Jon Dore on Conan

Jon Dore is Fucking Amazing!

The Vaudeville Cafe!

If you live in, or around the Chattanooga area Check out this Comedy Club, Trust me you will not be disappointed!! I just performed at the Vaudeville Cafe August 26th-27th, with the very funny Andy Woodhull. It was amazing! Its a great downtown location, the staff is very nice, and it has an intimate, old New York comedy club feel! My opinion is that this could be one of the greatest clubs in the nation! For both audiences' and comedians alike, we just need to get the word out. So in short..Please help me push this club to it's true potential!
Thank You
I will see you in 2012 Chattanooga!

THE VAUDEVILLE CAFE
138 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423) 517-1839

The Price is Wrong Alex -#1.4

The Maxx Book 2

I just got my hands on book 2 of The Maxx, and can't wait to get into it! It is truly on of my favorite stories!

The Maxx - promo

Sunday spot at St. Louis Funny Bone

I'm going to be doing a guest spot at the St. Louis Funny Bone Sunday at 7:30 with John Roy.

St. Louis Funny Bone
614 Westport Plaza Dr.
Maryland Heights, MO, 63146
(314)469-6692

Anthrax - I'm The Man

Chattanooga TN Aug 26th-27th

Calling all you Chattanoogan Hipsters! I will be slinging joke at the Vaudeville Cafe with the very funny Andy Woodhull.

TWO NIGHTS:
FRIDAY: 9:30
SATURDAY: 10:30

THE VAUDEVILLE CAFE
138 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402

(423) 517-1839

Andy and I in PCB

Andy Woodhull and I will be performing at the Cantina Bar & Grill in Panama City Beach. Thursday August 25th. show starts between 9:00 and 9:30

My Fellow American

I'm interested to hear your feeling on this video!

White Fence - "Sticky Fruitman Has Faith"

St. Louis Funny Bone

August 24 – 29: John Roy @The St.Louis Funny Bone!

Wednesday: 8:00
Thursday: 8:00
Friday : 8:00 & 10:30
Saturday: 7:00 & 10:00 & 12:00
Sunday: 7:30

St. Louis Funny Bone
614 Westport Plaza Dr.
Maryland Heights, MO, 63146
(314)469-6692

Chicago comic John Roy is a unique voice on modern urban life.

A city dweller all his life, John grew up in Chicago’s ethnically diverse Rogers Park neighborhood, the son of an ex Jesuit who worked for Chicago’s urban Loyola University, and a psychotherapist. Growing up white and Catholic in a neighborhood full of African Americans, Orthodox Jews, Nigerians, Mexicans, Indians, Pakistanis, and every ethnic and religious group imaginable gave John a unique perspective on getting along in a crowded world. John’s life saving heart surgery and altruistic parents gave him an appreciation of the importance of comedy as a means to social change. Chicago’s rich cultural heritage, economic differences, and fast paced lifestyle contributed to his observations on how we get by in a changing world.

John began his professional career at the famous Zanies Comedy Club on Wells St. in Chicago’s Old Town. He went on to tour the country’s best clubs, including the Laugh Stop in Houston, and the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where John became a regular perfomer in 2002. In 2003, he appeared on the CBS television show, “Star Search,” and was its first champion, earning 100,000 dollars and a development deal with CBS.

A move to Los Angeles traded one city for another, and John began to soak in the new cultures, lifestyles, and history of his new home and examine them in his comedy.

In 2003, John performed at the NACA Central convention and was the most requested act in any category. In 2004, John appeared in the prestigious US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as a square on “Hollywood Squares,” and on HBO. John has appeared many times on the nationally syndicated “Bob and Tom” radio program, available in over 200 markets. John is a regular performer at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, the prestigious “Comedy Death Ray” show at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, and the Hollywood Improv.

John appeared on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend” in the 2005-2006 season, and a November 2005 episode of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” In 2006, John contributed an essay to CollegeHumor.com that was collected in their nationally released book. John appeared in several episodes of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” where he advanced to the semifinals of the reality show/ competition.

