-I'm going to Seattle tomorrow for the Bumbershoot Festival. I'm really excited to perform out there. I've become friends with some Seattle guys and the scene sounds really cool. I'm also excited to drink coffee.
-I bought a Mac. I bought it out of anger. I got so mad at my Dell laptop that I went online and bought the Macbook I'm using now. Note: it's awesome. One upgrade I put in was to increase the RAM to 4G instead of the standard 2G. I love speed. It's the most important thing to me by far. I'm sure there is a pretty hard and fast rule about 'purchasing major things out of anger'. Whatevs.
-Just wanted to make a quick comment on my buddy Joe Robinson no longer being employed by 98 Rock. Joe as handled this situation with nothing but class. While Joe was there, he was an enormous asset to local comics. His show was a great place for guys to showcase themselves in an environment where guys 'got it'. Along with his partner Theo, Joe created a phenomenal outlet for comics to entertain a radio audience. He facilitated, put in more than he got back, and sacrificed whatever he had to in order for the show to work. I can tell you 1st hand experience from being down in Cancun with the show that it was really good. It's a shame (and Joe has covered this on his blog) that the show was probably doomed from the start. But everyone should know that it was no fault of Joe's.
-I'm also excited to go back to my favorite comedy club on Earth, the Vancouver Yuk Yuks. I'm there the week after Bumbershoot
-Sweet Haven (the NY show I'm involved in) will be on hiatus for a month or so until we all get back from out west. We were going strong at Rififi until it closed and now we are back at square one searching for a venue. It's hard. Not impossible, just hard.
-I did a show at a new club last night. The crowd was small but I actually had a good time with them. It was one of those shows where, in years past, I might have dropped my energy and mailed it in so I didn't look foolish. I didn't do that which gave me some satisfaction. It's the biggest thing I struggle with so it's exciting to feel like I've grown as a comic.
-I'm really disappointed in Obama's choice of Biden. It was a move, in my mind that was not indicative of his campaign to this point. It reeks of 'over thinking'. To me, it looked like a move to win Pennsylvania as Biden is from Scranton and is known as the 3rd PA Senator. While that doesn't seem terribly flawed, Biden has been in Washington for 36 years. He is an inside the beltway man. This is in conflict with the 'change we can believe in' mantra. Biden is a business as usual limousine liberal which doesn't go with what Obama has presented to this point. Biden does have TONS of foreign policy experience which could be an asset but it looks like a panic move. 'What is the criticism against us? That we don't have experience. OK, get someone with experience' Kaine or Bayh. Don't play down to your opponent. You don't change who you are because of who you are going against, you play your game. It worked in the primary bruh. You beat the bitch with the energy of your volunteers, new voters, a simple message, and better strategy.
-I also believe that Biden will cost Obama at some point. He is prone to spouting off and saying inappropriate things. He is also a well documented plagiarist. Does it bode well that the Repubs are happy with the selection? Don't forget that Biden said: 'I don't think he's ready' during the primaries. I don't see this partnership working well.
-I also think McCain is about to make the same kind of mistake with Mitt Romney. Attempting to win some support in Michigan and appealing to the conservative base. Just be the maverick, pick Lieberman and be who you are. My boy attorney Jon also suggested Kay Bailey Hutchinson who might help bring the evilbitch Dems over to McCain's side.
-That's what I got for now. Thanks for reading.
