Arcturus Initiative: Suiting Up, Shipping Out...click here
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Arcturus Initiative: 1/6 Gravity Of The Situation Is Still Pretty Heavy...click here
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ADVENTURE!DJ is off on another adventure. You can follow along by clicking here! For more information, please contact Earth Base Hazard Administrator at joannabookworm@gmail.com
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Deck The Halls With Another NewsletterLots of stuff coming around, my babies! Some big announcements in this month's issue and even more to come! Best holiday wishes, click here and stay so very, very tuned!
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GOBBLE GOBBLE, TOIL AND... TROBBLE?Happy Autumn to my Northern Hemisphere babies. Happy Spring Break to my puppies and kittens on the other side of the equator!
Check your latitude at the door, Thor. It's not where you are, it's where you're at!
A couple of big surprises in the works, but I won't lay them on you until I'm 101% sure of the calendrical logistics.
What I can tell is you that I've been to cast/crew screenings of both Muttnik and The Lost Children and things are looking good, babies!
Okay, enough about me. Here's your monthly newsletter about me: click here
And stay tuned, my babies, stay so very, very tuned!
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OCTober? It's more like FUNtober! (sorry)Hello, my babies. No matter how you spell it, your humble Man Of Hazardium has whipped up another mighty mester of mechanical metal munching mayhem. Suddenly I'm channeling Stan Lee and Jay Ward. I actually got one or two extra gigs after I perfectly lined up all the type in the newsletter, so check the schedule here on the website. We've got both kinds of news... words AND pictures: click here
Crikey, now I'm channeling J. Jonah Jameson.
Stay tuned, my babies. Stay so very, very tuned.
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A big thanks to everyone in the sold out crowd at the Cornelia Street Cafe last Wednesday night. It couldn't have been a better show!
Special thanks to my wonderful co-performer Kyra Miller, our amazing pianist Laura Brenneman, Storytelling Festival Producer Sherry Weaver and the Cornelia Street Cafe.
And now, my babies, you've been very patient. Here's your latest newsletter: click here
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August Of Cool Air...Greetings from the Lake Ontario Playhouse in Sackets Harbor, NY, my babies. An appropriate platform to announce a VERY theatrical month. First, I will be performing in the staged reading of 'Birth Of Venus', written by Lisa Myers and directed by Noel Neeb, at The Manhattan Theater Club Studio Space on August 16th. I will break protocol this month and send another communique in a week or two with more details, okay? And, as many of you know... I am privileged to be performing on the last night of the Cornelia Street Cafe's Summer Storytelling Festival on Wednesday, August 25th! This is a big one for me, my babies. It's my first one person show in NYC. I'm sharing the evening with Kyra Miller and the show starts promptly at 6pm. If you are familiar with the intimate milieu at Cornelia Street, you know that reservations are highly recommended. My show, Route 16, will feature stories from my youth, and songs that I wrote back then that have strangely, as time goes by, survived to have even more meaning now. For more details and, as always, here is your monthly newsletter:
newsletter
See you there, my babies, and always stay so very, very tuned.
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Happy Canada day to all my Northern Brothers and Sisters...I was going to say, "Happy Canada Day, Canada" but that sounded like an echo :) Here, for all, is the latest newsletter: Click here!
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We are off to North Carolina tomorrow night, so here is your June newsletter, my babies! Stay tuned! |
gawd....I now have a Twitter account. It's the 7th sign of the Apocalypse.
I only got it because it's a requirement to join this thing called WitStream. Comedysmack.com picks a poster everyday from WitStream.
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog.
She swallowed the dog, to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
I guess she'll die.
Such a slippery slope
Anyway... it's ManOfHazardium if you are so inclined.
Stay tuned, my babies.
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A few days early...Happy May a little in advance, my babies. I'm going to be at Wiseguys in Syracuse, NY, this weekend, so here is your sneak peek at the May newsletter! I'm also re-posting the music player widget because it's getting such a good response!     There's a ton of songs from Lock Up the Planet When You Leave (1993), El Hazardo Rides Again (2008) and the current Man Of Hazardium AND there's a separate ton of stuff for the next project, The Lost Hazard Sessions, featuring Al Armirotto, Jim Coyle, Joe Tucker, Dave Burzillo (DJ Hazard and the Firing Squad), Chuck Morris, Brother Cleve (The Unplugged Show) and several studio tracks, ranging from just me playing more than one instrument to sessions with Larry Tomei, Greg Urbaitus, Brad Jones and Brian Ales. Stay tuned, my babies!
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an experiment...
There's a ton of songs from Lock Up the Planet When You Leave (1993), El Hazardo Rides Again (2008) and the current Man Of Hazardium
AND there's a separate ton of stuff for the next project, The Lost Hazard Sessions, featuring Al Armirotto, Jim Coyle, Joe Tucker, Dave Burzillo (DJ Hazard and the Firing Squad), Chuck Morris, Brother Cleve (The Unplugged Show) and several studio tracks, ranging from just me playing more than one instrument to sessions with Larry Tomei, Greg Urbaitus, Brad Jones and Brian Ales. (I'm man enough to admit it was Joanna's idea. Thank you, J-Cat xox)
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SEEING INTO THE FUTURE (well... February)Greetings, my babies! First of all, there's no other way to say it... yer 'umble Man of Hazardium had an absolute blast performing with Peter Aguero and The BTK Band. I'm gonna be back with them March 8th! Don't worry, I WILL remind you. In the mean time, I am totally gearing up for two of NYC's best storytelling shows, followed by a return to Canada. Tuesday, February 2nd, will bring us to Sherry Weaver's SPEAKEASY STORIES. Sherry is winding down this amazing series and I am honored to be one of the last to share her stage before she pulls the plug in March.
