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Please Get and Enjoy Rhea Butcher’s Latest Album “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg”

February 10, 2021

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Brand new stand-up that was recorded with a live audience (that’s pre-pandemic) is in short supply it would seem. It almost seems like an alternate universe whenever you do get to hear or see such a thing, especially if it’s a well-crafted, forward thinking.

Luckily, there’s such an hour that arrived last week from Rhea Butcher in Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg is their latest record and the latest release from the always stellar AST Records. Though it may take a second to adjust to hearing people clearly laugh while they’re gathered very close in an dark, enclosed place, it is a refreshing reminder of not only how truly wonderful it was to enjoy stand-up in the before times (and we’ll get back to enjoying stand-up like that at some point in the future), but how great Rhea as a stand-up deftly and joyfully dismantling our ideas of gender as a non-binary person. Butcher’s fills the album with carefully examined observations and polished stories that include facets of their non-binary identity intersecting with being a hillbilly and it is, simply put, a hoot.

With all of that in mind, go get or stream Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg here.

My new album “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg” is out TODAY! You can stream it, buy it, or even get a cool pin! Out now on @aspecialthing! https://t.co/yNAbXpXjHu

— Rhea "RB" Butcher (@RheaButcher) February 5, 2021

Every Mitch Hedberg Album To Be Released in a Vinyl Collection by Comedy Central Records

September 7, 2016

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You might just want to skip making this a great gift for someone and get it for yourself.

“Mitch Hedberg: The Complete Vinyl Collection” is executive produced by Lynn Shawcroft and includes:

-12 inch vinyl editions of all three original Comedy Central Records albums (four LPs): “Strategic Grill Locations” (double LP with bonus audio, 1999), “Mitch All Together” (2003), and “Do You Believe in Gosh?” (2008)
-36 page book with rare photos, stories by Mitch’s wife Lynn Shawcroft, and original essays by Doug Stanhope, Mike Birbiglia and Margaret Cho
-Custom USB drive with MP3s of all three albums, never-before-heard recordings, an uncut presentation of Mitch’s 1999 “Comedy Central Presents” show, and more

This Mitch Hedberg collection comes out on November 4th, but you can pre-order it here.

“I Don’t Care, I Like It” from Drennon Davis & Karen Kilgariff and “Union Delegate” from Mike Recine Out Today

November 20, 2015

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Yes, you’re going to want to get both of these.

We thoroughly enjoyed I Don’t Care, I Like It from brilliant comedy music duo Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff and Union Delegate from NYC’s Mike Recine and think that you should buy these instead of indulging in pre-Black Friday sales.

They’re two vastly different albums, but we have a feeling that you’ll do a spit take laughing or literally slapping your knee when listening to them like we did.

Get I Don’t Care I Like It here and Union Delegate here.

Bill Hicks’ Albums and Specials Rereleased Today

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Thanks to Comedy Dynamics, the Bill Hicks catalog of his albums and specials are now available whenever and wherever you want starting today.

On Hulu, you can watch Hicks’ Revelations, One Night Stand, and Sane Man.

You can also pick up his extensive discography including Dangerous, Rant in E-Minor, Relentless, Salvation on iTunes.

FYI, you’ll want to carve out plenty of time for all of this.

Comedy Dynamics Set to Re-Release Entire Bill Hicks Catalog

February 27, 2015

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(via The Laugh Button)

Comedy Dynamics has acquired the rights to all the specials and albums of Bill Hicks and will release them starting next month. Though Hicks passed away at very early age, he still left a very hefty body of work that most of us just get to see through YouTube clips.

Now, we’ll have chance to enjoy Hicks’ genius in full. Keep your fingers crossed that the specials will appear on Hulu for free via Comedy Dynamics.

Comedy Central Records Releases Albums from Cristela Alonzo and Nick Vatterott

November 5, 2014

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To fill your quota of new comedy albums this week, please pick up Cristela Alonzo’s “Some of the Hits” and Nick Vatterott’s “For Amusement Only” from Comedy Central Records.

If you don’t have a quota of comedy albums to fill, get one, and this week with these albums would be a good place to start.

