Doug Stanhope is coming!

Consider yourself warned! Doug Stanhope will be doing two shows in our area:
September 9th @ 7:30pm –
Doug Stanhope, Chad Riden, Jesse Case & The Mattoid @ Zanies (Nashville)
September 10th @ 9pm –
Doug Stanhope & The Mattoid @ The Boro (Murfreesboro)

Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic. Has been since 1990.
His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism . Doug is vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for everybody .
He started his career in Las Vegas doing jack-off jokes for free drinks. Not much has changed, save for the mullet.
Doug has built a wide-ranging television resume of dubious achievement. He hosted The Man Show on Comedy Central as well as the ubiquitous psuedo-porn for the sexually crippled, ” Girls Gone Wild “, both solely and shamelessly for financial gain. He has appeared on “The Howard Stern Show”, “Comedy Central Presents”, “Premium Blend”, NBC’s “Late Friday”, “Spy TV” BBC’s “Floor Show Live” while on ecstasy and wrote, produced and starred in Fox’s “Invasion of the Hidden Cameras” and has even popped up on “Fox News with Greta Van Sustern” and “The Jerry Springer Show”. But none of it compares to seeing him live.
He’s appeared at major comedy festivals including the Montreal Just For Laughs, Aspen US Comedy Arts, Chicago Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland , where he won the Strathmore Press Award in 2002.
Also in 2002, he was named as one of the Top Ten Comics To Watch by both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter . He has released three CDs and two DVDs including the latest, ” Deadbeat Hero ” in 2004.
REVIEWS :
“Ask anyone whose opinion matters, and they’ll tell you Doug Stanhope is one of the top ten stand-ups in the world today.
Stanhope’s confrontational stance comes from the rough, blistered underbelly of America ‘s trailer parks; he’s a feral, aggressive man full fuelled by primal urges to drink, fight and screw ­ and the corrosive material has all the venomous aggression you might expect from that background.
But what underlines it, and makes it so untouchably good, is the passion and conviction with which he holds his intelligent beliefs, informed by sensibilities that might seem alien to such a no-nonsense, pig-headed persona.
Chortle UK
“Stanhope shocks you with the virulence of his lucidity; he shocks you into realising how transparent the confidence trick of western propaganda can be made to seem. What he has in abundance is the charm, don’t-give-a-damn swagger and aggressive intelligence that make for important, exciting comedy.” Guardian, UK
“Some of the sharpest and most biting cultural commentary you’ll see in a comedy club.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Austin Chronicle says, “Let me tell you something, friends. Doug Stanhope is one funny sumbitch. He’s also one of the most twisted individuals I’ve ever met, but that’s part of his charm. He’s one of those comics that doesn’t make shit up. He lives a mad, mad life and what he remembers he reports back to us. He’s been known to bare his soul, and other things, right there on the stage. If you’re easily offended, stay home this week. Watch Matlock or something. But if you like your comedy rough, raw, and rowdy, there’s no one better than Doug Stanhope. Have I made myself clear?”
“Sharp, off color, and howlingly funny” – The San Francisco Chronicle
Stanhope breaks down the walls of decency. He uses profanity, but nothing he says is meant to shock. Everything he says is designed to make the audience laugh. Stanhope has worked his way to become one of the best comics around” – The Reno Gazette Journal.

DougStanhope.com
MySpace.com/DougStanhope
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Congratulations to winners of Chad Riden’s “FREEdumb” cd

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Congratulations to the winners of an autographed, personalized copy of
“Chad Riden: FREEdumb”! On July 31st, NashvilleStandUp said we’d draw
one lucky winner on August 28th.. but we were lying. It’s already
August 31st, and we haven’t done jack squibbily-doodle. To make up for it, we’re awarding the prize to EVERYBODY who entered to win. Congratulations to Brian Kiley, Terry Wilcox, Mark Anundson, Wes Human, Brian Bates, Bent Hanlen, Shawn Tidwell, Speech Impedment Man, Ryan Kraemer, Jenny Blankenship, Ryan Deckard, Jeremy Grogan, and Deanna Brantley! For once, the only losers were the people who didn’t enter. (Suck it, losers!)
If you’re kicking yourself for missing out, you can still buy Chad’s cd for $10 at any live show or for it’s outrageous retail price via paypal:





ChadRiden.com
MySpace.com/comedychad
YouTube.com/chadriden
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Keith Alberstadt on Bob & Tom Thursday

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Nashville’s own Keith Alberstadt is back on the Bob & Tom Radio Show again.. tune in Thursday, August 23rd. Here’s a note from Keith:

In other news….
After last year’s trip overseas to entertain our military, I requested to return in 2007 during the time when they would miss being home the most… over the holidays. That request has been honored, and I’m heading back to the Persian Gulf in December for about 5 weeks. It will be my third trip over there, and I’m looking forward to it.
In case you haven’t seen my latest writings on my website, you’ve been missing a lot.
I had an incredibly frightening nightmare recently that you can read about in my latest column.
And if you don’t keep up with the news, I got you covered. Read my August news item jokes here and here. Soon, I will also have them in a recorded podcast that you’ll be able to subscribe to. Stay tuned for that!
Thank you for the continued support. Hope to see you at a show sometime.
Keith

Mr. Alberstadt will be appearing at Zanies Comedy Showplace Sunday, August 24th at 7:30 p.m. as part of the “Late Show with David Letterman” audition showcase. Make reservations now, because that show will sell out fast!
www.keithcomedy.com
www.myspace.com/keithcomedy
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