Episode 89 - Mike Borchardt
Mike Borchardt Singer/Guitarist for Nihiloceros and Guitarist for Treads rarely slows down. He tells Will about growing up in Chicago, including some great stories about Legendary Punk Rock Venue the Fireside Bowl, discovering punk rock and the community around in in St Louis, Hilarious drummer mishap stories in Los Angeles, where to play if your a band in NYC and how he finally achieved sobriety after a failed attempt, plus Mike plays a couple of Nihiloceros songs including an early version of a song that will appear on the next Nihiloceros record.
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Comedian Steve Hofstetter is well known for heckler videos, and as a comedy club owner, but Will knows him as his former boss who once kept him from getting punched in the face.
He talks to Will about the days of the Laughing Devil Comedy Club, growing up in numerous neighborhoods in Queens, being exposed to political comedy early in life, starting stand up comedy and producing shows in NYC in the early 2000s, his early days on the road and performing in colleges, and a great story of a road trip he took with his father shortly before he passed away with comedian Dick Gregory.
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Episode 87 - Tom Rhodes
Comedian Tom Rhodes has toured the world performing Stand up Comedy.
He talks to Will about a rough year spent in NYC early in his career based on the advice of Jay Leno, the San Francisco comedy scene in the early 90s, being the first comedian to sign with Comedy Central, his friendship with Mitch Hedberg, wanting to know who a comic is through their jokes, and how his short lived NBC Sitcom led to him touring and performing comedy in over 20 countries all over the world and hosting a Late Night Talk Show in Amsterdam.
Plus Will recounts the story of the time he navigated Police Blockades in Istanbul, Turkey on Labor Day on the same day that he performed Stand Up Comedy on a sold out show of mostly non-english speakers.
Get Tom’s New Album Around the World on iTunes now!
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http://www.tomrhodes.net/tour/
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Comedian Nick Callas commits to what he is doing fully when it comes to comedy. He talks to Will about growing up loving comic books and manga before it was considered cool. Starting stand up comedy in New York City, His experience auditioning for Saturday Night Live, how he bounced back when his MTV pilot didn’t go to series, as well as some hardcore shop talk on Stand Up Comedy and Live performance.
NYC! See Nick headline Carolines On Broadway April 18th!
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Will knew Ryan as Comedian RG Daniels for a number of years before he left New York for Texas. Now that he's back Will and Ryan discuss Growing up on Staten Island, The Beastie Boys, Hair Metal, The NYC comedy scene of the early 2000s, his decision to move away from Stand Up, to move to Texas, and to move back to NYC as well as his new project the satirical Food Blog NOSHKONG.
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