Once again sitting at a Greyhound station, which is great motivation to get to that headliner spot. Had a great weekend in Westminster, CO, at Wits End Comedy Club. My buddy, Dante(www.comicdante.com), was the headliner, I met him last year, super cool guy. Elliot Woolsey was the mc, he sold his bed last year, neat story.
Thursday night was Cinco de Mayo, so we had kind of a light crowd, but they were great. I think I actually like smaller crowds at Wits a little better. After the show we went to Buffalo Wild Wings with a local Denver comic, Troy Walker, he's a funny dude, check him out.
Friday night Dr Kevin Fitzgerald did a guest set, and channel 31 was there, they interviewed him and the club owner and filmed part of his set. He was great, I had never met him before. Both shows were a lot of fun, especially the late show. Late shows are fun, they usually like my humor a little more. The owner of the club said he is a big fan of mine, which is awesome.
Saturday night was the big 3 show night, that's almost like a real full time job. We had a couple guest sets, including the Alien Warrior Comic! Very cool! He's a guy who dresses as an alien and he's about 6'9", he's huge, check him out on youtube. Shows were all great as usual. It was great working with Elliot and Dante. Elliot had great shows all week. It was fun watching him. And its always fun watching Dante, he always rocks. And he was awesome enough to offer me a gig for a dvd taping in June out in LA! I'm excited about my first comedy trip out there.
I'm heading back to Albuquerque for a couple days then its off on the road for two weeks. Wednesday thru Sunday I will be at the Loony Bin in Oklahoma City with Theo Von from MTV Road Rules, should be a fun week!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Albuquerque, El Paso April 28-30
Sitting at the Greyhound station in El Paso about to head back home. I hate people who always have to talk, its like they get freaked out if its quiet for two seconds. Shut the fuck up lady. And there's a poster it says, "When the Globetrotters travel, they go Greyhound." Its probably because they all work there. And that explains why they only play one game a week, takes a few days just to get to the next city. I think they call it Greyhound because their time is like dog time.
Thursday night was my last time performing at Howies in Albuquerque. Its been a great venue the last couple years and I never had a bad show there. Thursday we had a great lineup-Roger Peterson, Brett Hiker, Joe Quesada, Sarah Kennedy, me and Matt Peterson. Show was great! Everyone of the comics rocked, Brett and Joe have really come a long way since we used to do shows at The Tavern. Only flaw of the night was the heckling. I've been doing comedy almost ten years and I've dealt with hundreds of hecklers, they don't bother me, unless the hecklers are other comics. There was also a guy who is looking to start up a weekly comedy show in town at a venue I'm not going to promote here, but I am gonna guess he's not going to get any of the good local comics on the lineup, good luck buddy. He was on his phone for the first part of the show, and heckled a little bit during as well. Like I said the heckling doesn't bother me, but if you're looking to do a local comedy show, don't piss off the comics. They finally left during Matt's set and he did some pretty funny rants about the trio of douches. Matt should rant more often, it was hilarious! And by the end of his set his hair looked like Bill Murrays at the end of "Kingpin."
Friday I headlined the Federal Courthouse Bar in El Paso. Had a solid lineup of comics, Tim Schultz from Nashville featured, he was great! Him and I rode down together with Dave Graham, a very funny comic from El Paso who happened to be in Albuquerque the night before. It was my first time following a guitar act, it was fun. Sam and Alex(I forgot his last name, its on the flyer though) both did great. I worked with Alex last year, he's improved a lot. Patrick Candelaria stopped in to check out the show, too, it was great to see him. I did a midwest run with him last year.
Last night the show was at House of Rock, a music venue. Good size venue, it would be cool to catch a concert there. Sam was the host again, but I missed his set. The opener was a magician, he was pretty entertaining, not a big fan of magic, but it was good for the show, had a lot of different styles of comedy. Aleks with a K featured, he's always funny. I had a fun set, didn't get to do a full headline set, they had a band booked after our show, so I had to get off stage at 10. I always like coming to El Paso, crowds are always great. They don't buy merchandise though, maybe I need to record a cd in Spanish.