Jonah Ray Launching His Own Record Label

September 26, 2014

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Announced today, Literally Figurative Records will be an imprint label from Jonah Ray and AST Records. There will be comedy and music and a bit of both together handpicked by Jonah himself.

So far, coming up there will be a whole bunch of 7" albums from that feature both comedians and bands like Sean O’Connor/Upset, Powerviolence, Rhea Butcher/G.S. Schray, Alex Hooper/FARTBARF as well as a debut 7" album from Paige Weldon, a vinyl rerelease of Nick Youssef’s Stop Not Owning This, and an entire LP from Matt Dwyer.

Just to be clear, this is all pretty awesome and we can’t wait to hear all of these records as soon as possible.

Get The Entire Monty Python Album Catalog with Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection

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Get The Entire Monty Python Album Catalog with Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection

Monty Python has released a boxed set of all nine of their albums on your choice of CD or vinyl in the Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection.

If you couldn’t make it out to their O2 Arena shows or get to a live broadcast of the performances in a theater, maybe this will tide you over while waiting and hoping that it their latest run of shows will be on DVD.

Team Coco To Launch Comedy Label

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Team Coco To Launch Comedy Label

Conan O’Brien has done many great things under the umbrella of his Conaco and Team Coco outside of his late night talk show. The latest one is a comedy label that will release comedian projects such as Ian Edwards’ first comedy album 100% Half Assed.

We’re already excited for the announcement and that they’ll be releasing an album from the hilarious Ian Edwards. So, naturally we can’t wait to see what else they have in store for us all.

Comedy Albums from Maria Bamford, Moshe Kasher, Jerry Rocha, and Andy Kaufman That You Should Get

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Lucky day for comedy fans or, really, anyone who likes to laugh a lot as there are four big comedy album releases today.

Namely:

Maria Bamford “Ask Me About My New God”
Moshe Kasher “Live in Oakland”
Jerry Rocha “Take That, Real Dad”
Andy Kaufman “Andy & His Grandmother”

So skip out going out to dinner and drinks for these comedy albums because you can probably eat some leftovers that haven’t expired yet. It’ll be worth it.

Pete Holmes, Adam Cayton-Holland, and Andrew Orvedahl Comedy Albums Out Today

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Three comedy albums from people that we think are hilarious (thus we cover them a lot) that both you should have right now and also came out today:

Pete Holmes‘ “Nice Try, The Devil” CD/DVD
Adam Cayton-Holland‘s “I Don’t Know If I Happy” CD
Andrew Orvedahl‘s “Hit The Dick Lights” CD

Please buy these and listen/watch if you like laughing at all.

Pre-Order the Debut Comedy Albums From Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl

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Denver’s own incredibly funny Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl who, we hope, you know from The Grawlix or their Amazon Studios comedy pilot Those Who Can’t are releasing their very first comedy albums next week. Not only will you get around 2 hours of great stand-up comedy, but if you pre-order CDs now, you’ll get a sticker and/or baseball card from Cayton-Holland’s “I Don’t Know If I Happy” and Orvedahl’s “Hit The Dick Lights”, respectively.

Sounds like more than a great deal to us, so get to pre-ordering already.

Pick Up Latest Comedy Albums from Dylan Brody and Brendon Burns Off of Stand-Up Records

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Stand Up! Records has just put out two albums worthy of your ears from humorist Dylan Brody and one of Britain’s best comedians in Aussie Brendon Burns.

Dylan Brody’s Writ Large brings a collection of stories brought to the stage in the fullest potential of the English language, and an incredibly clever triptych of improv as a nod to recording at UCB, going from moments of life’s funny, absurd moments to enlightened reflections that come from said moments (and back again).

Brendon Burns’ Pompously Lectures Americans is Burns doing a more traditional hour of stand-up, though mad, and hilarious so, at the fact that Americans were unaware of big parts of Australia being on fire.

Pick up both now and enjoy running an entire gamut of comedy.

Recently Released Comedy Albums That We’re More Excited About Than Sleigh Bells

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Yes, Sleigh Bells is pretty fantastic with their new album Reign of Terror. Still, the last time we checked, A) We’re not a music blog and B) Folks listening to comedy albums seems to be still a foreign idea.

So, instead of spending your last dollars on your iTunes gift card from Christmas on hard hitting indie rock-noise pop, here’s a list of comedy albums that came out over the last few months from some of our favorite comedians that you might enjoy.

