The Video.

So I know a lot of you are waiting anxiously on the video/audio coverage of last night’s gig. I appreciate that. So much, in fact, that I’ve spent all night editing video and trying to find the perfect codec and output combination that will allow nice video quality with high audio quality but without costing you an afternoon in downloading time.

The bad news is that I suck at encoding video these days, and all of my various attempts at trimming this sucker down to less than 15MB (while still retaining the sort of image quality you might find in my older videoclips) have proved futile.

The good news is that I’ve gone ahead and uploaded a high quality and a low quality version. They clock in at around 7:45, so the high quality video is around 38MB and the low comes in at a very hefty (and very blocky) 16MB. In comparison to the 50MB high-quality trailers we see online (and they’re very rarely more than 2 minutes long) I figure this will work until I get my encoding brain working again.

Ohh… and don’t click over to the site just yet - I’m still uploading these mammoths. You can, however, listen to the audio of the show if you’re just on the edge of your seat in mind-numbing anticipation. The audio is up and is ready to be heard. Though, you’ll miss my Italian arm-waving, my awkward (barely visible from the camera’s far-away view) facial expressions, and of course my radiant sexuality that oozes with every movement and every flicker of bright fuck-ass red mohawk hair.

Anyway, the uploads should be done in under 20 minutes. Gotta love the upload speeds on these consumer-oriented broadband connections. *Sigh*

So, here’s the link. Have fun.

In watching the video several times tonight, it turns out I actually did only perform less than 7 minutes of material. Coming into the club with 10+ minutes of material, perhaps I shouldn’t have improv’d as many new lines into the beginning of my act as I did. However, improvising in light of your audience can make you a lot more likeable and when they’re on your side - makin’ ‘em laugh (and, in the case of a socio-politcally-charged act like mine, keeping them on your side while you go off on your rants) is immeasurably easier.

Oh and if you need me to translate or fill in whatever mumbled words I say throughout the act, post a comment and I’ll be happy to reply. Just for shits and giggles (and because you probably won’t hear it) this is what I said when I went up there..

(little background - all night, damn-near every comedian had an introduction that included Comedy Central, Jay Leno, Conan O’ Brien, Craig Kilborn and/or Howard Stern. That’s why I had to laugh when my introduction, despite having written down that I’ve performed at the Improv a few times, was "you may have seen him around town".)

"Ahh… great. Everyone else gets to say ‘I was on Comedy Central’ - and here… I get ‘you may have seen him around town’. Wonderful"

Okay. I go bed now. Must sleep.

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