It feels good to be back at the place where I had my workshop. It feels comfortable. The crowd was great tonight. The club was a little under half full, but it seemed the crowd was pretty positive. Half the crowd pulled up in a stretch Hummer.After the Lewiston show I was having some doubts about doing more sets, but I’m glad I plodded through. I had a great set. Steve Couette (sp?) emceed tonight, and he did a great job warming up the crowd.
I tried something new. I wasn’t feeling super comfortable from before. I was running a specific set that I had to memorize. It felt forced. I did my set without a set list tonight. I just went up and had some new and old stuff and played more with the crowd. It felt more spontaneous. I’m fully aware of how risky it was, it could’ve gone horribly wrong, but I think this way I got to get into a better rhythm with the crowd. Good stuff. I did about 50/50 new and previously performed bits. I even did a bit that Tim told me wasn’t working for me, and it went over great. I think I mixed in a decent mix of thought provoking and poopie humor at the same time.
There were three big surprises for the night. First off, I got paid for the Confetti’s gig. That caught me off guard; I thought I was working free for a while. Then Bob Marley showed up too. I was nervous that he’d be going on before me, but thank the lord he didn’t. He was en fuego last night. It would’ve been tough to follow him. There was one last comic to follow him, and she was good. I liked her set a lot, but the best part was her closer. She takes 2 plastic recorder flutes and puts one in each nostril, and proceeds to play a Christmas Carol with her nose. Brilliant!
There’s another show on Saturday in Sanford at Spectators. Looking more forward to it now. Will update after that show too.
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