August 29, 2006: Summer Tuesdays at Rififi

This just got weird. It was our last Summer Tuesdays show and it went great. The lovely Colette Hawley hosted, and we had another fun line-up of comics including Chris Hardwick of the awesome musical comedy duo Hard N Phirm.

Normally, Flying Blind (with Victor Varnado, Jordan Carlos and Roger Hailes) follows our show but they weren't scheduled for the night. So while we were all enjoying a post show cocktail, Antonio, who runs Rififi, came up and said that some people turned up expecting a comedy show and Roger was on his way down to do "something." So when Roger got there we wrangled together all the comics who were hanging out, I went up as MC and we threw together about another hour's worth of comedy...only this time, pretty much all the performers were drunk. It was silly and fun and a nice way to wrap things up.

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August 28, 2006: Yankee Pot Roast / Drink at Work Reading Night at Ace of Clubs

Performers: Geoff Wolinetz, Todd Zuniga, Dennis DiClaudio, Nick Jezarian, Mary Philips-Sandy, Sean Crespo, Shayna Ferm, Francesco Marciuliano, Wayne Gladstone, Carol Hartsell, Josh Abraham, Dale Dobson, Will Leitch and Elephant Larry.

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August 27, 2006: Beauty Bar Comedy with Vince and Jesse

Performers: Vince Averill, Jesse Popp, Mike Burns, Greg Johnson

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August 26, 2006: Fearsome presents Dan Voyage at The Pit

This was a hilarious, energetic and extremely emotional show, wherein Fearsome said farewell to founding member Dan Zalevsky who is moving to Phoenix. Watching this show you realized why Fearsome has become one of the best sketch groups in the city, if not the country; quite simply, they love performing and they love and trust each other. We're really sad to see Dan go.

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August 26, 2006: The Shark Show at Mo Pitkins

Jack Kukoda guest hosted The Shark Show last Saturday and he asked me to DJ and run the AV board. I was feeling bad about the lighting until I saw Maryanne's photos. They look pretty sweet. Performers included: Jack Kukoda, Ophira Eisenberg, John F. O'Donnell, Dan Allen and Joe Mande.

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August 25, 2006: Sweet Paprika at D-Lounge

Performers: Ophira Eisenberg, Benari Poulten, Roger Hailes, Susan Prekel. Performers not shown: Sean Crespo (I was too busy listening and making notes) and an asshole comic who bitched at me — during his set — for taking photos of him...um, yeah.

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August 24, 2006: Brandy & Sara present Take This Job and Shove It at D-Lounge

These aren't the greatest photos because I got myself into a bad spot and was feeling too lazy to move. Consequently, I also didn't take a lot. Got a few pics of Lianne Stokes and then a bunch of Brandy and Sara's big closing medley.

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August 23, 2006: Suddenly Stand-Up at The Duplex

Just a few photos of Joe Devito. I didn't get to stay too long for this one, unfortunately. But Joe was great.

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August 22, 2006: Summer Tuesdays at Rififi

Performers: Andres du Bouchet (host), Nick Cobb, Eliza Faria-Santos, Lolabrigada, Benari Poulten, Nate Bargatze, Dan Bialek, Sean Crespo

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August 21, 2006: The Drink at Work Show at Ace of Clubs

Performers: Tony Sam, Elon James White, Ophira Eisenberg, Dan Bialek, The Maestro, Craig Baldo, Jon Lang, Jon Fisch, Cousin Hubie, MEAT

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August 20, 2006: Beauty Bar

Performers: Jesse Popp, Dan Bialek, Vince Averill, Claudia Cogan, TJ Walsh, Brad Steuernagel

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Filling in the Gaps

I realized there were a few shows I missed when I updated this blog recently. Here's what's missing:


July 25, 2006: Summer Tuesdays


July 25, 2006: Beauty Queens of Comedy


July 27, 2006: Pela at Mercury Lounge


August 8, 2006: Summer Tuesdays

August 16, 2006: Invite Them Up at Rififi

Photographed: Anya Garrett, Bobby Tisdale, Max Silvestri, Jesse Popp, Chris Jurek, A.D. Miles and Demetri Martin (I missed getting a photo of Bryan Olsen because I was taping his set...he did a great job.)

