whole process from the very beginning to when a finished DVD reaches your desperately outstretched hands. Or…
Disney dorks are legion. At the theme parks they often blend in the with the rest of the Mickey-clad crowd. Until you spend some time talking to them in a line and discover that they go to the park 20 times per year. If you’re friends with a Disney dork, chances are you know it…
I sometimes hear people say they hate the Olympics. How do you hate the Olympics? Ok, maybe you don’t enjoy watching them yourself. But how do you hate seeing people work hard and achieve their dreams? It’s like saying you hate charity. If their favorite TV show was preempted by Habitat For Humanity, they’d still…
The recording and video of “Super Dan” are both coming along great. I got together with Jeff in Port Huron, MI during my gig last week and we did some color tests on the character. Meanwhile, I’ll be back in the studio today doing some remixing on the track. But here’s what’s cool for you……
Out on a walk, I came upon a bridge over a small stream. As I stepped forward to cross the bridge, I heard a voice call out, “What are you, stupid?” I turned to look to see who said it, but didn’t see anyone. As I turned back to the bridge I was confronted by…
Just a quick update. Production of the “Super Dan” video is coming along nicely. Jeff sent me some storyboard sketches the other day and I thought I’d share them with you. You can click the picture to enlarge them. I’m leaving in a couple days for a tour in the Midwest where I’ll be freezing…
I haven’t done one of these posts in awhile. Plus I’m totally ensconced in mixing my new “Super Dan” single, so feeling way more technical minded than funny today. 🙂 But what follows in the first experience I had with that vaunted format of the comedy album and special. We use “ROFL” in a completely…
Over the last few months, I’ve given myself license again to write songs that I might not necessarily play at a comedy club gig. Sometimes that may take the form of a song like “I’m Not The One” – ie. something way too serious. Or it may be a funny song that just isn’t the…
Ukiah, CA may seem like a strange place to spend New Years Eve. It’s in the middle of nowhere in northern Northern California. They have a summer comedy series that I’ve done a couple times and it’s always a ton of fun with killer audiences. Doing NYE was a new idea for them. Started at…
I woke yesterday morning to a giant brouhaha about Phil Robertson’s comments about gay people in a GQ interview. Ok, first off, GQ stands for Gentleman’s Quarterly. It’s a style and advice, manly man type of magazine. The kind of guy that polishes his shoes, drinks fine brandy, and thinks women respond to pickup lines….
What’s a half geek? Well, as geeky as I consider myself… ie. my office is plastered with Disney and pirate stuff and I’d probably rather watch Star Wars than kiss a girl (ok, that one’s a toss up…), I don’t feel nearly geek enough when I’m around real geeks. You know the real hardcore geek…
Some metal bands attack a Christmas songs with a healthy sense of how ridiculous the whole idea is. Or they’re versatile enough musicians to really pull off a cool version of a Christmas song without seeming like a parody of Spinal Tap. Yes, I know Spinal Tap is a parody itself. But I already covered…
In case you’ve never spoken to me for more than 5 minutes, I’m not a big fan of Christmas music. After hearing “play some Christmas music!” every year of our young music playing lives, my brother and I swore it off years ago. But, of course I have released a few Christmas songs over the…
Years ago when I was working in grocery stores, they would torture us every Christmas with the worst versions of every Christmas carol ever. And those people doing those versions were getting paid every time it played. I vowed that one day I would write and record some Christmas music and get some of that…
Since Disney’s been so into backstories lately, I thought it might be fun to speculate on the possible backgrounds of other Disney villains. I’d really love to have a go at Captain Hook’s story, but they did his origin in one of the Tinkerbell movies in 2014. In that context, I can almost guarantee mine…
This was one of those gigs where you’re coming off something really cool, but not as easy or pleasant as hoped (Great American Music Hall) and going into something not nearly as cool that turns out to be way more fun. People often ask about my favorite place to play. And the answer is “anywhere…
Last night I was donning the red shirt in one the most prestigious venues I’ve played yet. The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA. The event was for Rise Above Abuse and had a fantastic turnout. The GAMH originally opened in 1907 as Blanco’s. In 1936 it became The Music Box. After WWII…
This was my first time doing the Barbary Coast Comedy show at the Legionnaire in Oakland. The venue itself is a nice bar. Not divey, but not frou-frou either. Right down the street from the Stork Club if that place makes you feel creepy. The comedy show is in the upstairs room which looks like…
The venue just released a limited amount of discounted general admission tix for this amazing fundraiser I’m performing at this Sunday Nov 10th. RISE is working on changing the statute of limitations laws in child sexual abuse cases so more of these guys can be charged and punished. For Discounted Tickets click on the provided…
I originally sat down to write a post about Miley Cyrus and how she’s more of a clown than anything Ringling Brothers can offer. Or maybe how there’s so much pitch correction on her album that it sounds like even the studio Pro-Tools rig was going, “Who is stabbing this poor woman in the throat…
I was at a concert recently and the restroom had one of those long trough urinals. The kind that make you go, “Oh, I guess we ARE cattle”. The kind that could only be more primitive if actual trees were planted in it for you to pee on. And, like they sometimes do, the urinal…
Here we are at Penguins Comedy Club in Cedar Rapids, IA. And you can see I’m back in the bathroom to don the red shirt. Another cool little basement club. This was my first time to Cedar Rapids and I like it. Like Dubuque, you can tell it’s got some history, but it’s not overwhelmed…
Now this was an interesting gig… That picture at the left is what a real dressing room looks like. Not a bathroom stall like I’m usually dressing in. This is the dressing room at the Full Moon Bar (which more like a theater) at the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, IA. And you can see…
