Last night's Globe Gong Idol was possibly the most raucous one yet (a near impossible feat you might think if you've been to past Gongs), where three dozen performers took the stage in a whirlwind affair, attempting to spit, crush, sing, and swivel before a wall-to-all audience had the chance to smother their attempts with deafening BOOS and calls for the GONG. In the middle of a near-riot while Prescott Tolk was getting over some jokes, the whole she-bang was interrupted by a dozen Mama Truth followers, chanting and drumming their way through the bewildered crowd, who had thought the show couldn't reach further absurdity. Mama and her crew took their chance on stage, but the audience had an intuition they were interloping, promptly hissing for them to leave so they could get back to booing their own people.

The myriad of performers included Adam Kozlowski, Jared Logan, Robert Buscemi, Brady Novak, Brian Berry (who took home the winning prize of the evening for best performance), Dave Odd, Sarah King as Mama Truth, Mike Sheehan, Jason Fever, John Springsteen, Steve Carrier, Aretha Franklin, Cameron Esposito, Echo, Hannibal Buress, "Twister Man", "Optimus Prime", Carrie Long, Robin Kemp, Ken Barnard, Adam Burke, Prescott Tolk, Kyle Parris, special guest from NYC, Liam McEneaney, host Tony Blanco, and judges Kumail Nanjiani, Hannah Gansen, and Benny Harris, all with impeccably timed zingers waiting at the end of each performer's hustle. Spotted in the crowd was Bradley Fojas, Tony Sam, Dustin White, Mark Geary, Brian Potrafka, and current hobo-n-drifter Landon Kirksey; he's back in town for the week to play some gigs with his band Devin and the Straights after cooling for a bit in Ft. Worth, TX, where he's been doing work in an improv theatre and getting some commercial spots under his belt.

- Kristy Mangel