The Slip and Slide of Moral Decay

Last night was GREAT! I didn’t flub any lines, I think only missed one dance move, and I didn’t pull a Bobby Brady and have my voice crack during a song! People were laughing their asses off at all the right moments, and we got a great response from the crowd as we did the little everyone hold hands while walking up to the front of the stage and bowing together theater bow thing

To all the drama students that I may or may not have been mean/dismissive/snobbish/downright rude to in high school, please accept my belated apology. This stuff’s just as much fun as strapping on 30lbs of pads and running full-bore into another 200lb dude with 30lbs of pads on, too!

We had about 100 folks at our show, and we’re hoping to sell out (130) Saturday’s show.

So, if you’re in the area, please come to the show (Nate and Di, I’m looking in your direction).

Doing one of those fruity theater bows,
-Jay

PS - Annie gave me the greatest pre-show gift last night. I got a really funny card, and inside it said, “I thought that instead of flowers, a guy would probably like burritos” - and there was a gift certificate to my favorite burrito joint in town. Thanks, girl. That was great!

I know I’m not writing much anymore, but I’ll try to put something up once a week now. Let’s say Mondays? It can be part of your back to work but not ready to start working routine. sound good?

good.

Whistles go WOO-WOO!

Fate has a twisted sense of humor.

As many of you know, I’m still looking for a “real” job. Sure, I write a weekly column for the City Paper, host trivia nights at bars around town, and appear in a few improv acts to make ends meet, but I still haven’t found that 9-5 (or 10-3 if that’s cool with you, future boss of mine) that floats my boat. And it looks like it ain’t gonna be in this one-horse town anyway, but that’s another story.

Late last week I was asked to be in a musical written by a couple of my improv buddies (so you KNOW it’s gonna be funny) and their friend. It’s called HOBO: A Fight for Survival. Seems they couldn’t think of a better person to play Marvin, the former president of a major company who now lives on the streets, than me - a former “suit” who doesn’t have a job, and isn’t above picking up change on the streets.

So, that said - if you’re in the Charleston area, come see our show. It’s pretty frickin’ funny, and I get a cut of the door.

Speaking of cutting, If you can’t make it, tell a friend to attend, or so help me, I will cut you! It’s just some extra change, man…what? you think you’re better than me?!

oh…sorry…got too into character there…

Hope to see you there!

What was supposed to be here was Episode 12: Annie and Jay Version 2.0

but…

Dammit! We lost a 30 minute show in the editing process, so we’re gonna do one tomorrow. But in the meantime - here’s what’s shaking:

1) Thanks to everyone at the Podcast Pickle Forums for your help on our recording issues.
2) We’re now using REAL MICS and a mixer (Thanks Roommate Matt!).
3) Please fill out our audience survey - it’ll take 5 seconds and is completely anonymous. We’re just trying to pay bills, y’all.
4) We’re still looking for jobs.
5) I can’t believe that friggin’ computer crashed.
6) Thanks Angel for the voiceover work. If you need some done, email us!
7) Thanks for the kind words, Nate and Di. We got your back, too.

We’ll put our heads together and put another show together tomorrow. New segment (This Week In TV), and other exciting things now that we sound quasi-professional!

Thanks!
-Jay

Hey folks.

As many of you know, Annie and I are looking for jobs. Well, in between jobs, we’re doing things to help supplement our income (e.g. freelance work, hosting trivia, begging for change, writing for the City Paper - although I’ll keep doing that, etc).

In addition to those aspects of our glamorous lives, we’re now working with a company that helps podcasters like Annie and I find sponsors. But, we need your help to do it.

Please fill out our audience survey!

Just click on the link above and answer a VERY BRIEF survey (It should only take about 15 seconds. Tops. Not like the $100 survey that ACW sabotaged - which I love, by the way…) for us.

It’ll enable us to tell advertisers who we are and who our listeners are (demographically speaking, that is…it’s completely anonymous) so that we can get some Ad $$$ into our pockets and can keep buying our weekly $2.99 rotissirie chicken on Sundays from Harris Teeter. And solid gold grills, yo. Annie’s grill be slammin’, y’all.

We think you’re ever so smart and attractive.

Thanks,
-Jay

Hey folks!

Looking for something to do Wednesday night?

Chucktown is about to get a faceplant on the improv scene with the arrival of the newest Theatre 99 group - THE SOFA KINGS!