That very Saturday, February 6th, will be the time and place for Andy Christie's THE LIAR SHOW. I will be in the fine company of
DAVID ELLIS DICKERSON - NPR's This American Life; House Of Cards
SHERRI ELDIN - Osbournes: Reloaded
ROB GORDON - The Rob And Mark Show
Host: ANDY CHRISTIE N.Y. Times; NPR
so don't make me come to your house and getcha, 'cause I will.
PLUS, both these shows take place at The Cornelia Street Cafe, in the West Village in NYC (I think you can figure out what street).
Speakeasy: 8:30pm
Liar Show: 6pm.
After that, pack yer Snuggies and yer toques, babies, because I'm heading North to spend Lincoln's Birthday at the Laugh Shop in Calgary! February 11-13, if you're a stickler for details.
AND...
A re-reminder (don't worry, there'll be more) that 'Untied', with DJ Hazard, Nat Sylva, Amber Daniels and Bianca Cipola and directed by Adam Woodworth, premieres at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA, this February 28th at noon! Doors open at 11:30! Free admission. Catch it before it goes all over the place on the film fest circuit.
Adam even made a Facebook Page for the film.
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Two awesome things to see, my babies... one in the comfort of your home... one you'll have to put pants on and come on out. Award winning Director Adam Woodworth (Bourbon) just announced the screening date for his latest film,Untied, starring yer 'umble Man of Hazardium and Nat Sylva . It's gonna be Sunday, February 28th, at the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Noon! Doors open at 11:45! and... It's FREE! Thanks, Adam. The only thing I hate more than watching myself is paying to watch myself :) I'll be there for the Q&A afterwards. Don't make me look around for you and cry when you're not there. And... If you didn't check it out yet, my babies, I was privileged to be part of H.R. Britton's last Lower East Side Stories at the Tenement Museum on December 17th. The show was taped by THIRTEEN for their website. Check it out! Storytellers
H.R. Britton, Host
Suzie Sims-Fletcher
DJ Hazard
Rajeev Varma
Martin Dockery
James Braly
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Hello and Happy New Year, my babies.... and Greetings from the Lake Ontario Playhouse in Sackets Harbor, NY, where yer 'umble leader and his very funny colleague, Mark Riccadonna, brought in 2010 last night. We're here for two more nights, then I take on (or resume) some great projects this month.
Adam Woodworth's Untied is reported to be all finished! Look soon for an announcement for a screening in February!
Bill Szarka's Muttnik is getting it's finishing touches with sound and color and music... stay tuned for more Muttnik updates. Ongoing work with Mark Harris' The Lost Children is... well, it's ongoing (and creepier as each day goes by). AND my long awaited chance to work with the incredible BTK Band is coming up in a matter of days, my babies! Tuesday, January 11th at Under St. Marks. Be there!
This past December 16th, I was privileged to be part of H.R. Britton's last Lower East Side Stories at the Tenement Museum. It was videotaped by THIRTEEN for their website. Check it out HERE!
Also, me and The Mark Riccadonna type person are also gonna be returning to Wisecrackers in State College, PA on Janaury 15th and 16th, so start packing and stay so very, very tuned. |
City Of Two Tales...Two great Storytelling Shows this week, my babies! I'll be part of Leslie Goshko's always fun Sideshow Goshko this Wednesday night, 7:30pm, at Ochi's Lounge (Comix--353 W. 14th)
*Brad Lawrence (Moth Slam Champ, Stories at the Creek)
*DJ Hazard (West Side Stories, Liar Show, Speakeasy)
*Dan St. Germain (Gotham and everywhere else!)
*Tracy Rowland (Moth Slam Champ, Liar Show, Speakeasy)
*Evan Morgenstern (SNC, Comix)
and of course, Dr. Michelle Leona will provide us with LIVE accordion music. We'll also have our staple trivia game and FREE wine giveaway. http://www.ohmygoshko.com/blog.html THEN I will not even take a whole day off, as I'll be honored to be taking part in H.R. Britton's VERY LAST Lower East Side Stories at the Tenement Museum on Thursday Night! It's a 6:30 show, so don't be late! "Winter/Holidays in New York" with
James Braly
Suzie Sims-Fletcher
Rajeev Varma
Rivka Widerman
DJ Hazard Tenement Museum
108 Orchard Street at Delancey
F train to Delancey
events@tenement.org
ALSO:
The gang at "Key Of Awesome" have been at it again! Check out one of their latest and greatest music vids, with a special guest appearance by yer 'umble leader (try to pick me out): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RU94zm9wY ALSO ALSO: There's a new trailer for Bill Szarka's 'Muttnik'! Check it out, my babies: http://www.vimeo.com/8023314
Stay tuned, babies.... stay so very, very tuned.
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2's and 3's...Happy December, my babies! Much like the Math of the Mayans based on the number 16, this month’s Hazardium Math finds itself magically dancing between 2 and 3! TWO visits to the Lake Ontario Playhouse in Sackets Harbor NY! TWO visits to the Underground Lounge! TWO big shows in Boston on the same weekend! and THREE storytelling shows! Along with THREE great movie updates: Adam Woodworth has finished months of painstaking editing and just launched the OFFICIAL site for his film ‘Untied’! Check it out! Lotsa of pics of yer ‘umble Man of Hazardium and the cast and crew: http://www.untiedmovie.com/ Stay tuned for more big news about Mark Harris’ ‘The Lost Children’! AND Bill Szarka’s ‘Muttnik’ is nearly in the can! More news soon! Go to http://djhazard.com/ and hit Navigator for hyperlinks to all the gigs, babies! See you there!
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I'm going to be the last minute surprise special guest (well, no surprise now) doing some kind of musical/performance art thing at this month's edition of The Steam Powered Hour at The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe this Sunday night, babies! Be there or be rhomboid.
