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Derek Sheen to record live album at Chicago’s Comedians You Should Know on June 24, 25

Because of Derek Sheen, I will never again think of an escalator as an escalator.  Instead, I will take the “wizard stairs.”  Thanks to this Seattle-based comedian, the next billion times I say something in some mortifying way I didn’t mean (and believe me, those billion times all are likely to occur by next Tuesday), …

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A Q&A with comedian David Heti, and it was more than OK

Why aren’t philosophers listed in the Yellow Pages?  I need a philosopher to articulate the reasons for my existential dread.  I could use a philosopher combined with a lawyer.  Lawyers construct arguments as beautiful as geometric theorems to force us to address the wrongs that created the dread in the first place. What if I …

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How can you get your hands on The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album? I’ve got the scoop here.

UPDATE BELOW How can you get your hands on The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album which Stand Up! Records will release exclusively on Record Store Day (April 18)?  Here’s the scoop. Record Store Day (RSD) was founded in 2007 and is celebrated every year on the third Saturday in April.    Albums with exclusive content …

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Think you know Joan Rivers? Can we talk? Rare album releases April 18, 2015.

When I was in seventh grade, I was obsessed with the book Having A Baby Can Be a Scream.   Granted, most of it went over my head, but it didn’t matter.  Comedy was something of a religion in our house and I recognized the voice of a deity when I read one.   I didn’t know …

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