Brightest Young Things creator/editor Svetlana Legetic watches a lot of films!
Emily Ruskowski improves lyrics!
Aaron Thompson had a large budget for socks!
Ian played piano!
I did not deserve this exclamation mark!
Visit Brightest Young Things here.
Watch Emily Ruskowski here.
Visit Aaron Thompson here.
Week 2! Much better than week 1!
The Prince of Petworth creator speaks highly of Washington DC.
Michael Foody is amazing and, if the world is fair, will be very rich and successful.
The Torches play music you want to drink to in a dive bar.
Ian Walters plays piano throughout the evening.
We all celebrate a strangers birthday.
Visit Prince of Petworth here.
Visit Michael Foody here.
Visit The Torches here.
A good show. Really.
Drew Michael is a very funny stand up comedian. He was on an episode of YMTE Live! I invited him to do a long form interview. He said yes. This is that interview.
The interview took place on the roof of my building. It gets windy in some places.
Drew is performing this Saturday at midnight at Second City. I'll be there too. Here's some of Drew's comedy.
The live show! It starts poorly and ends not poorly! My mom was there! So there's that!
Thomas Conner is the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun Times. He was the first guest of the evening. I asked him what Chicago acts he was following. I suggested BBU, Daniel Knox and White Mystery. Today Mr. Conner wrote a great piece about 10 Chicago artists worth following. Guess who's on the list? I am very powerful and influential.
Marty Derosa was in a short film I made entitled "Look at Things and Try New Drinks". That has nothing to do with his comedy. Choking does have something to do with his comedy.
Daniel Knox is my favorite songwriter. Now Thomas loves him too. I am very powerful and influential.
View photos by Kevin McGuire here.
Read Thomas Conner's piece, "Hot Chicago: 10 local bands on the rise" here.
Watch the preview for a film Marty was kind enough to star in.
Watch a Daniel Knox video I made. It's sad. I think. I hope.
Credits
Host, producer, whatever: Brandon Wetherbee, Co-host: Esmeralda Leon, Piano player: Jeremy Tromburg, Death: Kevin McGuire
The live show! Fun!
Nathan Rabin writes for The Onion's AV Club and is the author of "The Big Rewind" and the upcoming "My Year of Flops". You read his stuff. You like his stuff. Listen to us talk about Lou Pearlman.
James Fritz is a stand-up. He's on Red Bar Radio most shows. He's very funny. Listen to him crack wise.
Jon Langford is in the Waco Brothers, The Mekons and also releases solo records. They're really good. His new one is entitled "Old Devils". Listen to him perform songs from that album.
Best one yet.
The woman behind RE:COM and a bunch of other good stuff sits down on a stage to talk about stand up comedy while not being a stand up. I like Kristy. She's a person you should know. You'll like her too.
Heather is the best. She didn't run away. She did talk about how she doesn't really like writing. At the Printers Ball After Party. So that happened.
A nice talk with a correspondent/writer from "The Daily Show". He made me laugh when I saw him at Pitchfork. Go see him when he's in your town.
A nice chat with one of my favorite comics, Hannibal Buress. Talk of "Louie", video game hockey and performing outdoors. Buy his record. It comes out today.
The host of Red Bar Radio sits down to talk about breakfast, the origin of his show, the newish Red Bar Comedy Club, producing comedy albums and more. A good listen for any fan of Red Bar.
Live! Talk show (kinda)! Fun times!
Graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown makes me glad I'm not a Red Wings fan. A nice conversation about the difference between his 'real' voice and persona voice, what his friends and family thinks of his work, living on a private paradise and much more.
Stand-up Cindy Cornelsen is funny and dirty and my mom would like her comedy. That's not a joke.
The Way It Is played a really pretty set. Before the music was a very, very mean interview. I laughed so much I spit my drink back into the glass. Twice. Michael Sanchez (The Way It Is) is a good sport.
The Live show! Fun times! Stuff to listen to! Ending sentences in prepositions!
Author Stephanie Kuehnert talks about her books "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" and "Ballads of Suburbia", how bartending is good for you and how she really doesn't have anything to do with "Jersey Shore".
Junior Stopka makes everyone laugh and feel odd inside. He also tells us about his favorite part of the Grand Prize Game and then does, well, just listen.
Team Band makes glorious noise. They were good sports.
Two funny people talk to me in a tiny room! Fun times!
Liza is part of Riot Comedy. It's a fun show on Thursday nights at Chicago Joes. It's fun. Really. I love it.
Kevin is a writer for The Late Live Show. He's funny and makes me smile. In my heart.
Here's the link to Riot Comedy.
Liza and a few other Chicago comedians write for a site called The Proposal. Visit here.
Kevin made a video called "Blind Date" that Liza said is funny. Watch it here.
The link to The Late Live Show is here.
A nice, long show. Listen to Brandon (me, from here on out I'll use me or I, the third person always seems wrong) yell at Kevin for no reason. I really need to stop abusing him. He did get to spray me in the face with water so at least it's not one-sided.
Brian Costello ("The Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs") informs us of the elderly, Nazi lady in Lincoln Square and the sexism (my word, not his) of the Grand Prize Game computer. He's funnier than me.
Cameron Esposito ("Grab Them Aghast") performs stand-up and lets me talk to her about smelly performers. I say odd things and she permits it. She's nice and obviously funnier than me.
Trevor McSpadden from The Hoyle Brothers tells us about moving from Texas and plays a really great, intimate solo set. Not funnier than me.
You, Me, Them, Everybody Live Podcast Recording at the Hungry Brain with Brandon Wetherbee and Esmeralda Leon, guests Scott Smith, Alex White performing special solo set, stand-up from Cameron Gillette, music from Jeremy Tromburg and more.
I didn't know the lead singer of a band I booked was a pretty well known, really good cartoonist for the first five years. I was out of the loop. Now I am not. A nice conversation with the wonderful Paul Hornschemeier. Talk of drawing, writing and other artsy stuff.
You, Me, Them, Everybody Live Podcast Recording at the Hungry Brain with Brandon Wetherbee and Esmeralda Leon, guests Adam Burke and Jacqui Ryan, music from Al Scorch and more.