The Steam Powered Hour * Nov 8 @ 8:00pm
* Hosted by Matthew Diffe
* $10 adv/$12 door
* The Steam Powered Hour is a smart and cozy night of bluegrass music, standup comedy, and cartoons hosted by The New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee. Also featuring music by Jefferson Hamer, Curtis Eller (The World's Angriest Banjo player), and legendary mandolin player Barry Mitterhoff with comedian/storyteller Adam Wade.
236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C
Reverend Pedro Pietri Way
New York City
The Steam Powered Hour @ Nuyorican Poets Cafe, NYC, NY
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EVERY STORY’S WORTH A PICTURE...A picture of YOU at the show, that is :) Hello, my babies! Just a quick reminder of the trials and travels of your ‘umble Man Of Hazardium. Filming, writing and production design continues on Mark Harris’ ‘The Lost Children’. Creepy as hell, and that’s just how we like it! Check out the ‘cult’ web site at http://www.thelostchildren.net/ It’s always changing and growing, so make it one of your guilty pleasures. I’m at Governor’s on Long Island this Thursday through Sunday, but I really wanted to make sure you know about my two storytelling shows before I go to Winnipeg later in November:
Tuesday, November 3rd SpeakEasy: Stories From the Back Room
Cornelia Street Cafe in the West Village
29 Cornelia St (intersects with 6th Ave & 4th St)
Subway D-F-A-C-E to West 4th
212-989-9319
8:30 pm
$10 plus one food or drink minimum
Sherry Weaver brings life's travails and humor to the stage with NY's
best storytellers! Featuring Mike Daisey, Martin Dockery, Giulia
Rozzi, Pat Lamb, DJ Hazard and Rachel Biello.
www.speakeasystories.com Tuesday, November 10th West Side Stories
The Underground Lounge
955 West End Ave.
New York, NY 10025
10pm
$10 cover
212.531.4759
http://theundergroundnyc.com/
DJ Hazard
Mark Riccadonna
Sherri Eldin
Lori Summer
Dan Mahoney
James Oakes
John DiGuacomo
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Reality Imitates ArtConspiracies, Lies and Underground murmurs abound, my babies. I return to take my place among my fellow usual suspects in next Saturday’s edition of: The Liar Show
SATURDAY, OCT 3 @ 6PM (doors, 5:30)
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
29 Cornelia Street (bet W 4th & Bleeker)
212-989-9319
$10 cover plus one $7 item minumum.
The Liar Show Hosted and produced by Andy Christie
DAVID ELLIS DICKERSON
Author, "House Of Cards"; NPR's This American Life
ELNA BAKER
Author, "The NY Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance"
RYAN BRITT
Nerve.com: "10 Best of 2008;
DJ HAZARD
Fuel TV's "American Misfits" IN THE MEAN TIME... Monstrous work is being done behind the scenes as pre-production for Mark Harris’ ‘The Lost Children’ churns away into the wee hours of every night that you peacefully sleep. There’s this vague urban legend that L. Ron Hubbard (speaking with either Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut or who ever you heard in your version) said that he was going to create an entire religion on a dare. Well... If you haven’t checked it out yet, this is as good a time as any to get up to speed with us by viewing ‘Evie’, Mark’s short ‘prequel’ (as I call it) to ‘The Lost Children’: Evie Then, after you have been sufficiently and wonderfully disturbed by ‘Evie’, prepare to have your socks rocked with the entire cult we are creating for our characters to live in: The Lost Children
You’re gonna need to come back to Earth after that, my babies, and we’ve got just the thing.
Next week, we are gearing up for another great New York Underground Comedy Festival, this year quite cosmically headquartered at the Underground Lounge on NYC’s Upper West Side. Join yer ‘umble Man of Hazardium, co-producer and good buddy Mark Riccadonna for two great nights of comedians shaking off their usual material and letting go with a couple of great nights of storytelling: Tuesday, Oct 6th
West Side Stories
9pm
DJ Hazard
Frank Vignola
Joe Starr
Vic Henley
Ophira Eisenberg
Rob Gorden 11pm
Mark Riccadonna
Carole Montgomery
John Fugelsang
Chris Monty Thursday Oct 8th
What Happens On The Road: Seasoned comics telling stories from the road
9pm
Mark Riccadonna
DJ Hazard
Joe Starr
Vinnie Nardeillo
Vic Henley 11pm
Mark Riccadonna
Carole Montgomery
Joe Starr
Jim Mendrinos
Joe Curry The Underground Lounge
955 West End Ave.
New York, NY 10025
212.531.4759
The Underground Lounge
Okay, I need a nap after all this typing. Stay tuned my babies, stay so very, very tuned.
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There's A Place For Us...
Heads up, my babies!
'Evie', Mark Harris' prequel to 'The Lost Children' (to be shot later this year) is up on the world wide web for your viewing pleasure!
