Odds and Ends
Goood morning/afternoon/evening, Bastionland! Several things to let you know about/remind ourselves about, here on the gorgeous Friday in the city. There is no rhyme nor reason, there is only COMEDY:
This Sunday, July 1, at 9 p.m., come to Bad Dog Tavern to say goodbye to Chicago stand-up stalwart Josh Cheney. Oh, you didn't know? He's moving. To L.A. There's a beach there. And wild peacocks. Why wouldn't he go there? There will be a show that evening, but there will be more tears than laughter. Okay, we'll stop being that way.
But then that Tuesday, July 3, you can shake all that off and give Ms. Brooke Van Poppelen a giant, warm, welcome back hug, as she'll be back on the stage she co-founded, Chicago Underground Comedy! Follow up the goodtimes that are surely to be had this evening with a visit to Zanies that weekend, July 6-8, as she features for her good friend Baron Vaughn. We'll be there Sunday night! Please say hi and sit down for a drink with us. We have to drink at least two bevvies, you know!
We haven't been very dutiful about the show, but we heard that Tommy Johnagin advanced in Last Comic Standing this week, Operation: Minneapolis. As there weren't any Chicago tryouts this season, many of our own trekked down to Minn. to get in on the action, and even though we're not sure we can REALLY claim Tommy, we are right now! Plus, he's a super nice, affable guy and a hilarious, strong comic who worked the Chicago alt stages a couple years ago and then kept right on working onto Live at Gotham. Good luck, Tommy!
They managed to piss off 10,000 more 14-year-olds, this time by landing on MySpace.com's homepage this past Tuesday with a fully remastered version of "8 Mile", the beloved Eminem spoof which also was the catalyst for the whole Blerds thing. Do continue to read all 1700+ comments.
And finally, for your Big Happy Friday round-up, we'll give you at least a week-out heads-up: Zach Galifianakis is at the Vic Theatre, Friday, July 6, 8 p.m.. No, there hasn't been any local media coverage on the show. It's not even on the Vic's Web site. There's hardly been even a MySpace bulletin about it! But rest assured, we do know the show is real, and tickets can be bought here. How do we know it's real? Well, good friend of the Bastion Kumail Nanjiani is opening for the Zach! And guess what else? The very next day, July 7, Kumail is staging his one-man show at the Lakeshore Theater. We're pretty sure that you can be very certain there will be an Inside With: Kumail Nanjiani, published next week right here on the Bastion.
