I spent the last few hours going over audio recordings from this past weekends Denver shows.
I’ve made a bunch of notes, and tomorrow will be more of the same and a final isolation tank session before I leave Tuesday for Columbus.
It’s gonna be a crazy week, as I’ve got a sold out show Wednesday night at the Funnybone comedy club for a warm up, then Thursday I film the Spike TV comedy special at the Southern Theatre, and finally Friday I’ve got two more sold out shows at the Funnybone. Then of course after all that, I’m doing commentary for the UFC Saturday night.
I can honestly say that the last few weeks leading up to this special I’ve concentrated more on my act than any other month in my entire career, and this is really just the beginning.
As soon as I film my comedy show on Thursday then the real work begins, because it’s supposed to air on Spike TV in June, so for the next three months I’ve got to do a FUCK LOAD of writing.
I know that people like to hear some of the old bits, but I also know that you want to hear a majority of new material, and the last thing I want is people to come to my show and be disappointed because they’re hearing the same jokes they heard on TV. I take my responsibility to put on a great show and entertain my fans very, very seriously so there will be no rest for me once the special is filmed.
Quite the opposite, really. As soon as the filming is done I’m going to go into overdrive with my writing, including more blog entries. I doubt I can keep up this one blog a day schedule that I’m doing now, but they’ll be WAY more frequent than I’ve written them in the past.
Fortunately for me there’s always interesting shit to write about going on in this wacky world we live in.
Like for instance; when I was in Denver this past weekend I saw something even rarer than Bigfoot: a black guy with a McCain T shirt on.
I didn’t really get a chance to talk with the guy in depth to find out what his deal was, but he seemed like a nice enough fellow.
Maybe he was just wearing it because he was the only black guy in the airport and he wanted everyone to feel relaxed around him. (Denver really is THAT white.)
Either way, we thought it was hilarious. It’s sort of like when you would see a white rapper hanging out with black guys in his music videos to make him seem more legit – as a comic it’s just instinct to poke fun at it.
We didn’t want to be too obvious in taking this guy’s picture so I pretended I was taking a picture of my friend and fellow comic Tom Segura, which just made it all the more fun because we had to be sneaky.
I’m pretty sure he knew what was up, though. He wasn’t shy about it.
We talked to him on the train to the terminal, and he really was a nice guy.
As soon as I get back from Columbus another thing I’m going to do is start seriously looking into relocating to Colorado. People keep asking me why I want to move there, and there’s a lot of reasons, but this is one of the main ones:
That’s an actual view from one of the houses I’m looking at. I mean… holy fuck…
I think looking at that every day is going to inspire me to write some EPIC shit.
What an AMAZING view! I don’t know how you didn’t just say ‘fuck it’ and buy it right then and there. It looks so pristine and expansive. You’ll probably see a lot of UFO’s too, which is cool. There are so many reasons to live in a place like that and so few not to. Fuck me, I have gotta get out of the city.
Got to be kiddin… I dont know how u didnt buy it. And yes that is an amazing view. Might have to invite me up sometime. shrooming in those woods. omg….
Joe,
I lived in Colorado Springs for 2 and a half years. since I left 4 years ago I have lived in korea and Tokyo. My Mojo just has not been the same. I miss the fucking peace and inspiration of the mountains. It really is a wonderful place. Do it man! You will not regret it for a second.
Thanks for all your inspiration,
Nick
Funny thing about the black guy in a McCain for Prez shirt, it looks like McCain’s face is encircled in a big “O” American flag, like a subliminal message for Obama.
Colorado is an awesome place to live. It is easy to stay healthy and have fun. Denver is 15% as congested as L.A..
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/traffic-congested-cities-lifestyle-real-estate_congested_cities_slide_21.html?thisSpeed=15000
I love how in the country the seasons are so obvious, the trees and their leaves and then their fruit, the pregnant sheep and then their baby lambs, the mountains covered in snow and then bare rock. At the moment, here in New Zealand, it’s just turned to Spring and we are picking wild blackberries and wild mushrooms. Everything is always changing and the longer I live here the more I appreciate nature…when you first move to the country it takes awhile to get ‘in tune’ …afew years go by and you know what to expect and start looking forward to different times of the year for different reasons.
I love going back to the city to visit my young nephews and family and eat ‘exotic’ food like Thai takeaways, but the traffic is so fuckin’ gnarly, even in Auckland, a city of ‘only’ 1.3 million people. Anyone else find they ‘go with the flow’ of traffic and don’t get so annoyed with it after an LSD trip?
p.s Good time to visit NZ now, $1US buys $2NZ.
If you really want a place out there, I can hook you up with a dandy. My Dad has been toying with selling his joint. It’s no slouch either. It has been on TV a a few times also.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/monica_norton/Dads%20joint%20in%20CO/IMG.jpg
I’ve lived in Denver for 8 years and it F’n rocks! Plus the MMA scene out here is tight and you have some of the top UFC guys training here. The people who live out here are almost as good as the weather. 70+ degrees in March – who says the winters are brutal?
I missed your show while you were here in the Mile High but will be at the taping on Thursday night. Myself and some guys from bodybuilding.com will be checking it out.
See ya in cold, gray ass Columbus.
Isaac
isaac@liftstudios.com
http://www.liftstudios.com
Hey Joe,
Dude i came from england to do East to West road trip in the states, stayed with friends in Boulder,CO and have to say it was my favourite stop all across The US. Theres a great feeling of a connection with nature waking up there. Alot of weed in Boulder and i hear a good BJJ school,
I think it would suit you down to the ground!
Definitely nothing like that in abundance in So Cal. So long as you promise to come back often, and maybe throw a badass goodbye show, LA could probably let you go.