click here
Also! Don't forget to remember not to forget:
Tuesday, Sept 1st West Side Stories DJ Hazard (Speakeasy Stories, The Liar Show, Louder Than Words) Cyndi Freeman (The Moth, I Kissed Dash Riprock, Speakeasy Stories, The
Liar Show, Louder Than Words) Brad Lawrence (Monsters In The Wood, The Moth, Speakeasy Stories, The
Liar Show, Louder Than Words) Carole Montgomery (Confessions Of A PTA Mom, LA Storytelling scene) Dan Allen (Speakeasy Stories, The Liar Show) Rob Gorden (Speakeasy Stories, The Liar Show, Louder Than Words) Mark Riccadonna (Speed TV, Stand Up NY, Stories At The Brokerage) 10pm $10 cover The Underground Lounge 955 West End Ave. New York, NY 10025 212.531.4759 http://theundergroundnyc.com/
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MOVIES AND STORIES!Hello, my babies! Just got back from a week in the woods and ANOTHER abandoned house wrapping up shooting for Bill Szarka's horror epic 'Muttnik'! A good time and especially mud, sweat and FLIES and BEES were had by all. Apparently all little flying creatures LOVE movie blood. A big thanks to the crew for spraying us down with OFF! between every take. Lots of pics coming as soon as I get 'em! THIS week I unveil my new story, 'Blowing Up The Sun And Other Summer Games We Played In Astoria' at two great storytelling shows: Tuesday, August 25th LOUDER THAN WORDS STORIES WWW.LOUDERTHANWORDSSTORIES.COM MAXWELL'S
1039 Washington Street Hoboken, NJ.
When: Tuesday, AUGUST 25TH
8:00pm
Admission: $7
1 888 782 4589
Hosted BY JOEY NOVICK Adam Wade
Albert Stern
DJ Hazard
Brian Longwell
Alexandra DeSuze
Tracy Rowland Wednesday, August 26th SHERRY WEAVER Speakeasy: Stories from the Back Room
Cornelia Street Cafe in the West Village
29 Cornelia St (intersects with 6th Ave & 4th St)
Subway D-F-A-C-E to West 4th
212-989-9319
Wednesday Aug 26, 6 pm
$10 plus one food or drink minimum
Sherry Weaver presents Comedians Telling Stories with OPHIRA EISENBERG (telling an expanded story), also DJ HAZARD, DAN ALLEN,& JENNIFER McPHERSON!
www.speakeasystories.com Be there or be square, babies! DJ
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Thursday, August 20th:TAKING CHANCES: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard Special guests: Sherri Eldin (Louder Than Words Storytelling, Lower East Side Stories) will be performing an alternative belly dance,
comedian/writer Sue Funke (The Ultimate Experts, The Apiary) will be telling the tale of 'Astoria: Three Stories Up" and
Storyteller Brad Lawrence (The Moth, Monsters In The Wood)... well, we never know what he's going to do! Plus mayhaps a special guest or two- maybe YOU! Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC, R train to 9th (and 4th Avenue) and do the math from there. 7:30 show $8 cover.
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AUGUST SPAM OF LOVEHello, my babies! A quick look at what your humble Man of Hazardium is up to this month: First of all, LAST month I spent a week in Western Massachusetts shooting Adam Woodworth's (www.bourbonfilm.com) 'Untied'. More about that and maybe a link in the coming weeks. I also will be shooting more scenes for Bill Szarka's 'Muttnik' later this month. See the trailer now at:
click here
AND, as I might have mentioned (and I'll mention again), the trailer for Jack Daniel Stanley's already award winning 'Cold Calls' is up for your viewing pleasure:
click here
AND the wheels are in motion for the October filming of Mark Harris' (www.desperatecomfort.com) epic 'The Lost Children'. The short 'prequel' is finished and the production team is scouting locations. If anybody has a warehouse we can use, by the way, I was asked to give a shout out.
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Sunday, August 9th, I am honored to join Vince Averill, Jesse Popp and the gang for the THIRD ANNIVERSARY SHOW at the Beauty Bar (http://www.myspace.com/vinceandjesse)
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August 13-15 I make my umpteenth return to the Lake Ontario Playhouse in Sacket's Harbor, NY!
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Thursday, August 20th:
TAKING CHANCES: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard Special guests: Sherri Eldin
Cyndi Freeman
Sue Funke
Brad Lawrence Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC, R train to 9th (and 4th Avenue) and do the math from there. 7:30 show $8 cover. **************************
Tuesday, AUGUST 25TH LOUDER THAN WORDS STORIES
Real people. Real stories.
WWW.LOUDERTHANWORDSSTORIES.COM MAXWELL'S
1039 Washington Street Hoboken, NJ.
8:00pm
Admission: $7
1 888 782 4589 Hosted by Joey Novick Adam Wade
Albert Stern
DJ Hazard
Brian Longwell
Alexandra DeSuze
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Thursday, August 26th
SPEAKEASY: Stories from the Back Room
Special show: Comedians Tell True Stories
Cornelia Street Cafe in the West Village
29 Cornelia St (intersects with 6th Ave & 4th St)
Subway D-F-A-C-E to West 4th
212-989-9319
6 p pm
$10 plus one food or drink minimum
www.speakeasystories.com
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And we round out the month with a triumphant return to City Steam in Hartford, CT, August 27-29. Whew! I'm exhausted just looking at this! Stay tuned my babies. Stay so very, very tuned.
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Let's Go To The Movies!The trailer for 'Muttnik' is up on YouTube, my babies!
In the past 4 months, I've been a retired mobster, a cult leader, a hard boiled cop and, in Muttnik, a serial killer.
One more role and I'm the Village People.
click here!
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Quick News!Did you know that there's a trailer for Cold Calls, Jack Daniel Stanley's award winning short, up on YouTube? Well, you know now, my babies! click here
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Quick July Details! And An Addition!So, my babies, it's business as usual for your humble Man of Hazardium. As I informed you all before, this Thursday (7/16) brings us to another installment of Taking Chances at the Bellevile Bistro in Park Slope: TAKING CHANCES: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard Special guests this Thursday, July 16th: Charles Star
Sharon 'Mama' Spell
soce, the elemental wizard
and a special guest TBA Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC, R train to 9th (and 4th Avenue) and do the math from there. 7:30 show $8 cover.
Then I will indeed be taking off to shoot the rest of Adam Woodworth's 'Untied' in Western Massachusetts.
The newest tweak to the sked is we will be done shooting Friday afternoon, which allows me to partake in the big show at Memorial Hall in Plymouth Massachusetts that Friday night (7/24)!
