A caveat, I totally forgot to post about this and assumed that everyone in the whole world has facebook and therefore some of you may not have known about this.
So last night I got up in front of a live audience for the second time ever and like the last time it was a blast. Unlike the last time it was an informal and free event which featured a very diverse audience of chabadnicks, artsy hipsters and yeshiva rebels. I think I could have done a better job, but it was loads of fun and I met some great people. It was hosted by Shemspeed which is the record label which has Y-Love signed on. You can read about the event on their homepage.
For those of you that did show up- thank you- it was lots of fun meeting some of my loyal commenters and fellow bloggers. There may have been more, but three bloggers showed up and I gotta show my love. Nemo and Jacob Da Jew and Mike in Midwood were the bloggers that showed up.
I also got to meet Matthue Roth who wrote this book Never Mind the Goldbergs which I thought was a hilarious. Mendy Pellin who is by far one of the biggest names in frum comedy because besides being frum he actually does frum comedy- also showed up- but he missed my piece. I also was treated to two beers one by commenter XVI and one by Y-Love who stopped by to see me- and of course I was flattered. He has a free show in Central Park this sunday at summer stage by the way.
It looks like I am going to be the featured artists and MC next time so I will keep you folks posted, it was super fun and a lot of interesting perofrmers took to the stage. Besides for interesting performers- including our dear friend and commenter HEADBANGER who read a poem about getting with frummy girls (good job man it was hilarious) there was a good atmosphere and I spotted some single ladies- so for all you people out there you may want to check it out next time, it will be in about a month on a Wednesday night. Its free and the atmosphere is like a coffee shop/bar thrown into a vintage living room.
I would like to thank Erez and his wife Nina for putting on a great show and filming me and throwing it up on You Tube- my brother filmed me but the camera was sideways.
By the way I got a message this morning from someone who thought my adjustment of the microphone was part of an act- but I really had no idea how to adjust.
32 responses so far ↓
1 s(b.) // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:42 am
Sweet, man. Have you ever MCed anything before?
2 heshman // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:48 am
Nope- I just want more time to rant- there were so many Lubbies there I will bust out some poking fun of them.
3 B. Spinoza // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:57 am
good for you. I wasn’t there, but maybe next time
4 Mikeinmidwood // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:58 am
The post was great. We have an imposter I wasnt there!!
5 Ben // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:24 pm
please let us non facebook guys know in advance
6 ugottabelieve // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:36 pm
video was awesome and spoke to ppl that went they said it was cool
i’ll try to make the next one
7 heshman // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Hey Ben next time you will be kept up to date- especially since its going to be more then 5 minutes of myself. The bigger the audience the more pumped I get anyway.
8 heshman // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Mike I had some guy come up to me and introduce himself as mike in midwood.
9 Mikeinmidwood // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Why me? why not Heimish in Bp or someone else. thats just weird.
10 heshman // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Hey you got a link out of it be happy- but it was weird because I pictured you as more of the yeshiva rebel type- but he was more of the YU type.
11 MordyS // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Dude, so sorry I missed it! Was at the Pearl Jam concert…
Oh yeah, and I dunno if Giddy told you, but my mom wants her gardening tools back.
12 Nemo // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Was a lot of fun. Biked home after the party slightly intoxicated. Too bad you couldn’t do a rant about Lubavitch girls, especially cause some of them were there too!
13 heshman // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Nemo- I am hosting the next one and I already have it in my mind to do a whole piece on lubavitch girls and lubavitchers in general- they will love it.
14 Mikeinmidwood // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Me a Yeshiva rebel thats funny.I was never really there.
15 Nemo // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:53 pm
After some of the acts last night (not yours of course) I’m tempted to try my hand at comedy. I just don’t think I could bust out like that though, I’d have to spend a week or so writing …
You know, I’d have to be totally original, cause sympathy laughs would send me home crying. And I couldn’t get away with a Lubavitch routine, it’s just not as fun hearing it from “one of us.”
16 Nemo // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Sorry, I meant that after some of the not so piss-your-pants-laughing kinda acts, I’m not so nervous anymore about trying out comedy. Apparently you can look stupid and still get away with it.
17 Shemspeed // Jun 26, 2008 at 2:05 pm
looking forward to having you host the next one ! and yes, two massive shows!
JULY 1st - ONE TIME ONLY FULL BAND CLUB SHOW!
Mosh Ben Ari / Electro Morroco / Y-Love / Diwon
@ MUSIC HALL
Get your tickets now before they sell out - http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000040A7CD876C04
18+ Doors 8pm / Show 9pm
$30 advance / $35 day of show
all info at http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com
Mosh Ben Ari, Y-Love and Diwon will also be performing Summer Stage this coming sunday.
18 Redhead // Jun 26, 2008 at 2:06 pm
My favorite line:
“you’re filming sideways, it’s never gonna come out!”
lol!
19 s(b.) // Jun 26, 2008 at 3:08 pm
–Why me? why not Heimish in Bp or someone else. –
’cause I’m totally going to introduce myself as heimish. lol
Nemo, please tell me you stayed away from pedestrians when you were biking with a buzz. Two wheels is totally not safer than four. I don’t understand why some folks think biking drunk isn’t dangerous (I’m not saying you think that, I’ve just seen it done many times by people who don’t even think it could be).
20 heshman // Jun 26, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Hey folks the next one is Weds July 23rd same place same time. Heres a link.
http://www.shemspeed.com/openmic.php
21 Cthulu // Jun 26, 2008 at 4:44 pm
You mistook me for Mike in Midwood. My blog is http://cthulu4prez.livejournal.com. Funny as hell show though.
22 gp // Jun 26, 2008 at 5:34 pm
It’s great you met Matthue Roth , I loved his book Yom Kippur a go go
23 stacy // Jun 26, 2008 at 5:35 pm
i wish i could’ve been there, unfortunately last minute Pearl Jam trumps you.
btw i collect pez dispensers and all my friends think it’s creepy…. nice to know someone gets it.
24 Nemo // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:54 pm
s(b.) - I know the route home pretty well including traffic patterns and every nook and cranny (I ride it once or twice daily) and I’m just kidding about the intoxicated part.
Although, I didn’t realize that they have a bar at a place called the “Tea Lounge” and if I did I would have left the bike home (you see, not drinking isn’t really an option).
25 Jacob da Jew // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Yo, photos over at my blog and also the vid with headbanger, link it up yo
26 Anonymous // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Heshy that was so good!
Come to Jersey one day!
27 Frum Punk // Jun 27, 2008 at 12:05 am
Why is the video down? Wish I could have been there. If you do one in August I’ll be there.
28 heshman // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:53 am
The video is not down- its playing fine./
29 Yochanan // Jun 30, 2008 at 2:02 am
I was the BT who gave Hesh the war paint and salute jokes.
30 | Jewschool // Jul 2, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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31 Jerry Kahn // Jul 6, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I just stumbled upon your Website today, and think that you have some good stuff. Performing stand-up comedy is a lot of fun, and I hope that you continue to pursue it.
Jerry Kahn
http://www.JewishComic.com
32 heshman // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Thanks Jerry and thanks for the link as well.
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