Two nights ago, December 8th, I attended a show a show for charity at the Knitting Factory. The show was put together by Nick Diamond, the lead singer from the group Islands. All proceeds from ticket sales went to New York Cares and concert goers were encouraged to bring old winter coats to donate. Diamond got together a bunch of comedy acts as well as some musicians to fill the 3 levels of the Knitting Factory.
The night began at 7pm. In a ploy to get the hipsters to come out early, the finest of beers was given out for FREE for the first 2 hours...Pabst Blue Ribbon! Marnie Stern and Conrad Keely from Trail Of Dead also played short sets. Nick Diamond and some other Island members also played later on in the night. Comedy skits included Street Carnage, the X-rated duo featuring Gavin McInnes, founder of Vice Magazine and Derrick Beckles as well as Eugene Mirman, who was frequently apart of "Flight Of The Conchords."
Mirman does a lot of his own stand up comedy but he also does tons of interviews for the website, www.236.com
Here's an older Mirman skit from 23/6 News...
One more Mirman skit from 23/6 that I really like...
Of course, the main draw for this show was undoubtedly David Cross. Cross hasn't been doing as much stand up in the recent years and it was beyond a treat to hear he would actually be coming out for the show. Cross went on around midnight and had about a 45 minute set. Had me in tears the entire time! Quick flick from my cell phone...
I've even had the pleasure of meeting him at a Modest Mouse concert about 2 years ago with my friend Shawn....I always thought Cross kind of looked like he was from the wax museum in this photo...but whatever, it's really him!
Now if only Arrested Development were back on the air......
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