Most would agree that Los Angeles is far from perfect. For every ray of sunshine there's a traffic jam, for every Malibu beach house, there's a wildfire or a mudslide ready to destroy it. But there are also a lot of things you can do here that you can't do anywhere else. For example, if you have a craving this summer to enjoy the stand up comedy stylings of Ricky Gervais, it helps to live in LA. On July 11th and 12th, the creator of the original BBC version of "The Office" and "Extras" played two sold out nights at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. These shows were announced last December, but for some silly reason I didn't manage to get tickets until the week before. (This in spite of the fact that I live so close to the Kodak that I can actually take the Red Line subway to get there.) But we managed to get two tickets (3rd Mezzanine), and arrived just in time for the hilarity to ensue. I'd actually heard quite a bit of the material before, because Ricky recycled a lot of material from "Animals" and "Politics", his previous BBC specials, but it's still great material, and it's always more fun to see it done live. Plus, if we hadn't gone, we'd have missed the opportunity to see this:
For those of you non-Angelenos out there, fear not; HBO was in the house filming the act for a future special.
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Nels Cline Singers performing for at most 30 people in The Blue Note (where you saw Kurt and Courtney 10 years ago). Wonderful set. But not as funny as Ricky Gervais (though it was kinda funny when Nels said, "I feel like we've been summoned by the king and queen to perform in this kingly and queenly place and the only people who are here are the king and queen and their attendants, and the emptiness leaves the musicians somewhat unsettled.")
Well put, Nels. But this comment begs the question-are you and Amanda the King and Queen of Columbia? Because who else who lives there would summon the Nels Cline Singers to their court?
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