Breaking News: Recently launched open mic at Duke’s R&B/201 Broadway in Oakland is canceled. The venue is closing immediately. Thank you.
Comedy Day Countdown: 2012 Performers [12 Days Left]
Upcoming: “OFF BEAT” a clip show hosted by Mike E. Winfield, coming to FUSE TV on 9/14.
Kevin Montgomery takes a look at the final days of the Purple Onion as it reaches an untimely end.
News: Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits are premiering their new video for “Sandwiches & Ammunition” on this site tomorrow at midnight! Yay insomnia and/or morning glory!
W. Kamau Bell on Stop and Frisk Policy in NYC
In NYC, the NYPD has instituted a “stop and frisk” policy, which is exactly what it sounds like as police officers, at their discretion, can stop and frisk citizens they believe to be suspect in some way.
On his new show Totally Biased, W. Kamau Bell explores how this new tactic to fight crime in NYC is received in Harlem. Hint: even if they got consolation prizes, people, to say the least, aren’t into it.
Totally Biased is on FX Thursdays at 11PM.
News: San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival (October 11-13) has launched Early Passes and announced their performer line-up. This festival looks AMAZING!
New Brent Weinbach Album Out September 4, 2012 via A Special Thing. Click photo to Pre-Order.
The all-new material on this, Weinbach’s third record, was recorded live this spring at UCB LA and also includes a handful of studio bits, making it just as the title suggests, mostly live. Brent is not your typical stand-up comedian. A recipient of the highly regarded Andy Kaufman Award, which is given out once a year to recognize innovation in stand-up comedy, Brent’s style is brilliantly unique. He weaves in and out of voices, sounds, and uses music, stories and absurd situations to create his hilarious comedy.
(Source: thecomedybureau.com)
