What the 20D Has to Say About Last Night

Drink at Work's Barely Famous at Comix...A Photo Recap

2007-06-21T11:12:00.000-04:00

This was an unbelievable night! First of all, Comix is an amazing place
to do a show. The performance space is beautiful and incredibly intimate
for a place that can accommodate 320 patrons. The staff was so nice and
helpful and the green room was first class. We almost didn't know what
to do with ourselves in such a nice space. The show itself was a blast:
Tom Shillue was a fantastic host and all of our acts turned in great
performances. We had a turnout of about 150 including some industry...
woohoo! And the after party in the Comix lounge was the perfect closer...
well, we closed the club and then went somewhere else, but you get the
idea. Best of all, Comix was so happy with us they've asked us to
produce a "Best of" Drink at Work night there every few months.
Hell yeah!

Thanks to everyone who performed and attended! Here are some photos
by our favorite photographer, and southern girl, Mindy Tucker (click
image for the whole archive):

Elephant Larry performing "Sittin' on a Bear"

From the "Better late than never, right???" file...

2007-04-09T13:26:00.000-04:00

Photos from Giulia and Margot's Stripped Stories on February 15th.

Giulia Rozzi

Margot Leitman

Sean Crespo

Rachel Fleit

God's Pottery

Random Photos: The Long Winters, The Last Giant Tuesday, Agents Don't Come to Astoria

2007-04-02T15:43:00.000-04:00

The Long Winters
Last night at Mercury Lounge

The Last Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions and Also There is a Game
From way back in December. This was great but bittersweet night. We still miss this show.

Agents Don't Come to Astoria
Matt Taylor hosting at his scrappy little coffee shop comedy show in Astoria, Queens. Try the apple pie.

February 14, 2007: The Rejection Show

2007-02-15T12:26:00.000-05:00

These are really more of the after party than the show itself. All I can say is...we found the wig room. And I have a mad hangover. Click the photo for the full archive.

Brandy Barber giving a moment to her fans.

March 20, 2007: The Drink at Work Show at Rififi

2007-03-21T11:49:00.000-04:00

We had an awesome show last night and Mindy picked up some fantastic shots:

Baron Vaughn

The Rob and Mark Show

Kevin Janus

Keith Farnan

Andrea Rosen

MEAT

Sean Crespo

Full Archive

January 28, 2007: Ray DeVito at J. Mac's Pub

2007-02-07T14:01:00.000-05:00

All Fall and Early Winter in One Post

2007-01-08T07:09:00.000-05:00

August 29, 2006: Summer Tuesdays at Rififi

2006-08-30T14:01:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-30T14:00:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-30T13:59:00.000-04:00

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

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

2006-08-30T13:58:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-30T13:57:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-30T13:56:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-30T13:55:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-30T13:54:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-23T15:34:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-23T15:28:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-23T15:19:00.000-04:00

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

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Filling in the Gaps

2006-08-19T13:16:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-18T10:38:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-10T13:51:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-08T14:32:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-07T09:41:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-07T09:35:00.000-04:00

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

2006-08-07T09:32:00.000-04:00

Performers: Claudia Cogan and Susannah Perlman

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