Be there or be rhomboid, my babies!
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HAPPY JULY, MY BABIESIt looks like a quiet month for your humble Man Of Hazardium, but looks can be deceiving! Technically, so far, all I have on tap this month is next Saturday at the Comedy Lounge in Hyannis and my July installment of TAKING CHANCES at the Belleville Bistro in Park Slope. Add to that, however, a pre-production meeting for Mark Harris’ ‘Lost Children’ and a full week of principle shooting (July 19-25) in Massachusetts for Adam Woodworth’s ‘Untied’ and we have a pretty decent sked on our hands, missy. We are also working on August/September shooting dates for the full version of Bill Szarka’s ‘Muttnik’. The short has been wrapped and edited and is now being shown to investors. I hear it came out great and I’m looking forward to a screening with Bill and the gang soon. Have a great 4th, babies, and stay so very, very tuned.
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Happy June, My Babies!A mega busy first week! Got back from Atlanta Monday afternoon, after driving for 15 hours, chilled and napped and took off for Boston to shoot parts of Adam Woodorth's next gangster short film, 'Untied'. THEN I spent the weekend in Upstate NY shooting the first 2 of 3 days shooting Bill Szarka's short film, 'Muttnik'! Another installment of Taking Chances/Square Care is coming up next week! Please read about it below: Thursday! Taking Chances! Square Care!Taking Chances: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard
Special guests this Thursday, June 18th:
Sue Dan Allen
Dan Cartwright
Rob Gorden
Arthyr Carlson
Mark Riccadonna
Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC, R train to 9th (and 4th Aveue) and do the math from there.
7:30 show $8 cover.
SQUARE CARE
It doesn’t matter how you feel about the war.
It doesn’t matter how you feel about religion.
It doesn’t matter if your girlfriend wants to know if these jeans make her look fat.
None of these discussions usually lead to anything good.
However, the bottom line is that thousands and thousands of sons and daughters, fathers and mothers are far away in a lonely and dangerous place. That’s why I am starting something I call ‘Square Care’.
Next Thursday (June 18th) will be the second installment of my new show in Park Slope.
Sherry Weaver, who got us the venue (different type of show on different Thursdays of the month, Taking Chances will be every third Thursday), has suggested the $8 cover for all the shows, just to keep it less confusing.
Sherry has always offered comps to people who are unemployed or otherwise going through a difficult financial period.
I would like to take this up a notch. I will be regularly sending boxes of useful (or just thoughtful) items over to the Middle East on a regular basis.
You get free admission for one at Taking Chances with every used (but in good condition) CD, DVD, book or even some goodies that will make the trip.
In addition, my current CD, Man Of Hazardium, is currently on sale at CD Baby and other sites for $14.95.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/djhazard
At all my live shows, I will be selling it for $20, with half of each sale going to postage, packaging, sundries, new underwear... whatever I hear they need.
You’ll feel good because you’re doing something good. I’ll feel good because you have one of my CDs. But both those good feelings combined can’t compare to getting a package from home.
The online thing doesn't apply to this, okay?
Okay.
Be there this Thursday, my babies! Or pick up a CD at my next show.
Thank you and stay so very, very tuned.
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Thursday! Taking Chances! Square Care!Taking Chances: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard
Special guests this Thursday, May 21st:
Sue Funke
Dan Curry
Brad Lawrence
Mark Riccadonna
Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC, R train to 9th (and 4th Aveue) and do the math from there.
7:30 show $8 cover.
SQUARE CARE
It doesn’t matter how you feel about the war.
It doesn’t matter how you feel about religion.
It doesn’t matter if your girlfriend wants to know if these jeans make her look fat.
None of these discussions usually lead to anything good.
However, the bottom line is that thousands and thousands of sons and daughters, fathers and mothers are far away in a lonely and dangerous place. That’s why I am starting something I call ‘Square Care’.
Next Thursday (May 21st) will be the first installment of my new show in Park Slope.
Sherry Weaver, who got us the venue (different type of show on different Thursdays of the month, Taking Chances will be every third Thursday), has suggested the $8 cover for all the shows, just to keep it less confusing.
Sherry has always offered comps to people who are unemployed or otherwise going through a difficult financial period.
I would like to take this up a notch. I will be regularly sending boxes of useful (or just thoughtful) items over to the Middle East on a regular basis.
You get free admission for one at Taking Chances with every used (but in good condition) CD, DVD, book or even some goodies that will make the trip.
In addition, my current CD, Man Of Hazardium, is currently on sale at CD Baby and other sites for $14.95.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/djhazard
At all my live shows, I will be selling it for $20, with half of each sale going to postage, packaging, sundries, new underwear... whatever I hear they need.
You’ll feel good because you’re doing something good. I’ll feel good because you have one of my CDs. But both those good feelings combined can’t compare to getting a package from home.
The online thing doesn't apply to this, okay?
Okay.
Be there this Thursday, my babies! Or pick up a CD at my next show.
Thank you and stay so very, very tuned.
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SQUARE CAREIt doesn’t matter how you feel about the war.
It doesn’t matter how you feel about religion.
It doesn’t matter if your girlfriend wants to know if these jeans make her look fat.
None of these discussions usually lead to anything good.
However, the bottom line is that thousands and thousands of sons and daughters, fathers and mothers are far away in a lonely and dangerous place. That’s why I am starting something I call ‘Square Care’.
Next Thursday (May 21st) will be the first installment of my new show in Park Slope:
Taking Chances: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard
Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC, R train to 9th (and 4th Aveue) and do the math from there.
7:30 show $8 cover.
Sherry Weaver, http://speakeasystories.com, who got us the venue (different type of show on different Thursdays of the month, Taking Chances will be every third Thursday) has suggested the $8 cover for all the shows, just to keep it less confusing.