This week I am back at Wits End featuring! Working with my good buddy Dante and his lady, Rebekah Kochan. Looking forward to it!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
cheyenne, albuquerque
Saturday April 23 I headlined a show in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at DTs Tusker Bar with my buddy, Ariel Holmes. We hit the road at about 630 am, we were both pretty tired. Most comics are night people. We stopped in Santa Fe to visit with Ariel's mom, then we hit the road again. I had never driven a standard before, but learned pretty quickly. Between Las Vegas and Raton is one of the most boring drives, it was to have someone there to talk to.
A day earlier I noticed Slade Ham was in Colorado Springs performing at Loonees, so I hit him up on Twitter so we could stop in and say hi. Hadn't seen him in quite awhile, once at Laffs in Albuquerque, and when I worked with him at Loonees in 2006. Slade had his buddy, Sam Demaris with him, too, it was my first time meeting him. We stopped in at the condo for about an hour telling some funny stories. When I worked with Slade, I was emceeing at the time, Slade and Gary Bell were co-headlining. One night we had a guest set from Tommy Johnagin (probably spelled wrong, but not gonna look it up). He showed up late and I had no idea we had a guest set, Loren, the club manager at the time brought a napkin to me on stage telling me to introduce the guest set. The way he had spelled it out I messed up the pronunciation and when he got on stage he corrected me, as I was telling him sorry he made a smart ass remark to me telling me to get off stage. Kind of rubbed me the wrong way, he was late, then acted like that, but whatever, he got second on Last Comic Standing and makes way more than I ever will. And I've heard from some comics that he is actually a really cool guy.
Slade and I both remembered the shows from that week, especially the Saturday late show that Gary headlined. Gary ate a huge bag of shit on stage, felt really bad for the guy, but made fun of him for the next 24 hours. At the Sunday show when he was out of the showroom I told the crowd how horrible he did the night before and told them to give him a standing ovation, it was awesome!
The show in Cheyenne wasn't too bad, there was a guy who kept talking during the show, but he was kind of fun to mess with. Ariel does a bit about Paul Harvey reading erotic novels, one of my favorite jokes ever haha.
Monday night was open mic at Hallenbrick in Albuquerque and I finally got a chance to get down there! What an awesome little open mic, with some of the best comics in town. It was great to see so much talent perform at one place. I love the comedy scene here everybody is so supportive. My wifey, Caitlin, also did a set, her 4th time on stage and she rocked. I was so proud of her. She was so happy to get big laughs.
Thursday night is the last show at Howies, which I'm pretty sad about. Its gonna be a great show though! Always have fun there.
A day earlier I noticed Slade Ham was in Colorado Springs performing at Loonees, so I hit him up on Twitter so we could stop in and say hi. Hadn't seen him in quite awhile, once at Laffs in Albuquerque, and when I worked with him at Loonees in 2006. Slade had his buddy, Sam Demaris with him, too, it was my first time meeting him. We stopped in at the condo for about an hour telling some funny stories. When I worked with Slade, I was emceeing at the time, Slade and Gary Bell were co-headlining. One night we had a guest set from Tommy Johnagin (probably spelled wrong, but not gonna look it up). He showed up late and I had no idea we had a guest set, Loren, the club manager at the time brought a napkin to me on stage telling me to introduce the guest set. The way he had spelled it out I messed up the pronunciation and when he got on stage he corrected me, as I was telling him sorry he made a smart ass remark to me telling me to get off stage. Kind of rubbed me the wrong way, he was late, then acted like that, but whatever, he got second on Last Comic Standing and makes way more than I ever will. And I've heard from some comics that he is actually a really cool guy.
Slade and I both remembered the shows from that week, especially the Saturday late show that Gary headlined. Gary ate a huge bag of shit on stage, felt really bad for the guy, but made fun of him for the next 24 hours. At the Sunday show when he was out of the showroom I told the crowd how horrible he did the night before and told them to give him a standing ovation, it was awesome!
The show in Cheyenne wasn't too bad, there was a guy who kept talking during the show, but he was kind of fun to mess with. Ariel does a bit about Paul Harvey reading erotic novels, one of my favorite jokes ever haha.