In 2007, John made an unprecedented four appearances in two months on the nationally syndicated TV show, “Comics Unleashed.” His CD, “1246 W. Arthur,” was released, featuring John headlining at his home club of Zanies in Chicago. He became a regular performer at the Comic Strip in New York City, and made his second appearance on “Craig Ferguson.”

In January, 2008 John made his debut performance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” He also had the honor of performing for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. In May, he received a deal from RBC Records to record his nationally distributed CD, “Dressed for Recess,” available in stores and on ITunes August 5. John also appeared on Fox News’ “The Red Eye,” and VH-1′s “100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time.” He also appeared on TBS as part of their “Bitcoms” promotion.

In 2009, John will perform for a second time on “The Tonight Show,” and continue his regular appearances on “The Red Eye.”

John was invited to the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Chicago in June of 2009, where he taped a performance for TBS’ new show, “Very Funny.”

John is managed by Dave Rath at Generate.
Dave@genereatela.com

John’s TV appearances, touring schedule, and his column, “Unmiked,” can be viewed on his website, www.johnroylive.com

Happy Birthday Tori

Happy 48th Birthday to the very beautiful and very talented Tori Amos!
1963 - Tori Amos, [Myra Ellen Amos], NC, pianist/vocalist (Under The Pink,)

Under The Radar

I know it came out in May, but I just got it, and I very excited to read it! Has anyone read it?

Reggie Watts - Everyday is Like Sunday

Dan Cummins & Black Sky Radio

FRIDAY AUGUST 19TH at 3:00 cst LIVE IN THE BLACK SKY STUDIO DAN CUMMINS!

“Revenge is Near announces the presence of a distinct voice in comedy. That’s not an easy thing to do right of the gate, but it’s the reason Cummins’ belongs alongside the other comics on this list.” – Patrick Bromley, from About.com’s “The Best Debut Comedy Albums of 2009″

“We love Dan Cummins, plain and simple. Crazy with a Capital F (is) another smart, endearing, and sarcastic soaked set.” – Punchline Magazine.com’s “The 10 Must Have Stand-up DVDs from 2010″

“Cummins’ comedy runs more on bizarre than classical, more on oddity than traditional comedy. And thank goodness for that — good comedy thrives on the new, on the fresh. Too many comedians, after all, articulate what “everybody else is thinking.” Cummins says what nobody else but him is thinking.” – The Inlander’s review of Crazy with a Capital F, by Daniel Walters

“Here’s why we dig Dan Cummins: We’ve seen a table full of Blue-Collar-Comedy fans elbow to elbow with college-aged hipsters and all of them were doubled over in laughter at the same Cummins bit. That’s not always easy to do. The fact is, Cummins smartly writes to a broad audience, but his own intelligence and cleverness never gets lost in the mix. As a result, comedy nerds can still geek out on subject matter or how a phrase is turned. Top it all off with a giant dollop of unassuming likability. We say it’s a win.” – Lastgascomedy.com

In the last five years, Dan has released two critically and commercially successful CDs on Warner Brothers Records, Revenge is Near, and Crazy with Capital F, both debuting in the top 10 of the Billboard Comedy Charts, and both making numerous year end top 10 lists, including Itunes Rewind’s Best Comedy CDs of 2010. He’s also toured relentlessly, bringing his jokes to over 200 colleges, clubs, theaters, and the world’s most prestigious comedy festivals, including two trips to the Montreal Comedy Festival. In addition to headlining live shows from Maine to Alaska, Dan’s also made numerous televised stand-up appearances, including performances on The Tonight Show, The Late, Late Show, Last Comic Standing, and numerous Comedy Central programs, including both a half-hour special, Comedy Central Presents Dan Cummins, and an hour-long comedy special, Crazy with a Capital F. One of the most prolific writers on the national scene, Dan continues to craft new jokes and stories, and bring them to countless audiences in his quest to build a fan base large enough to pack clubs and theaters in whatever town he chooses to travel to, just to hear whatever he has to say. So do yourself a favor, and start listening.

