Layers: No Labor Involved with Tyler Holme’s New Satirical Read BEET LIFE (Based on That Influencer We ALL Know)
Since the pandemic began, it’s like time has moved in slow motion. September of 2020 now seems a lifetime away, however not any less memorable. You may be saying, that’s not when it all started, dummy? My reply, is that, I KNOW! So what DID happen then? I’ll tell you! Cake Mama happily shared with […]
Layers: Get Weird with Comedian TONE BELL and His New Stand-Up Album “One Night in Austin”
TONE BELL’S (BET’s American Soul, CBS’ Fam, HBO Max’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, The United States vs. Billie Holiday), new stand-up album “One Night in Austin” is pure, unadulterated happiness in 11 tracks (plus a bonus one). The album is the Bell’s sophomore full-length album, following up his debut Can’t Cancel This from 2019. It was […]
Layers: Have A Bite of Canadian Comic CLARE BELFORD’S Debut Stand-Up Album THE ENTIRE CABBAGE
Once you decipher some Canadian geography and a few colloquialisms in the set, CLARE BELFORD’S new comedy album on Comedy Records, THE ENTIRE CABBAGE, becomes a relatable romp around world of adulthood, dating, lockdowns, and, yes, even brassicas (as the title intimates). The set was recorded live at Trailside Music Hall on Prince Edward Island, […]
Layers: Get into AUSTEN AUGUST with Some “Clueless” Romance on The Latest ‘P.S. I Love Rom-Coms’
Seems utterly fitting that the ‘Summer of Love’ should be paired with P.S. I Love Rom-Coms‘ AUSTEN AUGUST. As comedians Mia Schauffler and Allie Jennings continue their quest to find the greatest Rom-Com of all time, they thought it appropriate to look to one of the icons of literary realism for inspiration. They set forth […]
Layers: RORY SCOVEL Survives A Step Off The Comedy Cliff in His New Fully Improvised Stand-Up Special ‘Live Without Fear’
So who’s more half-baked? A comic doing six nights of fully improvised stand-up, the audience who signs up to watch or the person taking the time to watch and review the film premiere of the event? Hey, I’m not answering that for you, but what I AM doing is telling you the creation is a […]
Layers: Out Now JOYELLE NICOLE JOHNSON’S New Punchline-Packed Comedy Album ‘YELL JOY’
America celebrated it’s first federal Juneteenth holiday this past weekend. To add a spicy cherry topping to the historical celebrations, standup comedian and self-proclaimed “Jersey girl,” Joyelle Nicole Johnson, released her first comedy album YELL JOY in tandem. The album is a four-volume record composed of pre-pandemic showcase sets recorded at The Village Underground. This format […]
Layers: Comedian JESSICA WATKINS Takes A Transformative Walk Across America in The Award-Winning Documentary “SPECIALish” Out Now
SPECIALish the new documentary film from New York comedian Jessica Watkins, care of Random Media, wholly embodies it’s succinct title. Not only is the work a comedy special, but it’s a form of entertainment wrapped up in a journey of reflection, personal growth, and self-actualization. Watkins devised a plan to quit her waitress job and […]
LAYERS: Lap Up A Delightful Dollop of CONDO ART from The Canadian-Grown PUBLIC WORKS Sketch Trio
Now that you’ve enjoyed your 420 fill of documentaries about Bigfoot, weed, and murder, it’s time to get a more calming dose of hilarious, audible sketch. The Toronto based comedy sketch team of Callum Wratten (The Beaverton), Alex Kolanko (Shh, I’m Watching A Movie), and Connor Low (The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries), also known as […]
Layers: Enjoy Career Goals and A Kilo of Potato Salad with DAVE HELEM’S First Hour Drive-In Comedy Special “D.J. The Chicago Kid”
The summer of last year (some might say one of worst years in US history) a very positive event occurred: comedian DAVE HELEM recorded his very first comedy special, care of Comedy Dynamics, at the Tribeca Drive-In pop-up held at Pasadena Rose Bowl (you know, the one where they have those critical end-of-the-year college football […]
Layers: OUT NOW on Blonde Medicine MARONZIO VANCE’s Smooth yet Peppery New Double-Album of Stand-Up Comedy “20”
Self-described “optimist nihilist” MARONZIO VANCE (Lopez, Wanda Sykes: Wanda Does It, Last Comic Standing) has a brand new double-album out on Blonde Medicine, succinctly titled 20 (for the obvious reason of simple addition). It would seem the comedian was destined for a place in the entertainment industry since Maronzio started writing at the age 10, […]