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August 9, 2006: Suddenly Stand-Up at The Duplex

Performers: Dan Curry, Becky Donohue, John F. O'Donnell, Maggie Lauren, Sean Crespo, Poppi Kramer, Jackie Monahan, Matt Taylor and Caroline Waxler

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August 7, 2006: The Drink at Work Show at Ace of Clubs

Oh, the things we forget to remember. I took some photos last week up
at the Mohonk Mountain Retreat in New Paltz, NY. It was bright out so
I set the 20D to an ISO speed of 100. Unfortunately, when I handed it
over to Maryanne for the show last night, I hadn't adjusted it back and
I forgot to tell her. We normally shoot these shows at 3200 ISO, so we
ended up with a lot of blurry photos. So my apologies to any comics who
were hoping for some good performance shots. We are, alas, imperfect.
However, we did get some cool shots of people dancing to Lonesome Jack,
such as this:



That wouldn't look half as cool if it were crisp. So for what it's worth
here's the entire archive from last night. I'll make sure to have the
settings right next time. Thanks (and sorry), Maryanne!

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July 24, 2006: The Drink at Work Show at Ace of Clubs

Performers: The King of France, Nate Bargatze, Todd Levin, Rory Albanese, Erin & Her Cello, Baron Vaughn, Dan Allen, Roger Hailes and Sean Crespo

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July 18, 2006: Summer Tuesdays at Rififi

Performers: Nick Stevens (host), John F. O'Donnell, Jiwon Li, Eric Andre, Jesse Popp, Charles Star, David Rees, Nick Kroll (plus a few blue room photos of Remi Frazier)

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July 11, 2006:The Beauty Queens of Comedy at Rififi

Performers: Claudia Cogan and Susannah Perlman

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July 11, 2006: Summer Tuesdays at Rififi

Performers: Christian Finnegan (host), Lucas Held, Lang Fisher, Sean Lynch, Sean Crespo (and a few others I didn't get...sorry!)

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July 10, 2006: The Drink at Work Show at Ace of Clubs

Performers: Sean Crespo, Francesco Marciuliano, Carol Hartsell, Tim Fite, Brooke Van Poppelen, Tom McCaffrey, Remi Frazier, Dan Curry, Dan Piraro, Nick Stevens and Eric Andre

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July 9, 2006: Two Sweet Dudes at Sidewalk Cafe

Performers: Jesse Popp, Vince Averill and Mike Dobbins

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July 8, 2006: Ned's Free For All at Jimmy's No. 43

Ned from Lonesome Jack (who will be back by popular demand for our Monday show) hosts a comedy/music/variety show that's a lot of fun. I was forcibly pulled up on stage to accompany "The Maestro" (who will be performing at our August 21st show). All I can say is, I blow a mean horn.

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July 4, 2006: Rooftop party and Drinks at Vegas in Carroll Gardens

Yes, yes, yes, there will be the obligatory fireworks shots. Skip this one if you don't like it.

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July 2, 2006: Sunday Soiree at Botanica

Performers: Neil Charles, Sasha Guillaume, Joe Powers, Sean Crespo, Brooke Van Poppelen (and several other great comics I didn't catch with the 20D)

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July 1, 2006: Pela at Ulysses

Performers: Pela

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July 1, 2006: The Shark Show at Mo Pitkins

Performers: Nick Stevens, Gabe McKinley, Dan Gaba, Jon Lang, Sean Crespo (assisted by Maryanne Ventrice and Carol Hartsell) and Erin and Her Cello

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June 28, 2006: Comedy is for Humans at Mundial

Performers: Joshua Grosvent, Baron Vaughn, The Rob and Mark Show, Shayna Ferm, Shaffer the Darklord and Rob Paravonian (there were a couple of other acts on this show who I missed...sorry!)

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June 26, 2006: The Drink at Work Show at Ace of Clubs

Performers: Christian Finnegan, Lonesome Jack, Kambri Crews, Francesco Marciuliano, Remi Frazier, David Rees, Shayna Ferm, Vince Averill, Craig Baldo and Sean Crespo

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Long time, no see...

Ok, folks, we've got a whole slew of photos for you taken over the last month and a half. I've decided to start doing this blog a little differently. Instead of mulling over a night's worth of photos and selecting a few representative images, then color-correcting, sharpening, etc. (which is what takes so damn long and keeps me from updating regularly), I'm just going to start posting an entire night's archive without vetting or correcting. So while the images may not be as sharp, they'll certainly be more thorough and regular. And let's face it, the 20D doesn't need that much help from Photoshop anyway. So stay tuned as I update this page throughout the afternoon. Each post will feature one photo, name of the event and location as well as the performers, and then link to the iPhoto-generated pages with all the images.

Ready? OK!