May 2012
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I Got Arrested Twice In One Weekend -by Brian...
To give you a framework for where my head was at, my parents got divorced when I was 12 years old. I was living on the North Shore of Chicago in a town called Wilmette when my parents sat my sister and I down to tell us that they were getting a divorce. I was shocked. I thought yelling and screaming was normal in any household. It was just what families did, they shouted at each other. I...
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The Red Sparrow -by Brian Farrell
My next foray into radio after Phunky Phresh Boogie was a solo project in college, because my co-host of that show Sleazy Tony D didn’t follow me out west to go to college in California. My radio show at UC Santa Cruz was called Black Coffee & Cigarettes which I dj’d on Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings from 3:30am to 6:30am on KZSC 88.1. I called myself The Red Sparrow. No, I...
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Phunky Phresh Boogie -by Brian Farrell
When I was a senior in high school, I had a weekly all disco radio show with my co-host Sleazy Tony D called “Phunky Phresh Boogie” where all we did was play disco and goof off. Why the “Ph?” Because the band Phish was very popular at that time and we were satirizing their way of spelling “Fish” like everyone was. It was a time when the letter “f”...
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It All Comes Back To Van Gogh's Sunflowers -by...
When I was in third grade, my art teacher said to our class “Today we’re going to paint in the style of Van Gogh.” She showed us some examples of his work…Starry Night, Sunflowers etc. To this day, my version of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers is hanging on the wall in my mother’s living room, and honestly, it’s pretty damn good for a third grader if I do say so...
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I've Only Ever Wanted To Be Johnny Utah -by Brian...
There are a few films that really shaped my identity growing up in the eighties and nineties. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hoosiers, The Lost Boys & most importantly, Point Break. In hindsight, I mostly attribute my choice to attend the University of California at Santa Cruz to Point Break. The Lost Boys had some influence on that decision as well, because that movie was filmed in Santa...
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My 11th Annual Birthday Dinner At The Sherm -by...
Below is an exclusive birthday invitation that you are, unfortunately, not invited to, because I don’t know you that well and the event already happened. I sent this invitation to a select group of friends of mine, but at least you have the privilege of reading it. Special thanks to my pals who turned out for my birthday dinner at The Sherm. It was legendary.
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I Was Sent A Hot Chocolate -by Brian Farrell
I met Mandy at a coffee shop in Evanston, IL called Kafein. I was there one cold winter night with my friends drinking coffee and trying to make each other laugh, like us cool kids were want to do, and then the barista brings this giant hot chocolate with whip cream on it over to me. I say “I didn’t order this.” The barista then gestures over to a pretty girl with big hair and a...
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Coyote Comedians -by Brian Farrell
Apparently, there is a small tightly-knit community of coyotes who do comedy in the Joshua Tree National Park, because when I was on one of my hikes out there this weekend, I stumbled across an open mic where the only comedians were coyotes. These were the most mean-spirited & bitter hacky comedians I had ever seen. There were a few decent coyote comedians, but they were so self-deprecating...
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Performer Bio Written In The Third Person -by...
Brian is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian/storyteller/writer/actor. He has recently written jokes for a comedy-themed episode of “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” and you can see him in the “Bells” episode of the FOX sitcom “New Girl” as the Office Manager who fires the Winston character from his temp job. You can follow Brian on Twitter @boopityba.
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