Colorado Tour and Pinetop, AZ

MAY 2-4 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO: LOONEES COMEDY CORNER W/MATT PETERSON AND LANDRY

Had a fun week at Loonees in Colorado Springs! Matt Peterson was our opening act for the week. It was nice getting him some stage time at a comedy club, he did a great job! Had fun with him. Landry was the headliner for the week, I had met him before in Las Vegas and Atlanta at a couple comedy festivals. He won the World Series of Comedy, super funny guy and really nice, too. It was nice hanging out with the Loonees crew.

MAY 3 DENVER, COLORADO: COMIC CENTS RADIO W/JESSE CARTER, JODEE CHAMPTION, JOHN T. WREN AND ANDREW ORVEDAHL

Friday I cruised up to Denver for an hour on Comic Cents Radio, you can check it out here. It was fun shooting the shit with Jesse and Jodee, Andrew Orvedahl popped in a little late.



MAY 6 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO: EAST COAST BAR W/BRETT CRANDALL, BEN ADAMS, STEVE YOUNG

Had a show at the East Coast Bar in Fort Collins! Steve Young headlined, it was nice seeing Steve again, he was always one of my favorite guys in the Denver scene, super nice guy and funny. I had never seen Ben Adams before, but he was hilarious! Brett was a great host, too, another super nice guy as well. They had some burlesque dancers on the show as well, which is always pretty rad. Met some cool people up there. Had a solid 10 minute set!



MAY 8 DENVER, COLORADO: DEER PILE W/CHRISTIE BUCHELE, BOBBY CRANE, NATHAN LUND, DR. KEVIN FITZGERALD, SAM TALLENT, A.J. FINNEY AND CHRIS CHARPENTIER

Wednesday night I went to Comedy Works downtown to see Troy Baxley headline, he's one of my favorites! It was an awesome show, got to see Stephanie McHugh, Phil Palisoul and George McClure also.

Afterwards, I walked over to the Deer Pile for the show with the Fine Gentlemen's Club show, Too Much Fun. Christie Buchele, Bobby Crane, Nathan Lund, Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, Sam Tallent, A.J. Finney and Chris Charpentier were all on the show, too! Holy shit, what a great lineup. Had a fun set, a little edgier than normal! Tried some new shit that did great, too.



MAY 9 DENVER, COLORADO: VOODOO COMEDY PLAYHOUSE W/AMBER HOTT, CHRIS CARLTON, BRENDAN BIRCH AND ULTRA SEX LASERS

This was another fantastic show at a little improv theatre in Denver. Fun crowd, really enjoyed the show, and the band, Ultra Sex Lasers were really cool! Got to see some old friends, too.



MAY 10-11 GREELEY, COLORADO: THE DOWN UNDER COMEDY CLUB W/JASON "MUTT" RODGERS, J-SIN NOVAK, AND DON MORGAN

The Down Under in Greeley is a super cool little comedy club in Northern Colorado. I loved both of the shows there! First night we had about 25, but the crowd was solid. Saturday we had over 50 and they were great! Such a fun weekend, and Don Morgan rocked it! It was nice to see him do a feature set. Love that dude.





MAY 13 PINETOP, ARIZONA: HONDAH CASINO W/KEITH ELLIS

I drove out to Pinetop for the show at Hondah. Keith Ellis was the feature act, funny guy from Phoenix! Had a fun time out there.

Wits End/Laughing Skull

The last week I was on the road for the first time in months. I was a little rusty, hadn't done a 30 minute set in awhile. I was performing at Wits End in Westminster, CO, for NYE, so I decided to go to Denver a day early and see if I could get stage time somewhere. Chris Charpentier, Nathan Lund, Bobby Crayne and Sam Tallent run a show every Wednesday, and were cool enough to let me headline while I was in town. These four guys are extremely talented young comics and they put together a great show of stand up and sketch comedy. The show was in the upstairs of a building that looked like apartments, not sure if anyone lived there or not, didn't seem like anyone did. The room was really cool, just looked like a big living room. Saw a couple comics I had never seen before, one's name was Morgan I think, she was funny. I didn't catch all of her set, but what I saw was funny. The other comic was Kristen Rand(sp?), she was great. Loved her style. My set didn't go as well as I had hoped, but it was nice to get on stage and do more than a 5 minute set.

