David Cross @ Knitting Factory (more by Eric M Townsend)

upcoming guests @ Sleepwalk With Me

Jan 07 - Janeane Garofalo
Jan 14 - Jonathan Ames
Jan 21 - David Cross
Jan 28 - Andy Borowitz

Jan 08 - Janeane Garofalo, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Kristen Schaal
Jan 27 - Best Week Ever, John Hodgeman, Paul F. Tompkins

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by Klaus Kinski

I was giddily reflecting upon the superiority of the comedy we've got scheduled for the premier installment of Rock n' ROFL (happening Thursday 2/28 at Pianos) when I realized that comedian and ROFL participant Pete Holmes has been grossly neglected on BV. My bust completely. Fellow ROFLers Greg Johnson, Leo Allen, Dave Hill, Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler have all had their fair share of coverage. Yet Pete's presence here has been limited to mere show listings. Ew. Injustice.

I just want to take this opportunity to say for the record that Pete Holmes is one of the funniest, most energetic comedians I've seen. His infectious, ultra-hyper riffing has single-handedly resurrected some of the most abysmal comedy showcases. His acts feel very stream of consciousness, and sometimes veer into a scary self-depricating-why-am-I-a-comedian tangents that only urges his completely transfixed audience to sort of cheer him on. And if you've ever seen him hanging around a venue before one of his sets, you'd know he has one of the loudest, most infectious laughs ever. He's a phenomenon. As he will point out, he looks like he might the love child of Val Kilmer and John Ritter. He's been on VH1's best Week Ever. He's a cartoonist for the New Yorker. And he's been neglected by me. If ever there was a comedian on the 2/28 ROFL roster that can whoop the crowd into a frenzy, Pete's the man.

Check out an interview at The Apiary, one at Gothamist, and the video below....

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the fourth in a series where we asked comedians to tell us what was good this year....

Paul Scheer is an American actor. He currently can be seen on MTV's newest comedy show, "Human Giant" which he created and stars in along with Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and Jason Woliner. He is a regular on VH1’s Best Week Ever and his films include School for Scoundrels with Billy Bob Thornton, the upcoming Sean William Scott comedy Trainwreck, Watching the Detectives with Cillian Murphy, The Onion Movie, and the 2004 SXSW Audience Award Winner Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story. He recently appeared with Jeff Goldblum in the Frank Darabont-directed NBC drama Raines. -Wikipedia

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1.) National, "Boxer"
This album really snuck up on me. At first I was like, "Ah..whatever", then I was like, "Holy Shit, these guys are geniuses!"


2.) Kanye West "Graduation"
I probably listened to Kanye more thn the National but I just wanted to put him as my number 2 to piss him off, he's funny when he's angry.

3.) Radiohead, "In Rainbows"
Undisputed Awesomness!

4.) The Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible"
It's downright unamerican not to mention this Canadian band as one of your favorite albums of the year. I love their beards.

5.) Black Lips, "Good Bad Not Evil"
Great album. I saw them live this year, I was disappointed when they didn't literally burn Bowery Ballroom to the ground. I thought they were showmen.

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