SBS supports Herring

One of my favourite comedians, Richard Herring, recently featured in an unflattering article in The Guardian. My advice is to just listen to his fantastic podcast where he intermittently reveals sophisticated critical thinking imbetween hilarious if childish humour about babies made of faeces and other such things. Andrew Collins is the other voice in the podcast who is a talented journalist/DJ that puts the author of the offending article to shame.

One would hope that lazy journalism like that of Brian Logan, will not be blamed on the blogging revolution. Bloggers generally write opinion pieces that can be lazy and downright stupid, yet journalists who have the audacity to put themselves forward for careers in writing, should have the good grace to properly research their subject matter. If Brian Logan considers Richard Herring a racist after watching his 'Hitler Moustache' show, then Brian Logan does not get it and should not be writing about comedy for a national media organisation.

Rant over... or maybe. It struck me that Herring will ultimately be happy with Logan's shoddy journalism because he will undoubtedly gain more media attention for his act which champions comedy as a tool for defeating fascism.

Then I became despondent, realising that in so many ways, creative ideas can be misconstrued by those who weren't listening properly or people who were not interested enough to take the comedy seriously. Many people would consider that a contradiction-in-terms and yet anyone who has truly listened to Douglas Adams' HitchHikers Guide to Galaxy or who has carefully watched the Life of Brian will know that comedy can be both lightening and enlightening. The Logan-Herring debate reminds me of the Cleese/Palin - Muggeridge/Bishop of Southwark debate. Muggeridge and the Bishop clearly hadn't watched the film properly. Cleese makes the point that ultimately, Python won the battle and we have progressed as a society. I hope that Herring's clever attack on fascism will prove to be a similar victory for civilisation.

New Shows on the Horizon

The shows have been sparse to say the least over the Summer. The fact is that on a small liberal arts College campus, the Summer months can be devoid of student life. It seems unfair to ask guests onto our show when the campus is dormant and the students are in Ohio, Missouri, and Washington but not North Denver.
On August the 24th the place will come back to life and so will our show. This year threatens to be even better than the last as we have become more connected with Denver's music scene. Last year we had a performance from the city's best artist of 2009 as heralded by Westword and the Denver Post.
I think that proves that we know the talent. The Summer has been filled with showcases and festivals but we look forward to new work by our favourite locals. Time is close to releasing his next album Naked Dinner. Buy the CD, when its released in early August. We will have him perform in the studio for that event. Naked Dinner features work from the talented Damon Jevon who is now based in the Mile High City.
The aformetioned Ian Cooke is also working on new material.
It looks like Meese are going to be the next Flobots and as such will disappear from our radar as they attempt to go national.
I am growing tired of Summer and its mosquito bites, thuderstorms and allergies. Give me the cold any day. In Colorado, autumn doesn't start in earnest until October and that is when I shall breathe easy again. For now we will wait, and find consolation in the benefits of Summer.