It’s the first time a Charleston-based group has performed the Chicago Style long form Improvization, The Harold.

Come celebrate March Fool’s Day with us!

It’s just $5. You can’t even get good crack for $5 anymore - unless you see me after the show…

Please forward this on to your friends and family. If you do, Bill Gates will pay you $1,000 for each email address you send it to, the Nigerian Embassy will place $10,000,000 in your bank account, and you will recieve a one year supply of Viagara!

Although my unemployment is stinging me in the wallet a little bit, I am very excited about the next few weeks…

why?

Annie’s last day of work was today.

Meaning, if we want to meet at the beach and have a cup of coffee tomorrow at 10AM, we can.

Matinee movie attendance is about to regularly be up by two.

The number of Scenes From the Next Whatever episodes is about to skyrocket (we apologize again for the delay between 8 and 9…)!

I know how to entertain myself and be happy on my own, but is sure is fun to have her around, too.

Doing nothing and it’s everything I imagined it would be.

The “band” (yep, quotations marks. and I’m kind of self-deprecatingly rolling my eyes when I type that word) that I’m in played our first public gig last Tuesday in a Battle of the Covers. Each band could play whatever they wanted for 20 minutes, but the last song had to be a cover of a Beatles tune.

We did pretty well, and have been asked back for the second round, which is tonight!

So, for anyone in the Charleston area looking for something to do on a Tuesday night is reading me today, come on down to The Map Room at 9:45PM tonight!

Goodnight Cleveland!
-Jay

For the handful of you that downloaded Episode 8 during the 15 minutes it was posted, you just got a collector’s item. Because, after further review, it was deemed “unfunny” and I yanked it off the site.

It was a solo show of me babbling for 10 minutes while Annie was at work and unaware that I was armed with a microphone and too much time on my hands…

I listened to it again, and yep. It sucked.

But fret not, listeners…we’ll have a new show up for you late tonight/early tomorrow. Pinky promise.

Back to the job boards…Anyone in the market for a PR/Marketing guru? I ain’t cheap, but I knows what I’s doing…

All the folks at the Charleston Comedy Festival do. Even those lowly charleston improv newbies working the festival…ahem….

Unless you live in Chicago or New York (or maybe even Minneapolis) - - - damn, I think that’s where like 82% of y’all are from - - - you don’t get this much funny packed into such a small time frame. So, if you’re within a couple hours of our fair city, consider stopping in for a show or six.

Here’s the link for more info. Charleston Comedy Festival

Hope those of you ’round here can make a few shows…those that can’t - well, you can just send this page to five friends and Bill Gates will pay each of you $10,000, the Nigerian embassy will deposit $25,000,000 U.S. dollars into your checking account, and if you make a wish, it will come true in 30 days.

I’m in my second week of looking for work, and I’m learning some things about my world and myself during this time.

1) Most attorneys’ clients, and most bookkeepers/beekeepers/paralegals/private investigators HAD to have been homebodies from the hours of 11:00AM - 3:00PM. There is NOTHING on at that time.

2) I can only wear one’s pajamas until noon. Then I feel like I should consider enrolling in bookkeeping/librarian/paralegal/private investigation school.

3) The Internet is huge.

4) Anything can become an addiction. Searching for cool jobs is mine currently. I spent 6.5 hours online Tuesday doing nothing but scouring Monster, HotJobs, and classifieds from major dailies across the country. Have one you think we’ll like (Annie and I are both looking for work)? Email it to us. Us, as in Jay and Annie. I haven’t been in a shut in that long. yet.

5) Even though I get bored, and sad, and worried, and scared sometimes…it still beats the alternative.

6) People are generally good. They just forget sometimes.

7) I have lots of spare time on my hands now. Yet I still can’t find the time to clean my car…

8) Quitting smoking is hard. But it gets a little easier each day.

9) Our next podcast (out very very soon) is gonna be great, y’all. In the past week:
a) I’ve performed in front of an audience of 10 (there were 11 of us onstage)
b) I took roommate Matt to the emergency room cuz of some nasty oysters. Or tuna. We’re not sure which.
c) American Idol is back on. That’s right. I love that show.
d) I spoke with MLK who told me to declare Charleston, the new “Chocolate City, USA.”

10) I appreciate y’all comments and emails. They sho do help pass the time and make a poor, unemployed man feel loved.

See y’all soon!
-Jay