Friday, August 06, 2004

Slightly Inebriated

My intentions last night were not get drunk...but when you have 4 drinks back to back...without eating...it's bound to happen. But then again I can handle the sauce...but damn this morning if the room wasn't spinning.

-Funny Ass People

I'm not talking about "funny" like "shady", but like "Ha, Ha, Ha you funny man" people. Last night myself and a couple friends got together and went out to see a taping of "comedy Central Presents...". If anyone has been to such a taping you will know that usually they don't tell you who is performing, because they don't want a big rush of people to catch a free show. So as I'm waiting in line (waiting on someone in particular, who's idenity I'll protect because she was the last one to get there and you know that there is always one...ya know I'm playing wit ya) I saw Aries Spears from MadTV (Does funny ass impressions) walking down the street. So I just assumed he was just checking out the show or something. When the person who I was "waiting" on finally got there we went in. Not really knowing what to expect from the show, cause I've seen the show before and no disrespect to any comedian but some of them just were not funny...the first comedian (Rocky LaRorte, I think that's how you spell his last name...had to grow on us) was pretty good. Now thinking that the next comedian would be on the same level I figure it couldn't be any worse. To my surprise Aries Spears was the closing comedian....When I say he was funny...I mean the damn boy was funny. This was my first time seeing him do stand-up...he was definitely on his game. He literally had the audience, including myself in tears. What really put the crowd over the top had to be his impressions...if you closed your eyes you would thought the people he was impersonating were on stage. He went from Tyson to Shaq to Bill Cosby to damn near everybody. (Someone elses favorite was Denzel Washington...or how she puts it "Dennnnnnnnnnzeeeeeel". I got work on my Denzel impressions) This cat has true talent. So if he is coming to your area...go see him...Support the brother. As he said he's not a millionaire...he's a thousandaire...help him get his millions he deserves.

-Rick James' Passing

As I was typing this up I got word that Rick James passed away this morning in his home in Los Angeles. Rick was definitely a pioneer in music, doing and saying things that the average person was scared to do. Of course now what he was writing about is now the mainstream, he deserves the credit for opening some of the doors that other artists were able to walk through...man damn who else can write an ill ass song about smoking...

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