Travis Irvine attempts the impossible in front of the most grossed out audience and shakiest camera in the world.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Cinco de MAYO @ Chief Ike's
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Labels: chief ikes, stand up, travis irvine
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This video deserves to be set up properly. Very difficult to tell what's going on, since the cameraman was obviously whacking off while filming with his phone cam. Please explain. Is this mock hurling or bona fide regurgitation?
I really have been waffling all evening about 2girls1cup, really, I need to make a decision.
I'm so glad someone brought up this recent performance at this open microphone. I've been very interested in conveying my opinions on the various components of such a performance shown within this blog posting.
Vomiting (also called throwing up, puking and emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). The feeling that one is about to vomit is called nausea. It usually precedes, but does not always lead to vomiting. Antiemetics are sometimes necessary to suppress nausea and vomiting, and, in severe cases where dehydration develops, intravenous fluid may need to be administered to replace fluid volume.
Vomiting is different from regurgitation, although the two terms are often used interchangeably. Regurgitation is the return of undigested food (that has not yet reached the stomach) back up the esophagus to the mouth. The causes of vomiting and regurgitation are generally different.
Now in relation to the improv portion of the video contained withing the original posting, I offer the following explaination:
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This invention cycle occurs most effectively when the practitioner has a thorough intuitive and/or technical understanding of the necessary skills and concerns within the improvised domain.
The skills of improvisation can apply to many different abilities or forms of communication and expression across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines. For example, music, cooking, presenting a speech, sales, personal or romantic relationships, sports, flower arranging, martial arts, psychotherapy, the arts, and much more
I notice that this performance was done at a pub/bar/watering hole known as Chief Ikes. I would like to explain my thoughts as is relates to the rank of chief, not only in native american culture, but that of military establishments (I have an incredible song and drawing about the subject).
A traditional tribal chief is the leader of a tribe, or the head of a tribal form of self-government.
The notion of a "tribal chief" is rather vague and arbitrary; neither chief nor tribe is clearly defined, so in many cases other designations are used for the same institution, such as petty ruler or even headman (in a very small but autonomous community, e.g. in the jungle). In some cases they merely lead a traditional consultative entity within a larger polity, in other cases tribal autonomy comes closer to statehood. A chieftain is a leader of a tribe.
There are many variations on it, but the most common types are the chairman of a council (usually of 'elders') and/or a (broader) popular assembly in 'parliamentary' cultures, the war chief (can be an alternative or additional post in war time), the hereditary chief, the politically dominant medicineman ('theocratic' cultures).
The term is usually distinct from chiefs at still lower levels, such as village headman (geographically defined) or clan chief (an essentially genealogical notion), as the notion 'tribal' rather requires an ethno-cultural identity (racial, linguistic, religious etc.) as well as some political (representative, legislative, executive and/or judicial) expression.
Long story short...I love the cock.
Bike Mlejer
Anonymous is either:
A) An incontinent ten-year old who has to be home schooled and has access to his babysitter's computer. He doesn't even know who any of the people he's insulting are and is just stoked to have so many people paying attention to him.
or more likely,
B) A TERRIBLE comic (with brief shining moments of mediocrity) who can't tell a fucking joke to save his life so he gets his rocks off by insulting everyone else on this blog where his insults still aren't witty or original or anything, but here, because he is anonymous, people pay attention to him instead of how it usually goes where they just wait for him to get off-stage and then awkwardly avoid his gaze.
Votes?
And I love that the first comment on this blog was him trying to call out mike blejer. Ranting that mike should stop writing so much while at the same time trying to bait him to write more? Can anyone say "creepy obsession?"
Zodiac again, I guess our purpose here is that we're frustrated, I'm a frustrated comic and I'm just as frustrated with the scene is DC. I thought I was helping to push those who are sort of "running" shit but as my mom and I were just discussing, she is wise, I'm just really helping to add an air of discontent. I guess what I am saying now is, I'm here to help. And I'm going to change my approach.
Before this train gets derailed, I want to say one more thing about Marc Maron thing with Jay. Look, I know Marc and have been friends with him for years and I am bald.
That thing I just said about ending all my statements with the number 2 was a lie. (2).
You've got to turn the anonymous posting option off. It's the only way to save any shred of credibility this blog has left. Things might slow down a bit initially, but you've got some first-class schizo trolls running amok.
Oh man, someone deleted a comment that is so sad I would have loved to have seen what it said, anyone have a copy of it from before it was deleted they can post?
Strangely enough, I now read this blog more than ever.
That deleted comment was the same as my last comment, I posted twice on accident.
Let me first say I was the one who taped this part of the show and sent it to the guys who run this site. Now about the quality of the video I was there to perform not film and I used my old digital camera and had I known it was gonna be shown to everybody I would have thought to put it on a flat suface. But for those of you who did make commets about the quality of the tape I understand and will try my best to shake the camera more time next I am filming something. Now let me say hello to all these anonymouses people out there but why on earth did you use this post to attack certain comics come on if you think your in a league of your own compared to the other comics who were mentioned Nick, Mike B, Jay, Travis then please prove it. Come show us how great you compared to them but I bet you wont I could have sworn it was puberty not being anonymous that made you grow a pair. Also for those of you who claim thier no funny comics in the D.C. scene you just dont know funny and we feel sorry for you not really we dont care. For those of you who like to give me your thoughts in person chief ikes this monday be there.
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