"Does anybody know where glitter comes from? [Ignorant silence] Doesn’t that bother anybody?! … It’s probably made by the government. They made AIDS and crack, why not glitter?"

— Jeremy Talamantes @ Portal’s Tavern [Paraphrase]

"If I had to dress like you, I’d kill myself."

— Al, the audience member, towards Chris Schiappacasse @ Portal’s Tavern

"I realized how much money I could make if I didn’t care about sex."

Nicole Calasich on a recent hackathon @ Portal’s Tavern

"This is what Oakland is about: cooperation and ignoring bad comedy"

— Mean Dave @ Oakland Art Murmur [Paraphrase]

"The only German word I know is “Pabst”, which I think is German for “Tecate”."

— Sean Keane @ MACLA/The Colossal Show [Paraphrase]

"Every time I put on make-up I can’t help but feeling like a Lost Boy getting ready to attack Captain Hook"

Aly Jones @ Stork Club/Storking Comedy [Paraphrase]


“This is something real, I was recently told to go back to Mexico…”

- George Chen on mistaken identity @ San Francisco Punch Line [Paraphrase]
[Photo by Elise Kane]

“This is something real, I was recently told to go back to Mexico…”

- George Chen on mistaken identity @ San Francisco Punch Line [Paraphrase]

[Photo by Elise Kane]


“Street Fighter was a game on Super Nintendo made for poor people and kids with no lives.”

- Myles Weber explaining video games to the uniformed @ San Francisco Punch Line [Paraphrase]

“Street Fighter was a game on Super Nintendo made for poor people and kids with no lives.”

- Myles Weber explaining video games to the uniformed @ San Francisco Punch Line [Paraphrase]

(Source: sexgamesandrocknroll)

"There’s no more history on the History Channel; it’s all “Pawn Stars” and “Storage Nonsense”. It used to be a bunch of Hitler showers, but they don’t do that anymore, and somehow, now, it’s worse."

David Nguyen @ Stork Club/Storking Comedy [Paraphrase]

"If you’ve spent two hours looking at a Facebook profile, you’re not a stalker, you’re just a boring fucking person."

David Gborie on Facebook Stalkers @ Club Deluxe/Live at Deluxe.