Bucky Sinister, Alex Koll, Chris Garcia, and Sean Keane at the Dark Room Wednesdays

[Bucky_Sinister]

Now til whenever we run out of steam, the four of us are renting the dark room, mostly to work on new material.

I'm doing mostly rambly, ranty, storytelling. The other guys so far have done more standup, with Chris veering off into some great stories about his family in Cuba.

On Mission, near 19th. 8pm. BYOB. $5

PM me, and I'll happily comp you and yer friends.

[seankeane]

This week (June 3rd), The Business features special guests Brent Weinbach and Andy Haynes. Still just five bucks, and it all gets started at 8 PM.

[seankeane]

Oh, and so this thread maintains a better balance of promotion : recap.

Two weeks ago, May 20th, featured out largest audience to date and the most interesting show. After losing the traditional opening game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, Alex Koll discussed a variety of topics, including what song his father might sing if he had Alzheimer's (working title: "I'm Somebody's Dad"). I (Sean Keane followed) with ten minutes, primarily about the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia and why people hate the dollar coin.

Special guest Eric Andre, visiting from LA, then performed fifteen minutes of energetic, crowd-pleasing standup. His mom was in attendance, so it was especially great that he killed it. Bucky Sinister - totally anchoring these shows every week - did his usual "rambly, ranty storytelling" to much acclaim. If you are interested in learning about cocaine, 80's gangs, door-to-door atheism recruitment, or even why Jared Leto gets his ass kicked so badly in every movie he's in, just listen to Bucky.

We then premiered the first three episodes of Elevator to Space, a new web series starring Alex, Sean, Chris, and Louis Katz. Special guest #2 Nato Green then came out for a segment called "Ask a Cuban", where he queried Chris Garcia on various Cuban issues, including racism, class isues, and why Cuban slang is so damn weird.

The show ended with an improvised talk show from our final special guests, NYC comic Hari Kondabolu and his brother Ashok. The Kondabolu brothers discussed the (media-created) phenomenon of blipsters, and Ashok openly speculated about how his life would improve if Hari had Aziz Ansari's career. I (Sean Keane) returned to discuss my interview with Gallagher, and Alex Koll also returned to chat about travel. Finally, the brothers showed a terrifying movie trailer, and The Business was done for the night.