What, No Freebird???

As a comic, writing for me can be very therapeutic. Everytime I sit down to write, I try to think about all my weird idiosynchrisies, my viewpoints on life and all the other s**t about me that just doesn't make sense. Like how I absolutely despise Rednecks, but love the song "Seet Home Alabama". Everytime I hear it, I want to slam back a few Hamms and go two-step on a bar.

So lately I've been doing a lot of writing. My whole focus right now is to continue to build a strong act. Some of the new stuff I've done has worked, some hasn't. At least I've been trying new stuff out, even if it's one or two jokes a set. My feeling is, once I've built my act to where it can be, the rest will take care of itself. I don't want to be one of these young comics who says they can do the time when they obviously can't. Yeah they might be able to talk for 45 minutes but that's it. There's a reason why guys who've been doing this for 10-15 years are just now starting to headline. It takes time to build a strong consistent act.

This week I'll be at Westport on Tuesday, the Forum on Wed and Laughs on Thursday. After that, it's off to Beantown as I'll be out there for five days. Really looking forward to it.

Now for Godsakes somebody please pass the Hamms and let's get this party started. Sing it Ronnie!

Tonight

Yeah I know the title for this blog entry sucks. I can't think of anything clever right now.

So far this week has been a good one. Last night I was at *Westport. I had a solid set. I tried out a bunch of new stuff and discovered a couple of my new premises have potential. Tonight I was at the Comedy Forum. It was my best set there in a long time. What made it so good you ask? Well tonight I received what is known in the BIZ as "laughter". Boy does it make a world of difference. After one of my jokes, I heard a guy in the audience laugh and say "That was f****n' sick." I felt a wonderful sense of pride.

I also decided to enter the Forum's comedy contest which happens later on this month. Initially I wasn't going to. I don't like contests, unless I happen to win them. However I heard what the prizes are and reconsidered. So we'll see what happens.

* When I say Westport, I'm talking about Westport in St. Louis (where the Funny Bone is located) and not Westport Plaza in Kansas City. There was confusion among some of my Kansas City friends, who thought in my last blog entry I was talking about their Westport. They were mad at me because they thought I was performing in the area without telling them. Trust me, if I'm ever out there, I'll defintely let you know. You can all come out, watch me and pretend to laugh. It'll be precious.