The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Adam Newman opens his 58-minute disc “Not For Horses” by wanting customers (that’s you) to know that the audience at Atlanta’s Laughing Skull loved the comedian before him who performed “Piano Man” as “Piano Monkey.” Newman, meanwhile, wants to sell you on his pop-culture naming policy for dogs — spoiler alert: …
I’ve known Joe List for years, but I’d never had the opportunity to hear him deliver a headline-length set until receiving his debut disc, “So Far No Good,” a 14-track, 43-minute performance recorded at Skyline Comedy Club in Appleton, Wisc. Touring for the past few years as Nick DiPaolo’s support …
This gal’s got sass. Always has. Even when appearing on the first season of The Biggest Loser back in 2004 (she lost 72 pounds then). After questioning a silent audience member at Mottley’s Comedy Club in Boston who Kelly MacFarland presumed was questioning her running regimen: “I lost weight a …
Recording your comedy CD in Ottawa, Canada, isn’t something you’d normally see from an American comedian. But Jesse Joyce wants you to know he’s not as normal as you might think. And on his 2011 disc, “Pro Joyce,” Joyce lets you know that by opening with a series of bits …
No matter your feelings about the American version of The Office on NBC — love it, loathe it, or used to love it but have become disappointed in it over time (which is how I feel this current season) — this is the perfect time to revisit the original UK …
The Louis CK comedy train keeps chugging along and picking up more fans along the way as 2011 comes to a close. This is a different train from the Dane Train, mind you. Anyhow. I’m dumb. Louis CK is smart. His new stand-up special, Live at the Beacon Theater, has …
Recorded in early 2010 and released in early 2011, Lee Camp’s CD, “Chaos For The Weary,” is best listened to now in the wake of the Occupy movements on Wall Street and across the country. Even in his opening track, he manages to get a dig in on Santa Claus, …
Bill Hicks died much too young at 32 in 1993. Today would have been his 50th birthday, and it’s easy to imagine him having much to say about both popular culture as well as the political climate of Occupy Wall Street and the GOP presidential field. Swap out Debbie Gibson …
You never quite know what you’re going to find in a Rory Scovel performance, and he succeeds in bewildering the audiences at the San Francisco Punch Line where he recorded his new stand-up comedy CD, “Dilation,” earlier this year. Not that bewilderment is a bad thing to produce. Scovel likes …
Pablo Francisco is a whirling dervish of voices, noises, sound effects and impersonations. And on Francisco’s new CD/DVD, “They Put It Out There,” he puts it all out there. Before you can ask — Who is they, what did they put and where did they put it? — let’s take a look …
