by Jonas Barnes Recently, I sat down with my friend and fellow comedian Amber Rollo to talk about her upcoming album recording, her week of headline performances at The Creek and The Cave, and what it’s like to be known for telling Harvey Weinstein to go fuck himself straight to

  The crowd of people, many of whom wandered into this dive bar without any intention other than a stiff drink after a long day at work, has come alive. Scanning the rowdy mob assembled at the rear of the bar does little to clarify what is happening. There are

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

The ‘Comedian You Should Know’ series highlights funny people performing in San Francisco.   We met Zack Chapaloni on the set of ‘Drunk Science‘ where we got a bunch of stand-up comics rip-roaring drunk, and asked them elementary science questions, and filmed it.  It was a bit of a shit show,

From texting about your penis to killing a baby dolphin for a selfie, don’t do these things with your phone…

Are there any North Californians in New York? Of course you guys are here. Great news! Lagunitas Brewing Company is hosting NorCal Comedy Night at the best comedy club in New York City, The Stand. The show will feature some of the best comedians from Northern California including stand-up comedy

As I write this I find I am having a little bit of a crisis of conscience.  That is because I am recommending that people go see stand-up comedy at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on March 7th at nine pm.  It is not because I didn’t enjoy myself when

Watching someone do stand-up can either be really funny or uncomfortably awkward.  And in some cases it can be both.  While I don’t know anything about the 10 comics performing at tonight’s Monday Happy Hour Comedy I’d wager that you’re gonna get see both funny stuff and total crash and

I went to this awesome comedy night last week.  If this recap doesn’t stoke your fire you must be made out of diamonds, in which case I’ll pawn your ass.  I’d be there again tonight, but I’m learning how to bartend in Queens from a Spainard who worked in Ibiza