To keep up with Dan’s travels and career, please sign up for the mailing list at www.dancummins.tv

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About the Competition

The San Francisco Comedy Competition is an annual, multi-week, judged, stand-up comedy contest. Over thirty comedians, out of hundreds who apply, perform in shows held in comedy clubs, bars, restaurants, casinos and theaters in San Francisco and around the Bay Area.

Contestants perform 3-7 minute long sets in one of two preliminary weeks, consisting of six shows in six venues over six nights. The top five from each preliminary week will meet in the semi-finals week, which requires them to perform 8-12 minute long sets for another six shows. The top five from the semi-finals move on to the finals. In the finals, they will perform 15-20 minute long sets in five more shows…and, a winner is crowned.

This is a judged contest. Each contestant will perform for a unique group of judges for every show they do. Judges score each contestant in seven categories.

The San Francisco Comedy Comedy Competition shares the same basic format and structure as the Seattle International Competition—and both competitions share the same Executive Producer, Jon Fox.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Tigers"

Troy Baxley & AJ Finney

Troy Baxley and I will be at Fat Daddys Comedy Club in Sioux Falls SD, Aug 12th - 14th.

Friday 7:30
Saturday 7:30
Sunday 7:30


Address:Fat Daddy's Comedy Club
224 S Phillips Ave (Lower Level)
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

(605) 274-6555

Twice a national finalist at the prestigious HBO Comedy Festival, Troy Baxley is already well-known in comedy circles.

The best restaurants are those where chefs dine on their nights off. Troy Baxley is the comic that other comics, from open-mic’ers to top A-List comedians watch every chance they get. Even Letterman talent scout Eddie Brill calls himself a “huge Troy Baxley fan.” Word.

Others are catching on too. The Onion points out that “…only recently has [Baxley’s] weird brand of impish comedy started to penetrate the mainstream…” and from the way people turn out to see him every time he plays a gig, well, tru dat, yo!

Mother Nature shut Down the Lips in Tulsa!

by Billboard Staff | August 08, 2011 6:00 EDT

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Rain, rain did not go away over the weekend, in fact, it wreaked havoc on several outdoor concerts. An in-progress INXS show in Pennsylvania, a Flaming Lips concert in Tulsa, a music festival on Long Island. All were halted and/or canceled due to the blanket of precipitation that covered a large swath of the country over the past few days.

The final day of the Escape to New York music festival had to be called off Sunday following an overnight drenching of the festival grounds, owned by the Shinnecock Indians, on Long Island.

Scheduled to play Sunday were Of Montreal, Mates of State and Tiger Love. Refunds were given and organizers are already gearing up for next year. "With amazing reviews and a close to capacity crowd on Saturday, Escape to New York looks forward to returning next year," they said in a statement.

Halfway across the country in Tulsa, Okla., heavy wind and rain knocked down the Flaming Lips' lighting rig before their set on Saturday at the District Block Party. The crew anticipated problems and cleared the stage before the rig crashed down on some of the Oklahoma City band's gear. A roadie claimed that the incident caused about $800,000 in damage. Judging by dramatic video footage of the incident -- in which you can see members of the band looking on -- it's hard to dispute that claim.

Video: The Flaming Lips' Lighting Gear Crashes Down

"The Oklahoma wind and rain was a little bit more unpredictable than we had hoped, and we had a bad gust," frontman Wayne Coyne told NewsOK.com. "The whole thing is shambolic and a bit dangerous and we're working to get as much off of the stage before we get hit with the second wave."

INXS was in the middle of its fourth song Sunday at the Mohegan Sun casino in Pennsylvania when a rain storm shorted out the electrical system and blew out the band's amplifiers. The Aussie rockers made up for it by sticking around and chatting with fans after the cancelation.

