That is the experiment.
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I have lived in Virginia Beach for almost two years now. I love it here, and
Vanessa and I are starting to talk about decades instead of years,
in terms of how long we might stay here.
_____
I still love stand-up comedy, even though we moved away from the "mecca" of stand-up that is New York City.
I'd love to get involved in the scene here in the south. Just one problem:
I'm not on Facebook.
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Even the nicest comedians I've met in town -- the people who ten years ago would have helped me meet the right people in a comedy scene --
all say the same things:
"Oh yeah -- just hit him up on Facebook."
"He runs a great show -- friend him on Facebook."
"I'm not sure what time that one's at -- but just look up the event page on Facebook."
__________
__________
Our industry exists more in a scrolling blue timeline than in any smoke-filled room or any history-drenched, checker-floored club.
I fell in love with comedy for a lot of different reasons. But one of them was because it was art that happened IN THE ROOM. It happened IN FRONT OF YOU.
Stand-up comedy -- the type I feel most inspired by -- is a surreal combination of a magician who performs real magic, and one of those chefs that kills the food and uses 6-foot flames to cook it while you're watching.
Great stand-up is like a gust of wind. It's there, and then it's gone. If you catch it and try to show it to someone later, it's too late. It's just air.
__________
__________
__________
For me, "how good I was" is irrelevant. Because whether I was the worst comedian ever, or the best one ever,
I'm still interested in working at it again. And getting better and better at the craft.
I just wish I could get a f___ing hold of anyone.
_____
So I've decided to document this new journey.
I'm going to use this site -- BrysonTurner.com and thecomedyhajj.blogspot.com -- to see what it's like for a comedian to pursue comedy
without Facebook.
_____
_____
I have lived in Virginia Beach for almost two years now. I love it here, and
Vanessa and I are starting to talk about decades instead of years,
in terms of how long we might stay here.
_____
I still love stand-up comedy, even though we moved away from the "mecca" of stand-up that is New York City.
I'd love to get involved in the scene here in the south. Just one problem:
I'm not on Facebook.
_____
Even the nicest comedians I've met in town -- the people who ten years ago would have helped me meet the right people in a comedy scene --
all say the same things:
"Oh yeah -- just hit him up on Facebook."
"He runs a great show -- friend him on Facebook."
"I'm not sure what time that one's at -- but just look up the event page on Facebook."
__________
__________
Our industry exists more in a scrolling blue timeline than in any smoke-filled room or any history-drenched, checker-floored club.
I fell in love with comedy for a lot of different reasons. But one of them was because it was art that happened IN THE ROOM. It happened IN FRONT OF YOU.
Stand-up comedy -- the type I feel most inspired by -- is a surreal combination of a magician who performs real magic, and one of those chefs that kills the food and uses 6-foot flames to cook it while you're watching.
Great stand-up is like a gust of wind. It's there, and then it's gone. If you catch it and try to show it to someone later, it's too late. It's just air.
__________
__________
__________
For me, "how good I was" is irrelevant. Because whether I was the worst comedian ever, or the best one ever,
I'm still interested in working at it again. And getting better and better at the craft.
I just wish I could get a f___ing hold of anyone.
_____
So I've decided to document this new journey.
I'm going to use this site -- BrysonTurner.com and thecomedyhajj.blogspot.com -- to see what it's like for a comedian to pursue comedy
without Facebook.
_____
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