off to louisville, so long to bloomington,
rainy day in bloomington and i am off to louisville as soon as i get myself gathered. shows here went very well, one of the comics who was with me was blown away because i did two entirely different one shows. the first show, the crowd was small but almost all of them had seen me before so it was like a "conversation with ron shock" more than so-called 'material.' i just sat up there and told stories, some of which are hardly ever in a show. over the years i have done some incredible shows here, this small club in the back of a pizza joint seems to bring out the very best in me.
they had the best house m.c. in the nation, a young man named brad. well, a couple of months ago, brad went a did a guest spot on a thursday night at the funny bone here in town and the owner of bear's place (actually the new owner, the old one would have never done something like this) fired brad because of that. now, brad had never been told he couldn't perform at fb, and bear's does monday night so ... why the big uproar? apparently the owner is what is commonly called a "dick." brad is not a full time comic, on the contrary he works with disadvantaged youth here in bloomington, so not only is he the best house m.c. in america he is truly a GOOD GUY and the world is rather short on that species. some of the girls who work there or had worked there told me the owner would make passes at them and when they objected he told them that if they didn't like it they could try to sue him and he had better lawyers than they did. hmmmm, i think the word, "dick" fits. maybe "prick." maybe "bastard". maybe "s.o.b." maybe...well, you get the point.
this club, bear's place, is one of if not the longest running one-nighter in america and i have been playing it off and on since 86. i don't know exactly when the new guy took over but one of the many things he did was to no longer give the comics a free pizza between shows. (now it is half price but what does a pizza cost to make? a dollar maybe? it is the principle of the thing) the food is no longer as good as it was before..(bear's place was once so good it got national press) i would stop coming here but that wouldn't punish the prick, it would just disappoint my many fans here so i kept my mouth shut at the club but if this blog gets back to him, i will probably be banned....but, what the hell, the truth is the truth. and, one other thing, brad was so popular here that when he left, business went way down, this prick has pissed off many and many of that many won't come back to his club regardless of who is playing.
oh well, now that is off my chest...
kobe missed more freethrows last night than i would have. ratings?
anyway, gotta go, rock and roll, thanks for reading, maybe next time i will have something worthwhile to say.
they had the best house m.c. in the nation, a young man named brad. well, a couple of months ago, brad went a did a guest spot on a thursday night at the funny bone here in town and the owner of bear's place (actually the new owner, the old one would have never done something like this) fired brad because of that. now, brad had never been told he couldn't perform at fb, and bear's does monday night so ... why the big uproar? apparently the owner is what is commonly called a "dick." brad is not a full time comic, on the contrary he works with disadvantaged youth here in bloomington, so not only is he the best house m.c. in america he is truly a GOOD GUY and the world is rather short on that species. some of the girls who work there or had worked there told me the owner would make passes at them and when they objected he told them that if they didn't like it they could try to sue him and he had better lawyers than they did. hmmmm, i think the word, "dick" fits. maybe "prick." maybe "bastard". maybe "s.o.b." maybe...well, you get the point.
this club, bear's place, is one of if not the longest running one-nighter in america and i have been playing it off and on since 86. i don't know exactly when the new guy took over but one of the many things he did was to no longer give the comics a free pizza between shows. (now it is half price but what does a pizza cost to make? a dollar maybe? it is the principle of the thing) the food is no longer as good as it was before..(bear's place was once so good it got national press) i would stop coming here but that wouldn't punish the prick, it would just disappoint my many fans here so i kept my mouth shut at the club but if this blog gets back to him, i will probably be banned....but, what the hell, the truth is the truth. and, one other thing, brad was so popular here that when he left, business went way down, this prick has pissed off many and many of that many won't come back to his club regardless of who is playing.
oh well, now that is off my chest...
kobe missed more freethrows last night than i would have. ratings?
anyway, gotta go, rock and roll, thanks for reading, maybe next time i will have something worthwhile to say.
posted by Ron Shock | 6:53 AM
4 Comments:
Thanks for the show of support.. sanity is such a relative thing. Glad you had a good time with my daughter.
stefanie, i dectect a slight tone of hurt..none was intended; i presumed you knew a. your mother, my wife, was indeed crazy. b. that some of that craziness wore off on you..it would be impossible for it not to...c. since this particular strain of crazy is passed on from mother to daughter and you have a daughter the possibility of you passing some on to her was distinct. d. that she was in therapy shows that she was aware of the distinction. e. and since she was in therapy you had to know why.
she is a lovely and interesting woman. you are a lovely and interesting woman. both of you are slightly crazy. well, so am i. so was rusty. so was ellen. one thing i can say about "crazy" is that it makes for interesting people.
is it subjective? well, you have to define subjective...if a given person is perceived to be "crazy" by everyone he or she knows, friends and foes alike then chances are he/she is crazy and the only one who is be subjective in the whole thing is he ot she.
Thanks Ron.
Ron,, I am so pissed we missed your show at Bears! We saw you about 8 years ago there and had the time of our life,, which was pretty amazing since my Dad had just died the week before. ,, we still listen to your cd and laugh our butts off all over agin. My husband and I still quote lines from your show on a regular basis... Love, love, love your stories, love, love, love you!!!
amy
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