Everyone's doing blogs these days, so I figured I'd join the band-wagon. I'm not sure how often I'm update, but I just want to have an outlet to let out thoughts when I need to. This first post will just cover a few things that are important in my life right now.
Sketch and stand-up comedy. I'll be performing in James Town this weekend with my friends Boris and Jeff. Jeff and I will each be doing about twenty minutes of our stand-up acts. Boris will be hosting. In between our individual acts, the three of us will do some of our sketches we've written together. Should be awesome! We're also probably going to do some three-person improv at the end of our set, which is something I've never done for an audience. Our show will be part of an all-weekend Lucy-Desi Comedy Tribute Fest, which is hilarious. None of our acts have anything to do with the show I Love Lucy. And, judging from the event website, we are one of the only acts that has nothing to do with the show I love Lucy. That is the second best thing about the show this weekend. The first best thing is that we are getting paid $100 each.
Also, sketch-wise, I have an almsot finished series of sketches featuring the rapper DMX. These sketches include several for film and one for stage. Due to certain circumstances, I do not know when these will be produced. But they will be produced. And the world will feel a jolt. I'll probably also be filming some sketches with ManVsComedy (Boris, Jeff, and I) this summer as well a few with my friend Sahil Patel. So stay tuned to your youtube, planet earth. Cause we're commin'.
Long-Form Improv Comedy. My improv group Quaint Little Coffee Shop has just been selected to perform in the Out of Bounds Improv and Sketch Festival in Austin Texas. I'm super excited! I can't describe how proud of the group I am. We did five shows this year and the last was certainly our best. I can't wait to show Texas what QLCS is all about. I am also in a group called And More! Improv, which has three members in common with QLCS, and we are planning some joint shows with the two groups this summer. So, look out for those!
Also, I just signed up for Improv 301 at UCB with Charlie Todd. Truth.
So, that's it for important things I guess. I've also been pondering these questions:
How come you don't see a lot of novels re-written? People are re-making movies all the time to put their own creative vision on an already-existing story. Why don't people try this with novels?
Does anyone prefer Manhatten clam chowder over New England clam chowder?
Why does anyone work at Panera? Why do I work at Panera? They have pretty good soup. But, still...
That is all for today.
Love,
Brandon