“Before Turning the Gun on Himself” Doug Stanhope-Obviously, we’re excited whenever Stanhope puts an album or a special out, but we got to catch some of this latest one, just released today, when he headlined the Comedy Store last year and it was amazing.

“Unbearable” Hampton Yount-Yount is one the funniest comedians coming up in the comedy at this very moment and has a deft hand in making you laugh and what you initially thought you would never laugh at. This album, which you can download for free, is proof of that.

“Billy Wayne Davis” (self-titled)-We saw Billy Wayne Davis last year kill a few times at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival up in Portland and are more than glad that an album of his “thinking man’s hillbilly” is now available.

“Chronological Disorder” Dylan Brody-Self-proclaimed purveyor of fine words and phrases Dylan Brody is the type of comedian that really presents comedy in the light of an art form. Through stories and extended bits, he offers up a higher-brow of humor that can be very funny for those willing to listen to his 4th album.

“A Great Stillness” Eddie Pepitone-Simply put, we love watching Eddie Pepitone yell about things. It’s hilarious. More specifically, we love the metaphorical boat that Eddie is steering in and out of his bits and rants throughout the entirety of this album and found ourselves laughing hysterically no matter where we were.

“New in Town” John Mulaney-From the school of “having as much as fun as the crowd” style of comedy, Mulaney gave us a delightful special with “New In Town” that managed the precarious balance of silliness and honesty, especially when it comes to trying to get a Xanax prescription.

“Best of Gentlemen Scumbags” Mike Bridenstine & Mike Burns-There aren’t too many compilations of podcasts in album form, but we’re glad that one of them is Mike Bridenstine and Mike Burns’ podcast ‘Gentlemen Scumbags’ featuring their hilarity along with that of their esteemed guests which include: Kyle Kinane, James Adomian, Sean Patton, and more.

“Slippery When Moist” Garfunkel & Oates-Over a year ago, we heard Garfunkel & Oates song, “I Would Never (Have Sex With You)” and laughed hard, yet were also moved at the thought that this song might be about us. That song is on this album as well as their popular “tribute” to Occupy Wall St. “Save the Rich”, which we’ll listen to obsessively over and over.

Morning Debriefing 9/13/11

1) Comedy on shelves today with the Sklar Brothers’ “Hendersons and Daughters”, Jamie Kilstein’s “Libel, Slander, and Sedition”, TJ Miller’s “The Extended Play E.P.” (which also feat. Brandon Johnson, Pete Holmes, and more), and Conan Can’t Stop.

2) Good signs from the “TIFF front”, Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America does quite well.

3) The Midnight Show has very important PSA for the next time you’re speeding…

4) Don’t miss Baron Vaughn appearing on Conan tonight (TBS 11PM).

5) And the return of Lewis Black came to be…

6) There’s something called Comedy Royal and it looks pretty amazing… [via CNU]

7) Puddin’-“Lust” w/guest Megan Amram

8) COMEDY CRAWL
The Moth @ Busby’s East 7PM $8
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest 8PM FREE
Bill Burr @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM/10PM $20
Fortune Feimster & Michael Palascak @ Irvine Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
The 4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Maximum Exposure @ Max Steiner’s 9PM FREE
Blamblamblam @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Do You Think You’re Funny? @ Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center 9PM
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Public School Stories @ M Bar 9PM No cover/$10 min.

9) OPEN MIC RUN
THE MOTH @ BUSBY’S EAST 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/open mic for stories/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$8 cover/10 spots only picked by lottery
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/$4 min.
BIG FISH 5230 San Fernando Blvd., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/5 min. spots/Stops 10PM for booked show
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
MAX STEINER’S 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 10PM after booked show/sign-up is first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

10) LA Weekly featured the Top 5 most annoying billboards and Whitney wasn’t on the list. I call shenanigans.

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September 7, 2011

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Though his official album release isn’t until Thursday at the Nerdist Theater with Margaret Cho, Jonah Ray, and more, Baron Vaughn’s “Raised by Cable” is available for purchase now!

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Pre-order Jen Kirkman’s new album “Hail to the Freaks” (cause you’ll only have to wait a week).