Last month, Netflix announced a new standup special from Norm Macdonald was in the works, and today the streaming network released a very short teaser to get you excited. Titled Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery, the special was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston and follows Macdonald as he “delivers sly, deadpan […]
Continue ReadingIn her sublime new Netflix standup special, Old Baby, premiering today, Maria Bamford performs a comedy set in increasingly larger venues. What begins as a few jokes in front of a mirror progresses to a living room, onto a bowling alley, and so on, until she goes out with a bang on a big stage. […]
Continue ReadingIn her sublime new Netflix standup special, Old Baby, premiering today, Maria Bamford performs a comedy set in increasingly larger venues. What begins as a few jokes in front of a mirror progresses to a living room, onto a bowling alley, and so on, until she goes out with a bang on a big stage. […]
Continue ReadingIn his multimedia one-man show California Calling: A Story of Growing Up Punk Rock, Joe Sib wove a tale that started with the first time he heard real punk music and ended with him fronting the band Wax and founding SideOneDummy Records. Performing the show eight years ago planted a seed in Joe that would […]
Continue ReadingKamau Bell has spent a lifetime trying to figure out how he fits into the big picture of things. His new book, The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6′ 4″, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, is (if you couldn’t guess […]
Continue ReadingNew York-based standup Kate Willett — who made our “2016’s Best Late Night Standup Sets” list — is ready to release her first album. Titled Glass Gutter, the album was filmed at The Convent in San Francisco in December and follows Willett as she covers “millennial-friendly subjects like polyamory, hipsterism and bisexual dating.” Willett has […]
Continue ReadingWhen Michel Atieh decided to go to school in the United States, he chose the University of Michigan for a specific reason – it was close to Chicago, the home of Second City. Atieh, a Syrian national, was a regular performer at the Courtyard Playhouse, one of the premiere performance venues in Dubai and the only […]
Continue ReadingA lot of digital ink has been spilled on how the world’s biggest musicians of the streaming era treat albums — both the traditional release of music and the concept of the album itself. But it’s ultimately meaningless. Drake can call his newest projects “mixtapes” or “playlists” to offset expectations or to downplay critiques of […]
Continue ReadingA lot of digital ink has been spilled on how the world’s biggest musicians of the streaming era treat albums — both the traditional release of music and the concept of the album itself. But it’s ultimately meaningless. Drake can call his newest projects “mixtapes” or “playlists” to offset expectations or to downplay critiques of […]
Continue ReadingBeing born in India, raised in Africa, and schooled in the United States has given comedian Vir Das a unique perspective on what is globally funny. After dabbling in comedy while attending college in the US, Das headed back to India to take a job as a VJ in Bombay. He lost the job in […]
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