Monday night was open mic at Hallenbrick in Albuquerque and I finally got a chance to get down there! What an awesome little open mic, with some of the best comics in town. It was great to see so much talent perform at one place. I love the comedy scene here everybody is so supportive. My wifey, Caitlin, also did a set, her 4th time on stage and she rocked. I was so proud of her. She was so happy to get big laughs.
Thursday night is the last show at Howies, which I'm pretty sad about. Its gonna be a great show though! Always have fun there.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
El Paso
Ok, I'm going to start blogging more about my road gigs and whatnot. I've been on the road a bit the last couple weeks. This weekend I was in El Paso, Texas, headlining at Maki Sushi Bar, where they have a side room for a small comedy club. The people from suncitycomedy.com but the shows together, they're awesome!
Thursday and Fridays crowds were a little slow, didn't really get all the clever stuff. It always makes me laugh watching a crowd when they don't get jokes. One or two people get the joke and have to splain (el paso talk for explain) the joke to everyone else. Saturday nights show was awesome though, people got most of the jokes and weren't afraid to laugh. And a group of gay guys left during my set right before I got to my gay jokes. And when they left they didn't push their stools in.
Worked with some great comics, Sam Butler was the mc, he's pretty new to the scene, but he does a great job and actually enjoys emceeing. Manny Vigil and Sean Scarbrough were the other opening acts, I've performed with both of them before, very entertaining guys.
Saturday afternoon, Gibran and Mando came by the hotel room and we recorded the Border Geek podcast which will be up on Wednesday.
Went downtown last night and a couple guys stopped me and said, "hey, its Fletcher from Colorado." They were at my show last time I was in El Paso. They remembered picking on this idiot from Alabama. Fun times. Had a nice weekend in El Paso and they've got me coming back in two weeks for a couple other venues. Take That Sun City
Thursday and Fridays crowds were a little slow, didn't really get all the clever stuff. It always makes me laugh watching a crowd when they don't get jokes. One or two people get the joke and have to splain (el paso talk for explain) the joke to everyone else. Saturday nights show was awesome though, people got most of the jokes and weren't afraid to laugh. And a group of gay guys left during my set right before I got to my gay jokes. And when they left they didn't push their stools in.
Worked with some great comics, Sam Butler was the mc, he's pretty new to the scene, but he does a great job and actually enjoys emceeing. Manny Vigil and Sean Scarbrough were the other opening acts, I've performed with both of them before, very entertaining guys.
Saturday afternoon, Gibran and Mando came by the hotel room and we recorded the Border Geek podcast which will be up on Wednesday.
Went downtown last night and a couple guys stopped me and said, "hey, its Fletcher from Colorado." They were at my show last time I was in El Paso. They remembered picking on this idiot from Alabama. Fun times. Had a nice weekend in El Paso and they've got me coming back in two weeks for a couple other venues. Take That Sun City
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
January 2011
1-Got a co-headline night at Hyenas in Dallas with my former roommate, Jake Sharon (www.jakeisfantastic.com). Jake headlined the first show I think I did 30 minutes before him, but I had a decent set. Jake had a really good set. I was planning on dressing nicer on stage, but I didn't feel comfortable. The second show I headlined and decided to just stick with my t-shirt and jeans, I felt way more comfortable. One of my good friends from my hometown, Melissa Evans was at the show, she's one of the coolest people ever. And she didn't tell me to say that. So the second show was great Jake rocked it and I felt I had a pretty killer set, too. Did a lot of crowd work. After the show we hung out with Melissa, went to IHOP. Fun times!
4-Melissa got us tickets to see the Mavericks and Blazers, it was a lot of fun. Got to see Brian Cardinal play, 0 points and 3 fouls, but he did draw a charge. Pretty solid night Cardinal.
7-8 Featured at Hyenas in Fort Worth working with Matt Golightly. One of the shows I closed with a joke that I shouldn't have and I think I upset some people. People with dark skin. Overall the weekend was awesome though. I love going out there, plus I got to see Jason Russell and his family which is always nice. The staff at the club is awesome, can't wait to go back again. Jerrod, the manager is a really cool guy, even if he does like men.
