[SF80s, Legend, Award Winner. Enough Said.]
Comedy Day (A Sylvanite In Purgatory)
I had a nightmare, a flashback to last year’s fiasco. The gung-ho Sylvan, vikingesque spirit in the morning devolved into utter agony and sunken morale by nightfall. We struck a contingency plan, but it relied on rest and strategy.
Sleep remained elusive as a will-o’-the-wisp; I only managed to dominate three or four “Z’s”. After the glorified nap, energy trickled in adequately, a lazy aqueduct flowing past bodies, the night’s leftover affiliates. A hot roll of hearty spray reset my decay. By three-o-morning I stood alert inside sodden jeans, a Sylvan tee, neon-green Newport cap, rolled-sleeved collared shirt, everyday shoes, Miramonte hoodie, gardening gloves (lesson learned) and a considerable amount of anxiety. The rest of SylvanHouse floated lazily in stasis.
A Berkeley Boy is signed up to work with some of the creative minds previously involved with Parks and Recreation. Cool beans.
Miles K.
Jacket: Gap, from brother
Sweatshirt: Alternative Earth, Jeremy’s
Jeans: Levi’s, Slash Jeans Berkeley
Shoes: Hush Puppies, Zappos.com
Bracelet: handmade from a music festival
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photo taken last night at the San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival
IOW, FX has ordered seven more episodes of the late night comedy series Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell.
“I’m excited to be given the opportunity to continue working with the amazing FX and the brilliant Chris Rock,” said W. Kamau Bell. “We’ll be putting out new episodes, even more Totally Biased than before.”
Chris Rock added, “I’m very excited and looking forward to working with the good people at FX. Please don’t tell Rupert Murdoch.”
Willa Paskin sits down with the Bay’s hero of social satire and political quips to discuss writing Totally Biased, playing to bases, and represented his NorCal roots.
Kevin Montgomery takes a look at the final days of the Purple Onion as it reaches an untimely end.
A chat with two former San Franciscans as Mary Van Note, stand-up comedian/sketch performer/vintage ambassador, speaks with Janet Varney, improviser/actress/curator/podcaster, about the JV Club, feminism, and “cool female friends” dearth.
Riding Miss Daisy
Last night, I participated in Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction, a monthly LA show that made its San Francisco debut last night. The competition is split into two parts: in the first, contestants read prepared pieces of erotic fan fiction (topics last night included Animaniacs, Angry Birds, and the sitcom Family Matters). Before they read, contestants from the second round draw topics from a bag, and write their own pieces while the prepared works are read. Second-round topics included Watership Down, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and X-Men. I was fortunate enough to draw Driving Miss Daisy as my topic, and I’ve included my piece after the jump.
WARNING: Not Safe For Work. Not safe for anywhere.
Bay Area’s Guy Branum takes off the “funny cap” to discuss the Chick-Fil-A controversy with the same deftness of his comedy.
