August 2010
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Don't Forget His Name: An Interview With Hannibal...
Hannibal Buress is a man who is serious about his comedy and his career - he used to write for Saturday Night Live, and is now writing for 30 Rock. He just released a new album of stand-up called My Name is Hannibal, which has caused a number of laughter outbreaks in the office, but if you want to see his jokes live and in person, check out his weekly free show at the Knitting Factory in...
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Triple Wheeling: An Interview With Ben Swank Of...
A while back it was announced that Conan O’Brien would release albums on his buddy Jack White’s record label Third Man records. The internet went aflutter with anticipation once this announcement came down that both a 7-inch spoken word single and 12-inch music record would hit the shelves.
We caught up with Third Man records’ General Manager, and all around snappy dresser Ben...
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Cho Dependency: An Interview With Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho might be the busiest person I know – she’s on tour now with John Roberts, currently starring in Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime, as her new album Cho Dependant hits stores today. And unlike her last stand-up releases, this one is a musical CD, full of appearances from Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple, Brendan Benson, Ben Lee, and Andrew Bird to name a few – because if Margaret Cho is going to...
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Aziz Ansari Announces NYC Area Date For...
If you haven’t gotten the chance to check out Aziz Ansari (who’s having a pretty big ass banner year), the Parks & Recreation star has announced that he will be doing a stand-up gig in our area this fall.
Mark your calendars for it was just announced that Ansari will be hitting the 2,500 person seater The Welmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ on Wednesday September 15th as part of his...
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The Laugh Button Interview With Big Jay Oakerson
Comedian Big Jay Oakerson is currently out on the road warming up crowds and interacting with fans on this year’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. The comedian, who appears on the IFC show Z-Rock recently released the album An American Storyteller (Comedy Central Records).
Bram Teitelman, Editor of our sister site Metal Insider recently caught up with Big Jay and and discussed his taste...
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The Laugh Button Interview With The Comedy Store’s...
Alf LaMont is the director or marketing and development at LA’s The Comedy Store. As with any legendary comedy club, there’s an “if these walls could talk” mentality when it comes to interviews. But since they can’t, Alf is the next best thing. So we picked his brain and dug for some dirt. But rather than just look back, we pumped him for information about where he...
