The Comedy Connoisseur

Since around 19.... I started going to live music concerts, and for about 5 years I just Blitzed every Live gig I could get to some Highlights for me where Rage Against The Machine, The Prodigy, Oasis, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Weezer, Tenacious D , The Cribs and all time best THE WHO!!!! really I have seen a fuck load of bands, singers and rap acts. And I still enjoyed it saw The black keys just at the start of the year, but the few years back I when to 30ish gigs a year and T in the Park. Now I can't been fucked with it as much most music is shite the last 3 years. So instead of listening to the 16,000 songs on my ipod I have build up over the years  I switch to mainly Podcasts like THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE, JIM JEFFERIES AND EDDIE IFFT TALKIN SHIT. Am I weekly listener to about 11 different podcasts a week. Podcasts are where people can speak there mind without censor and after listening to these for around 2 years it's hard to watch a chat show or listen to a radio DJ due to the super falseness of the way they talk .

Anyway due to listening to mostly american podcast's it has opened up the world of stand up comedy. Because in the uk there are some arena filling comics but a lot of them aren't my taste like Micheal  Mcintyre. His comedy is like sitting on a bus or the different ways to hoover your house and he fills arenas full of dumb fucks who just like slow balls thrown at them. The UK does have some crushers.... I like Ricky Gervais this first two specials animals and politics are brilliant. Frankie Boyle's good even if he's a little over the line at times and Kevin Bridges is also really funny both of them are Scottish. My favourite UK comic has to be Stewart Lee really witty well constructed bits. There's a youtube video where he's in the stand in Glasgow ripping the movie Braveheart and William Wallace to sherds in front of a Scottish crowd when he's an English man maybe the bravest thing anyone has done in human history and he got away with it and it was hilarious.

But  from listening to podcasts opened me up to a lot of new guys here's my personal top five comics right now!!!

1. Louis C.K
2. Doug Stanhope
3. Bill Burr
4. Jim Jefferies
5. Joe Rogan

The list is comics still working regular right now all time comics well big fan of Chris Rock, George Carlin, Richard Pryor ..... etc

So instead of Live Music as my main go to for a night out I thought lets go see some stand up.

First up Tom Green was in Edinburgh I thought he would have some crazy stories to tell from his life but he mainly done JOKE JOKES!! was still fun to see Tom loved Freddy got Fingered growing up...But I already done a blog about this show so look that up.

Next was a week later and Jackasses Steve O was doing a show. Steve O was really fuckin funny lots of stories of his crazy life and tales of his problems with drugs. Was really surprised how good his show was and he even through in some token stunts.

I was in London last year me and my cousin flew down to see my uncle... but I also timed it around Bill Burr's only UK show but it was sold out I was gutted I was a big fan of his podcast his utube clips and his specials which I had watched countless times. At a last attempt I went to the Leicester square theatre. And luckily some guys friend didn't show up and sold me the ticket for face value SHAZAM. So I saw the show maybe the hardest I have laughed in my life just a solid crusher of a set I can't work out why he's not a big name in the UK he's miles better than almost everyone of the UK comics. Also he met everyone in the crowd and gave them a free dvd of one of his specials which was fuckin awesome of the guy

Then just a few weeks ago my friend Gregg hooked us up with Doug Stanhope tickets. Doug's a modern legend in stand up some say he's the new bill hicks I think he's a lot better than Bill Hicks better points and He's funnier!!!. His set seemed to be all new stuff as he had just released his special a few weeks earlier. His set was really good he had a run in with this CUNTY UK writer over this http://www.dougstanhope.com/journal/2012/4/7/who-reads-these-turkeys.html and he trashed over about 20 minutes onstage over something that had just happened a week ago it was amazing he destroyed her. Then he finished with a bit about how every country disses america and how great it is to live there. I would do it no justice writing it in better detail it fucking crushed!!!. Also his support act Henry Phillips which I heard on JIM and Eddies podcast was brilliant too he sang these amazing funny songs hope to catch the guy again one day. After the show me and G are whores for a quick photo with the comic as its cool to post on FB or twitter I had met tom, steve o and bill burr. And I really think Doug will be at Bill Hicks status one day so It would be cool to meet the man.

At the mech table there was no Doug just his writer Bingo this crazy lazy lady with blue hair and a snow white dress on. We got talking to her she was really cool but said Doug won't be out because it was a large gig and there's too many too people to meet. So she gave us a free signed poster of Doug which was awesome of her to do. So me and G decided to be creepy stalkers and wait outside a few minutes so we just talked shit to Bingo till Doug came out we got the photo and it was a great night. And would say to anyone to get a hold of any of Doug Stanhope's work its all good!!

me and doug stanhope

me and tom green

me and steve O

Hopefully this year Me and my comedy tag team partner @gspotthemaster will see some more comics this years. Already have frankie boyle tickets, Jim Jefferies Is coming later in the year. But top of the list is Louis CK becaues he's my favourite right now and set the bar so high for everyone else and Joe Rogan because am a psycho fan of his podcast and will go see anyone of the comic guests from the show like Bert the Machine  Kreischer 

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