Sherry also, though, has always offered comps to people who are unemployed or otherwise going through a difficult financial period. I would like to take this up a notch. I will be regularly sending boxes of useful (or just thoughtful) items over to the Middle East on a regular basis.
You get free admission for one at Taking Chances with every used (but in good condition) CD, DVD, book or even some goodies that will make the trip.
In addition, my current CD, Man Of Hazardium, is currently on sale at CD Baby and other sites for $14.95.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/djhazard
At all my live shows, I will be selling it for $20, with half of each sale going to postage, sundries, new underwear... whatever I hear they need. Okay?
Okay.
Be there next Thursdays, my babies! Or pick up a CD at my next show.
Thank you and stay so very, very tuned.
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May Spam Of Love...A super happy May, my babies... Yer ‘umble Man of Hazardium has been no slouch, whipping up new things for you and kicking the butt of reality and taking names. So far, the only name I got is ‘Reality’ and I think he’s taken a restraining order out on me. Jack Daniel Stanley’s ‘Cold Calls’ (starring Open Water’s Blanchard Ryan, Cash Cab’s Ben Bailey and yours truly) did indeed make it to the final five of Delta Airline’s Tribeca Film Fest Finals, but did not get the gold (this time!). Hats off to winning film Eight Percent. Hats off to all five entries, as we all were selected from 2700 submissions. There will be more film fests for Cold Calls... and there will be more news, my babies. I gots me a show! Every third Thursday of every month (I hope) I will be helming Taking Chances: Comedians telling stories. Storytellers singing songs. Cats marrying dogs. It's the end of the world hosted by DJ Hazard Belleville Bistro (back room, separate entrance on side) 5th and 5th park slope R train to 9th (and 4th Aveue) and do the math from there. 7:30 show $10 cover. This month (May 21st): Mark Riccadonna, RG Daniels, Dan Curry and Brad Lawrence! I’m also filling in the blanks of this month shooting the trailer for ‘Stray Animals’. We shoot the trailer, then shoot the film. Why not? I’m also gearing up for shooting Adam Woodworth’s (the award winning ‘Boubon’) next gangster short, ‘Untied’, as well as getting ready for Mark Harris’ web/short/feature epic ‘Lost Children’. I’m hitting the gym everyday, my babies. Other points of mention are my return to John Morrison’s super cool show, Morrison Motel at the Cornelia Street Café, Brian Longwell’s and Julie Perkins new show at the Creek in Long Island City and my first trip to the super hip Laughing Skull Lounge at the Vortex in Atlanta. Here’s what the sked looks like: May 2 Private Show 10 The Creek, LIC, NY 12 Morrison Motel (@ Cornelia Street Cafe), NYC, NY 13 Turning Stone Casino, NY 15-16 Lake Ontario Playhouse, Sackets Harbor, NY 21 Belleville Bistro, Brooklyn, NYC 28-31 The Vortex (Midtown), Atlanta, GA
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More Vegas! Less Taxes!Greetings, my babies!
I'm back from Sin City and (ironically) back from sitting down with my accountant and I'm happy to report that yer 'umble Leader is free to conduct himself in public for yet another solar cycle.
Shouts out to my buddies Brian McKim and Traci Skene (who are also the editors, don't you know, of sheckymagazine.com) and Hasan Minhaj for putting up with me all week.
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Vote! Movie! Good! Arrrghhh!As some as you may know, the (already) award winning film that I'm in, Cold Calls, has been part of an in-flight competition on Delta Airlines. Now, my grounded non-flying or non-Delta babies, you too have a chance to send us to the Tribeca Film fest. We're up against four other great films, including an ADORABLE animation that's kicking ass wherever it goes. Please check us out and do whatcha gotta do Grazi! (That's European, just in case we get Cannes, too) Your 'umble Man Of Hazardium
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Reeding Iz FundymentylHello, my babies, My first piece up on examiner.com just came out. Please take a nanosecond to click and look. I'd love if you'd read it, too. But, for crying out loud, at least gimme a hit. C'mon. I wanna have class. I wanna be a contender. Click Here!
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Joint Custody, Boston Style...I hate it when Daddy and Daddy fight, so this weekend I will be equally distributing my comedic fluids at both of Boston's hippest, coolest and smartest comedy clubs: Friday: The Comedy Studio Saturday: Mottley's Comedy Club
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Secret Things And Things Not So SecretHappy February my babies! I'm laying low for the rest of this weekend. If you see me wandering around town talking to myself, that's because I'm cramming dialogue for one of those mock trials that actors do. After that, it's cleanse the hard head drive and hardily head on down Tuesday night to Cornelia Street Cafe where I'm honored to be part of another installment of Morrison Motel: JOHN MORRISON hosts TODD BARRY, LEO ALLEN, LEE CAMP, DJ HAZARD, MAMA SPELL and MIKE LAWRENCE at MORRISON MOTEL, FEB. 1Oth at 8:30PM. Morrison Motel at Cornelia Street Café – 29 Cornelia Street bet. Bleecker & W. 4th. A,C,E,B,D,F,V trains to W. 4th St. – 1 train to Christopher St. Tuesday, Feb. 10th at 8:30PM – $5 cover $7 drink min. (212) 989-9319 to RSVP
After that, it's back to method memorization madness as I begin taping of a hush-hush webisodic project (all together now... shhhhh) in mid-week.
And for dessert, I'm off to Wise Crackers in good old Scranton, PA that Friday and Saturday.
Stay tuned, my babies. Maybe we'll get some of that TARP bailout money if we blow our bank accounts and put 'Inc.' after our names.
