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Don't miss the beginning of the end!

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This weekend I will be that the Bottlerock Music fest in Napa. I see this as beginning of the road back, or at the very least a pathway back to making one last special and the end of me feeling sorry for myself about where my standup career is and not doing anything about it! Sweater up! GET TIX

Because YOU wanted it to happen... it did!

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A week ago my band The Reigning Monarchs went into a real recording studio in North Hollywood and laid down basic tracks for our upcoming album Black Sweater Massacre. We did it live into to a Neve board operated by a real engineer for 5 whole days! We put in 10- 12 hour days, running on nothing more than coffee, cigarettes, burritos and jerk chicken. Two years ago that was a pipe dream. No one in their right mind would lay down cash for an instrumental surf, punk, reggae, ska band to make a record. Let alone one fronted by an almost 50 year old comedian and has been girly book author. But that was before YOU came along. YOU the person reading this are a fan, and while not maybe a fan of mine you are a fan of something and these days fans have the power to not only make other people's dreams come true but to also to decide what kinds of movies, music, books and even inventions should be made. Bands that would never have a shot in hell are being given one because YOU think they should.

Our band astonishingly raised almost 30K on Indie Go Go. We only asked for 10. Last week we played like a 300k band. We went in with about 7-8 songs and we came out with 17. Having 5 days in the studio was a luxury we took very seriously, We worked until our fingers were blistered, our hearing was shot and at one point wrote a song so pretty it made The Hawk (our bass player) cry... and he's no pussy. It was one of the best experiences of my life, which many of you know, has not been awesome lately. You gave Mike, Blair, Dave (The Hawk) that experience out of the kindness of your big dumb hearts. And yes you have perks coming but they are nothing compared to what we got from YOU. We will spend the next month adding horns and other awesomeness to the trax and come summer you will have a new beast of a Monarchs record to reckon with. Hopefully you will dig it as much as we already do because... YOU ACTUALLY DO RULE!

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It's time...

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...let's sweater up and get back out there!

Thank you for your patience and your kindness. Walking The Room will hopefully return in April and the Monarchs should go into the studio then as well. I adore you all for your outreach and your love. New standing up comedy TOUR DATES are being added as well so check back often, or go to my Official facebook page, or my revised @GregoryBehrendt twitter page and get involved in the future of NOPE

XOXO

Sweater

Greg will be in Denver This Weekend 3/1-3/2

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Greg will be appearing in Denver at the Comedy Works South this weekend but will not be meeting with fans after the show. Show times Friday & Saturday: 7:15pm & 9:45pm

After these shows Greg will be "off the grid" as they say in 90's movies about the internet. He has been incredibly touched, and moved by your concern, loving emails, texts, posts and voo doo dolls made of pork cracklins. Please respect Greg's privacy at this time. He will get better he always does.Thank you so much for your cooperation and understanding.
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And then we lost the footage! Day 39 of 365

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Life is certainly not without its hardships. And of course hardships are relative to what's going on in your life. While losing ALL the footage to the documentary you've been working on for four months is not the same as many other dire problems it does count as a TOTAL FUCKING BUMMER. Especially when that's all this year is really about for Mike and I. . Now granted we are early on in the process and the band is about to go in the studio and make the record for the tour we will embark on, but there was some amazing stuff already shot! FUCK, SHIT, PISS, COCK! However when we were in Brooklyn for the Starfish Circus in Angelo had two Cuddlahs running second and third camera. Thomas Obarski and Rob Flanagan saved the day. Thomas cut two vids together for us ATTACK SWEATER ATTACK and our version of the Specials GHOST TOWN featuring the amazing Norah Jones and Jed Parish of the late great Gravel Pit. We are also joined by Glenn White and the Starfish Section foe what was one of the finest moments we've had as band. We learned the song as a group and hour before the show with out New York rhythm section of Pete Caldes, Drums (The Gentlemen) and Greg Camp Bass (Smashmouth) and then Norah and Jed joined us with Keyboardist Pete Remm and after two runs through this is how we did it!

The hard dive has been sent to a secret hard drive recovery lab in northern California ... so fingers crossed. This is the Pray part of Eat Pray Ska!

Day 20 of 365: Eat Pray Schecter

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On Jan 31st Mike and I were invited to Schecter Guitar Research to check out guitars and the possibility of being sponsored by them to play their guitars exclusively. They knew who we were, so they are in a pretty exclusive club and possibly broken and deranged. But in fact they we're inspired by our story and Indie Go Go campaign. A super heavy hitter in the metal world (Nikki Sixx Avenge Sevenfold) Schecter are looking to branch out in other genres of music and have some new super rad retro inspired guitars that would go great with sweaters. Fuck dude it was like winning a contest. Mike and were met in the parking lot, taken on a tour by Johnny Indovina and Seth Miller and then escorted into a room full of guitars selected just for us n' left alone to play. Who does that for a surf/ska band with 9 fans? Total Willy Wonka deal. Then at the end Mike and I were allowed to take as many as we wanted to try out with our own rigs and live! It was fucking amazing! So that's exactly what we did, after I changed my underwear. That night we had a gig at the Other Door in No Ho. I used the Schecter Guitar Research ULTRA III Special Edition Metallic Black. I plugged it into my Fender Super Reverb and BOOM it was on. While different than my Gretsch I was able to closely replicate that sound and it has and tone possibilities than that guitar. My Gretsch only sounds great on some songs and not others. But not only that The Ultra III is, not unlike the White Falcon, sweet to look at. USA Mike however is still trying to find that right guitar and sound. And because all we are is our guitar thuggery it really, really matters. If we were to take a sponsorship, as rad as that sounds, it would have to suit us both. We'd want to be all in as a band. So we are still working it out. Like so many people Johnny and Seth at Schecter have embraced what Mike and I are seriously trying to do with our lives and the music we are trying to make and that in and of it self is a fucking win. Stay tuned.

You are never just a fan!

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This was both the worst and possibly the best year of my life. I don't want to rehash too much of what I've already said in other posts on this blog, but long story short I went from wanting to kill myself to lusting after life in a way that feels sane. I was diagnosed as having some mental health issues that I've now come to understand have plagued me for most of my life. I have been able to fight them with therapy and prescription drugs. And while my problems no doubt still exist I now have the tools, the power and the desire to fix them. But more than that I have you. If you are reading this it is possible that you are a fan. And if you are then you must know that your support during the time when I was running around mad saved my life. Without your tweets, FB posts, show attendance, t shirt orders, Reigning Monarch and Walking The Room downloads, instagram follows, and emails there's a very good chance I wouldn't be here typing this. It got that dark kids. It is no longer that way. The car is going in the other direction. I will not post about this again as It is my intention to leave this here in 2012. But I want to reiterate this: You don't realize the power YOU have when you say something nice to someone on twitter, or buy a Doug Loves Movies Shirt, or go see Nikki Glaser live. You don't realize how fucking important the smallest gesture of posting about us on your blog, or facebooking a youtube video does for us. It keeps us alive. It keeps us creating. You are not just a fan you are the life blood of the creative soul. You give us permission to go forward, upward, sideways and yes even down. You may be a creative type yourself in which case you ability to support other creatives makes you a fucking hero in my book! Whatever your desires are for 2013 I hope they come true, and I hope I can help. Happy New Year. And thank you for the life you've given me.
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I Used To Hate Marc Maron

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I used to both love and hate comedian and podcaster Marc Maron. Marc and I are the same age and have both been doing stand up since the late ‘80s. The very first time I met him I was wearing a bright green and yellow madras shirt, a pair of shorts, and standing outside the Holy City Zoo Comedy Club in San Francisco. Maron walked up, looked at my shirt, and said dismissively, "Oh you are that guy." Which if you know me is true, but still it clearly wasn't meant as a compliment. He pegged me as a certain type of guy in an effort, I guess, to make me less threatening. (Not that I was threatening in any way.) Marc, to his own admission, has a competitive streak a mile wide and often can be found down a very wet well of self-loathing. But he has always been, at least in my estimation, one of the most fascinating comics to watch on stage. I love watching him work because what's happening when Marc is onstage is real. It's actually happening. He's never just going through the motions and not a lot of guys, myself included, can say that. Marc doesn't always go for the joke, which I love. He has a fascinating understanding of the culture and lives wickedly close to the zeitgeist. Sometimes he is brilliant but sometimes he ruins it for himself and everyone watching. I was always a fan. Marc has a rock star thing, and that has always been my jam. David Cross has it, Janeanne Garofalo has it, and so does Kyle Kinane for that matter. For a long time Marc was a fucking pain in the ass offstage, to the point that you'd try to avoid him so he didn't fuck up your night. Listen to his podcast and you’ll hear that everyone who knows Marc from the old days says that, on some level, he was something of an insufferable self-obsessed prick. But that's what's so great about this story. Marc has always been a seeker. Seekers are usually the ones that have no choice but to stumble upon their own faults in their quest for answers about the how and why of it all. At some point Marc took stock (or was forced to), got sober, and went on a path that led him to reevaluate his life and career. It's my guess that while Marc is incredibly talented, his personal flaws made it so that people we not willing to hire or work with him. So he, like our pal Jimmy Pardo, hired himself and started a podcast and we all know what happened with that. Now the assumption about Marc is probably that with fame would also come the return of his old self, but the fact is, it's been quite the opposite - at least in my experience. Since having success, Marc has gone out of his way to trumpet other comics he likes on his podcast and his live shows. Not only that, he shows up to people's shows that he's not on just to watch! At the lowest point of my career there he was among the twelve people who came to see me one night this past summer in Montreal. It helps that his girlfriend Jessica is a fan, but he could have chosen not to come. He's been incredibly kind in his praise of my Walking The Room partner, Dave, and has been a supporter of our show as well. He's always called or emailed me back within hours of reaching out to him. Do you know how fucking rare that is in this town? I can’t say I do that. Marc has been a regular on my Bring The Rock show and even sat in with my band The Reigning Monarchs at our music shows where he crushed it! His success has done something rare... it's humbled him. The point of this is A) You never know who your allies are going to be, so don't just write someone off because they didn't “get” your madras shirt. And B) Sometimes after a lot of hard work people really can change for the better. If for some reason you don't know his podcast WTF find it HERE not to mention he's a guest on our latest mess HERE

I have 365 days to live my dream

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Six months ago I was really struggling. I was at my manager's office one afternoon having a career meltdown/panic attack and blaming him for my lot in life when he finally yelled "Greg, no one's just gonna give you work at this point, you gotta write something! Come up with an idea!" I shouted back "Really Dave? Ok! How about a show about a 50 year old washed up girly book author and stand up comic who leaves his wife and kids to start a ska band?" it quickly broke the tension, we both laughed, and finally he said "Go home write it." Ahhhh.

And so I went home and started writing ideas down but it wasn't long til the idea of pitching this as a tv series and hearing other peoples notes got me bummed out. TV development is a long painful often humiliating process that more often than not goes nowhere. I felt like this was too personal an idea to cheapen to be a silly sitcom. Then it dawned on me, maybe I should leave my family and start a ska band. After all my band had just been offered a really crappy tour based on the popularity of our new three song EP that had been climbing the punk charts . A few nights later I was talking with some comics after a show and the idea of doing an album and a tour and documenting it came up. Suddenly it all fell into place. To make not only an album but a rockumentary about trying to make my band happen on the eve of turning 50. People got excited by this and a plan was hatched. After discussing it with my wife, who was not among those in the "excited" camp, we decided I could take 365 days (consecutive I believe) to try and make something out of The Reigning Monarchs. So starting today 11/26/12 my instrumental surf punk reggae ska band The Reigning Monarchs start an Indie Go Go campaign to raise money to not just make an album but possibly fund a tour and the making of the doc. I WILL NOT BE STOPPING STANDUP :) the goal would be to have a brand new hour that goes along with the doc. But if I don't do this now I will never do it.

Ill I've ever wanted to be since I bought my first Aerosmith record was a real, boots on the ground, get in the van, lets rock this motherfucker, musician. And for the first time in my life I'm playing in a band that could do just that. The album we are about to make is gonna be an epic, surf, punk, reggae, ska manifesto filled with drums, bass, horns and danceable guitar thuggery. If any if this sounds interesting please go HERE and get involved. Don't let my dream die. Ok that's dramatic but you get the point.

