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Archive for November, 2007

LAist Music Medley November 2007

Listen to the mix HERE which contains the songs and their related articles below: – Spoon “Infinite Pet” for show review by Staci Goodner – No Age “Everybody’s Down” for a story/show review by Joshua Pressman – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Tell Me” for a CD review by tomdog – MIA “Galang” for a [...]

My Bostonist Interview with Comedian/Writer/Actor/Director Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black (w/Michael Showalter) @ the Somerville Theater Thursday, November 29th @ 7:30pm Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 20 years then you’ve seen the work of comedian/writer/actor/director Michael Ian Black. Let’s rattle off just a few of his accomplishments: co-creator of “the State”, “Viva Variety”, “Stella”, you’ve seen him [...]

My LAist Interview with Comedian Bobby Slayton 11/15/07

Bobby Slayton is an icon, he’s been doing stand-up for 30 years, everyone in the industry knows him, and generations of us have grown up on his comedy. At his live show the crowd gets warmed up with a video of practically every single well-known American comic, from Don Rickles to Robin Williams, giving props [...]

My LAist Interview with Comedian Jim Gaffigan 11/15/07

Jim Gaffigan is an actor that does stand-up but his stand-up is what has made him so popular. He’s got the Comedy Central Specials, his performance DVD and CD called Beyond the Pale, his regular bits on Conan pushing the hilarious and self-effacing animated series Pale Force, and, of course, there’s a soft drink called [...]

My LAist Interview with Writer/Producer/Director Marshall Herskovitz 11/12/07

This weekend a new “show” called Quarterlife premiered and with its premiere, the realization of web-based entertainment was brought one step closer. Have there been other attempts at creating episodic (webisode) programming for the internet? Yes, but not with the calibre of participants or the level of funding that was brought to Quarterlife. The actors [...]