Ironically, the weekend's biggest festival -- Lollapalooza in Chicago -- experienced only minimal disruptions, despite getting soaked with rain on its final day.

Happy Birthday Andy Warhol!

Published on August 06, 2011 with No Comments

82 Things You Didn’t Know About Andy Warhol

Eighty-three years ago today, Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While the pop-art icon passed away in 1987, his legacy is still going strong. We’re toasting to Warhol’s memory with highlights from The Andy Warhol Museum’s official chronology, as well as Warhol’s own writings. As the artist himself once wrote in The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, “Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.” We couldn’t agree more.

1. Andy Warhol’s father Andrei Warhola worked construction and labor jobs; Andrei’s wife Julia earned spare cash by cleaning houses and selling handmade crafts while raising their three sons: Paul, John, and Andrew.

2. Warhol contracted Sydenham’s chorea as a young boy, and was confined to his home for more than two months. The illness is characterized by rapid, uncontrollable movements brought on by rheumatic fever, and is sometimes referred to as “St. Vitus’s dance.”

3. Warhol’s mother encouraged her nine-year-old to explore his interest in art and popular culture while he was sick, so Warhol began to collect photos of movie stars.

4. He’d also take his own pictures and develop them in his parents’ basement, which he used as a darkroom.

5. In elementary school, Warhol attended free Saturday art classes at the Carnegie Institute.
Unknown photographer, Andy Warhol, c. 1950s, black and white photograph, from the collection of

6. Before his death in 1942, Andrei Warhola specified that his son should use Andrei’s life savings in postal bonds for Andy’s college education.

7. As a teenager, Warhol worked a summer job in the display department at the Joseph Horne department store in downtown Pittsburgh.

8. Warhol was art editor of his college’s student magazine Cano.

9. Andy Warhol’s first assignment was for Glamour magazine: an article called “Success is a Job in New York.”

10. A 21-year-old Warhol’s painting The Broad Gave Me My Face, But I Can Pick My Own Nose was rejected for the annual exhibition of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.

11. From 1949 to 1959, Warhol worked for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Yorker, and other high-profile clients.

12. Warhol won the Art Directors Club Medal for his 1951 newspaper illustrations advertising a CBS radio show, The Nation’s Nightmare.

13. In 1954, Warhol started to hang out at the Serendipity 3 café on East 58th Street, which had opened the same year.

14. Warhol hired his first studio assistant Nathan Gluck in 1955. He would later hire Gerard Malanga, who would work as his studio assistant from 1963 to 1968.

15. Gerard Malanga was arrested in Italy in 1968 for forging Warhol’s paintings.

16. Warhol once showed five paintings in a window display at New York’s Bonwit Teller department store.

17. His favorite thing to buy was underwear.

18. At 29, Warhol had a nose job.

19. Warhol said that he adopted his gray-haired look while in his 20s so that people would notice how young he looked in the face.

20. Julia Warhola moved to New York to live with her son in 1952. Warhol and his mother would live together until 1971, a year before she passed away.

21. His mother often contributed artistically to Warhol’s paintings, and would sometimes sign them for him.

22. Warhol was a self-proclaimed “mama’s boy.”

23. Warhol published an absurdist cookbook in 1959 with Suzie Frankfurth called Wild Raspberries, inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 film, Wild Strawberries.

24. Warhol enjoyed eating alone, and wanted to open a chain of restaurants called “ANDY-MATS — ‘The Restaurant for the Lonely Person.’”

25. Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol met in Pasadena in 1963, when Warhol was exhibiting his paintings of Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley. The Andy Warhol Museum‘s current exhibit Twisted Pair: Marcel Duchamp/Andy Warhol, investigates the two artists’ relationship.

26. While Warhol was in LA, Dennis Hopper threw him a “movie star party.”

27. Warhol designed the costumes for the 1963 Broadway production of James Thurber’s The Beast in Me, but wasn’t credited because he wasn’t a union member.

