Posts by: kevinmarshall

In my Ears of Late; Enough with the Folk Rock Already

By On July 17, 2012 · 1 Comment

One of the things I find as I get older is how little patience I have for musical fads and/or theatrics pretentiously masquerading as counter-culture art.

The primary example is the glut of folk rock bands. At first I assumed it was specifically an Albany problem, but in looking at what’s dominating indie rock right […]

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Shopping for Tridents

By On July 16, 2012 · 1 Comment

Last night, while refusing sleep because my life has proven more than anything that i’m predisposed to bad decisions, I became a digital witness to a great milestone in the life of fellow comedian/pal Thomas Attila Lewis:

 

Tom is mayor of The Atlantic Ocean. That’s some Aquaman […]

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Being an Asshole Isn’t Comedy

By On July 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I listened to Matt Besser’s “Improv for Humans” podcast for the first time yesterday. Click here or subscribe on iTunes. It’s great and hilarious, and if you start listening regularly you can be cool like me. But not AS cool as me, because I was listening first.

On […]

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A Taste of Laughs on Lark – “Comedy Mad Libs”

By On July 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

One of the things we do at Laughs on Lark to keep the show moving and the audience engaged is a segment called Comedy Mad Libs.

Here’s how it works (in case you’re unfamiliar with mad libs): we write a […]

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More on the the Controversy -or- More TOSHtroversy -or- Tosh Point No Mas!

By On July 12, 2012 · 5 Comments

The Vulture summed up the stuff about Tosh in a similar manner as I did, but (again) much more effectively:

First, let’s get a few quick things out of the way: (1) This is totally in keeping with 

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Laughs on Lark!!!

By On July 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Thanks to this evening’s comedians: Anna Phillips, AJ Friedman, Jaye McBride, and Jennifer McMullen for making my first time hosting Laughs on Lark so easy. They […]

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Mitt Romney Talks to the NAACP, Goes About as Well as You’d Expect

By On July 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Mitt Romney spoke to the NAACP and it went down about as well as you’d expect for a guy who looks and talks like the white villain in a black 90s comedy.

For what it’s worth, he did much better the […]

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REMINDER: Laughs on Lark 22 is TONIGHT!

By On July 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Tonight, Wednesday July 11th @ 9pm Elda’s on Lark (corner of State St. & Lark St., Albany NY) $5, 21+

My first time hosting this shindig and I have a great lineup. Lucky guy, I am.

And don’t worry, we ain’t gonna 

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Rape Jokes and Heckling

By On July 10, 2012 · 4 Comments

A tumblr post describing one fan’s encounter and offense taken at Daniel Tosh’s “rape is funny” bit has gone viral:

So Tosh then starts making some very generalizing, declarative statements about rape jokes always being funny, how […]

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Superfriends/Golden Girls Mash-Up

By On July 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

 

Actually, you would see that the biggest gift would be from Batman, because his secret identity is Bruce Wayne who is, like, stupid rich. Richer even than Aquaman who’s a fucking King for crying out loud.

By the by, Aquaman as Rose is what makes this work.

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