Also another goal of the campaign is to live the dream of playing shirtless like one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This idea makes my wife throw up out he ass. For this to happen I will need to lose 30 pounds. Today I weigh 194.

Get the comeback trail to go through your town!

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My shows in Atlanta this past weekend were fucking amazing. All manner of fans showed up from near and far. Some had never seen me, some were wrapped in Nope shirts and Came to multiple shows. It was exhilarating. also my last road gig for 2012. I am in Irvine Ca at the end of the month... and then I've got very little in my skedge. If you want to see me, rather then tell me on twitter or facebook... contact your local club and let em know. I'm not NOT coming to see see you by choice. I will go almost anywhere I am invited. The comeback trail will be long and for sure it will be hard but with your help we can make it happen.

Atlanta the next stop on the comeback trail.

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Please call it a comeback continues! I'm in Atlanta at the spectacular Laughing Skull this Thursday Nov 1st - Sun Nov 4th. Two shows every night. This is a fucking great club. It's small, personal and really how comedy is supposed to be experienced. This is the kind of club where you see new material being born. I don't know a comic that doesn't love this room. I will be working on 30 min of new material as well as taking requests of classic or obscure bits for hardcores via my twitter feed. But I need you there. I can't get better or build this thing by myself. Bring a friend, bring an enemy but come! GET TIX Lets hang out.

Totally call it a comeback! Salt Lake City

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This weekend I return to Wiseguys in SLC and in earnest begin the rebuilding of my standup career. After an amazing weekend at the Comedy Attic in Bloomington I walked away with 30 mins of new material. I will be doing that material this Fri and Sat night as I begin to prepare a new standup hour. I hope to use this new hour as part of the narrative for the documentary I'm making about my life and the Reigning Monarchs as well as it's own CD/DVD. I'm super excited about this. It's given me purpose! While neither the Doc or the CD/DVD of all his has a release date or a home it's fucking happening! BUT I need your help. Please come out and see me. Tell and bring friends. Let's spread the word! More tour dates are coming! I'm back guys.(well trying to be) Wiseguys is a also kick ass club! Get tix for SLC here

I was wrong!

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On June 18th of this year after a rough weekend of low ticket sales, missing my family way too much, and refusing to understand what was happening in my standup career, I posted a blog on this site saying I was going to stop working in comedy clubs in 2013. I didn't see the point if people weren't gonna come out, and I had to be away from my girls who are growing up much faster than I had expected they would. I was frustrated and confused. I may have also taken my pacifier out of my mouth and thrown it from my crib. So I promised to finish the dates I had on the books but to not book anything else. Included in those dates was a week of one man shows at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. I was set to give 6 performances of Clown From The Neck Down, the show I had performed to great acclaim in Australia and New Zealand. I was performing in a converted strip club. Almost no one showed up. In a room that held at least 200 people I was drawing between 12 and 50 people a night. One night I had to cancel because only 2 folks came. At a festival where many of my peers were present only two of them came to see me. Understand only a few years earlier I sold out a 800 seat theatre two nights in a row. I hit bottom. I was sad. I had something akin to a nervous breakdown. I resolved to get professional help upon returning home.

It helped. I realized this: I have a career like everyone in show business has. It's up. It's down. It's not personal. I've had great success and I've had great failures. They are not personal. The problem, was/is that I became a victim of my bad luck. I allowed it to control me and my point of view. I wasn't putting anything into the universe I was waiting for the universe to give it to me, like a little bitch. So here's what happened next.

I was having a meeting with my manager and he was like "Greg, you have to write something or make something!" (other than my hit podcast Walking The Room) Well myy band The Reigning Monarchs had just released an EP called All Summer Single that was charting on Bandcamp (#1 in punk for a spell) and we'd been offered a low rent tour. "What do you want me to do David?" I shouted. "Write a show about a 49 year cry baby that leaves his family to play with his ska band?" "That's a start" he said. And then I went home to start writing it. That weekend I was doing a stand up show with some old buddies. I was telling them the idea when someone said "You shouldn't write a show you should actually do it, leave your family to go play with your band and get the New Yorker or another magazine to pay you to write about the experience!" And then I said "Better yet what if we made a documentary about it?" Everyone agreed that could be cool. "Maybe I could narrate parts of the movie via my standup that way I might have a new hour/special as well." And the idea was born. So starting sometime in October I will start a year (365 days) of throwing my back into being in The Reigning Monarchs and I'll supporting that dream and my family by doing as much standup as I possibly can. Crazy right? That means I will be anywhere they will book my standup, anywhere they will book my band and anywhere they will book my podcast. I expect this to be very taxing year but I couldn't be more exhilarated about it.

If you are a fan I apologize for the dramatic mood swings this year. If I lost you I get it. I was wrong. It wasn't standup's fault, or your fault, it was my fault for not seeing the opportunities I've been given. I know this band/movie/standup thing is a ludicrous idea but it's gotten up off the mat and swinging, taking risks, doing shows and having a great time doing it. This weekend I am stoked that I will be at the Comedy Attic in Indiana and here are the dates I currently have booked. Come see me/us who knows you might get in the movie:)

Sweater.

Update. I've reposted the original "I'm quitting comedy" post for context to not only this post, but also my admission to struggling with depression. I think it's clear what a little therapy and being open change can do. POST

Now this is what I'm talking about!

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Walking The Room Podcast and Standup dates are happening with TWO shows in Austin and ONE show in OKC! Holy shit this is us walking the walking the room so now we need you to do the same. None of that makes sense but you get it. Not sure about the podcast? Come see our stand up! Come to these shows.

In Austin Dave and I are doing podcast on Friday night Aug 17th and a straight up standup show August 18th. Both shows are at the Spider House 29th St. Ballroom! TIX HERE!

And then it's off to OKC for a combo platter standup and live podcast! TIX HERE

Dave and I are unnervingly excited about trying this and if enough people show up then fuck it's a hootenanny!

I haven't quit comedy... however

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Starting in 2013 I will not be returning to the clubs. All standup dates will either local (Los Angeles), Walking The Room related, or if I can get a consensus of 300 or so people in a city then we'll get a room and we'll have a GB party. It's not that I don't love standup I love it a ton. But the way I've been doing it doesn't seem to serve me or the people that really like me. And so without pity or anger I'm doing it differently. And I'm pretty fucking excited about it. There are already WTR stand up and live podcast dates in the works. Again to be clear I'm not quitting,I'm just doing it differently. The quantity will go down but the quality will go up!

HOWEVER...

I DO have club dates in the US through the end of this year and unless you guys are willing to travel this might be your last chance to see me in some of these areas. This week I will be in BREA It will be a great show!

2012 TOUR DATES

Bring The Rock. (Canceled)

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UPDATE: Despite my excitement below the May 22 Bring The Rock has been canceled. We may re-boot at some point. We also may not. To those of you that bought tickets I'm sorry, To those you that didn't ... well there you have it. :)

Some years back I was lucky enough to be sitting at a dinner table with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, I was having some cod. He was recanting his trip to Australia to play their super festival, Big Day Out. While I can't tell the entire story here it was essentially about Tom feeling like RATM were the greatest band in the world having just made 80k people jump up and down for and hour in the mud when suddenly he realized that the band that was currently on hadn't played but had been on stage for at least 10 mins. He ran to the side of the stage to see that Slipknot had made all 80K people lay face down in the rain and mud before they would play a single note. It was then that Tom conceded that Slipknot were the greatest band in the world not RATM, at least on that day. Because Tom is such a well spoken and funny dude I realized I would pay good money to hear musicians, comics and other such pirates tell excellent rock and roll stories and then say I'd say "Regale us with a song, minstrel" (I'm a weird dude) And that's what Bring The Rock is all about! Hearing funny real life music stories from people that love music and then hearing a song that supports the story. I started the show 8 or so years ago at the old Largo in Los Angeles on Fairfax and am now doing it at the new one on La Cienega. It's the two things I love most in the world of entertainment good stories and rock.

This Tuesday the 22nd I will be joined by a guy I'm a huge fan of, stand up titan Bill Burr, Emmy award winning comic songstress *Karen Kilgariff, and uber musician Grant Lee Phillips, all of whom will be backed by the stellar Reigning Monarchs for an evening you will not forget. It's simply one of the best shows you will ever see. TIX BRING IT!

*I co-produced Karen's excellent debut album Behind You you should but it it's cheap and it's Here!

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Come see me in Seattle.

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Just a week ago I was in Seattle for the Live Walking The Room podcast it was, as all of my live shows in Seattle have been, fucking awesome. I've been going to Seattle every year, some times two and three times a year since I started comedy. I opened for David Cross on his The Pride is Back special, I've done 6-7 Bumbershoots and I've played Laughs in Kirkland at least 5 times. It is for my money maybe the best comedy state in the union. The crowds are always engaged, smart and wearing layers. I am there again this weekend (May 11-12) at Laughs and I highly encourage you to come to the shows as there are always great, the coffee is strong and I'll be wearing combat boots!

New to New Zealand! (Who is this dickhead?)

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This past five days have been spent in what I can truly call a whirlwind trip to Auckland and Wellington N.Z. for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Now it's one thing to be asked to perform at a festival but it's another to be asked to host their televised and non televised Galas. As a violently self aware comic, going to a country where he knows no one to host their biggest comedy events I felt a bit suspect. If you are me you wonder why you've been asked at all, and I assume if you are a comic from New Zealand you are probably wondering the same thing. "Why the fuck is this dickhead hosting?" (They say dickhead here a lot. It's kinda great) Look, I know comics! I've been one for 22 years. Classify me anyway you want to, I see myself first and foremost as a stand up comedian and because of that I knew there would be cynics among us but if there were? Well they hid themselves. I was treated to two of the best comedy shows I've ever been a part of. The talent on the shows was from all over the planet but the comics, particularly the ones from New Zealand and the especially hipster kids from the Fan Fiction show,and Dai Henwood went out of their way to make me feel as though I was a part of.

Look I'm not saying everybody loved me I'm sure I had my detractors. Whenever you have some notoriety or a modicum of fame for something other than standup your peers will be suspect of your authenticity as a comic. Comics are very good a sussing out their own. It has been my mission of late to be recognized as a comedian. Not better than, not funnier than, just AS one. But I am happy to report my two recent recent tours to the southern hemisphere have gone a long way to do that for me. New Zealand is a stunningly beautiful place, filled with really, really nice people and a burgeoning comedy scene filled with some smart, original, amazing talent and tonight they let me share the stage with them.

3rd show Saturday Night. (Clown has a meltdown)

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When you find yourself on stage yelling "Jesus Christ lady! Shut your fat fucking mouth so I can do my closer and then we can all go home and get out of the fresh hell of your stupid existence!" you are not winning.

Four of my five shows during my two night stand at Gotham Comedy Club in NYC this weekend were nothing less than awesome. It was just a really great weekend. A) I really like the club, B) I worked with great comics, like Mark Normand and Adam Cozens, and C) the management treated me very, very well. But late/third shows in any city, by any comic, under any circumstance, are fucking hard. Unless they've added the third show because of your massive popularity it's gonna be a battle. It's late, the crowd are usually drunk, chatty, loud, not sure why they came, and tired. Add to that they are probably not your fans, or at least mine because mine are home in bed. They are late night curiosity seekers who've stumbled onto the idea of "comedy might be fun" without really knowing what it is they want out of the experience. And they couldn't get into da club so this will have to suffice. By the time you get up on stage they've just watched two other comics so it's late. They've more than likely talked during the opener and peaked as a group during the feature act and now it's your turn to do your "art".

Here's the weirdest part. Part of you thinks 'Who knows? Small drunk crowd of disinterested people who don't know me from Adam? Maybe I could turn it into the best set of the week, Maybe I'll be transformative." But mostly you think "Fuck these fucking people!" This happens on no other show besides the late show.But the thing is you are partly to blame. You go up half pissed at people you've pre-judged before you've spent a second with them and then rifle through your material so you can get back to the porn or late night binge eating at the hotel.

