Red Mosquito

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote: And I disagree with the "always a guy comment" -- Tig Notaro, Ali Wong, Amy Schumer, Whitney Cummings, Maria Bamford, Sarah Silverman...women are killing it in standup right now.

I'd just argue that most of the SNL cast from that era came from improv groups rather than standup. Huge difference, obviously, but I'm just being nitpicky because I'm an SNL geek.

I can't say for sure, but I have a hunch the internet has made things easier for comedians. Twitter is built for one-liners, and I've found comics on Youtube way easier than I would have by watching hours of Comedy Central in the late 90s...Yea, I feel like it's way easier to find funny comics now. A text message from a friend can lead me to a good standup set on Youtube.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:D,T's brush-off of standup is disheartening, and seems oddly out-of-character for the guy, given his general positivity, proximity to the performing arts in general, and proximity to the Comedy Cellar in particular.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:D,T's brush-off of standup is disheartening, and seems oddly out-of-character for the guy, given his general positivity, proximity to the performing arts in general, and proximity to the Comedy Cellar in particular.

So, wait. Just because I work in the performing arts, I have to like all the different forms? I don't... what?

And it's not a brush-off, champ. I've sampled a lot of it. Been to a lot of it live. And it isn't my favorite thing. Some of it's good, a lot of it is awful. Yes, it's better in person, like improv. It's okay for something to not be my thing, trag.

theplatypus wrote:Joey is right in that stand-up comedy is mostly terrible, but I think that's true for most forms of art.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:Any opinion on this, Durds? The only one I'm really committed to for our trip in October is breakfast at Pondicherri:

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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.