Tomorrow night, our movie Your Friends Close premieres at United Fest LA and I feel like my heart is going to explode.
Back in 2011, Jocelyn Kelvin and I were going to make a movie. We had a script, a director, a cast, and funding. Overnight, all of those things disappeared. Rather than scrap our dream, we turned to a newish website called Kickstarter, which we used to annoy the shit out of everyone we knew, begging for a few bucks of support. Somehow it worked, and it was the most important month of my life.
See, whenever you get a donation on Kickstarter, they send a little emailing telling...
Read more...
Sometimes your heroes won't like you.
Eddie Creer was my choir teacher in high school. He taught me more than anyone in my hometown about performing in front of people, about controlling my voice, and how to have a problem with authority. While Mr. Creer was the only teacher I had all four years of school, he sent me to the principal's office at least once every two weeks, because we didn't get along. Or more accurately, because I didn't think the rules applied to me, and Mr. Creer took every opportunity to remind me that they very much did.
Our contentious relationship frustrated me to no end....
Read more...
Adventures!
This is me and the boys of Pre-Game Podcast, talking fake girlfriends and knife fights with Karl Hess.
Read more...
DEATH TO DEATH OF THE WEEKEND!
It is with great joy that we announce our one year anniversary show of DEATH OF THE WEEKEND at iO West. It was with great sadness that we also announce this is the final DEATH OF THE WEEKEND SHOW. On March 3rd at 11pm in the MAIN ROOM, we'll be doing our final standup show at iO. On Sundays, Feb 10th, 17th, and 24th we will be having our final shows in the Andy Dick DCT Theater. The final show is in the big room, with the big names, and the big goodbyes. (Lineup will be announced soon.)
I've had an amazing year booking DOTW and met several hundred killer comics...
Read more...
You can still order a copy of FILMPOCALYPSE! 52 Cinematic Visions of the End in time for Christmas, if you want to give a gift that you can be SURE no one will have. Seriously. There are only like 200 people in the world who would need to regift this right now. U can win Xmas!
Mike Cavalier, the creator of The Junior Varsity, edited the book and wrote this informal introduction, not included in the book itself. Here it is, for your enjoyment:
Through the Fire and the Flames
(A prelude to the Filmpocalypse)
By Mike Cavalier
Death is the great equalizer. No matter who we are — good...
Read more...
Film Crit Hulk, a beacon of hope in a critical world, has written this introduction for my new book of apocalyptic film reviews, entitled FILMPOCALPYSE! 52 Cinematic Visions Of The End. All sales of the book before the Mayan apocalypse on 12-21-12 go to charity, specifically KidSave International. So pick up a copy HERE. If you need further convincing, here's the gamma radiated introduction in its brilliant entirety:
Introduction.
WE LOVE THE APOCALYPSE BECAUSE WE LIKE ENDINGS.
THAT MAY SOUND OVERTLY SIMPLE, POSSIBLY EVEN REDUCTIVE, BUT HULK REALLY BELIEVES THAT'S THE CORE MECHANISM...
Read more...
One hell of a month. Time to catch up.
My comedy special Brock Wilbur: 28 Years Later was released and is available for download through the site, as well as iTunes, Amazon, and Google Music. I got a few requests for the music we used, so here's a free link to download the songs I recorded, including my attempt at jamming all of the Goblin stuff into one track: Soundtrack Folder Download. Followed my release with a bit of support touring, including the Best Fish Taco One Year Blowout and a trip up to San Fran with Sofiya Alexandra and Matt Monroe. Got to open for W. Kamau Bell and here's a photo...
Read more...
Tomorrow I'm releasing my first comedy special: 28 Years Later. It will be downloadable for your viewing pleasure. If you're trapped on the East Coast, hopefully it can help entertain you through the nightmarish hell-scape happening outside.
This is my first day as a "professional comedian." Not because I'm releasing a special, but because this is my first day of unemployment. I am no longer a "professional" anything else, and I intend to dedicate everything I have towards making "shouting about sadness" my full time jam.
Earlier this month, "Exquisite Corpse," the book I co-edited, was released...
Read more...
We've wrapped production on my comedy special, 28 YEARS LATER. Wanted to take a minute to thank everyone involved in the production, especially those of whom did excellent work for little to no money, because if you are a person who has money, they are well worth it:
Joe Filipas for directing. Joe has been a friend for years and one of the few creative voices I trust to line up with my own. He is also in the dictionary next to "Midwestern Nice" and his careful planning (read: constant harassment) was what kept this train on the tracks. He's out of Minnesota, but his company Sugo Media does...
Read more...
Hey Internet,
I'm filming a comedy special on September 18th, at Club Fais Do-Do here in Los Angeles. The show is at 8pm and it is completely free. Some of my favorite comics in town are dropping by, PBR is giving us booze, there will be food, and then cameras will record your laughing at my failure so I can share it with the world.
I've been in standup for just over a year, so why record a special now?
First, it's my 28th birthday; hence the title 28 YEARS LATER. A friend of mine once said that if you move to LA and haven't made it by 28, you never will. This doesn't apply to me, because...
Read more...
Direct Connect
By OBREAKSL penny stocks