Saturday night I created my own mess and lived in it. I shouted my act at people who paid to see it. I sped through punch lines and short sold my material. I was apparently put out to be performing standup comedy in an A room in a big city. Huh? Wasn't this the dream? I for certain lacked gratitude and I gave a sub par performance to mostly good people who paid to see a show. I'm not the only comic to ever do this and I won't be the last, but I was that guy Saturday night and I got exactly what I came for. It's amazing how we can create our own worst scenarios and then act surprised or angered by them when we've in fact helped them along.

Did that girl deserve a dressing down? Yes! Without a doubt. She was a loud, stupid, self centered bitch who ruined the show for people sitting near her. But the three pretty women at the front table and the nice couple on the left deserved a lot better. Also I'm a pro for fucks sake! So to me I say "Suck it up Nancy and do your act!" My apologies to those that came for comedy and got a tantrum.

Except the girl that talked the whole time. She can eat ass. :)

Super Update

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Hey Punks, Clowns, Cuddlahs, and Kittens! It's been awhile but GB.com is back and better than ever and by that I mean it's a different color. I have been super busy in the last year or so doing so many stellar things. My standup career is finally in full swing with DATES being added daily, my podcast Walking The Room is fast approaching it's 100th episode which will be captured in a live tragedy at Meltdown comics in Los Angeles April 20th,
(Tix and deets here) The Reigning Monarchs are about to start recording a new album and I'm about to start a memoir tentatively titled Exile in Girlville. I have also been blogging about clothes and bands with my wife Amiira over at Outdress The Enemy. You may want to file this all under "who gives a shit." but I plan to keep updating this site with stories from the road and pictures of me waving so don't be a stranger!

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That Guy From That Thing gets a shot on NETFLIX!

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In 2009 I put out a one hour special called Greg Behrendt Is That Guy From That Thing. The title jokingly refers to my pathetic moment in the spotlight after the success of He's Just Not That Into You. It was the way I was routinely greeted in airports and diners when people couldn't think of "Hey faggot!." Or when people wouldn't confuse me with the far more fetching Ty Pennington.

My career was in a weird / unbelievably shitty place when we shot it. My talk show had been cancelled to the concern of almost no one, my reality show had been mercifully shelved, I lost my manager, my agents, my publisher and my goldfish. So I needed this to work. This was my shot to show the world that I was more than those seven ubiquitous words. I put a lot of eggs into the "That Guy" basket. That is not the way to go into any enterprise, hoping it will save you.

At the time most of the people that came to see me perform not surprisingly wanted to hear about relationships which I had little to no material about. So I wrote some because I felt for the price they were paying to come see me I should address some of their needs. Chicken Fingers, Sex In The Bottom and How Do I Get In A Relationship are reflective of that. They felt like compromise and that made me sad. If a young comic asked me today I'd say never compromise the things that matter to you most. I did, and it stings.

On the other hand Flipside Cracker, John Krasinski, (Free Pass) Murse and I Made A Bird are three of my all time favorites. Those bits are how I do standup. I still do those bits today. 70% of the material makes me really happy. Not only that but I designed the set, put the Reigning Monarchs Fanfare For The Well Dressed Man in the opening title sequence, and gave, considering where I was at the time, a solid fucking performance. It's a good looking special. It's well directed and well produced.

Well we sold it to Comedy Central and hopped for the best... It's debut was like at midnight on a Sunday and then random early morning airings after that. I just assumed it was not liked by Comedy Central and the general public. It didn't sell particularly well. I read the first iTunes review it was over the top unkind maybe the meanest thing I've ever read about myself. So I gave up on it. I just acted like it never happened. I didn't watch it again, I didn't mention it in the press, I stopped selling it on the road. I just thought it was a big failure. I had a chance to change the story and I failed.

Then about a month ago people began posting / tweeting/ facebooking about it. Almost daily. People who were fans. people who didn't know I did standup. It was all very kind and very effusive. Suddenly I had a different feeling about it. Not that it was great or anything like that but more that I don't know shit. My job as a comedian is to make stuff and let the pieces fall where they may. I don't get to decide how people feel about it but It's sure nice when they get a chance to see it at least. I am grateful to those of you that watched it and commented and to Netflix for giving it a shot

Patton Oswalt, My Friends! Watch his Special

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I started standup Feb, 28,1989 at the Holy City Zoo in San Francisco. I was on 35th. The guy before me, Mel, panicked and ran off stage never to be seen again. Seriously, never seen again. I took the stage. I killed. I did. Sure I only did three minutes out of my allotted five and if you put a gun to my head I couldn't tell you what I said but I know I'd ask you "Why do you have a gun to my head? It can't be that important! I HAVE A FAMILY" I'm certain what I did was "weird" had very few hard jokes and ended in screaming. Everyone has a formula. That one's mine...and that other guy that wears the wrist cuffs. My best comedy friend, Laura Milligan (Now a singer/performer in Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer) started doing standup the very next week and had similar great results. For a short moment we became the new darlings of the open mic comedy scene San Francisco. It was nice. We were treated to lot of french fries and Jager shots. In fact all of San Francisco's comedy open mic elite were living on a happy, happy cloud of booze, fried food, and denial. That is until Patton Oswalt showed up and ruined it for everyone... with his jokes.

Now of course this might be a wild over statement of the arrival of Mr. Oswalt and what was happening in SF in the early 90's (and really just my personal experience of it). But it was a scene to be sure. Margaret Cho was killing it, as were other comics like Dana Gould, Kevin Kataoka, Alex Reid,Tony Camin, Jovanka Steele, Ed Marques and of course the stellar Greg Proops. Marc Maron, Blaine Capatch, Brian Posehn (who I love) had all just unpacked their bags for a stay in hipsterville and would soon be joined by Mitch Hedberg, Tommy Rhodes and very briefly Dan Whitney AKA Larry The Cable Guy. Lank and Earl, Bob Rubin, Geoff Bolt, Tree, Jeremy Kramer Sue Murphy, David Felman, Marty Maceda,Ray James and Michael Meehan were the kings of the Holy City Zoo, the towns tiniest but most important room for new comics. Patton's arrival sent a ripple though the puddle of funny for a few of reasons.

Unlike most of us he was openly ambitious, stupidly young, oddly cute and funny in a way that makes comics mad at you and themselves. Now let me explain all of that because it doesn't sound complimentary but it's meant to be. For real no one was actually mad at Patton, on most days at least. But you have to remember that the early 90's was the era of the "slacker" and there were no greater practitioners of the "slack" than the coffee n' tequila swilling, alt music listening, serial killer loving, apathy courting, open mic comics of San Francisco and later Los Angeles. So when I say Patton was ambitious I mean to say Patton seemed to have a plan, a goal, perhaps a vision board, a chicken foot, and a prayer mat. I can't say for sure. Let's just accept that Patton had a dream, and I assume that dream was, besides just sticking it to some asswipes from high school, to be a fucking great standup comdian, maybe the greatest, and to be IN actual show business. The kind that Don Rickles, Richard Pryor, Albert Brooks, Joan Rivers, Steve McQueen and John Fucking Davidison were in. You know, movies, tv, standup specials, etc. For that you had to put forth an effort, which in the early 90's, wasn't easy to do in front of or around this particular crowd. Shit you might as well have said "I wanna get me some AIDS!" than actually admit it would be "...cool to be on a sitcom." (Which it is by the way. Ask anyone who's been on one...including David Cross) Most of us would do sets in laundromats, drink like we'd just won EMMYS, and then complain about our undiscovered genius and how fucked everyone that wasn't us really was. It wasn't that Patton wasn't angry it was that he was proactive about it.

The distinction between Patton's ambition and others (we all had it but it was dormant) is that he put that ambition directly into his standup comedy writing. Patton would show up with new bit with all of his stupid words exactly in place and perform the bit as though it was already a classic. Do you know how hard that is? And annoying! That makes comics (ME) furious! That fucker can squeeze more jokes, astute observations, and bizarre comparisons out of a 10 min bit about having a Yoshinoya Beef Bowl, or seeing a magazine dedicated to watersports, than most comics get out of a full hour. It's just true. If he claims a topic it's finished for other comics. Seriously. I worked with Patton a coupla times as he was preparing the set that will air tonight on Showtime, if you have a "circus bit" get rid of it. It's done. He's got some new stuff about raising his daughter which means I might as well get rid of mine. And of course I'm talking about my actual daughters not my bits. I need those for Salt Lake City this weekend. The point I'm trying to make is that, he made you want to be better. The dude works at it and yet it looks effortless. And he doesn't stop. EVER. He writes books, scripts, lists of things he's gonna write. Lists about the lists. (I'm guessing now) He acts! He invents things to do like the Comedians Of Comedy.

But what makes him so great is he's also a fan. (Big Fan in fact) He loves to love things. And then he supports the shit outta them! Things like Puddinstrip, Kyle Kinane and Dave's and my stupid talking thing. And by support I don't mean just tweeting about how pathetic we are. He writes stuff for you, makes phone calls on your behalf without you asking him to or even knowing about it. He sets things up like having the Lake Street Creamery Ice Cream Truck attend the Starfish Circus II and make Walking The Room flavored ice creams. WTF! He blows his half million twitter fans in your direction with no agenda other than supporting you just because you make him laugh! We've known each other forever he's a friend and still I was blown away by his full tilt support of Dave and I. Along with Jimmy Pardo he's helped put real eyes back on my comedy career as well as Dave's. Fact: Without him (and Brian Posehn) there might not have been a Starfish Circus to begin with. How do you thank a guy for that? His special Patton Oswalt 's Finest Hour airs again tonight. You should watch it. Tivo it! I know it's gonna be too awesome. I also know it will make you glad you are the proud owner of a brain and a laugh hole!
Sweater!

Also Available! Signed CD

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Hey Old Skool. Not going digital download today? We get it, that's why we've made Original Uncool available in Compact Disc and not only that but each disc is signed by me. (Taylor Lautner was unavailable) So get it now at the low, low. low price of $10.

UNCOOL is OUT and NEW STARFISH DATE!

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Well if this isn't a super Tuesday than I don't know what is. I finally got my head almost all the way out of my ass and got the album ORIGINAL UNCOOL loaded up! It also will be available in CD form later this month. Long time fans feel free to use the code ( c4l ) and get a bro rate! And in other mildly awesome news there is a date for the next Circus Of The Starfish! Monday Sept 26th at Largo in Los Angeles. at 9PM . Lineup to be announced soon!

UPDATE! Original Uncool Pushed a week!

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ALBUM RELEASE PUSHED A WEEK:. The files I loaded were corrupted. This will be fixed by Uncool Elves and released next week. Sorry for the inconvenience! RAWK.

On July 5th I will digitally re release my first Album UNCOOL under the title ORIGINAL UNCOOL. It will include some awesome bonus material from a set I did earlier this year, and it will be sold for a ridiculously low price! Why? You ask. Because as the years have rolled by I've gotten word from hardcore fans (both of them) that of all of my offerings THIS was their favorite. Which is weird because there are only 2000 copies of it in existence that I sold from this very site in the early days of the internets. I would sign them and mail them myself and sometimes include UNCOOL pins or a personal note. The album was recorded in 2003 at the Laugh Stop in Houston, a club that no longer exists. (Louis Black and Mitch Hedberg also recorded live albums there) I think what makes it so fun is that I had no idea it was being recorded. I had an amazing weekend and at the end of it Pete the manager came up and handed me 5 discs and said "Hey you can have these. We record the shows so that we can use clips on our phone machine!" Their fucking phone machine! :) Well I took them home, put one on in my car, listened to it for about 10 mins and forgot about it. Two weeks later Amiira, my wife, borrowed my car and when she got home she said "I had to pull over I laughed so hard. And I don't even like you!" So I called my buddy the awesome Travis Randall and he mixed it, just one show beginning to end with no edits. Then I called my other super buddy Jeff Caudill of the band Gameface, and he did the art. The album also features the first recordings of the short lived but ominous BLACK RATTLE and the rest is... well the rest is UNCOOL. Have I gotten better as a comic? I hope so. But this is a document and an account of what I was going through at the time. I was newly married, babied, and had just bought a small house, I had thrown my back out taking a nap and my chain wallet had been taken at a concert I attended with Dave Anthony I was scared and angry this is what came out. The bonus material is there to add value sure but also to show you how little I've changed as a person . My priorities are still the same. YOU MUST ROCK!

