Drink at Work: Photos from The Drink at Work Show and Our Guitar Hero After Party

This weekend's show at Ochi's was a blast. We're still playing around with tech things and seeing how we can make ourselves feel more at home. The biggest win for me has been bringing my mixing board so I can run my iPod, laptop and "booth" mic through the TV...the only thing that runs into the room's PA are the stage mics, so I had to improvise. I came up with a plan for how to use my own equipment in the space and so far it's worked out with only minor glitches here and there. However, one of the glitches this week was that I totally screwed someone's set because of a late audio cue. Crap! Not ok. But I suppose that's how we learn. Mindy got some great pictures of the evening. We tried out a blue gel on one of the clamp lights, but during Sean's opening set I decided against it and promptly asked him to take it down: the fourth wall be damned.

What I'm loving about doing the show at Ochi's is the fact that comics are excited about it as a venue. They stop by to hang out, not just to poke their faces in so that they can ask for a set. And we've had the most diverse audiences of our show's tenure I think. Comedy clubs attract people who are just looking for a fun night out, so we get a lot of people I've never seen before. Plus, because of the looser format and the fact that I'm trying not to overbook the show, we've been able to throw a few folks up off thee cuff. For example, Jon Fisch was doing a show upstairs last week and he popped down for a set. This week, one comic we had booked had to cancel, so a good friend — who was in the audience and has a Live at Gotham audition coming up — was able to do a spot. I want to keep that vibe; I want the show to feel like anything can happen.

Oh, and Will Franken is amazing. He lives in New York now so we're hoping to have him on regularly. Woohoo!