28. The New York City Police Department confiscated Andy Warhol films Jack Smith filming Normal Love (1963). The film was later lost.

29. Warhol rented an abandoned firehouse as a painting studio before moving to the original Factory in 1964 on 231 East 47th Street.

30. Warhol’s mural for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, Thirteen Most Wanted Men, had to be painted over after officials objected to it. Warhol covered it in silver paint.

31. The first film Warhol made with live sound was called Harlot (1964).

32. Warhol received the Independent Film Award from Jonas Mekas’ avant-garde film periodical, Film Culture.

33. In 1965, Warhol announced that he was retiring from art and planning to devote himself to film.

34. Warhol was the first artist to publicly exhibit video art.

35. In a 1966 issue of Village Voice, Warhol took out the following ad: “I’ll endorse with my name any of the following; clothing AC-DC, cigarettes small, tapes, sound equipment, ROCK N’ ROLL RECORDS, anything, film, and film equipment, Food, Helium, Whips, MONEY!! love and kisses ANDY WARHOL, EL 5-9941.”

36. Warhol designed the cover of the Velvet Underground and Nico’s 1967 self-titled debut album, which featured a banana with vinyl skin that peeled off.

37. Warhol also designed the poster for the 5th New York Film Festival.

38. The FBI reported on Warhol’s activities while he was on location in Arizona for his film, Lonesome Cowboys, in 1967.

39. While Warhol was on a college lecture tour, he enlisted his friend Allen Midgette to impersonate him during several appearances.

40. Warhol created a TV ad for the “Underground Sundae” for Schrafft’s restaurant chain in 1968.

41. He hated eating leftovers.

42. Warhol was a regular volunteer at homeless shelters in New York City.

43. Valerie Solanas, an author who had appeared in one of Warhol’s films, shot art critic Mario Amaya and Andy Warhol at the Factory in 1968.

44. Warhol was reportedly dead on arrival to the hospital, but was revived after five hours of surgery.

45. The bullet damaged his lungs, esophagus, spleen, liver, and stomach.

46. Merce Cunningham‘s dance RainForest featured Warhol’s Silver Clouds as part of the set design.

47. Warhol curated a show with items from the storage rooms at the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design called Raid the Icebox I with Andy Warhol.

48. Warhol collected taxidermy, and owned a stuffed lion, peacock, penguin, moose head, and a Great Dane, Cecil.

49. Cecil was actually called Ador Tipp Topp, and was a blue-ribbon winner at Westminster. After the Great Dane died, he was stuffed by a taxidermist at Yale, and eventually sold to a drama student for $10.

50. Warhol bought “Cecil” for $300 in the late ’60s, believing he had once belonged to Cecil B. deMille.

51. Cecil stood guard at the Factory’s door from 1969 to 1987.

52. In conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art‘s Art and Technology Program, Warhol created Rain Machine, an installation with a water shower and 3D lenticular prints of flowers.

53. Warhol acquired his first portable video camera in 1970.

54. In a collaboration with Craig Braun, Warhol designed the cover of the 1971 Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers.

55. The album cover was nominated for a Grammy Award.

56. Warhol would compulsively record his conversations, and referred to his tape recorder as his “wife.”

57. His play Pork was based on his tape recordings, and was performed in London and New York.

58. Filmmaker Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol acquired a 20-acre compound in Montauk, Long Island, where they would entertain friends.

59. The IRS audited Warhol every year from 1972 until his death in 1987.

60. In the early ’70s, Warhol removed the films he had directed from circulation.

61. Warhol appeared in the 1973 film The Driver’s Seat with Elizabeth Taylor.

62. Warhol produced the 1975 musical Man on the Moon; John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas wrote the book, music, and lyrics.

63. An exhibition of Warhol’s folk art collection, Andy Warhol’s “Folk and Funk,” was held at the Museum of American Folk Art (now the American Folk Art Museum) in 1977.