Announcing The Starfish Circus!

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A combination of everything I love to do, music, comedy, Podcuddling, and t -shirts all in one glorious evening!!! At Largo in Los Angeles of course! June 27th, 9PM for the reasonable cost of $20. Don't forget to get wet at the Starfish Circus. For more info about the show go HERE!

How Never Not Funny Saved My Comedy Career!

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Jimmy Pardo gave me back my comedy career. That's a a dramatic statement I know, but it's really kind of true. Jimmy Pardo was, for the longest time, one of Hollywood's worst kept secrets. Worst being that everyone in town loved, possibly revered, but for sure knew him as a great comic but he hadn't had that break through moment. Jimmy, if you don't know him, is cut from the same cloth as guys like Carson, Letterman, Rickles and even Sinatra in that he is a classic showman. He's quick, irascible, present and disarmingly self aware. He's hip and anti-hipster in the same breath. He's a comic's comic and an everyman. He's exactly what I want to see when I go to see comedy. He is God Damn Showbusiness! The first time I saw him I decided I had to be his friend. He made the mistake of letting me. I was always truly baffled as to why he hadn't become a big star. I used to think that if I became famous I'd make it my goal to do what I could to help him out. HA! But then Jimmy did something that innovators do...he hired himself to host his own show, Never Not Funny. A Podcast? I, like everyone else, had no idea what a podcast was. I'd heard some rumblings about Ricky Gervais but hadn't checked it out. In any event NNF went on to become one of the first and certainly one of the best podcasts around. For my money it is the best podcast (that doesn't involve Corndoggin.) Which brings us to me. I'm not sure what season or year it was, but my second appearance on the show coincided with the advent of twitter and Jimmy's rising popularity. I remember it being a lot of laughs and we talked about Matt Bellknap's (Jimmy's Co Host) hipster t-shirt. I had a great time and really didn't think about it much until I checked my twitter feed and FB page. It was as though I had done a Letterman spot. "Hey man great job on Jimmy!" said one. "I used to hate you but now I don't." said another. Others remarked that they didn't know I did comedy or they had never heard of me but the big message was "Welcome back to comedy". I suppose because of the book I co-wrote, the talk show and the emergence of so many new comics people had forgotten about my comedy. Then in one afternoon, on one single appearance of a podcast, Jimmy, Matt and the NNF crew, which at the time included the late great Andrew Koenig (AK47), handed me back my comedy career. Because of the support of all the NNF fans and A Special Thing crowd I have been able to not only do more comedy to comedy fans, but it also gave me the balls to do my own podcast, the tragic cluster fuck that is Walking The Room with another poorly kept showbiz secret Dave Anthony. With much gratitude I appear on Jimmy's show again this week. I hope you will check it out and if you don't know him, I hope you will make it your business to know one truly great guy who is Never Not Fucking Hilarious!

The Doll Hut and a Story!

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MusiCares MAP Fund Tribute to Dave Gahan

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Last night I got to say the words " Will you please welcome, from Los Angeles California, JANES ADDICTION!!!" Some days my life is pretty fucking unbelievable. I suppose it's a gift of being sober that I get to talk about back fat, prison sex, and handjobs to a room filled with rock Gods and newly sober kids fresh outta rehab. Other highlights from my night included Billy Idol laughing at dicks being stuck in Cadbury eggs, Steven Tyler dancing side of stage to Depeche Mode songs, some kind words from Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, the fat lady tour manager of Paramore bitching me out that the show was running behind skedg and Billy Corgan. Just Billy Corgan. It's tall, it's bald it sat in the front row and dug the proceedings. Janes Addiction stole the night for me and can't properly put it to words so I won't even try but I had to change my shorts afterwards.

Musicares MAP is an amazing organization that helps musicians get sober, get into treatment, and get back to rocking. Last year they helped me get a rocking pal into a sober living situation and it took one phone call. To read more about the event and Musicares go HERE!

UPDATE! LA DATES IN THE NEXT MONTH!

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May 3rd Comedy Death Ray
May 5th Largo w Grant Lee Buffalo
May 6th MAP Benefit for David Gahan
May 11th The Reigning Monarchs The Doll Hut
May 24th Doug Loves Movies
May 26th Largo w Sarah Silverman

JUST ADDED!
May 19th Irvine Improv

Walking The Room Official Site Is Here! (well not here)

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Hey Punx and Kittens, needing to get your sad on? Well here is the place to do it! The all NEW www.WalkingTheRoom.com the official site for the tragedy that is our podcuddle. The site will be growing and expanding to meet the needs of the hobos and broken souls who visit, so join us won't you and get on our mailing list!
Glitter Done
GB

Tim Tams!

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Last night I was on John Oliver's Standup Show! here's a clip

Comedy Central's Jokes.com
Tags: Jokes,Joke of the Day,Funny Jokes

I love my band!

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That's it. The Reigning Monarchs 2.0 Get our latest.

Reigning Monarchs Video For The Duke!

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Off our debut available HERE for free or a price of your choice!

The Piranha Of Comedy Joins The Cuddle

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Brian Posehn is one of my oldest and greatest comedy pals. He,Dave and I started out together in San Francisco in the late 80's and early 90's. Brian and I connected because of our great love for long hair and ripping guitar solo's. Brian has since gone on to become a triple, nay, quadruple comedy threat and this is easily the one of the coolest things he's done! Watch this then check him out on
Walking The Room!

Get to Know the Reigning Monarchs!

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This is my band, music is available at our WEBSITE !

Show Poster!

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Argyle!

Monarchs are BACK!

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Read about it here and find out WHERE!!!

Share Our Sickness, Lick A Friend!

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Cuddlazs! Last weekend I had an experience I can only describe and profound (albeit sad) . Now I have been doing standup 22 years and I've had all manner of extraordinary fan come to my shows. Sometimes people bring Cadbury Eggs, Cakes, Razzles, and other assorted treats. Sometimes people bring their books to signed which I am ALWAYS glad to do. But this past weekend something awesome happened. People came dressed Clown From The Neck Down. HOW U IZ? One dedicated follower of fashion even wore a cardi with his clown pants!! The point I'm trying to make is this little audio broadcast that Dave and I sincerely love doing is connecting in a way neither of us ever expected. And while not all Cuddlaz dressed up (nor should they have) they came, made themselves known, and even brought gifts which is also beyond the pale. Some folks traveled great distances as well. The only thing that would have made it better would have been to have Dave there. That's why I'm writing this. While we don't attack in a pack our strength will come in numbers. Dave's and my only goal is to bring this tragedy your town, hell maybe even soil your closet. But we can only do that by indoctrinating and infecting more sad freaks. SO if you love to hate this sadcast please share with a friend. Tweet, retweet, facebook, text, blog, write in blood on the mirror of the ladies room at the gym, whatever you can to get the word out so Dave and I can come lick you with our poison in person. Thank you all for having lives tragic enough that you can find an hour or so to waste it with us week after pathetic week! Greggers

Come play drums with me!

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If you are a drummer, have no life, and enjoy me, why don't you bring a bass drum, snare and hi-hat to the club I'm performing at in your town and let's make a fucking racket. I've recently started bringing my electric on the road and I need someone to back me on drums for a portion of my show. I can't pay you BUT you and your friends can see the show for free, you will drink for free and inevitably you will get laid (not by me but some day by someone!) So if you see I'm coming to your town and this sounds like a fun way to spend a night or two hit me on TWITTER or at thereigningmonarchs@gmail.com

Next show is Kirkland /Seattle Washington

Tim Tams Audio Clip (new standup)

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This was recorded live at Largo last fall and is a sample of the new material you will hear on my up coming tour! I hope you dig it.

I'm not quitting! Tour dates to come!

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Yet anyway. The popularity (relative term) of Walking The Room, a particularly fun TV set and some royal standard festival spots have blown new life into the sagging comedy balloon that was my career. The difference has been YOUR support of the podcast, YOUR twisted, nasty, poetic and kind words and YOUR show attendance! And so that has lead me to kick off this tour with an 8 show stand at the Laughing Skull in Atlanta ! All the Atlanta shows will be taped for an up coming DVD so come be on camera.Hopefully Sour Man Tits Anthony will join me for some dates but know this Cuddlahs a full blown Walking The Room Anti Circus is the dream.

Dave and I on The Week In Comedy!

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Ed Crasnick is a way too little known San Francisco comedy legend who now hosts this weekly interview show online. He's a great interviewer and a funny man, Dave and I get to talk about the great Sadness and I wear a new Jacket!

4 LYFE!

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Dave and I would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween and sincerely thank ya'll for the bizarre amount of love, support and confusion you've shown for our sad closet party. (300 fans in CHINA!) The fact that anyone gives a shit at this point in my career is been an unexpected gift and Dave and I will continue spewing chocolate bile at one and other until we ruin that. Hopefully you will enjoy this weeks episode as much as we didn't enjoy screaming it! You guys are all MIRACLES!
CUD 4 LYFE

P.S. It's Halloween so Bunny Fuck Your Faces With Candy!

An Incredibly kind review of our Podcuddle!

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One of the common errors made by countless podcasters is talking about how ridiculous it is that they have a show or listeners and how poor a quality a show they are putting on. This is often frustrating for those trying to support the podcast, it’s hard to be tolerant of training wheels when the people on the bike are rubbing their grazed knees in your face.

Another common mistake made by comedians podcast is when they dwell on comedy inside baseball. Some podcasts upon insist episode after episode of protracted looks into the minutia of stand up. This is understandable, everyone bullshits about their job. But when part of the conversation is constantly condescending to “civilians” will never understand what they do, it becomes massively annoying.

Thusly, conventional wisdom dictates that if comedians are going to podcast, they should talk less about performing comedy and ease off on the 4th-wall-breaking self-depreciation.

And, like all truly worthwhile pieces of culture, Walking The Room bids a full and emphatic “fuck you” to conventional wisdom. Maybe it’s because Greg Behrendt and Dave Anthony have been friends for years or maybe it’s because of their previous experience in radio together but in their short run of podcasts they’ve already created something than stands apart from the crowd.

Since Walking The Room is a guestless 2-man ship, its potential to entertain lives and dies with the chemistry between Dave And Greg. Luckily, this chemistry mainly is mainly acidic and weird. Theirs is a shared sense of humor based on vicious insults and exaggerated mutual disgust all filtered oddly through pop culture, self-help speak and a barely visible flicker of genuine human warmth.

When Greg and Dave talk about how shitty Walking The Room is it comes across as both a genuinely self-effacing move and a perfect opportunity to viciously eviscerate each other. Nothing about it smacks of an excuse or apology. This is indicative of both of their personalities, even if they arrive their unapologetic nature from completely different angles.

Greg Behrendt is a walking paradox. He’s a hip dad who plays in surf guitar band and has Concerns about sweaters. Yet he manages to not to be annoying. There’s another hit against conventional wisdom. Instead he seems to have his shit supernaturally together, or at least know what he has to do to get to that state and is also remarkable humble about all this. He’s already written the book on relationships (literally, but don’t ask him any questions on the subject…sadly the answer is on the cover) but it’s great to hear is take on any topic he feels free to hold court on. Most importantly, he’s funny and his style of humor lends itself very well to podcasts. And also to stand up comedy, so go see him do that too.

Dave Anthony always reminds me of a Z-Ro lyric that goes: “I love nothing, make the barber to write a Fuck You in my head”. Dave really doesn’t seem to affect this attitude, the way a lot of other comics seem to (how mad can Lewis Black be at music videos?): he lives it. Dave’s natural curmudgeonly attitude and his laser-like ability to find the logical fault with anything would make for a horrific monster if he didn’t seem to be unable to express this rage through anything but excellent indignant off the cuff humor. Nothing is funnier than when Dave Anthony is so angry at something he blurts out the first thing that comes to his head. This is usually a threat of some complex violence, the kind usually reserved for Greg. Oh and when I emailed the guys a few questions about the podcast, Greg took the time to describe Dave as “a fictional character cobbled together from equal parts mud and sadness.” And Dave didn't insult Greg at all. Which is pretty great.

