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Took a recent trip to Phoenix to perform with some longtime friends of mine; some I’ve known for upwards of 15 years. It was part of a benefit show for my friend Jim Louvau. No, he’s not sick or anything, but there’s legal stuff going on in his life that I’m not at liberty to discuss. That’s not the important thing here, so let’s move on.

I was told to host the show, introduce the bands, and fill time between bands with comedy. Easy enough, and should be great fun. And it was fun. But, not so easy. Bands like to soundcheck their equipment, which makes telling jokes over a snare drum exceedingly difficult (unless you’re doing vaudeville with rimshots, I s’pose).

Starting off the gig, I had some loud heckler in the front asking me to “come closer, I have a secret for you!”. Psh. Like I’m falling for THAT one. Here’s me responding “just say it out loud, no one cares” :

Later on in the show, my friend Ron Underwood waltzed up on the stage. You might recognize him from his former band Opiate for the Masses. While I’ve known him for about 10 years now, I wouldn’t say we were “close” – mostly just casual acquaintances. This isn’t to say I have anything against him – far from it, he’s a great guy – just that we haven’t hung out that much.

He gave me carte blanche to “just do my thing”, but then he followed me up onstage. I don’t think he realizes I meant to do comedy and then introduce his band (Beezlewood) but my rule is : if you’re on my stage, you’re in my act. Like I said before, I’ve barely ever hung out w/Ron, but.. I like to get reactions so I thought I’d just start making shit up and see if he’d go with it.

Me : Ahh.. if I had a dollar for every time I’ve been naked in a hot tub with this guy
Ron : Haha! YES!
Me : Hey.. you remember that time we double-teamed the girl with the harelip?
Ron : Uhh…
Me : I know, I know… “WHICH ONE?” Oh, Ron. I lost count of how many times we’ve been inside the same woman at the same time
Ron : You know.. my mother’s here
Me : Your mother’s here?
Ron : Yeah. And my fiancé
Me : ……

So, I thought “Oh! I’ll just defuse the situation by making an even more off-color remark that embarrasses me”, and I pulled out the keepsake necklace I made (that contains my mother’s ashes) and said “Well.. don’t feel too bad… my mom’s here too!”

His reaction wasn’t exactly what I’d hoped for

Me : “Well, Ron, I guess it’s time for you to rock these motherfuckers’ faces off, eh?”
Ron : “Fuck yeah!”
(Mitcz exits stage left)

photo credits : MistrsEvilKitten

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