15-Strater Theater in Durango, CO, this show gets worse everytime I go, but I love the town and the hotel. Took my buddy John Cuellar up to do some time and he ended up getting a week at Wits End out of it! I love helping comics out.
20-Contest night at Terrene Hookah and I won first place. It was a hell of a lineup that night and they packed the place. What a fun room.
22-Went to a screening of "The Bigfoot Election" which my buddy, Marc Shuter wrote. Marc and I used to write together all the time, he's brilliant. I loved the movie, lots of great lines. Matt Peterson starred in the movie with Marc and both did great. Hope it kills at the festivals.
24-Featured at the Hondah Casino in Pinetop, AZ. Took my nephew Hunter with, it was his first time leaving the state, he had a fun time. The show was awesome, too. One of the better sets I've had there. Its a lot easier when you don't have food poisoning.
25-Did a set at Low Spirits and had a great time. Its fun to see all the comics go up, plus Vertigo Venus played which was awesome, they always put on a great show.
26-Cait and I went and saw the Toasters at the Launchpad! It was a fun show, did some skanking.
27-Caits bday I did a show at Cazuelas in Rio Rancho and had a little party for her. The show was put on by the "Duke City Comedy League." Their were kids in the crowd so it was a super clean show. Hunter got on stage with me to tell some jokes, he said "Hi everybody, what's your name?" He killed it. Even called some lady, baby, haha.
28-My episode of "The After After Party" aired on the CW. I thought it went pretty well, I dig the house band, The James Douglas Show.
4-Melissa got us tickets to see the Mavericks and Blazers, it was a lot of fun. Got to see Brian Cardinal play, 0 points and 3 fouls, but he did draw a charge. Pretty solid night Cardinal.
7-8 Featured at Hyenas in Fort Worth working with Matt Golightly. One of the shows I closed with a joke that I shouldn't have and I think I upset some people. People with dark skin. Overall the weekend was awesome though. I love going out there, plus I got to see Jason Russell and his family which is always nice. The staff at the club is awesome, can't wait to go back again. Jerrod, the manager is a really cool guy, even if he does like men.
15-Strater Theater in Durango, CO, this show gets worse everytime I go, but I love the town and the hotel. Took my buddy John Cuellar up to do some time and he ended up getting a week at Wits End out of it! I love helping comics out.
20-Contest night at Terrene Hookah and I won first place. It was a hell of a lineup that night and they packed the place. What a fun room.
22-Went to a screening of "The Bigfoot Election" which my buddy, Marc Shuter wrote. Marc and I used to write together all the time, he's brilliant. I loved the movie, lots of great lines. Matt Peterson starred in the movie with Marc and both did great. Hope it kills at the festivals.
24-Featured at the Hondah Casino in Pinetop, AZ. Took my nephew Hunter with, it was his first time leaving the state, he had a fun time. The show was awesome, too. One of the better sets I've had there. Its a lot easier when you don't have food poisoning.
25-Did a set at Low Spirits and had a great time. Its fun to see all the comics go up, plus Vertigo Venus played which was awesome, they always put on a great show.
26-Cait and I went and saw the Toasters at the Launchpad! It was a fun show, did some skanking.
27-Caits bday I did a show at Cazuelas in Rio Rancho and had a little party for her. The show was put on by the "Duke City Comedy League." Their were kids in the crowd so it was a super clean show. Hunter got on stage with me to tell some jokes, he said "Hi everybody, what's your name?" He killed it. Even called some lady, baby, haha.
28-My episode of "The After After Party" aired on the CW. I thought it went pretty well, I dig the house band, The James Douglas Show.
December 2010
So I haven't blogged much about my shows, but I have a new phone which allows me to do so more often now. You're welcome both followers.
December was my final month in Denver, decided to move back to Albuquerque to be closer to family. I enjoyed my time in Denver, met a lot of great comics and made a lot of new friends.
1-Did open mic at El Charrito, I think it was their second show. I took a cardboard cutout of the most interesting man in the world on stage with me and stood behind it while I told my jokes. I felt bad ass and interesting. It was a fun room.
7-New talent night at Comedy Works was a lot of fun. I always enjoyed the shows there and this one might have been my best one yet. I tried scoring some guest sets there, but Wende never wrote me back so it never happened. Thanks to all the comics who put in a good word though, especially Lori Callahan.