As you can imagine, this vast difference in personalities along with a long storied friendship leads to some great banter. This usually takes the shape of one person trying to tackle a subject or relate a story sincerely while the other insults them in exponentially harsher ways until the other is forced to respond. The other form the two of them take, when they combine into a comedy Voltron, is even better. When the two of them focus in on one subject, they become almost Sklar-like in their ability to do overlapping, complementary riffs. This, like most other things you can say about Walking The Room, is fairly redundant as the guys have said this already on one of their casts.

When any topic is broached on Walking The Room, it seems to be treated as an investigation into human behavior and what someone, usually one of the two hosts, could have done to not appear manic in a certain siuation. And it’s genuinely interesting. Even when they cover comedy, as mentioned above, it’s always with regard to how they or someone else is making life hard for themselves and others on a personal level. They know how lucky they are to be stand ups but still convey very well the weirdness involved in the job. No condescending talk of “civilians” here.

WTR stance on politics is also willfully apathetic. As I've said, Greg and Dave often discuss personal politics but never engage in the semi-informed, disastrous political rants which ruin whatever shows they turn up in. Even though Dave had a fantastic political blog, which would indicate a smaller potential for smug rants about the Bilderberg group than exists in other podcast, he only brings up politicians to explain why they’re failing as people. Sadly, many comedy podcasts occasionally recall that disastrous and preachy recent Neil Young album. However Walking the Room is a bit like the Minutemen. Funny, shambolioc but deceptively deft banter peppered with hilarious caustic and inclusive stream-of-consciousness calls to get your shit together.

You’ll notice Walking The Room doesn’t feature any guests. Most podcasts seem to do this and I was curious about the choice. I sent a few questions to Greg and Dave and Dave’s answer shows that this choice was more thought out than you might imagine:

“If you listen to comedy podcasts you'll notice a common theme: Interviews with comedians. It gets redundant, especially because there's only so many comics and everyone seems to be interviewing the same comics over and over, so you have a repetition of conversations and stories. “

Walking The Room is a fairly stringently honest podcast. They are more inclined to call people out and mention names than most other comedy podcasts. Now, I assumed Dave doesn’t care about someone not being happy with hearing his opinion of them and indeed with want his ire to be transmitted as widely as possible.

(I aksed him, just to be sure:
“Yeah, I don't give a shit.…
Dane Cook's a dick. Everyone should know that.”)

But I wondered if Greg felt the same:
“You are correct about Dave and I haven't to my knowledge said anything I wouldn't also say in person but still behind the person's back.”

It’s, as refreshingly honest an attitude as you’d expect from these guys, who seem to be tired of compromise and faking it from their time on a TV talk show.

Obviously you can see I’m on Walking The Room’s side but it’s not perfect. The first few episodes still have the inevitable training wheel-feel and the sound quality of the first ten sounds like they recorded them with Alan Lomax in a field in Mississippi. If you’re new to Walking The Room I suggest you start from 11 up, paying special attention to episode 16. The last segment of episode 16 is the only vital piece of running joke lore you’re going to need not to get lost and is also possibly the funniest thing they’ve ever done.

To finish I asked Dave what was different about Walking The Room compared to other podcasts:

“The difference for us is that we do a terrible podcast. And that seems to be the thing people are responding too:) We also call it a podcuddle which is cute and stupid like our show. Which could also be called Cute and Stupid.

And I asked Greg what he liked about podcast fans:

“The thing I like about the podcast fans is that they are the hard cores. They are the ones who keep your career alive when you have no career and seem like or hate you for the person you are rather than the person they need you to be. Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit. Maybe they are sad trolls. But either way we call em Cuddlaz and they are clown from the neck down.”

If you want to see what I’ve said holds up (or just what the hell Greg’s last sentence was about) listen to Walking The Room Here or subscribe on Itunes.

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This IDIOT...

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17 weeks ago this clown came to my house with a sweaty cassette recorder and the simple request that I sit with him and talk into it. This man is Dave Anthony a darkly hilarious comic known to few people, a successful commercial actor and writer, a father and husband and one of my very best friend type things. Dave and I met in San Francisco some 20 years ago outside the historic Holy City Zoo Comedy Club in San Francisco where Dave had performed an excellent set of standing up comedy. What I noticed first about Dave is that he was OK with wearing white jeans and I decided that he would need my help if he were going to survive and since that time he and I have been trying to find some way to kill each other. When Dave came to me with the PODCUDDLE idea I balked. because like He's Just Not That Into You, I resist good ideas when they come my way. Especially if I didn't come up with them. Well needless to say I have the great displeasure of working with one of show business's best kept secrets, and like a dirty Uncle he's fun to talk about and weird to spend time with in any closed space. I love Dave and I hope to murder him someday by pouring poison in his eye. We hope you have enjoyed Walking The Room because it might just be the best thing I've been a part of since that summer I got shingles. Listen to two men falling apart NOW!

BUMBERSHOOT! The full report w/ PIX!

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Bumbershoot did not disappoint! If anything it gave me hope. Saturday kicked off with an appearance on Jimmy Pardo's Never Not Funny Podcast, an opening slot on the Garfunkel and Oats show and then BTR number 1 featuring JImmy Pardo and Donald Glover! Pardo is and has been one of my top 5 favorite people forever and his set, that covered everything form Motley Crue to Sarah Palin, was amazing. Closing out Day 1 was Glover's hilarious Bun B story and an inspired cover of Big Pimpin' by the Electrick SnoFlake featuring moi on bass. Day 2 was a highlight for me only because I told a story I hadn't told before, and sang the Smiths' Please, Please, Please... let's not take "sang" to literarily. It was worth the risk though, to tell the story of a friendship that without I might not have become the guy I am today. David O'Dohrety wowed everyone with the tale of getting his own song to 27 on the Irish charts and then performed the horrible (by his admission) song called ORANGE. But It was Chris Hardwick that had them screaming in their seats with his Sister Christian / Creep mash up! With Monaday's BTR 3 the march to rock Glory continued with the return of BTR favorite Marc Maron and the Debut of Tig Notaro who's song and story were about being confused as one of the Indigo Girls. I don't know if there is a more likable person on satge right now than Tig. All in all it was amazing weekend. To the Bumbershoot, BTR, Greg Behrendt , Ripped Like Jesus, Reigning Monarch and Walking The Room fans. Thank you for your kind words, your attendance, and all the candy. And special thanks to Sam Normington for letting me use all his photos! Continue Rocking.

Update: Addison Tx! Should I Continue?

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Just completed 5 out of 6 shows at the Addison Improv in Tx. (One more tonight) The shows have been pretty great but the crowds have been light ,with the exception of second show last night which was almost at capacity. I'm doing at least 20 mins of new material right of the top of the show and while it's going well I can't help but wonder if people really want to see me do standup. I'm not feeling sorry for myself I'm actually just trying to be aware of what I'm doing. I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is what I should doing with my enormous talent :)

When I watch people like Louis C.K. or Bill Burr I think they are doing exactly what they should be doing. They are connected to something that is connecting with their audiences that my standup isn't, and possibly never has done. I have been doing this for 21 years and while I think I'm a pretty funny guy I don't feel like I'm progressing. And I know that because people aren't dying to come hear what I have to say next. And I turn my material over pretty quickly. So maybe I'm not saying anything anyone really needs to hear.

So what I propose is this: Clearly I've got some dates coming up but I think if I don't see or feel a shift in what I'm doing I may have to just hang it up. But because I'm not a quitter I'm gonna give it another solid 6 months of trying harder than I ever have to improve it! So we'll see. I don't know why I'm telling you this other than you are my friend. Hopefully my shows in the upcoming months will be of the highest quality and who knows it will either be the beginning of something new or the end of something that needs to end. I do know I'm gonna try a lot of shit and it's gonna be really fun. G

Here it comes! BTR BUMBERSHOOT!

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Three days, ALL ROCK! Americas' favorite rock and roll comedy story tellin' song playin' show is headed up north for the super grand BUMBERSHOOT festival in Seattle! Performers include Tig Notaro, Marc Maron, Donald Glover, David O'Dohrety, Jimmy Pardo, and sweet sweet Chris Hardwick.
GOOGLE em all! Then come see them. Interviews and footage from this event may show up at some point!

Promo WALKING THE ROOM 12!

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New Walking The Room Podcuddle is up! Two men, one closet!
iTunes! And good old hosting site!

What to expect from Walking The Room This Week!

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Estoy Podcuddle?

Walking The Room In Irvine!

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This past weekend I had the luxury of performing at the Improv behind the orange curtain in Irvine. It's been about 6 months since i did a whole hour and the shows went surprising well. One guy laughed so hard in the second show on Friday that he passed out and they brought in paramedics. For reals. However three girls were overheard saying in the bathroom " This sucks I thought he was gonna talk about relationships." The best part for me was watching that blowhard from Walking Th Room Dave Anthony do his standup which, like his persona on the podcast, is dark, confessional and ultimately hilarious. On Thursday and Friday my friend and Emmy award winning writer Karen Kilgariff blasted through 3 sets with closing her set with 3 of the funniest songs I've heard since the D. Hopefully she will put out a record soon cause she is one of the funniest people with skin and bangs. Karen has no web presence to speak of so hear her on the grand Sound Of Young America with Jessie Thorn. Do it NOW! I have a few more dates before the end of the year I hope to see you there. And please keep enjoying Walking The Room we look forward to making more of the worlds most disappointing podcast.

This is me in Montreal!

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I went to the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival with a bad attitude. I can't explain why. A little career blues mixed with never wanting leave my house or family and not knowing if my comedy chops were in tact. As you can see by the pictures it all worked out... I am blessed to get to not only do this but be up close to see the Kyle Kinanes Natasha Leggaros and Bill Burrs of the world. Hear me talk about this and Dave's journey to South Africa on this weeks WALKING THE ROOM

Record is out! Get it!

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The Monarchs ripped through two awesome shows this weekend to celebrate the release of their new single Tijuana Snakefight. The song is available as a DOWNLOAD and on VINYL! Get it also on iTUNES and begin living life the way it was meant to be lived!

TWO RM SHOWS THIS WEEK!

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Come rock with us, buy some vinyl and get your cardigan on! As we celebrate the release of Tijuana Snakefight our Mexicali Skanker single from the new split 7 featuring the Reiging Monarchs and Laramie Dean. Laramie's song The Creeper is an authentic slice of surf punk that's sure to make your summer last at leas 2 mins and 28 seconds longer! Then see both bands play stellar sets with young surfy rock Godz Gantez Warriors. This may be our only gig if the summer so don't miss it! For times and maps go HERE Listen and buy HERE!!!

Greg Takes On the Stone Temple Pilots.

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... and loses! My voice is what it is but the footage is awesome and shot by filmmaker and best friend Eric S. Goodfield.

Pre Order Reigning Monarchs 7 Inch Vinyl!

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Pre Order Reigning Monarchs/ Laramie Dean 7 inch in Vinyl NOW Limited Edition COLOR Vinyl $10 Classic Black $8 SWEATER UP! Only at RM.COM

Vampire Weekend meets Van Halen at Bring The Rock

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The Electrik SnowFlake featuring Dave Gibbs, Mark Rivers, and Grant Lee Phillips!

Mill Valley Comedy Day! BTR This weekend!

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Yesterday March Maron and I performed at dusk for 700 some odd people in the town square of the beautiful Marin County Town of Mill Valley. These kinds of shows can be iffy sometimes but not this one. The crowd was fully engaged and the show was awesome. A perfect tune up for this weekends BRING THE ROCK!

I Want Candy from BTR LA May 2010

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BRING THE ROCK RETURNS TO SF

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June 18th and 18th are the days you want to mark on your calendar for what can only be described the best night of entertainment you can have while wearing skin. We talk and then we rock! Rock Stores told, songs played. Bring The Rock returns to San Francisco with the incredible Grant Lee Phillips of Grant Lee Buffalo one of the most original and talented singer songwriters I I know. Also on the show America's favorite podcaster. I've sung his praises many times on this very site, comedian extraordinaire Marc Maron ! And a guy Im certian I'll be asking for a job from the talented and hilarious and tall guitar slinging joke telling Nick Thune, There are two shows both night's and it's possible that surprise guests will show up! TICKETS NOW

Weird Promo For Podcast!

