Stand-Up-Sit-Down

Somebody did his first night of Stand-Up comedy in front of drunken strangers last night. Guess who that could be? Overall it seems that as debuts go, it could have gone a lot worse. People seemed to respond well to most of the stuff, and anything that didn't go well I can easily point out where things went off the tracks and why. Stand-up comedy is such an interesting form of entertainment that way. It's entirely your own. Doing a play, if something doesn't seem to be working in terms of your delivery or your thoughts behind what you're saying, there's never really a lot of leg room to try new things. In comedy if something doesn't work you have the option to give it the six million dollar man treatment; make a joke better, faster, stronger. Or you can go ancient Egypt on your joke's ass and throw it out in to the desert to die. That seems to be the appeal of stand-up, at least among the jokers I hang out with. Total control and adaptability. Just some thoughts. I'm definitely going to make an effort to make a regular habit out of this, much like I did with cocaine in the late 90s. So, if you're around Fo-Co on Monday nights, Hodie's half-note is the place to be. So say we all.


In other news, I'm got into the YPO Ramwelcome show. That's going to be on August 20th and 21st. The two shows we're doing are called Shelter which was written by a good friend of mine and Riddance, by Linda McLean. Here are the synopses:


  Shelter by Michelle Jones

Synopsis: A husband and wife discover the bomb shelter built outside their house. As the play develops, the wife's fascination with and dedication to the shelter drives the couple apart as the wife's paranoia increases beyond normal levels

Riddance  by Linda McLean (alt. sp. Maclean)

Synopsis:"Very few people hear just what there is and nothing more. Very few.

If it's true we leave a trail, does it follow then, that we can always be found?

Kenny is a vacuum cleaner salesman with an obsession for security and cleanliness. Always running to escape his past, he has carved a comfortably isolated existence. Imagine his horror when old 'friend' Frank turns up on his doorstep. Clare however, is curiously relieved to see Frank and delivers him a devastating blow when she reveals her own secret.

Riddance probes the relationship between the three friends who are drawn reluctantly and inevitably together.

No one gets away unscathed."

Looking forward to it! It's also got Scottish accents. Zounds!

There seems to be some exciting stuff brewing around here at Aplomborama, True Believers! Keep your eyes open and check back for it. We might see some guest postings and some neat stuff coming at you from all sides. There's no escape from the reckoning. If you yourself are interested in contributing, let me know! We've got room to grow, and the options at this point are limited only by your own tiny, watery brains. 


Til next time
-Roger