Here’s a cool grainy, happenstance photo that Shane Rhyne snapped of me, in full pop-punk cosplay, doing the 5-minute warning before the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour show at the Pilot Light as JT Habersaat lurks in the background before I thought to close that door. Continue reading
Author Archives: Tyler
It’s [Comedy] Time in Tennessee [Knoxville]!
Alright, just in the interest of putting yet another net out there to capture the fucking surge of comedic events taking place in/around Knoxville over the next few weeks, specifically the last week of September, I’m… putting out a net of things that I support and if you have the time, then I believe you … Continue reading
The First Ten Years
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the first time I stepped onstage as a stand-up comic. Granted, I had done a couple of what would fit the description of stand-up sets at highly supervised coffeehouse-type open mics in college, but those were just me dicking around in the context of the sketch comedy troupe I was … Continue reading
QED, Comedy Laboratory Turns One
…and I can’t imagine my comedy-life without it. I’ve said it so many times, but QED is the most fun I’ve ever had in ten years doing stand-up comedy. This coming Monday’s show, “RESET” marks the one-year anniversary, and I’m just as surprised as anybody that the show is where it is today. I mean … Continue reading
Upcoming Dates in Paris
Unfortunately, I don’t have any spare time to fill you in on how to came to be, but the long and short of it is that I was fortunate to receive a grant to spend the month in Paris for work and research. Also fortunately, in between the meetings and such I’ll be able to … Continue reading
A Post about Posting in Knoxville
I’ve gone on record that Knoxville is a particularly difficult place in which to promote independently produced entertainment. This may be not necessarily better or worse than many smaller cities with relatively decentralized populations, but Knoxville’s where I live and try to support the local arts as best I can, so I’m calling the situation … Continue reading
Shows Coming Up (May 27th – June 6th)
Oh man, you guys remember when The Vines were the saviors of rock n’ roll? You remember when Rolling Stone saw fit to declare rock officially “back” on the strength of Craig Nicholls’ crazy ass? They could easily have put the Strokes or the White Stripes or The Hives (three bands also listed, all with more staying … Continue reading
On David Letterman
I’m well aware that David Letterman did his final show the other night, thereby rending this entry useless to most anybody whose opinion I don’t care about. Did that make sense to you? Whether or not it did, feel free to read on. The comedy community on the internet has been celebrating the career of … Continue reading
Thank You, Chicago!
As you may have been able to figure out if you know anything about what I do for a living, this week and a half since returning to Knoxville has basically crushed me. So, updating a comedy page that I think a grand total of 4 bookers (which is being generous) have looked at since … Continue reading
Returning to Chicago (4/20 – 4/26)
Hey, Chicagoans. You should all be thrilled to live in a completely wonderful city, and you should be even more thrilled that I’m going to be coming up to your city next week. Or less. Either way, you acknowledging my existence is really sweet of you, considering how cool and distracting those elevated trains can … Continue reading