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Guess who's jumped into podcasting late?

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Hey punks and kittens, at the behest of my great friend and former radio partner I have started a weekly podcast called Walking The Room! While in no way the caliber of WTF, NNF Pardcast, or Sound Of Young America it is more Greg Behrendt and Dave Anthony-centric than those other programs. You will get more of that which may not be a great thing. It is a work in progress but we really had a fun time doing it and that's the best reason to do anything. We cover a variety of topics from pudding to pudding and we hope to premier the new Reigning Monarchs song TIJUANA SNAKEFIGHT in the next few weeks. "Christ that is something to look forward to Greg! So you'll be promosting your obscure band on your own podcast! Wow that will move some product." Hmmm 'We have a facebook page for updates and you can get the first show here
Oh, and we tweet And NOW on iTunes

One of Two Record Release Parties Announced!

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For info go here!

Bring the rock Report!

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Friday night's Bring The Rock at Largo was a total blast in the pants area. It's been at least 3 years since we've done one here in Los Angeles, and that was at the old Largo where if you got 75 people you had a rocking house. Well the new Largo At The Coronet holds about 280 Hot Punks and Kittens which is much harder to fill. Especially since I'm not nearly as popular as I once was. I am however slightly better dressed. (Note Day Of The Dead grey cardi and shorty tux pants w/ Chucks) But thanks to the big heartedness of Ben Stiller, Moon Zappa, Josh Homme, Paul Greenberg and Brendan Walsh we were able to fill that sucker up for one of the best nights of entertainment you can have in skin. Josh from Queens of The Stoneage regaled us with a story about having a midget hurled at him in Germany. Brendon talked about taking to many mushrooms and missing Ween, Ben shared the surreal experience of he and Judd Apatow pitching the the Rolling Stones a movie idea that Mick had pitched to them to pitch to the rest of the band unbeknownst to the band, and Moon confessed to having a bizarre romantic? relationship with Mike Bordin drummer for Faith No More. Each story was followed up by a song sometimes performed by the story teller and Electrik Snowflake who opened the show alone with the prettiest version of Straight Outta Compton you are likely to hear. Oh and my buddy and comedy genius Paul Greenberg gave a drum miming seminar. Me? I sported a poumpahawk, (my word) did something funny? and then was unable to play my favorite song on guitar! Proceeds went to support Stillerstrong.org We will do one again in late summer! I'm making my wish list now. Does anyone know Dave Grohl or Brad Pitt? STAY TUNNED

NEXT WEEK! Sydney Australia.

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Can't wait to get back to Oz! The people there are awesome. This is the first time Janeane and I have toured together in like 10 years so it should be awesome. Hope you will come check it out! TIX

Monarchs "Never On Tour" Limited edition T's

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Snap one up sporty! Gotta have somethin' to put under that cardi! This be it fools. Get it now RUDIES!

Ben Stiller, Josh Homme and others to ROCK BTR!

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Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stoneage and Them Crooked Vultures, Ben Stiller of the movies. Moon Zappa from everything and Brendon Walsh from the future of comedy join ME and The Electrick Snowflake for this one night event! Proceeds to go to support STILLERSTRONG! If you don't know what the night is read on. Than Get TIX MAY 7th LARGO! 310 855 0350

What is Bring The Rock? Compelling, confessional and often hilarious stories from comics and musicians about the music and bands that rock them, embarrassing encounters with rock notables, and dreams of or flitations with rock and roll glory. Each "rocktail" is followed by a KCRW worthy cover of said band/song by the Electrick Snowflake featuring Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt), Dave Gibbs, (Gigolo Aunts), Jefferson Russo (Tonic), Mike Eisenstein(Letters To Cleo) Mark Rivers (Cavedogs, Mr Show Theme) and often times the performer will join in the song! Don't come expecting Karaoke come expecting to be ROCKED!
LARGO LA! 310 855 0350 FOR TIX

UPDATE! GB Performances !

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Hey young lovers, while I've cooled of on the national club dates I've not stopped performing! I'm just trying to do more interesting things with my comedy. Among the many things I'm doing, and possibly the most exciting, is the return of Bring The Rock! If you haven't been to this music and story telling event you have no idea what you are missing! Rock stories from Comics Actors, and Musicians and then actual Rock from superstar band The Electrick Snowflake! The next one is May 7th at Largo and then June 18th and 19th in San Francisco featuring Grant Lee Phillips! I also will continue my monthly Largo show THE LITTLE ROOM DISASTER> This month featuring seriously my favorite new comic Matt Braunger and a San Francisco treasure Geoff Bolt. Oh but that's not all freaks I will also be in Portland Ore Sunday April 25th for the Bridgetown Comedy Festival! And much more to come. Trying like hell to put the comedy back into this career of mine and I hope you will come check it out!

Melbourne is Amazing!

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So far the shows here have been Fantastic. We were happy to get a nice review with interview (Interview is a little dull due to my inability to give this nice man an interesting answer to any of his fine questions) which is alway helpful. The show I'm on with the awesome Todd Barry and John Mulaney will be evolving into a show that freatures Nick Thune and Justin Finnegan.

The shows I've seen though are what have made this festival so awesome Claudia O'doherty Tim Vine and the maddeningly hilarious Tim Key! I also appeared on the music game show Spicks and Specks, and I bought new shoes!

Melbourne!

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So I was supposed to be in Australia for 3 weeks with Janeanne Garofalo but JG got a TV pilot and had to cancel. Our dates in Sydney which would have been this week March 15-20th are being rescheduled for May. However I decided to go to Melbourne on my own to perform with some of my American buddies. So come check it out I'm super psyched. INFO

TONIGHT!

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A Night of 140 Tweets: A Benefit for Haiti
What can you say in 140 characters?

Join Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel (MTV's Human Giant) when they welcome 140 Twitterers from the world of comedy, music, sports, and entertainment to the Upright Citizens Brigade stage to each perform one of their signature tweets in front of a live audience.

140 performers. One night only.

This isn't a bit. This show will have 140 performers.

It's the world's first live Tweet Stream. (It’s probably a Guinness Book World Record or something; Look it up!)

In a partnership with STILLERSTRONG & FUNNY OR DIE all proceeds from the event will go to Architecture for Humanity which is helping to rebuild Haiti.

Amazing Track by Track Review From Reverb Central of Monarchs album!

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This web only album is very well done. Excellent arrangements, strong performances, consistent sound, and plenty to catch your attention. It's a ways off the main stream, with horns, organ, and elements of a number of non-surf genres. Adventurous an rock solid. If you liked The O'Hara's, you'll love this!

Picks: Fanfare For The Well-Dressed Man, Short Pants For Fatty, ...And Then They Were Upon Us, Lambretta, Johnny Mac, The Duke, Thrown From a Rooftop Downtown, Mister Higgins, Fuel The Jets, Cuffed And Linked, True And Mighty, Spectre, Cowboy Shirt

Track by Track Review

Fanfare For The Well-Dressed Man
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

"Fanfare For The Well-Dressed Man" is a bold instro with drama, brash horns, and a big sound. It's aggressive and multi-textured, and its title suits the song well.

Short Pants For Fatty
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

This riff rocker sports guitar and organ trading dominance, and horn amping it up. There are surf guitar licks, glissandos, and a whole lotta fun within. "Short Pants For Fatty" is not melodic the way surf instros are, but it slides easily into a surf set nonetheless.

...And Then They Were Upon Us
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

Slow whammy tremble and a detective psychedelic ambiance over tribal drums create a compelling wash of sound. "...And Then They Were Upon Us" is not particularly melodic - more like a sound experience than a song, and yet really holds your attention.

Lambretta
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

"Lambretta" sports an infectious rhythm and trembling keys a la "Riders On The Storm." The horns and guitars suggest the surf films of old transformed into travelogs. This is really charming, fun, and wholly original!

Johnny Mac
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

A ska beat and haunted tremolo echo keys, along with some big stinging whammy chords make a big wash of imagery. Midstream, horns and big drama browse the aural soundscape. It's the ska versus long guitar sections that compel listening. Original and very cool!

The Duke
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

Superb guitar and production values, with great drums and a splashy guitar line that's really quite fun and infectious. Energy, bright drama, lots of very cool changes in tone and arrangement. "The Duke" is very strong!

Thrown From a Rooftop Downtown
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

Angular guitar, great drums, horns, and spies riding the twangmobile. "Thrown From a Rooftop Downtown" is well thought out and executed. There are many cool elements here, from the glissandos and feedback to the percussion. The break is psychedelic.

Mister Higgins
Surf Jazz (Instrumental)

"Mister Higgins" is an easy flowing surf jazz number with superb playing and arranging. This sort of thing usually does not catch my attention, but I do like this! The mid section is really nice with delicate tremolo guitar and distant island slide calling you away from it all.

Fuel The Jets
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

This is a fast rocker with intense energy and loud tone. Very well executed, with superb drums and angular chop chords.

Cuffed And Linked
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

In a gentle nod to Link Wray if he were a reggae star, "Cuffed And Linked" is fun and saucy, sports cool piano and horns, and slithers into your mind whether you want it to o not. Quite fun.

True And Mighty
Surf Ska (Instrumental)

Delicate notes ring in the intro before the ska rhythm takes hold. Superb percussion and a sound that generally reminds me of what a surfier Square Roots would sound like. Too much fun!

Spectre
Surf Rock (Instrumental)

Pop drama in the drums and rhythm guitar give "Spectre" the feeling of a fifties slow romancer. It eventually rises to a louder sound, but throughout, there is the dominant fifties feel. I love this!

Cowboy Shirt
Cow Surf (Instrumental)

Cowboy rhythms and melody, organ and horn verses, and a bit of spaghetti. "Cowboy Shirt" is nicely arranged and richly layered.

Full Clip from Caseys - Fuel The Jets

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Monarchs head into Studio to Record 7" w Laramie Dean!

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Today the Reigning Monarchs will begin to track drums for our split seven inch with Surf Punk and close friend Laramie Dean! It has been a dream of mine to put some skanky surf guitar on colored vinyl for a while and now that time has come. We are recording an as of yet titled slab of ska with a Dead Kennedys break in the middle. On the other side will be a surf punk extravaganza tentatively titled The Creeper by Laramie Dean! We will keep you updated on release dates and shows to follow!

22 seconds of Monarchs Eating your Cake! We do this!

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TONIGHT!

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WE EAT YOUR CAKE FATTY! We do this!

Monarchs Shaky Cam Rehearsal Footage -Fuel The Jets!

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The Little Room Disaster Deuce!

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On Tuesday FEB 23rd comes a show even more disasterous than the last one! It features Al Madrigal, Chris Fairbanks, Andrew Donnelly and music by Paul Doucette! And no I'm not "Shitting you." All of these people have agreed to participate in what is becoming Los Angeles' most upsetting night of underutilized talent and dreams gone awry! EXPECT MORE THAN STANDUP! It's an evening that includes sketch, music, pictures from magazines, pathos and ennui all of it hosted by ME! So if you have your act together come down and judge the crap out of us! So go here 366 N La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048 For reservations (310) 855-0350

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Lets Get Health Care Passed!

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Get Involved!

Monarchs Surf Caseys!

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Get all cable knit and shit because The Reigning Monarchs along with the Damselles, and the Insect Surfers are gonna play Casey's pub FOR FREE! Feb 19th at 9PM 613 South Grand Ave Downtown Hey and for more skank and fun follow us on FACEBOOK or on TWITTER cause we'd love to have you back to our place for a potluck sometime!

There Might Be Cake and David Cross!

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Hey Punks and Kittens! Feb 26th I will be hosting a night of standup featuring Nick Thune, Tig Nataro, Dana Gould and Kurt Braunohler! It will be filmed for a pilot I am hosting and producing called There Might Be Cake. It's a docu-series of me interviewing my peers about their careers, the new kids they love or fear, and the comics they believe deserved more attention, For the pilot I interviewed my old buddy and former lover David Cross. Who kindly allowed me into his home. What an asshole. So come to this free night of excellent comedy for FREE TIX email cakersvp@gmail These will go fasty fast fast!!!! See ya!

