First time I went to do open mic standup. Place was full of thugs. After a lil while, it was my turn up at the mic. By then end of it, crips and bluds made friends. Fist bumps and props. I'm going back again tonight.
During my time in LA, I visited Marty's open mic establishment as a means of honing and fine tuning the wonderful mystifying enigma of humor. Mr Marty's quite a peculiar individual.
Our conversation passively erupted in a passionate fraternity on the fundamental construction and methodologies behind humor formation. From a subjective and objective standpoint there was a dichotomy in our viewpoints, i found his theory of experience being the rudimentary source of creativity to be somewhat vague and ambiguous, in terms of its inability to demystify and theoretically dissect jokes.
On the contrary, experience is an inevitable subconscious inventory sitting latent as an abstract comedic toolkit, But it doesn't suffice any equation that is conducive to comedic unambiguousness, Ironically two comics can personify complete distinctive contradictive ideas about humor yet derive to the exact same punchline consequential's, and this is what i call a paradoxical dichotomy thats really ambiguous.
This can simply mean, both contradicting ideas are completely irrelevant, and there's a completely peculiar common denominator we intuitively share that we as comedians are completely oblivious to. It was quite an interesting conversation, especially discussing humor with someone who has over 20 years experience in the business.
Marty's venue offers multiple options, The main room primarily, 'self explanatory' With multiple stage time you can perpetuate into midnight continuity.
His second room is smaller but offers a private more personalized environment that comics can engulf themselves into humor extinction. Also an outdoor seating area that frolics a disport from humor fatigue, you'll indeed be exhausted from performance time and stage luxury.
Marty's establishment is undeniably the all encompassing quintessential of open mic's, it exist in an unrivaled pool of adversaries, 'unsurpassable' Simply because of its multifaceted combined incongruity and its intriguing dichotomy, all juxtaposed in a single conceptual element that defines his medium as far more than just an open mic, but a place a comedian can call home...!
My Favorite Los Angeles OPEN MIC Mega Magnificent Place....!
dude Seriously, seriously now, bunch of bullshit words with nothing in it, Why can't you write simpler words so everyone can understand? You think you impressing people with all those words? Because you not.
Anonymous has a point but you have to understand atelston Fitzgerald holder is weird as fucking weird gets, spoke to this nutjob once and it had to be the weirdest conversation I ever had in my fucking life so when I read the things he writes its a little puzzling. Is he genius and acting weird on purpose or simply a fucking nutjjob plain crzy nut fucker.
Madman? He's mad? Why don't you explain to us all what part of his writing makes him mad? I bet you can't. Another stupid open mic comic on badslava hating.
That post just reminds me of the dudes who took way too much acid and then thought it was a good idea to do DMT. Good guy with too much information in his brain. Full disclosure, never met the guy.
After a few years in this game I've determined that Marty's and a few other open mic places just give indisputable proof to my theory that open mics comics should never ever EVER get more than 5 minutes or so at a time because anything longer bores. the. living. shit. out of everyone else. I think that the average open micer probably has 2-3 minutes of material then just babbles about bullshit for the rest of his time, which is fine if "the rest of his time" is just a few more minutes. If it's 7-8 minutes then I'm prepared to put a handgun in my mouth. But I can't just rip the open mic community on this one-- I've seen featured performers run out of steam at around 5 minutes then suffered through 15 more minutes of bullshit.
I'm new to this whole thing, but Marty's is pretty nifty! There's odd stuff for sure, and R rated... but brutal honesty kinds of stuff. Some I think get up for their own therapeutic needs but hey, that's okay. I've seen quite a few now and there is a serious tone of trying stuff. The minimal crowd I've seen so far, in my opinion, do their best to be supportive if possible, demure if unfunny. Many will be on their phones or whatever, but that's a great test and sign to you as well! I and a few others best critiques is telling the practitioner that that joke can work... And snickering to me, is a big win. And there is lots of that, if your stuff works.
I've seen some great delivery with poor jokes or great jokes with poor delivery, so there's definitely a vibe here I like and see, in my limited capacity, as a safe productive way to get in your stage time. Being up against 'jaded practitioners of the art', I would think, is a great way to learn, hone, sharpen one's craft until you are ready to get to the 'pro' open mics. And the hours are awesome! Giving a guaranteed 5-10min spot amongst peers, every day! And giving you the opportunity to see others as they sharpen their skills. I highly recommend.
Marty is great too! My first time, during less busy time, he spoke with me for an hour about his life and the place! Awesome! And yes, he does dirty dirty vile jokes! But when you talk to him, you know he's all heart. He's there for all these young men and women. A rare, one of a kind spot!
Laid back, well designed place. Free water and coffee.
ReplyDeleteDownside, audience consist of a just a handful of comedians, especially on the weekends.
Great open mic. Everyone left the chip on their shoulder at home.
ReplyDeleteFirst time I went to do open mic standup. Place was full of thugs. After a lil while, it was my turn up at the mic. By then end of it, crips and bluds made friends. Fist bumps and props. I'm going back again tonight.
