Holy Crap—first of all, it looks as if there are actually a few tickets available to the Conan O’Brien live tour stop in Eugene on April 12th. This comes as some surprise to me, as I checked a few weeks ago and the only tickets available were part of the insanely expensive Meet and Greet […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 4 of 125
Meet Morgan Murphy I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Murphy a number of times, first at Bridgetown, and more recently in New York at the venerable Comedy Cellar. Every time she’s been terrific. Murphy is quite tall, and really enjoys bringing the weird, uncomfortable, fear of touching on an awkward Facebook blind date vibe. […]
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Comedy Is OK
Blowing Up the Scene
Who needs art? Get your First Thursday laffs at Comedy Is OK.
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No Time to Breathe
Surfer Blood Work to Stay Relevant
Surfer Blood work to stay relevant.
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Comedy Is OK
Co-Hosts Mikey Campmann (left), and Andrew Michaan (Writer’s note: busy week in the Arts section. Here’s an expanded version of the Comedy Is OK story from the week’s print edition.) “Patton Oswalt has a funny quote,” says Mikey Kampmann. “‘Someone needs to set an ambition bomb off in Portland.’” Kampann, along with his friend and […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 3 of 125
They just keep adding comics! How are we ever supposed to keep up? But hey, the best problem one could have, no? So let’s keep at it and… Meet Kyle Kinane This dude is acerbic and awesome. Unlike a lot of the hotter Bridgetown acts, Kinane, from Los Angeles, works mainly in standup (whether that’s […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 2 of 125
Meet Maria Bamford! Or maybe you already know her? I could be wrong, but Bamford seems to have a touch of Blogtown in her bones. She’s owns not one but TWO pugs, and if she happened to subscribe to CAT FANCY magazine *cough, ALISON, *cough, it might not even be ironically. Bamford is well known […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 1 of 125
Meet Nick Thune, who looks like he lives in Portland. But no, he’s an LA guy (Silverlake wishes they were Portland, but are too vain to let go of that false sense of Hollywood importance). Thune’s done work with Mr. Show and appeared in Knocked Up amongst others. For more on the up and coming […]
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Jeff Garlin Friday
Jeff Garlin is performing at the Aladdin on Friday. Perhaps you know him better as Larry David’s manager “Jeff” on Curb Your Enthusiasm… oh wait. I wondered for a minute if he’d be good carrying his on show as he is as David’s foil and a little research says yes—Garlin is a Second City veteran […]
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Bridgetown Lineup Announced!
This is a good sign: my first day of more regular comedy coverage coincides with the release of Bridgetown Comedy Festival’s schedule! The sudsy four day barrage this year runs from Thursday April 22nd through Sunday the 25th. Accordingly, the good folks at Bridgetown have launched a new website (one that is, thankfully, a million […]
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The African Zeitgeist
Bassekou Kouyate, Tradition, and Innovation
The tradition and innovation of Africa’s Bassekou Kouyate.
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Tribune Bungles Headline, Coddles Cable Guy
“Sympathetic to people?” Larry the Cable Guy? You mean Larry the Pandering Racist Homophobe. Yeah, lob a few softballs to him, Tribune, makes a whole lot of sense. Especially considering he’s LESS FUNNY THAN JAY LENO (and almost as rich)! Sure, lightly skim over the fact that he’s a blatantly fake everyman, made up his […]