Is Louis C.K. the best human being alive?
Louis C.K. is probably my favorite human being right now. Some of you may be familiar with his stand up – and his stand up comedy is brilliant. His show, Louie (on FX), is 10x more brilliant. Check out these two clips, and then I’ll geek out about Louis C.K. a little bit more, all […]
Comedy. Period.
While I was at the comedy club tonight, I got a call from my former wife’s house. I ran out and took the call; it was my 10 yr old daughter. “Dad, can I talk to you about something for a second?” She was clearly upset. “You know we were talking about dreams the other […]
The comedy muse
Recently I got brutally honest with myself and admitted something that was very hard to admit. For some reason I found it kind of embarassing to find myself thinking like this. But I’m going to share it with you now…. I want to be like
Open Crucifixion Night
I rolled up to the club on my skateboard, wave “HI” to the general assembly of smoking comics outside. I walk in. Find the host. Get my name on the list. Order a beer. Find a table. Take a seat. The vibe is not good tonight. Before a single comic has taken the stage, I […]
Inaugural Wine Wednesday
My friend Nate (aka “Super Nate”) have decided to institute a new tradition: Wine Wednesday. Every Wed evening, we do a stand up comedy set at Wiseguys Comedy in Salt Lake City. Following the comedy club, we convene at my studio for an informal wine tasting party. This week was the first such pairing of […]
The Wisdom of Penn Jillette
Confession: I’ve been hooked on Celebrity Apprentice. I started watching it because on of my heros, Adam Carolla was on it. Since his firing on the show, I’ve become very interested in Penn Jillette. In the board room, Mr. Trump was talking to Penn about a recent project on the show: Donald Trump: “Do you […]
Victory Lap
Do you ever wonder about those people who just seem to be larger than life? I do. I want to be one of them. I’m not gonna risk looking pretentious to you and pretentiously claim that I don’t want to be a bad ass. We all know of one of these kind of people: They […]
Houston, we have a problem
I feel like such a piece of garbage lately! I woke up around 1pm today. Same with yesterday. Same with the day before. When I have a project that I’m very interested in, or an important deadline (and when do neither of these conditions apply to me? NEVER), I have a tendency to push my […]
Microphones, gross babies and humble pie
One of the significant developments in 2011 was my deepening love for the craft of stand up comedy. Podcasts by comic Marc Maron (WTF Podcast) and Adam Carola’s podcast were vital to my intellectual survival during my last year at the Postal Service. I was hired by RoadRunner Records to photograph comedy legend Doug Stanhope […]