Bring The Rock Report From Matt Nathanson

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The show Saturday night was off the the proverbial hook and it also was very enjoyable. As usual it was the perfect combination of funny sincere and rocking. The highlight for me was my new friend Matt Nathanson. After only knowing him five mins I decided that not only should he do the show he should headline it and he did so with aplomb, Below is his take on the night. If you've never seen BTR you will now have a total understanding of what it is!
you've got another thing coming

BY MATT NATHANSON

i've now had 2 days to digest the glory
& crushing majesty (is that the right word?)
that was saturday nights "bring the rock"
show here in san francisco...

for those of you who have no idea what i'm
talking about, here's the scoop:

comedians get on stage & each tell a story
about their relationship to music.
there are no real parameters for the stories.
they can be sweet, funny, ranting, whatever...
then the house band, which features:
nina gordon (veruca salt) &
dave gibbs (gigolo aunts)
cover a song related to the story.
and the comedian sings along, if they choose.

the folks on saturday nights show:

-greg behrendt - comedian/musician/writer/badass
creator of "bring the rock".
-oscar nunez - actor/comedian from 'the office'.
-maria bamford - comedian/actress.
-eugene mirman - comedian
-jason segel - actor from "how i met ur mother,"
"forgetting sarah marshall,""i love you man"
-me.

in lieu of writing a book about this, i will give
the night to you in tasty bullet point form. go ADD!

-I MET LORRAINE NEWMAN BACKSTAGE BEFORE THE SHOW!!!
holiest. of. craps. i'm such a huge fan of the first few seasons of SNL
that when we were introduced, i almost threw up. on her.

-eugene mirman is from my hometown of lexington, MA.
mass-holes unite!

-during rehearsal in their hotel room, nina & dave both
claimed to have no real love for 80s hair metal...
which struck me funny only because nina's husband is in tonic,
who are essentially the 90's equivalent of bang tango.
(i mean this in only the most loving way.)

-oscar & jason both tore through their songs during soundcheck.
'sheena is a punk rocker' & 'ain't too proud to beg' respectively.

-despite their lack of love for hair metal, nina, dave, (w/maria) & i
busted into a kick ass pre-show, dressing room sing-along medley
of ''seventeen,' 'round and round,& 'photograph.'

-greg went on first & threw down the gauntlet.
he told a HILARIOUS story basically about van halen/music
played from the crotch vs. vampire weekend/music that has
never seen a crotch in it's life. it ruled.
p.s.- any story referencing actual words spoken by david
lee roth is the funniest story anyway. hands down.

-oscar topped his great soundcheck by kicking the holy crap out
of the ramones. prancing and preening like a total rock star!
he looked like the illegitimate, cuban love child of debbie harry & iggy pop..

-dave & nina did a BEAUTIFUL version of 'i wanna destroy you'
by the soft boys. after eugene told a rad story about discovering
the greatness of robyn hitchcock when he was a kid.

-maria bamford sang a tongue&cheek version of 'the last song' by rihanna.
but it totally broke my heart.

-jason might have gotten a LITTLE drunk between soundcheck & show.
and by a little i mean, like... WICKED drunk.... he actually smelled like
my high school senior party. anyway, even completely in the bag, he told
a great story about being dumped & how he speak/sung 'ain't too proud
to beg' to try and win his lady back.

-i told a story about the time I, assisted by the dodgy plumbing at the
bowery ballroom in NYC, rained karmic payback down on a douche-y
monitor guy. then, naturally, i played 'you've got another thing coming'
by judas priest.

-all in all, it was a totally rad way to spend a saturday night w/ famous people.

Little Room Disaster!

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If you missed it you missed a helluva night! Rob Delaney(pictured), Brandon Walsh, Dave Anthony, Paul Greenberg with music by the Sweaterman and the fantastic BUDDY (pictured), It was the beginning of what I hope will be a monthly habit for you and a breeding grounfd for new ideas for me. Standup, sketches, social commentary, music criticism, and music all on one fairly priced show!

BUDDY TO JOIN THE DISASTER JAN 26th

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The AMAZING BUDDY to Join Me, Rob Delaney, Brendon Walsh, Paul Greenberg, and Andrew Donnelly in the Little Room Largo TOMORROW NIGHT! 366 N La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles. 310 855 0350

CONAN O'BREIN

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Conan O'Brein had me on his show more than any of the other late night shows and for that my career and I will be forever grateful. I went up in flames the first time I went on and still they had me back. They were the first show to panel me and during the break Coco and I talked extensively about Gretsch Guitars and Brian Setzer. He told me that Setzer told him to skip the vintage route and buy new because they were so well built. That is why I now have two! I had an open invite to perform my skits on his Tonight Show when I ever I wanted. I was hoping to do just that this summer. Whooops. The last time I saw him was at a friends house. We talked a lot about how certain guitars dictate to you what to play and our fondness for all things twangy including Los Straightjackets the Mexican Wrestling Mask wearing surf band that were frequent Late Night guests. He's just a really nice/good guy. I liked his Tonight show and will miss it. My guess is though that Conan will end up somewhere great, someplace that respects his talent, and when he does I'll be regular on Kimmel. Good Luck Conan and thank you!
GB

JASON SEGEL MARIA BAMFORD ADDED TO BRING THE ROCK...

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Replacing Laura Kightlinger and David Burtka are I Love You Man star Jason Segel and superstar comedian from the Comedians of Comedy Maria Bamford and fuck all we are lucky to have them. If you miss this you need help !GET TIX NOW!

If you have never seen the show it in all it's simple
glory, it is a story telling show, not stand up. If the story is
funny that's a bonus but no one is expected to be anything but
entertaining for 10 -12 min It has to be a story that is rock related! It can be anything from meeting a rockstar, wanting to be a rockstar, or just a story about a song you love. It's anything rock related. Then after the story has been told told the house band THE ELECTRIK SNOWFLAKE will play either the song being talked about, or a song by the band/musician that's been talked about. Sometimes the story teller performs with the band. That will happed a few times this Sketchfest. I once told a story about being in London and seeing Green Day one night and Mary Poppins the next and that Mary Poppins was far more threatening. The band then launched into a musical theatre version of Green Days' Basket-case.

KIRKLAND WASHINGTON! Lets Sell This Bitch Out!

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The Seattle / Kirkland area is and has been a hotbed for standup camedy and this club in particular is awesome! Please Punx and Kittens come have and adventure with me this weekend! GET TIX NOW FREAK!

Florida Lecture dates Jam 16th-18th have been CANCELLED !

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So sorry!

BRING THE ROCK IS BACK!

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SKETCHFEST PRESENTS Greg Behrendt's Bring The Rock With Eugene Mirman, Oscar Nunez (The Office), Laura Kightlinger, Matt Nathanson, David Burtka. Muisc by The Electrik Snoflake Featuring Dave Gibbs (Rock of Ages) and Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)Saturday, Jan 30 10:30p Cobb's Comedy Club,15 Columbus Ave.San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 928-4320 or just cut the shit and GET TIX NOW!

Monarchs Short Pants For Fatty Live!

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It's just a clip but check it just the same!

The Reigning Monarchs! Short Pants For Fatty Clip NYE 09 from Greg Behrendt on Vimeo.

This is a short shot of the band playing Short Pants For Fatty!

My X Mas Break!

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This was the nicest X-Mas break I've had in a long time. I know a lot of people hated this year, and there was a lot to be disgruntled about, but for me it ended on the right note for sure. I did standup for 7000 Foreigner fans, met santa, wore plaid, and skanked into the new decade with The Reigning Monarchs! All in all an amazing way to end a pretty tough year. And when I say tough I'm not complaining, I'm just saying I felt the crunch like everyone else. These are hard times but the beauty of that is during tough times you really begin to figure out who it is you are, what you really stand for. and ultimately what you really NEED to do while you are here.

THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ALL OF MY ENDEAVORS! SO MUCH LOVE! MORE GREAT STUFF TO COME IN 2010! I hope your year was awesome and that your year ahead is even better! x 10! Go make some shit happen, cause I know I plan to... unless I nap!

NYE San Francisco! ME, MONARCHS, & MORE!

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Merry Christmas Punx and Kittens!

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I wasn't sure what size you were so I went with music! I hope you like it. Please have joyousness and happitude this winter holiday may you all be as tall with love as you are short on hate!

Get the Album For X Mas!

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<a href="http://music.thereigningmonarchs.com/track/and-then-they-were-upon-us">...And Then They Were Upon Us by The Reigning Monarchs</a>

Mark and Brian X Mas Show!

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This summer I hosted the MAP Musicares tribute to Anthony Keidis at Club Nokia for about 1500 people. It was a super fun punk rock night of sober rocking. When Mark and Brian asked me to appear on their annual Christmas extravaganza on a phoner to promote THAT GUY FROM THAT THING I of course said "Sure." thinking we were talking about the same place. I didn't realize that the Nokia had two venues. It wasn't until I walked to the stage that I realized it was different. I said to the stage manager "That doesn't sound like 1500 people." and he said "Maybe because it's 7000." And I almost SHIT my pants. I've performed for maybe 3000 max during my JFL tour of Canada in 08! But it was a comedy tour where they were expecting comedy. Now add to that that I was following Foreigner who were tearing the place apart with their slew of classic nuggets like Head Games! I believe that comedy should only be performed for people who want to see comedy,hopefully they are sitting, not so drunk they can only see out of one eye and are not screaming "HOT BLOOOOOOOODED DO HOT BLOOOOOODED MOTHER FUCKERS!" Mark and Brian gave me a nice intro and I clenched my cheeks and strolled to the mike. The set went better than I could have possibly expected! The crowd was attentive and genuinely warm. Afterwards both Brian and Mark were truly kind and for some reason relieved. Finally Mark said "I don't know how you did it?" I was puzzled "What do you mean?" He said "Last year we had a comedian and the crowd hated him! They booed him the entire time." So I say "You invited me to perform for 7000 people knowing full well it could totally go to shit?" He laughed and said "I forgot about that till you walked out!" Please enjoy Mark and Brian and remember they have your back... until they forget they might not! Thanks for having me on your Super Show and Happy Holidays!

Monarchs Crush Bordello!

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It was awesome!

Monarchs this Wed Dec 9th and Sat Dec 12th!

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Holiday sweater your torso because me and my boys The Reigning Monarchs will be playing two shows. One with semi nude women Wed downtown Los Angeles at the Wrap It Up Burlesque Show at the Bordello and the other Saturday the 12th we will kick off Stand Up Dads with a few numbers at Largo and the Standup comedy of myself, Dana Gould, Thomas Lennon, Patton Oswalt! Christ how much better can it get people!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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I'm thankful for you!

The Reigning Monarchs & Mostly Nude Girls!

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If you like Holiday cheer, skanky surf punk, comedy and hot chix then come see The Reigning Monarchs play the bordello! WRAP IT UP! An evening of burlesque and skanking!
Location:The Bordello 901 1st St (at Vignes)
Time:9:30PM Wednesday, December 9th

DVD OUT TODAY AND ON ITUNES!

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Hey Punx and Kittens!
Can you hardly believe it? Four years after the release of UNCOOL comes That Guy From That Thing! And although it will run until the end of time as a special in Comedy Central it is a much better experience in it's unedited full blown glory! On the DVD and the iTunes audio version there are bits not on the Comedy Central version and on the DVD there are deleted scenes and some Ask Greg's. I'm am as proud of this as I can be and hope you will dig it!

Never Not Funny!

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This is my one of the funniest times I've had! The Never Not Funny Podcast is awesome please check it out and then Keep listening cause Jimmy Pardo is the greatest!

