Another Monday is coming and that means another hot serving of Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen is coming too.
Oh, that also means we got a pair of tickets for you to win! Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
At this point in time, you’ve probably heard how divided we are as a country ad nauseam over POTUS, healthcare, gun control, etc.
A nice solution or reprieve from that might be hear to comedians debate things that do not matter whatsoever like Dr. Dre vs. Dr. Seuss.
That is what the traveling comedy show and podcast Arguments & Grievances brings to the table and will be doing so next week at Nerdmelt with some of LA’s best.
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
You guys love when shows go from town to town and showcase some great and crazy eats. Also, if you’re reading this, you love comedy.
So, this month, you can combine the two loves by watching Cheat Day Chowdown with a great pairing of comedians that you should know, Dave Stone and Lisa Best. For this pilot that’s airing, they go to San Francisco, where there’s plenty to indulge on on your “cheat day”.
So, you have three chances to watch the pilot, which is today, Saturday, September 10th at 11AM PST, Monday, September 12th at 10:30AM PST, and Wednesday, September 21st at 10:30AM PST.
There’s a new podcast afoot that you should add to your very likely ever-burgeoning list of podcasts you need to/already listen to.
Odds are that if you’re reading this, you’re probably a big Kyle Kinane fan like we are. If that indeed is true, we’d be willing to bet that you’d be a fan of Dave Stone in case you’re not already. Just listen to his album Hogwash and you’ll see, hopefully, we we’re getting at here.
The two of them, Kinane and Stone, have launched a brand new podcast that dives into all things paranormal, conspiracy theory, extraterrestrial, quality fried chicken, favorite comedians, and whatever else they want the podcast to be.
The idea behind the show is that Stone, an avid believer in Bigfoot, brings up various phenomena to be examined under the fine lens of Kinane. The result is fun mix of the two real life friends, contemporaries, and compatriots going over their personal minutia (i.e. good chicken, mayonnaise, their current comedy and music obsessions) and then doing their due diligence by breaking down something like the actual “men in black”. Tomfoolery and impressive analytical thinking abound.
So, with that said, you can subscribe to The Boogie Monster on iTunes and hop on board when they’re only two episodes in.
Since time immemorial, comedians have often lived together in what many would considered cramped, messy, and raucous living situations. Comedians, for the most part, think it’s just fine.
In this latest golden era of comedy, there’s a whole new excitement brewing in the underground and, with the aid of the Internet, it’s not quite as underground (i.e. no one has ever heard of it) as it used to be.
Lance Bangs explores this subculture that’s bridging its way to the big time, though, on its own terms, in his Viceland series Flophouse. Specifically, he goes through these comedian ‘flophouses’ and then sees them all put on a live show on a rooftop, in a back yard, in a garage, etc.
Here’s a trailer for Flophouse in case you’re curious as to what this all looks like and haven’t gotten the luck to go to a house comedy show.
By the way, featured in the trailer are:
Kate Willett, Clare O’Kane, Solomon Georgio, Amy Miller, Brent Weinbach, Brandon Wardell, Eric Dadourian, Dave Stone, Maria Bamford, James Adomian, Sean Patton, James Austin Johnson, David Gborie, Steve Agee, and much more.
Look for Flophouse to come to Vice’s new Viceland on Feb. 29th.
Sometime later this Summer, Comedy Dynamics will premiere their second season of their stand-up showcase series, Coming To The Stage, featuring some comics that you should definitely take note of if you haven’t already.
The line-up for this season includes:
Dave Stone
Josh Fadem
Rhea Butcher
Dan St. Germain
J.R. De Guzman
Megan Koester
Ashley Barnhill
Finn Straley
Donnivin Jordan
Tom McCaffrey
Tony Hinchcliffe
Vinny Oshana
While you’re waiting for that second season, you can catch up on the first season on Hulu.
If you want a Southern perspective processed through the lens of comedy in this millennium, look to Dave Stone and his brand new album Hogwash off Comedy Dynamics’ label.
Dave comes from Atlanta and has lived in a van, but offers up concise, very funny portraits in his life that prove that there are folks from the South that aren’t like the long standing stereotypical caricature of Southerners.
Pick up his album Hogwash and you’ll see what we’re talking about.
Once reserved to the living quarters of a van, Dave Stone has made his way up the comedic ranks here in LA and across the country. He’s also gotten into a real apartment as well all on the merit of his own carefully honed material.
He has made two albums with the great Beards of Comedy, which includes the likes of the very funny Andy Sandford and Joe Zimmerman, but now is striking out on his own for his very first solo album on Sat. Mar. 7th at Atlanta’s Laughing Skull Lounge.
Do not miss it. There’s a 8PM show and 10:30PM show just so you won’t.
The very funny Dave Stone got to make his late night stand up debut last night on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and got to share his take on living in a van and how esoteric hunting jokes can get in the South.
In a many parts of this vast disconnected metropolis populated by the phenomena known as “the hipster” (many of the male form sport an unruly beard), there is a thick haze of cynical intellectualism that has seeped into the cultural DNA of Los Angeles. Even within comedy and the intention to bring levity to a group strangers, an air of pretension precedes many jokes with obscure references and abstract irony. Again, many of these male “hipsters” take on the growth of a beard almost as a uniform of their general disdain for the main stream.
Though they have some mighty thick beards, the Beards of Comedy hardly come within a ballpark of the above description as they have an approach to comedy that, I believe, is welcoming to all (well, mostly all as long as you like your comedy leaning on the smarter side of the fence).
As they have an album called, “Comedy for People”, the quartet of Joe Zimmerman, Andy Sandford, TJ Young, and Dave Stone collectively bring a take on America and “the South” that’s both charming, yet highly satirical much to the delight of the tight crowd at Meltdown Comics. The comedic balance struck between the four who carry many comedy accolades with them all from Rooftop Comedy to being Atlanta’s Best Comedian via AtlantaStandsUp.com was so great that the show moved forward quite effortlessly even with the amazingly hilarious musings of comedic genius/special guest Kyle Kinane.
With the fresh goofiness of TJ Young,
the clever conciseness of Andy Sandford,
down-to-earth truthful observations of Dave Stone,
and the joyful absurdities of Joe Zimmerman (pictured at top), The Beards of Comedy put on such a damn fine show, I could have sworn that the crickets outside shut up. Together, as hinted above, they bring a hope about “the South” that there are people, thinkers if you will, that defy the dreary stereotypes constantly made fun of by several comics including themselves and unfortunately played up by the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour”.
At one part of the show, Joe Zimmerman took a guitar and TJ Young took a bucket and played a “Sad Emotional Song”, which, to me, a self-loathing hopeless romantic, was a pitch perfect barb on the popular singer/songwriter music that overwhelms indie film soundtracks today. Though being a far cry from “Git R’ Done”, I hope the Beards’ brand of comedy experiences a similar meteoric rise.
Currently on tour throughout the West Coast, the Beards of Comedy will helpfully extend their tour or simply go another one to stop by Los Angeles. In the meantime, you can purchase their album, “Comedy for People” here and stay tuned to the Comedy Bureau for what is sure to be a date with destiny back in LA to be beards that stand out from the madding crowd (of beards).