9-I emailed Don at Wits End to see if he needed an mc for the 16-19 because I wanted to squeeze in some more gigs before I left, plus I wanted to work with Ron Ferguson and Russ Rivas. Don said I could do the week, plus gave me this night as well with Talon Saucerman and Todd Johnson. I ran into Todd at Comedy Works the night before he was opening for Joe Larson and Kermet Apio. Kermet is awesome. The night at Wits was fun, kind of a small crowd, but they were fun.
13-My last time at the Lions Lair was a lot of fun. Jill Tasei and I heckled Peter Cohen a bit which was nice. I did some new material that worked pretty well. Caitlin went on stage that night as well and got her best response, she was excited. I'm gonna miss the Lions Lair.
16-19 I got to mc at Wits this week like I mentioned earlier, the shows were great and I got to meet the new owner of Wits, John. He seems like a really cool guy. I'll miss Don, he was always super cool to me. I'll probably never see him again.
28-Filmed a 3 minute set for a tv show "The After After Party" which is a late night talk show hosted by Steven Michael Quezada who plays Gomez on "Breaking Bad." I used to do shows with Steven back in like 04 and 05. It was a fun show to film, there were about 150 people at the Wool Warehouse so it was a good sized crowd. As soon as I filmed my set I ran over to Maloneys to catch the end of the Iowa-Missouri game with my buddy Nate Tramontina. It was cool catching part of an Iowa game with him finally, he was born in Sioux City. He told me he quit Anesthesia he was the lead guitarist. I was pretty bummed about that. They signed a record deal with Sub Noize records. They're bad ass. I'm hoping to hang out with Nate more now that I live in town. I've written a few goofy songs that I want to record with him so I might get that done!
29-Matt Peterson needed rent money so he put together a last minute show at Howies, it was my first show since moving back and it was awesome. I've never had a bad show at Howies. The lineup was great, AJ Martinez and Joe Quesada both went up and rocked, those guys get better every time I see them. I remember seeing them when they first started back when we did shows at the Tavern. Sarah Kennedy was next and tore it up as usual, she's becoming one of my favorite comics to watch. Matt went on before me and tore it up, too. Its cool to see how much he's progressed over the years. We used to work together at Poppis Pizza.
30-I drove all the way to Dallas the next day, left at 430 am. It was quite a drive, but got to the club at about 6. I met Randy Butler the owner of Hyenas for the first time, he was a really nice guy, showed me around a little bit and let me do some time at the show that night. I was only scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The opener was a guy named Larry Campbell who had some great stuff and got the crowd into it. I went after him and had a pretty decent set, could've done way better, but travel days don't give you a lot of time to prepare. Nick Guerra did 30 after me and destroyed. I'm so glad I didn't have to follow him, I would have ate shit pretty bad. His jokes and his improve rocked. I kind of felt bad for the headliner who had to follow, but he tore it up, too. Headliner was Dustin Ybarra, Gary Hood told me about him before so it was cool to see him perform. I think Nick and Dustin will both make it big, it was a fun show.
31-Big New Years Eve show at Hyenas! I was excited to be working with Carl LaBove, one of the Outlaws of Comedy and Sam Kinisons best friend. I just read a story online that said Carl's kid was actually fathered by Sam. Kinda fucked up Carl's life with getting his license and passport taken away, not good for a road comic. Anyway the shows went great, Carl tore it up both shows and did different material. Plus he was super cool. A lot of times you'll work with a headliner and they think they're way better than everyone else and have a shitty attitude and treat the openers like shit, well Carl was the opposite. I didn't get to meet him before the show but right after my set he came up and introduced himself to me and we chatted for a bit after the show. Hope I get to work with him again sometime.
December was my final month in Denver, decided to move back to Albuquerque to be closer to family. I enjoyed my time in Denver, met a lot of great comics and made a lot of new friends.
1-Did open mic at El Charrito, I think it was their second show. I took a cardboard cutout of the most interesting man in the world on stage with me and stood behind it while I told my jokes. I felt bad ass and interesting. It was a fun room.