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Happy January 23, my babies!That's right! It's 1! 2! 3! That majikal combination won't happen for another year! Hey, look! Another very nice review of Man Of Hazardium: Click Here! Nice little weekend coming up: This Friday and Saturday;Poconuts, Swiftwater, PA SUNDAYSunday Night Stand-Up @ Three of Cups 83 1st Ave (@ 5th Street) Free. 8 pm. (212) 388-0059 Hosted by RG Daniels & Erik Bergstrom
This week's lineup: DJ HAZARD (from the film When Stand-Up Stood Out)
http://www.djhazard.com/ ROSS HYZER (featured, New Orleans Comedy & Arts Festival; 23/6.com)
http://rosshyzer.com/ MARA HERRON (NYC's The Lighthouse)
www.myspace.com/cali_martina_nyc DAVID COPE (featured, Bridgetown Comedy Fest)
http://www.davidcope.net/ SHARON 'MAMA' SPELL (NYC's Shrink)
http://mamaspell.com/ Plus special guests! See ya there!
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BACK IN THE NY GROOVE...Hello, all my babies... I'm back in America and being American and doing all kinds of American things. "Such as?" you ask yer 'umble Man Of Hazardium? This Wednesday
Shrink @ Otto’s Shrunken Head 538 East 14th Street
New York City , NY 10009
Cost: Free Hosted by Sharon "Mama" Spell. Featuring: Becky Cilletti, Bruce Cherry, Rob Gorden, DJ Hazard, Ophira Eisenberg, Pat O’Shea. Free. 8-9:30 pm. 212-228-2240. 21+, Cash Only. Otto’s Happy Hour ends at 8 pm, so join us before the show starts for: 2 for 1 Bud / Bud Light and well drinks, $1 off everything else (which means $2 PBR!). This Friday and Saturday
The Brokerage, Bellmore, NY
With my super funny pal, Mark Riccadonna.
New Review!
A very nice review of yer 'umble leader while I was away:
Click Here!
Thank you, Serious Comedy Site
Lastest, but not leastest...
The latest CD, Man Of Hazardium, sold out during its first hours on CD Baby, but it has been replenished just in time for Lunar New Year shopping. Click on the thingy below and be taken to where you can get your very own!
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IT'S HERE, MY BABIES!
Yer 'umble leader's long awaited third and most industrious CD project, MAN OF HAZARDIUM is now available at CD Baby!
Click on the thingy below and be taken to where you can get your very own!
“His warped sensibilities offer a platform from which he often teaches his audience how to wreak playful havoc on their neighbors, while his gleefully perverse folk-song parodies ultimately sound more immediate and truthful than the classics they skew.”
-Andrew Singer, theapiary.org
“One of the best things about working the comedy beat is that people send you great stuff to listen to before anyone else gets to hear it. Today I was happy to find Boston legend DJ Hazard’s new album Man of Hazardium, which comes out sometime next month, in my box.
In just over an hour, Hazard covers material from the last twenty years, including tracks from his impossible to find 1993 album Lock Up the Planet When You Leave and last year’s El Hazardo Rides Again, which Hazard sold only at his shows. He reports the recordings were made “pretty much all over North America,” and spans “from 1988 to just a few months ago.”
A sampling of the tracks – the off-kilter song “Music (Is Like a Woman),” which is one of my favorites, “The Ding Ho Song” from the Boston Comedy documentary When Stand Up Stood Out, the Bruce Springsteen parody “Bruce,” and the crowd favorite “Untie My Ankles,” which is sung to the tune of Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning.” Die-hard Hazard fans may recognize the cover art from FUEL TV’s American Misfits.”
-Nick Zaino, bostoncomedy.blogspot.com
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REALLY NICE INTERVIEW...of yer 'umble leader! Check it out, babies:
here!
Gonna buy 10 copies for my mother.
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FIRST PEEKAt something to listen to... soon... A very nice preview of yer 'umble leader's monumental third CD, Man Of Hazardium: here!I'm off to Boston and then to texas next week, my babies.Them Kwanza presents ain't gonna buy themselves. Stay tuned, my babies... stay so very, very tuned.
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Lower East Side Stories presents "NYC for the Holidays" Tales of New York during the winter holidays - oy! Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Monday November 24th
6:30pm
108 Orchard Street, just south of Delancey
F Train to Delancey
email: events@tenement.org
phone: 212-982-8420
http://www. tenement. org/vizcenter_events. html F R E E!
DJ HAZARD came to the comedy stage after ten years of commercial art,
theater and rock bands.
A founding member of the infamous Ding Ho Club
(which includes Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, and Denis Leary), Hazard
went on to tour almost all of North America, achieving near cult status
along the way.
He has just wrapped shooting on The Tourist and Cold
Calls, and he's also the newest cast member on American Misfits on Fuel
TV. His CD's include "El Hazardo Rides Again" and "Man Of Hazardium.
"
http://www. DJHazard. com
MICHELE CARLO hosts and curates "It Came From New York," which celebrates
native NYC performers.
She frequently tells stories with The Moth,
(two-time GrandSlammer and MainStage), Speakeasy, and TalkingStick.
She
has written for the "Chicken Soup" series, and Mr.
Beller's
Neighborhood.
She is finishing a memoir of growing up in NYC, entitled
"Red Sheep: The Search For My Inner Latina.
"
http://www. ItCameFromNewYork. com
MARGOT LEITMAN co-hosts "Stripped Stories," a monthly sex-themed
storytelling show, which BUST Magazine called "Fresh, honest and
raunchy.
" She regularly appears as various characters on "Late Night With
Conan O' Brien," in addition to appearances on VH1's "Best Week Ever," and
ESPN's "Cheap Seats.
" Margot has been featured in Glamour magazine, and
the books "Fifty Dates Worse Than Yours" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide
to Jokes.
