There’s no question that combining music and comedy is a difficult road, usually resulting in a not-funny-please-turn-around-dead-end. In the past, when I’ve heard comedy songs, I’ve thought, “How limiting.” I’ve been of the belief that a song will always be better as a song and a joke will always be better as a joke–to mix [...]
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Like Coachella for music fans, or Sundance for filmgoers, Bay Area comedy enthusiasts have the SF Sketchfest to look forward to every year. In addition to the eclectic lineup of stand-up acts, tribute shows, live podcast tapings and inspired one-off collaborations, the festival is usually good for a reunion or two, which came this year [...]
Friday, January 6, 2012
Though it was probably a touch too loose and scattershot to win over the uninitiated, last Friday night’s Portlandia: The Tour at Mezzanine offered established fans an entertaining live look at the popular show and its two endearing leads. The brainchild of Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and musician Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), the [...]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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It turns out that the best antidote to holiday craziness is a solid dose of humor and snark. This past Saturday, I checked out KMLZ: HOLIDAZE, a creative collaboration between Killing My Lobster (KML), San Francisco’s leading sketch comedy group, and Z Space, a venue dedicated to new works. The outcome of this collaboration was [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Left Coast Leaning performing arts festival, organized by the YBCA in conjunction with Youth Speaks’ Living Word Project, kind of oscillated between the two poles of pure visual enjoyment and entertainment, and perplexing uncomfortableness. On the one hand there was the dazzling spectacle of virtuosic tap dancing by Jason Samuels Smith, on the other [...]
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