7-New talent night at Comedy Works was a lot of fun. I always enjoyed the shows there and this one might have been my best one yet. I tried scoring some guest sets there, but Wende never wrote me back so it never happened. Thanks to all the comics who put in a good word though, especially Lori Callahan.
9-I emailed Don at Wits End to see if he needed an mc for the 16-19 because I wanted to squeeze in some more gigs before I left, plus I wanted to work with Ron Ferguson and Russ Rivas. Don said I could do the week, plus gave me this night as well with Talon Saucerman and Todd Johnson. I ran into Todd at Comedy Works the night before he was opening for Joe Larson and Kermet Apio. Kermet is awesome. The night at Wits was fun, kind of a small crowd, but they were fun.
13-My last time at the Lions Lair was a lot of fun. Jill Tasei and I heckled Peter Cohen a bit which was nice. I did some new material that worked pretty well. Caitlin went on stage that night as well and got her best response, she was excited. I'm gonna miss the Lions Lair.
16-19 I got to mc at Wits this week like I mentioned earlier, the shows were great and I got to meet the new owner of Wits, John. He seems like a really cool guy. I'll miss Don, he was always super cool to me. I'll probably never see him again.
28-Filmed a 3 minute set for a tv show "The After After Party" which is a late night talk show hosted by Steven Michael Quezada who plays Gomez on "Breaking Bad." I used to do shows with Steven back in like 04 and 05. It was a fun show to film, there were about 150 people at the Wool Warehouse so it was a good sized crowd. As soon as I filmed my set I ran over to Maloneys to catch the end of the Iowa-Missouri game with my buddy Nate Tramontina. It was cool catching part of an Iowa game with him finally, he was born in Sioux City. He told me he quit Anesthesia he was the lead guitarist. I was pretty bummed about that. They signed a record deal with Sub Noize records. They're bad ass. I'm hoping to hang out with Nate more now that I live in town. I've written a few goofy songs that I want to record with him so I might get that done!
29-Matt Peterson needed rent money so he put together a last minute show at Howies, it was my first show since moving back and it was awesome. I've never had a bad show at Howies. The lineup was great, AJ Martinez and Joe Quesada both went up and rocked, those guys get better every time I see them. I remember seeing them when they first started back when we did shows at the Tavern. Sarah Kennedy was next and tore it up as usual, she's becoming one of my favorite comics to watch. Matt went on before me and tore it up, too. Its cool to see how much he's progressed over the years. We used to work together at Poppis Pizza.
30-I drove all the way to Dallas the next day, left at 430 am. It was quite a drive, but got to the club at about 6. I met Randy Butler the owner of Hyenas for the first time, he was a really nice guy, showed me around a little bit and let me do some time at the show that night. I was only scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The opener was a guy named Larry Campbell who had some great stuff and got the crowd into it. I went after him and had a pretty decent set, could've done way better, but travel days don't give you a lot of time to prepare. Nick Guerra did 30 after me and destroyed. I'm so glad I didn't have to follow him, I would have ate shit pretty bad. His jokes and his improve rocked. I kind of felt bad for the headliner who had to follow, but he tore it up, too. Headliner was Dustin Ybarra, Gary Hood told me about him before so it was cool to see him perform. I think Nick and Dustin will both make it big, it was a fun show.
31-Big New Years Eve show at Hyenas! I was excited to be working with Carl LaBove, one of the Outlaws of Comedy and Sam Kinisons best friend. I just read a story online that said Carl's kid was actually fathered by Sam. Kinda fucked up Carl's life with getting his license and passport taken away, not good for a road comic. Anyway the shows went great, Carl tore it up both shows and did different material. Plus he was super cool. A lot of times you'll work with a headliner and they think they're way better than everyone else and have a shitty attitude and treat the openers like shit, well Carl was the opposite. I didn't get to meet him before the show but right after my set he came up and introduced himself to me and we chatted for a bit after the show. Hope I get to work with him again sometime.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
havent blogged in a few months
It's already February 2011 and I haven't blogged since November, haven't been on the computer much. Got a lot of shows to talk about, but I'm gonna do it later, so check back later. Oh and I even filmed for a tv show!
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