WTF

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Marc Maron is a great comedian and a really cool guy! But on top of that he is the host of an incredibly listenable, smart, funny, sometimes political but comedy intensive podcast called WTF. I had the pleasure off appearing on a live taping the other night at the UCB theatre in LA it was great. The description on the show's website say is: "Comedian Marc Maron is tackling the most complex philosophical question of our day - WTF?" But it's more than that. If you are a comedian or fan of comedians his interviews are required listening. I don't know if I've heard interviews with comis that get this deep into the form. It's like a comedy version Elivis Costelllo's Spectacle. His guests include Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Jim Gaffigan. among others. Maron's not just a comedian he is obviously a fan but his insights as a comic make the interviews unique. You will learn so much! Priceless stuff!!! In summation. A lot comedy podcasts suck but this one should be syndicated and broadcast nationally it's that good.

See more Tammy Golden photos from the night here!

Tempe Improv Completed!

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I don't know why. Maybe because they headlined me before I was mistaken for Ty Pennington but the Tempe Improv has always been like a home club to me. The crowds are awesome, savvy and hot! In the pix on this page I'm having one of the best sets I've had. The set list included Flipside Crackers, Shamul, Randy From the Gap (NEW) Crybaby Spiderman, and new reworking of Ripped Like Jesus called No Back Fat For Jesus. If I look happy it's because I am. I'm doing comedy again. Or at least my version of it:)

Thanks Phil Provencio for your funny set and pix!

Tempe Improv Tonight 10/2-10/4

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This is the greatest club. One of my all time favorites and I'm working with a spectacular guy named Moshe Kasher that you do not want to miss. Unless you like missing the future then go ahead and stay home and listen to Paulie Shore live on cassette! Look forward to seeing you. TICKETS!

I FREAKING RULE!

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Hmmmmmm!

FINAL WARNING MONARCHS TUESDAY 29th MOLLY MALONES!

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Details!

The Reigning Monarchs To Play Live!

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Hey Punx and Kittens! The monarchs are bringing the skanking to Molly Malones SEPT 29th with Your Favorite Trainwreck! The fun starts at 8 with YFT and continues at 9 with The Monarchs. If you havn't downloaded our album yet I suggest you do it now! Name Your Own Price

The Genius of Thom Browne and His Tie

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Thom Browne is a menswear designer. He is the ONLY menswear designer right now and the only bright spark in this years wholly uninspiring SP10 fashion week. The reason I like this guy so much is not only does he have an inspiration (Late 50's and Early 60's Brooks Brothers) but then he does his own freaky thing with it. Yes some of it is completely bizarre unwearable by most men but it is art form as well, and it's influences his have been felt everywhere from the Gap to Mad Men. His suits are too expensive for this guy but I bought and wore a tie of his in my special (GREG BEHRENDT IS THAT GUY FROM THAT THING) and Jennifer Aniston also wore the same one on the cover of GQ! Malcom Mclearen said "It's better to be a grand failure than a benign success." Thom Browne obviously believes that and I find that inspiring!

New DVD In Stores Nov 10th

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Edinburgh is one for the books!

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Wow, what a month! 26 shows, not including extra late night sets and press appearances, but overall it was a total blast. Did I take the festival by storm? By nooo means. Were all the shows good? Not even. Who's fault was that? Mine. Did you get good reviews? Some great ones, but I also got some bad ones. (I don't read them but my pals do) Did you see some good shows? Yes indeed! Jamie Kilstein, Jimmy McGhee, Des Bishop, Alun Cochran, and Dan Antopolski were among the highlights. Google them all, you won't be sorry. They were all a far cry better than I was at the beginning of the fest that's for sure.

Then why did you have such a good time? Because it was like I had to start standup all over again. No one in the UK gives a shit about me or what I've done really. There was no room to coast and I had to really dig deep to get them to A) Like me or at least understand me and B) laugh at and with me. It really made me realize how lazy I've been about my standup and how much better I could be. It was an ass kicking 'cause at the beginning I played to stoney silence and indifference but the last week of shows were, on a personal level, better than any shows I've ever done.

So why post a picture of your poster with your nice reviews? Because if you look closely at the pic someone scratched out the H,R,E, and D out of BEHRENDT leaving BENT which is UK slang for queer! So I like the juxtaposition of the Sunday Times and Time Out giving me props, which is nothing to complain about, and then some "punter" giving his two cents. It about sums up my experience. But it has soooo revitalized my desire to be better at my craft that I believe i've taken for granted or just didn't realize needed work. Hope you will come see me. New dates added soon! Much Love!
Greggers

WATCH COOL PROMO FOR EDINBURGH!

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FOUR STARS Sun Times of London

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Join me at Blip!

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Monarchs Widget!!!

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And so it Begins.

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After two fairly successful preview nights tonight is the first official show of the Fringe Festival in Edinburg. It's been a bit of an adjustment UK audiences are different in a great way. Will be posting a video soon. know you are pins and needles about that. When Greg? When?

Off to Scotland.

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DVD OUT NOV! LARGO TONIGHT!

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Check it out! Here are the Dates

Los Angeles and NYC dates!

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In preparation for my appearance at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland I am doing 7 U.S. tuneup dates , 5 in NY, and 2 in LA! The show is called Love Sex Pudding Death and includes old as well as brand new material. Here are the Dates

Last Monarchs Gig of The Summer!

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Come and see the your favorite super dapper, guitar slinging. fondu eating, Surf Ska Rangers and their buddy Punk Surf Guitarist Laramie Dean at the Redwood Bar and Grill July 8th! If you like pirate style surf punk with a taste of even more surf courtesy of Gantez Warrior then this is your nite punx!

This will be the Monarchs last gig of summer as I will turn my attention to stand up in preparation for the month long run of LOVE, SEX, PUDDING, DEATH! at the Edinburgh Festival !

Here's where I'll be prepping the show!

Monarchs and Laramie Dean Live!

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The Reigning Monarchs and their buddy Punk Surf Guitarist Laramie Dean Play the Redwood Bar and Grill July 8th! So if you like pirate style surf punk with a taste of even more surf courtesy of Gantez Warrior then this is your nite punx!

The Reigning Monarchs on iTunes!

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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE RECORD FROM ITUNES!

Me Live Tonight, Rest Of Week!

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I am performing tonight 8PM Improv Hollywood

Wed 17th with Sarah Silverman! 9PM Largo Los Angeles

Fri 19th With The Reigning Monarchs 11PM Tiax French Restaurant Lounge

Come give me a hug!

It's out!

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The Reigning Monarchs debut is out today. After nearly two years or writing, playing the occasional live show and learning to play guitar correctly the debut album by America's premier skanking, cowboy nior surf band is a reality. And you can have it for a price of your choosing so go get it. Don't be shy if you aint got no money just get the album for free and get sexy!

Justine Ungaro Photo Shoot!

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The Monarchs had and amazing photo shoot with the super talented Justine Ungaro at the haunted Vogue Theatre in Hollywood. There were a few setups here's one using a couch my wife Amiira and friend Elizabelle found on a street corner. It only smelled a little like pee! More pics to come.

The Monarchs Tear Up Taix!

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In what can only be described as one of the best nights of my life the Reigning Monarchs, resplendent in Lagerfeld inspired ties and armbands, rocked through 8 skanky surf noir gems with only a handful of glaring mistakes by yours truly. The old timey ski lodge feel of the Taix Lounge and the crowd of east Los Angeles hipsters, our friends, family and one super meth'd out chick made the night a roaring success that reminded me of my early days as a comic coming up in the alternative comedy scene. The Tulsa Skull Swingers, who headlined the show, are not to be missed. Fronted by a 6'7' skeleton they are the Cramps meets burlesque meets something totally original with no reference point. I hope you will come see us and them when we play there next .It was so fucking awesome. And to those of you that came I am, as always, touched in my happy places!

Worthy Cause!

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Monday Improv Irvine!

Monarchs Gig Friday 15th!

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This Friday May 15th The Reigning Monarchs will have the distinct pleasure of playing with the Tulsa Skull Swingers at the Taix Lounge in Echo Park! Monarchs hit the stage at 1030 PM! Don't let yourself down by missing this event.

My Interview with Olivia Wilder!

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She's Just Not That Into Me!

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Why I know what I know. There is this great story telling show in New York called the Moth. If you are ever there you should check it out. A few years ago they asked me to perform at their show in Aspen Col for the HBO Comedy Arts Festival. I decided to get really honest and explain in full detail why I know what I know about relationships and how dating a foxy well know comic and actress can break your heart and change your life forever. I remember feeling kinda weird about doing it cause it was 100% honest Most of what i do is only 89.7% honest. It was pretty exhilarating and while most people laughed a few actually cried, and that experience alone is why I will take performing live any day over books and TV. It's just my favorite way to relate what I have to offer. Thanx to Moth for posting this! In fact I'd forgotten that I'd done it but I'm glad it resurfaced. This should explain everything!

The Moth

UPDATE!!!

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Untitled from Greg Behrendt on Vimeo.

Black Rattle Available Now!

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They came, they saw, they had chicken dinosaurs...and then they destroyed! Get in on the ground floor of America's premier children's heavy metal band. Six musicians for whom when the dream died they turned to children's music and found they were still lost.GO NOW!

The New Sheridans! BLAINE (1994)

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The New Sheridans from Greg Behrendt on Vimeo.

In 1993 I came to LA with a band called The New Sheridans. We were a new wavey pop combo with big dreams, satin jackets and a really cute singer. We recorded a now hard to find pink 7 inch for Hell Yeah Records! The tracks Blaine B/W New Wave Princess and Action Figure Friday were produced by Steve MacDonald of Redd Kross. We played around Hollywood for a couple of years but it was at the height of grunge and people were more interested in Skin Yard,Tad, Coffee, and herion, I guess. The band is Laura Milligan: Vocals, Mike King: Guitar, Barry Johnson: Bass, Kurt Anderson: Drums, and Greg Behrendt Guitar and awkward dancing. Enjoy!

The Plan and The National Domestic Violence Hotline.

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Seriously thanks for stopping by. With all the Facebooking and Twittering going I'm not sure how many folks still swing by the old site but I'm going long form today to catch you all up with what's happening with me.
I'm wrapping the Totally Into You Tour with four kick ass weekends, Addison Texas, Raleigh, North Carolina, Irvine, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Something you may not know about coming to see me, besides being knock your d*#k in the dirt funny:) I give a portion of the proceeds from every show to The National Domestic Violence Hotline. Last year alone we were able to raise around 25K! So seeing me helps make a difference for someone other than me and you. In these uncertain times this is more important now than ever. I made this choice two years ago when I began to get more and more e-mails from women in abusive relationships. Because I am a comedian I am not equipped to deal with such problems and so I googled Domestic Violence and this number came up.

National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

These are great folks and they can get you help no matter where you are 24/7. So lets spread the love and have a laugh.

Other News!

In the interim we are going to release the Reigning Monarchs debut album followed by a brief California tour. I also will be performing continually here in LA at Largo, Comedy Death Ray, the coolest show in town, and at the Hollywood Improv so FOLLOW me here, there, and everywhere.

My DVD Greg Behrendt Is That Guy From That Thing will be released at the same time it airs on Comedy Central in August.

Plus some big announcements to come!

It's gonna be a great year!

Fun Interview in Punchline Magazine

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Here is the place to go for great profiles on comedy. These guys do a great job. Bookmark them.

Carolines tonight! Fri Sat Sun! See clips from my new Special!

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I love this band and I can't F*%KIN WAIT!

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Here is a little sneak peek. Go greenday.com for more.

Me on Chelsea Lately!

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This really was a lot of fun. I got many e mails about it so y'all must love the show. I felt like I should post my appearance!!! Thanks Chelsea.

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Times Square!

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Woooooooo. A part of the NYC adscape! So Blade Runner.

This was fun!

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AMC promo!

Nice article in the LA Times

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If you'd like to read it, here it is!

The 10 chick flick cliches not in HJNTIY

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This is pretty funny. Bradley Cooper, Justin Long, and Kevin Connelly show you the top ten chick flick cliches not in the movie! I already kind of know Bradley Cooper but i met Justin and kevin the other week and those guys are fuckin' really funny and really nice. Enjoy.

Special message from Greggers 3

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Special message from Greggers!

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Ray Romano is a great guy!

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Ray Romano is funny. And one of those people who's success you can't help but be happy for. Moments after this photo was taken I tackled Ray to the ground and ate his eyes