At Wits End, the headliner for the week was Steven Kent McFarlin, aka Spanky. I had heard great things about him, so I was really looking forward to working with him. John Crist was the mc, except for Thursday he wasn't able to make it, so my good buddy, Don Morgan opened and did a great job! That was the best I had seen Don do, I was proud of him.

Thursday night we had kind of a light crowd, it took them awhile to warm up, but I got them laughing. Got to see a couple friends that night, too, which was cool. Friday first show was a huge crowd, second show was the smallest of the week, but both shows were fun. NYE crowds were great, it seems like crowds on NYE get offended a little more easy than other crowds. Which is fine, keeps me on my toes. It was a nice time in Colorado, got to see some old friends, I really miss it up there.

Wednesday night before my show, my buddy Ron Ferguson got me free tickets to Comedy Works to see him perform with Steve McGrew! I had never seen Steve live, so that was a nice way to spend some time on a Wednesday. I had met Steve years ago at Laffs in Albuquerque, but didn't see him perform.

I had a couple days off before I had to fly to LA for my first round in the Laughing Skull Festival. Denver comic, Jason Keyes and I shared a hotel in Hollywood, not far from our venue, the M Bar. Jason is a very funny, underrated comic in Denver. I hope he goes far, he's funny, smart, and he's a good guy. He tore it up at the M Bar and he had to go first. The mc for the night was Chris Mata, who I hadn't seen in a couple years. I worked with him in South Dakota and drove him to the airport in Minneapolis. It was nice seeing him again. Met some other great comics on the show that night as well. Met Mark Agee, originally from Dallas, I had heard good things about him before. Alex Hooper had a killer set, I was shocked to not see him in the top 2 for the night. Allison Breen and Jennifer Murphy finished second and first respectively, both were very funny!

The coolest thing about the trip was hanging with Steve Abeyta, an old friend of mine. He goes to school at the Musicians Institute in LA, he's a kick ass drummer! If you don't believe me listen to some AnesthesiA! Steve lived only a few blocks from where I was performing so he met up with me after school. Good times were had! Also met Matt Lewis, another comic in LA. I've talked to him a few times before but never met him. I like the scene out in LA quite a bit, I've only been out there twice for shows and I've met quite a few comics and all of them have been really cool. I'm hoping to plan a trip out there in the summer time to do some showcases.

I was pretty disappointed in myself for not having a better set on Wednesday night at the M Bar, but today I got an email from Steve Hofstetter letting me know that I was selected for the 2012 Laughing Skull Festival in Atlanta! They had a different format this year where they took two people from the live shows that were selected by judges, then an extra comic was also selected, not sure if they went by tape or judges or what. But I got in and I'm very excited about it! I know quite a few comics who have been to the Laughing Skull Festival in the past and they said it's well worth the trip. Can't wait!

karma/illegal petes

Caitlin, Jake and I went to Lakewood for a show at Karma on Saturday night. Show started late, wasn't really a great set up for comedy, but the show was actually really fun. The people that were there actually paid attention and got the jokes which was nice. And they had the Iowa-Penn St game on, so I got to see the ending of that!! Go Hawkeyes!! It was a fun show, Sam Tallent, Jodee Champion, Jake Sharon and Jesse Carter performed, too!

Jake and I had another show at Illegal Petes right afterwards which is near Denver University. I'd never been in that area it was kind of cool. The show was pretty awesome, I had a lot of fun. Once again a great lineup: Mooch Wilford, Alicia Jacobs, D. Kelley, Jake, Sam Tallent and Brian Blank. Sam's set was pretty much all improv and he did a great job. Pretty entertaining to watch, he's a bright guy and I think he's gonna do really well. Brian Blank, not so much. Just kidding Brian.

Caitlin and I are going to see Floater on Wednesday night at the Larimer Lounge! I'm excited to see them, I've been a fan since '99 when my friend Nate Tramontina introduced me to their music when we worked at Pizza Hut together. I miss Nate. If you miss Nate, you should check out his band, AnesthesiA! They signed a record deal with Suburban Noize Records last fall. AnesthesiA

This week I have a show at Wits End up in Westminster on Thursday night with Jake Sharon, Dave Testroet, Eugene Kenny, Hippieman, and a few others, it's gonna be a great show! Friday I'll be in Albion, Nebraska, and Saturday in Evansville, Minnesota, with Jordan Zuckerman!