Just got an E-mail forwarded from my dad where one of his friend’s saw THIS in today’s Denver Post…
WOW! WOW! This is literally one of my dreams come true. When I was a kid I spent hours drawing comics. But I quickly realized that my talent lay elesewhere. (I’m stillnot sure if I have found out where exactly my talents lay… for the record.)
Full disclosure: I know Keith a little bit. He used to be based in the Bay Area. And when I moved out there it was clear he was someone I wanted to get to know. I even put him on one of my variety shows years ago at The Purple Onion. – But I never expected anything like THIS!!!!
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Notes:AAAAAAAAAARGH!: A Solo Comedy About How Frustrating Frustration Can Be
Written and Performed by W. Kamau Bell
After three years of trying to end racism in about an hour, Kamau is debuting his second solo show, AAAAAAAAAARGH! See, after spending all that time trying to make the world a better place, Kamau is exhausted and frustrated. Exhausted because it was a huge task, and frustrated, because it didn’t seem to help all that much. Well, Kamau is taking his frustration about all that and more and channeling it into AAAAAAAAAARGH! And this time, he’s not promising to end anything. He’s only hoping to feel better when it’s over.
Any artist who promises to end racism in about an hour will earn his fair share of cynics. Comedian W. Kamau Bell was well aware of that when he launched his solo comedy show, “The W. Kamau Bell Curve,” in fall 2007.
During a run at The Shelton Theater a few months later, Bell watched from the corner of his eye as a middle-aged couple shuffled out of the room. He was roughly 15 minutes into a well-honed comedy set that lampooned the idea of “post-racial” America. He resisted his knee-jerk tendency to heckle the man and woman as they quietly left their seats.
“They weren’t making a huff or anything,” he said. “In my mind, I’m just like, ‘Oh, they gotta go to the bathroom.’ I didn’t think anything of it. They never came back, but I also never noticed.”
After the show, Bell’s producer, Bruce Pachtman, looked somber. “That couple left,” he said. Apparently the man was repelled by Kamau’s material. He was white and characterized himself as a progressive.
“I feel like I’m being blamed,” the man told Pachtman. “I don’t have to listen to this; I’ve done a lot for black people.”
Bell was unruffled.
“If I’m a straight white guy and I go to a show about racism, I would expect to get something on me — that they’d start flinging the s— stick my way,” he said. “I thought, ‘That is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.’” Read More…
Citizen Radio interviews Congressman Alan Grayson about standing up to Republicans (including describing the GOP healthcare plan as “Don’t get sick, and if you do, die quickly,”) Wall Street, party opposition – even from his fellow Democrats, and what makes him happy.
Next, blogger Marcy Wheeler AKA Emptywheel talks about the role of bloggers, and her groundbreaking article on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that forced the establishment press to acknowledge the important roles bloggers can play in journalism.
Marcy, along with many other excellent bloggers, writes at Firedoglake, so check out that site.
W. Kamau Bell returns with his segment “I’m Sorry, Black People” in which he highlights yet another injustice inflicted upon black people. This week’s subject is Shirley Sherrod.
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I was just trolling iTunes (as I’m want to do.), and I was SURPRISED to find out that me and Vernon’s podcast, The Field Negro Guide to Arts & Culture, has been declared NEW & NOTEWORTHY by the geniuses at iTunes!!!
(Although, I might have cheated by having it listed in the philosophy section instead of comedy or music. Less competition over there.)
Anyway, this is really a dream project for me and the more support we get the more cool it will become. I have a good feeling. So click on the picture on the left and check it out. Or go straight to iTunes your dangself!
So it’s been awhile since that 1st episode hit the “streets” and before we bring you the full on next hour long episode. Me and Vernon Reid have some brief thoughts about Christopher Nolan and Leonardo DiCaprio’s magnum opus, Inception. (The thoughts are brief mostly due to technical difficulties that me and Vernon are blaming on the Dream Police.) And along with that there is some previously unreleased Vernon music and some old jokes from Kamau.
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