ReplyDeleteDuring my time in LA, I visited Marty's open mic establishment as a means of honing and fine tuning the wonderful mystifying enigma of humor. Mr Marty's quite a peculiar individual.
ReplyDeleteOur conversation passively erupted in a passionate fraternity on the fundamental construction and methodologies behind humor formation. From a subjective and objective standpoint there was a dichotomy in our viewpoints, i found his theory of experience being the rudimentary source of creativity to be somewhat vague and ambiguous, in terms of its inability to demystify and theoretically dissect jokes.
On the contrary, experience is an inevitable subconscious inventory sitting latent as an abstract comedic toolkit, But it doesn't suffice any equation that is conducive to comedic unambiguousness, Ironically two comics can personify complete distinctive contradictive ideas about humor yet derive to the exact same punchline consequential's, and this is what i call a paradoxical dichotomy thats really ambiguous.
This can simply mean, both contradicting ideas are completely irrelevant, and there's a completely peculiar common denominator we intuitively share that we as comedians are completely oblivious to. It was quite an interesting conversation, especially discussing humor with someone who has over 20 years experience in the business.
Marty's venue offers multiple options, The main room primarily, 'self explanatory' With multiple stage time you can perpetuate into midnight continuity.
His second room is smaller but offers a private more personalized environment that comics can engulf themselves into humor extinction. Also an outdoor seating area that frolics a disport from humor fatigue, you'll indeed be exhausted from performance time and stage luxury.
Marty's establishment is undeniably the all encompassing quintessential of open mic's, it exist in an unrivaled pool of adversaries, 'unsurpassable' Simply because of its multifaceted combined incongruity and its intriguing dichotomy, all juxtaposed in a single conceptual element that defines his medium as far more than just an open mic, but a place a comedian can call home...!
My Favorite Los Angeles OPEN MIC
Mega Magnificent Place....!
Atelston Fitzgerald Holder 1st
Mr Pregnant.....!
www.mrpregnant.com
www.youtube.com/mrpregnant
www.youtube.com/mrpregnantmusic
dude Seriously, seriously now, bunch of bullshit words with nothing in it, Why can't you write simpler words so everyone can understand? You think you impressing people with all those words? Because you not.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous has a point but you have to understand atelston Fitzgerald holder is weird as fucking weird gets, spoke to this nutjob once and it had to be the weirdest conversation I ever had in my fucking life so when I read the things he writes its a little puzzling. Is he genius and acting weird on purpose or simply a fucking nutjjob plain crzy nut fucker.
ReplyDeleteCats out the bag, atelstons a talent agent for a network
ReplyDeleteNo he's not, he's a mad man
ReplyDeleteMadman? He's mad? Why don't you explain to us all what part of his writing makes him mad? I bet you can't. Another stupid open mic comic on badslava hating.
DeleteThat post just reminds me of the dudes who took way too much acid and then thought it was a good idea to do DMT. Good guy with too much information in his brain. Full disclosure, never met the guy.
DeleteMARTY MIC IS GHETTO
ReplyDeleteAfter a few years in this game I've determined that Marty's and a few other open mic places just give indisputable proof to my theory that open mics comics should
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get more than 5 minutes or so at a time because anything longer
bores. the. living. shit.
out of everyone else. I think that the average open micer probably has 2-3 minutes of material then just babbles about bullshit for the rest of his time, which is fine if "the rest of his time" is just a few more minutes. If it's 7-8 minutes then I'm prepared to put a handgun in my mouth.
But I can't just rip the open mic community on this one-- I've seen featured performers run out of steam at around 5 minutes then suffered through 15 more minutes of bullshit.
I'm new to this whole thing, but Marty's is pretty nifty! There's odd stuff for sure, and R rated... but brutal honesty kinds of stuff. Some I think get up for their own therapeutic needs but hey, that's okay. I've seen quite a few now and there is a serious tone of trying stuff. The minimal crowd I've seen so far, in my opinion, do their best to be supportive if possible, demure if unfunny. Many will be on their phones or whatever, but that's a great test and sign to you as well! I and a few others best critiques is telling the practitioner that that joke can work... And snickering to me, is a big win. And there is lots of that, if your stuff works.
ReplyDeleteI've seen some great delivery with poor jokes or great jokes with poor delivery, so there's definitely a vibe here I like and see, in my limited capacity, as a safe productive way to get in your stage time. Being up against 'jaded practitioners of the art', I would think, is a great way to learn, hone, sharpen one's craft until you are ready to get to the 'pro' open mics. And the hours are awesome! Giving a guaranteed 5-10min spot amongst peers, every day! And giving you the opportunity to see others as they sharpen their skills. I highly recommend.
Marty is great too! My first time, during less busy time, he spoke with me for an hour about his life and the place! Awesome! And yes, he does dirty dirty vile jokes! But when you talk to him, you know he's all heart. He's there for all these young men and women. A rare, one of a kind spot!