"
http://www. MargotLeitman. com
OPHIRA EISENBERG has appeared on Comedy Central's "Fresh Faces of Comedy"
and "Premium Blend," and VH-1's "All Access.
" She tours regularly with The
Moth, The Liar Show and "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad.
" Her writing has
appeared in the anthologies, "I Killed: True Stories of the Road from
America's Top Comics," and "Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and
Canceled" and Heeb Magazine's "Sex, Drugs and Gefilte Fish.
"
http://www. OphiraEisenberg. com
AND THEN
Immediately after the show, yer 'umble Man Of Hazardium takes off to take part once again in the Average White Guy Tour, this week averaging, whiting and touring this Wednesday night at The Wedge, Austintown, OH
www. atthewedge. com/
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First Of All...
Please don't tell me who won the election. I taped it and I've been running around too much to watch yet. Maybe tomorrow. Second of all... Here's the big countdown for the rest of November in regards to all things Hazard: This Monday, November 11 Stories At The Creek, LIC, NY This Thursday, November 13 Governors, Levittown, NY
I then take off for a few days of private fundraiser shows all around this great land.
THEN
I make my long awaited debut at 20-22 City Steam, Hartford, CT, November 20-22!
returning...
Monday, November 24 for Storytelling at LES Stories, NYC, NY
AND THEN
yer 'umble Man Of Hazardium takes part once again in the Average White Guy Tour at The Wedge, Austintown, OH
You'll probably see slowly shrinking versions of this bulletin for the rest of the month, my babies. It's just too much damn html code to throw away :)
Rock on, my babies... rock so very, very on...
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How big and scary do you like your comedy? Tuesday, October 28th!
Comedyland, Astoria, NY! 9pm! No Cover!
Wednesday, October 29th!
A special super show to raise money for our big rockabilly zombie movie, Drop Dead Twice!
8pm at the historic and picturesque Ritz Theater in Oaklyn, NJ!
Yours truly, yer 'umble Man of Hazardium, along with the equally historic and picturesque Mark Riccadonna, the historesque and picstoric Kevin Downey Jr and more! Tix are $15!
Thursday, October 30!
Governors Comedy Club
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STAYIN' ALIVE...
Just a quick hello, my babies!
Yer 'umble Man of Hazardium has been operating at no less than a breakneck pace, and I know you expect no less of me.
If your're in NYC this Wednesday, 10/8, please come on down to audience (is that a verb?) the first ever super birthday roast of the one and only Sharon Mama Spell at Otto's Shrunken Head on East 14th Street. 7-9pm, after party til whenever, no cover, cheap booze.
Thursday and Friday find us at HA! Comedy Theater (163 W. 46th in Times Square) for the Average White Guy Tour and The Head Blade Comedy tour respectively.
Then I hunker down to get ready to shoot Cold Calls, directed by Jack 'Daniels' Stanley next week.
Stay tuned, babies!
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Northwestern Exposure...Hi, my babies! Just checking with ya from the lovely land of Alberta! A big thanks to the gang and audiences at the The Laugh Shop in Edmonton last week! I'm rounding out my Albertazation with this Wednesday through Saturday at the Calgary location! Lots of shows! Plenty of time to get here from anywhere in North America if you leave right now! Stay tuned, babies!
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All Central NY Babies!Yer 'umble Man of Hazardium triumphantly returns to Wiseguys in Syracuse this week. Ignore the website in regards to who's there this week, I'm filling in last minute. What can I say... I'm a giver.
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THIS WEEK IN HAZARDIA...Greetings, my babies!
A short but action packed Achillian week for the Man of Hazardian!
I have Wednesday off, so I'm going to go watch my favorite new Wednesday extravaganza, Shrink at Otto's Shrunken Head on E. 14th Street. 7pm! Free admission!
THEN!
This Thursday!
Yer 'umble leader is honored to be asked to dust off his burlesque lounge singer persona of Doctor Love and to be a part of Hotsy Totsy Burlesque's many, many shows at the NYC Fringe Festival at SPIEGeLWORLD! They have been getting 4 out of 5 stars all month, so I hope I don't screw up their fine report card :)
THEN!
This Friday!
I've been asked to perform at the super smart excellent 10pm incarnation of The Ultimate Experts at The Producers Club. I've been looking forward to this and I'm flattered they asked me to take part this week!
Stay tuned, babies!
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Hi, my babies...
Tonight (Monday 8/4) I'm doing a great crazy new free form performance show (8 pm) at Tim Warner's Renaissance at Europa Club, Brooklyn, NY
THEN, I'm off to Boston this week to do guest spots at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square (Tuesday at the Mystery Lounge Magic show, Wednesday at the regular Comedy Studio show). Then I'm off to the Lake Ontario Playhouse in Sackets Harbor, NY, with my pal Jon Lincoln, for this coming Thursday through Saturday. I just got done working as an extra on the series 'Damages' with Glenn Close, William Hurt and Mario Van Peebles. More about that later, babies! Stay tuned! |
BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY...I have the night off... and if you do, too... Let me suggest... What you can do... That's not only a little poem I just wrote for you, it's also wonderful advice! I'm going to being hanging out and watching NYC's newest funnest show, SHRINK at Otto's Shrunken Head on E. 14th Street tonight! Free admission and free snacks. You had me at free.
SHRINK @ Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 East 14th Street, NYC
(Between Avenues A & B
Takethe L to 1st Avenue
Hosted by Sharon "Mama" Spell and Shane "Shawa" Webb.
Featuring: Leah Dubie, Ben Kissel, Dan Goodman, Matt Ruby and special Guest Brian Kiley!
Free. 7-9 pm.
212-228-2240
LUPEC-researched cocktail: The Montmartre! Only $5!
SHRINK!
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