64. From the ’50s through the ’70s, Andy always kept a standard-size cardboard box beside his desk that he would fill with interesting ephemera. Each box would be taped and dated when it was full. At the time of his death, Andy had assembled over 600 of these “time capsules.”

65. Salvador Dali once gave Warhol a full bag of used palettes, which Warhol put in one of his time capsules.

66. Warhol hand-painted an M1 BMW racing car for the 24-hour Le Mans race in 1979.

67. Warhol created two cable television shows: Andy Warhol’s TV in 1982 and Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes for MTV in 1986.

68. He produced and starred in three one-minute episodes of Andy Warhol’s TV for Saturday Night Live in 1981.

69. In the ’80s, Warhol was represented by Zoli, a modeling agency.

70. When painting self-portraits, Warhol would deliberately leave out any blemishes.

71. Warhol designed the official poster for the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial.

72. He starred in a 1983 television commercial for Japanese electronic manufacturer TDK.

73. Working with collaborator Don Munroe, Warhol made a music video for “Hello Again” by The Cars in 1984. He also appeared in the video.

74. Warhol guest-starred in the 200th episode of The Love Boat in 1985.

75. He also appeared in a TV ad for Diet Coke.

76. Warhol optioned the film and TV rights to Tama Janowitz’s 1986 novel Slaves of New York.

77. His nickname and drag-queen alter-ego was “Drella,” a combination of “Dracula” and “Cinderella.”

78. Warhol collaborated with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, and Keith Haring in the 1980s.

79. During this time, Warhol and a group of his friends bought 2000 bottles of Dom Pérignon to be consumed on the millennium.

80. Andy Warhol died February 22, 1987 while in recovery from gallbladder surgery.

81. After his death, the 2000 bottles of champagne disappeared

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Finney: “My Brain Don’t Work No Good” (Review)

By Daniel Berkowitz | August 1, 2011 at 1:19 pm | 0 Comments | news, Reviews | Tags: A.J. Finney

“The hardest part about killing a unicorn,” AJ Finney declares, “is sobering up after about three days and trying to explain to your neighbor why you’ve been shooting arrows through his motorcycle.” This is Finney in a nutshell: a self-affirmed idiot-boozehound with a penchant for drugs, sex and mayhem.

On his debut album My Brain Don’t Work No Good, Finney truly sees the humor in unfortunate situations. After undergoing a hernia operation, for example, he takes comfort in his Vicodin prescription. When he beds a woman with poor landscaping down under, he tells her to be proud of it (but to simply warn him). And when he reveals that he was dropped several times as a baby, he tells the audience they should laugh at his suffering.

Finney comes off extremely confident, never seeming unsure of his material’s power. Listening to the album in its entirety, it’s safe to say that Finney is 100 percent invested in and committed to his material. At times, though, Finney gets a little too cute. He refers to his brain as “a rusty bucket of wiggle worms,” and when trying to pick up a woman at a bar, he declares, “Welcome to heaven. Population: me.” These are lines that don’t to merit inclusion in Finney’s otherwise solid act.

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In this way, Finney’s pacing is a bit scattered. He’s a very lively and energetic personality; he talks fast and he has a unique inflection that works well for his voice. But at times, he breaks his rhythm for unknown reasons. This doesn’t hurt the album, but it doesn’t help, either. Despite these criticisms, My Brain Don’t Work No Good is a wonderful debut. The content on the album is so rich and nuanced that any objections one may have are rendered almost negligible.

Finney is a storyteller: a tad verbose at times, but that’s part of his charm. Finney milks his jokes for every ounce of comedy he can find. He doesn’t go straight to the punch line; he instead massages the bit, coaxing out the funny and taking us on a journey. As Finney says, his being on stage is “a bit therapeutic.” He’s obviously discovering himself while performing. As he’s going through this emotional journey, he’s taking us along for the ride. It’s a crazy ride, but it’s a fascinating one, as well.

You can now download AJ Finney’s My Brain Don’t Work No Good on iTunes.

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