Boston Comedy Festival and other things that could go wrong...

I have a lot of stuff to talk about since the last post.
First, I was interviewed for SheckyMagazine. The article can be found at http://www.sheckymagazine.com/hecox.htm
I also have a couple sets that will be appearing on XM radio... and one more that could have been on XM but won't... more on that later.
I have something that could be really big in November, but I can't say what it is yet. That is what Sylvester Stallone calls a cliffhanger.
The fourth and biggest thing is that I'm being taped for a show on Discovery, called "Pop Nation." I am excited about this. Hopefully I don't pull a Boston in the interview and they ask me to leave their city/"Pop Nation" as soon as possible.

I did 25 minutes between two punk bands on Saturday night. It was extremely awkward. Here is a recap:
Singer: "This is my favorite song. It's called [screams] Revolution. A lot of motherfuckers say they want to start a revolution, but the punk bitches don't have the [not sure what he said] to do anything about it. The punk motherfuckers... I will shoot a motherfucker if I have too. The revolution begins..." This was followed by 5 minutes of screaming while people fumbled around on some instruments, creating a "music-like" sound that I refuse to call music. Then he yelled "Punk motherfuckers, let's start a revolution," one more time. Then I told jokes to the 3 people who were listening. During my set, I was asked to move, so they could maneuver amps, and the guitarist even started doing a sound check over me. Can't fault him though. He has to get ready to perform. It was just awkward, probably for all parties involved, especially the audience members who read the flier that had the word "music" on it.

Boston:
A lot of comics do traffic material. Very generic jokes about bad drivers, construction and traffic are the usual. This material can usually be classified as annoying, although sometimes very funny depending on who is doing it. Boston is one of those places where those jokes are especially true. There are no traffic patterns. People just drive around. There aren't even signs in most places. If you ask someone for directions, it is possible that they will tell you to turn when you see a guy whistling or something like that. "Keep going... You'll start to smell salami. When it smells like the salami is done, bear left." What? Fix your city.
Comics don't like contests. I've never heard a good, original comic express anything but contempt for contests. You just can't judge creativity. With that said...
I learned something from this contest/festival. If I want to be more successful in contests, I need to increase my number of bad credit/masturbation/sex/pot jokes from zero to any number greater than zero. In other words, I lost. I had a set in which I was 99% confident would take me to the next round. I had to pause several times, in a six minute set, for the crowd to get quiet for the next line. Then they were doing the announcements at the end of the show and I lost. I would love to see the score sheets to see which catergories I lacked points in. Audience reaction: check. Stage presence: check. Originality: check. Impressions/Dunkin Donuts Jokes/Drug Jokes/Masturbation Jokes: Incomplete... Disqualified. Not once did I mention an experience with a creditor. What was I thinking? Oh, that's right. I pay my bills. If I ever had an experience with one, I'm sure I would HAVE to put it in my act. Then I would call it an act anymore either. It would be my "routine."
This show was taped for XM, but for the most part was too weak of a show to make the cut. And I lost.
The cool thing is that instead of sitting around Boston for a few days, waisting time, I'm performing at The University of Maryland tonight with Demetri Martin (10 out of 10 on the funny scale/meter). I better polish up on my Pollock jokes before the show. I bet Demetri can help me get into some contests.
Erin Conroy was awesome in the Geek Comedy Tour 3000 show. Happy, Erin?