Due to a myriad of events crossing over many generations, Glaser, Klein, and Lawrence have had to reschedule. So many sad faces. BUT ADAM NEWMAN and MATT KOFF have been added to tonight's show because they are great and we love them. Here come quick bios!
ADAM NEWMAN
Newman is a super funny dude who has been on John Oliver's New York Standup Show and hosts a fantastic evening at UCBEast called "Big Long Sets" where comedians do big, long sets.
Koff is also a super funny dude who was on the premiere Cashmere and we are so happy to have him back. He performs standup all around the city when he is not trying to get a Roomba.
See them TONIGHT with Jon Cohall and Bob Powers at LEGION 8PM for FREE
So CASHMERE has moved venues. No longer at Bedlam, we are now located inside LEGION at 790 Metropolitan Ave. Did you hear that? We're off the L now, friends! Right by your apartment! Or your friend's apartment that you should bring to Cashmere! And we're all in luck cause these comics are so, so, so good. JON COHALL (Disaster Comedy) NIKKI GLASER (You Had to be There) JESSI KLEIN (Comedy Central Presents) MIKE LAWRENCE (John Oliver's New York Standup Show) BOB POWERS (Happy Cruelty Day) I just felt an extra heartbeat typing those names.
JON COHALL
Ok, I saw Cohall at a show one year ago. There was no mic. The bar kept getting phone calls. The stage was falling apart. And he killed. I am so happy to finally have him on.
Glaser's recent TV pickup of You Had To Be There is so exciting. And guys, you have to go there. If you live in NYC, I highly recommend going to a taping. It's difficult to keep your mouth shut, because they are having the most relatable conversation in the world three feet away from your face -- still it is so much fun and a really special thing.
Glaser has also been on Last Comic Standing, The Tonight Show, and many panel/talking head series for vH1 and MTV.
This video is still one of my all-time favorites.
You can follow her on Twitter, where she has the best background photo ever, and Tumblr.
JESSI KLEIN
Jessi Klein!!!!
Klein has written for I Just Want My Pants Back, Saturday Night Live, Michael and Michael Have Issues, etc. She has appeared on Best Week Ever, SNL, MMHI, Chappelle's Show, and of course her half-hour special on Comedy Central.
You could see Mike Lawrence every night of the week and see a different show each time. Lawrence is a comic who adds new and improvised jokes seamlessly into his written set. He headlined at Caroline's this summer with past Cashmere comic, Matt Koff, opening. Lawrence has been seen on John Oliver's Standup Show twice and had his premiere on Conan this year. This is Conan telling Lawrence "that was fantastic."
At the end of 2010, Splitsider posted an article featuring the best humor writing of the year. Bob Powers was featured not for one piece, but his entire blog, Girls Are Pretty. I spent weeks reading all the way back to his first post, and continued thinking in second person for nearly a month. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING ALL OF IT.
If you've been unlucky enough to stand next to me while Powers has a microphone in hand, you know I resemble someone having a seizure when actually I am just laughing uncontrollably.
Some really terrific things he's written outside of Girls Are Pretty (why are you still reading this? you should be reading Girls Are Pretty right now) this year:
You can see all these comedians and host John Harris at Cashmere for free! September 25th 8pm at LEGION, 790 Metropolitan Ave -- off the Morgan stop on the L
We have a special visitor from out of town, very excited to announce he is joining this month's lineup.
ASTERIOS KOKKINOS
He lives in Los Angeles and has all the Manswers. (He wrote them.) I first saw Kokkinos at a WHIM Quarterly show, hilarious and straight up fun. He reminded me so much of George Duffy -- very happy dudes, very full of Pokemon knowledge. Also, insightful...
Kokkinos can be heard on the podcast International Waters hosted by Jesse Thorn and quite a few of his own. Check him out on Tumblr and Twitter before you see him live August 28th at 8pm in the back room of Bedlam. It is always good to see what Kokkinos is up to since he does great, fun things like this 3D standup set...
And improvises career-based songs on his nieces' singing show...
On top of this busy schedule, Garden also runs the successful bodega, Joe's Cold Beverages. Garden posted a photo of the recent remodelng done earlier this summer.
Before really moving to New York, some friends took me to a packed show called Tell Your Friends. This was my introduction to John Harris. He read a series of one-liners that are difficult to remember because I almost couldn't hear them over the sound of my own laughter. All I know is, they were dark and they were very funny.
Harris has been a Senior Writer at The Onion and I used to deliver his paychecks at IFC's Onion News Network.
A zine with contributors from30 Rock, The Colbert Report, The Onion, The Onion News Network, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker -- along with the amazing Kate Beaton and Bob Powers. A hard copy with great texture can be purchased here. If you bring it to the show you might get an honest autograph like this one...
A piece written by Harris for PBQ was featured on SplitSider. He is also the regular host of Cashmere! You can see him being funny at Bedlam on the last Tuesday of every month. Check him out in real life and on Twitter.
DAMIEN LEMON
Until May's Broad City Live, I had only heard Damien Lemon's voice. This is because the first show I saw him in was so packed, the stage was not visible. It is more than possible that he looks familiar to you though because his face has been EVERYWHERE this year.
And if you want you can still see him on the big screen in The Amazing Spiderman. Quite a summer, including this week when Lemon headlined at Caroline's.
One of my biggest regrets in life is that I have only seen Brent Sullivan's slideshow about his fake online profile as a make-up artist (who only does cat make-up on humans) once. This was part of his set when I saw him at Big Terrific, and only the beginning when it comes to Sullivan.
You can see all of these comedians and the special guest host at Cashmere on Tuesday, August 28th in the back room of Bedlam 8pm FREE! Add to your Calendar Follow on Twitter Follow on Tumblr Like on Facebook
