Thursday, April 20, 2006

D-Lo's review of the CD

The Review

Richard Lett's "At Least There's Drinking" is unquestionably the comedic diamond lodged in the black coal of the Vancouver comedy scene. Unleashing a heinous barrage of unyielding wit and candor on his unsuspecting audience, Lett jams the pedal to the floor from his first breath, holding back only long enough to wet his whistle and let the ladies adjust to their new found dampness... down there. Richard's soothing and sultry delivery blends harmoniously with his pint sized punchlines, bringing whole new meaning to the term "Too Far." Crossing lines as if they were picketed, Rich doesn't care with a flair that would make even the most careless say "Wow! That guy really doesn't care." With ease and what could be argued as class, he pulls the puppet strings on his audience masterfully. Baiting them into a series of laughs, he ups the ante with each new tagline, until you can sense the entire room going 'did we just laugh at that? That was horrifically tasteless and downright disgusting.' But at this point it's too late. Rich has baited his prey, hooked them, so to speak. And that hook is attached to a line. Sinker? Nowhere to be found. So grab yourself a two-six of rhye, a pack of marlboros and pop in "At Least There's Drinking." Seven severed limbs up (out of a possible six and a half)

Warning!! not for the faint of heart/non-smoking/politically correct/sensitive/lesbian/vegan/tofu eating or downright useless and boring attempts at life.

Stand Up For Your Life

Well, I've been doing quite a few high profile shows this month, and I have a bunch more coming up so, I guess I'm back. The set I did on Sunday at the Media Club was a breath of fresh air. A comedy room with a bunch of guys I hadn't seen before, and it was a challenge to hit the stage with such youthful enthusiasm in the room. But despite the clamouring of the self-appointed comedy experts, I got up and made it happen in a big way. This gave me a lot of confidence that this action was still mine. All the young guys clamoured around, looking for any advice they might get from me, or just to say how much they liked the show, So it was a real boost. My second Crash and Burn show, featuring Paul Breau, Graham Clark, Jy Harris and Squatch made another solid line up. Sam Easton closed the show as he prepped for this week headlining in the club. Danielle, one of the waitresses said she was looking forward to my headline weekend next week cause she always makes good money on my weekends! Nice compliment.

Doing road gig in out of town tomorrow, and I'm a little nervous about it. Travel always has me wound up until I hit the road. Then I'm fine.
So I'm back on track, doing what I'm supposed to be doing, stand up comedy.

And I believe I have my blog free of the lurkers, having exhausted their patience, so loyal readers, I can say what I want again.