Posted on 08/06/2021 8:11:47 AM PDT by dmam2011
Can we now admit Rogan's great "Austin Migration" was a flop? The hype surrounding a mass arrival of comedians to Austin has been legendary.. and completely non-factual.
Since late 2019, Joe Rogan announced to the world he would lead the relocation of the stand-up industry to Austin, Texas. As we evaluate the current situation, it becomes clear this project hasn't quite worked out like Joe, Austinites or his fans may have expected. In all fairness it hasn't been complete love with Rogan rocking the boat in Austin either.
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Stuff like that cannot be forced- it happens organically or not at all.
Rogan is learning some lessons, though.
I enjoyed some of his 3 hour you tube videos. He’s a great interviewer.
But it’s infuriating to hear some one who thinks he’s a liberal (and probably votes that way) talking about conservative values sometimes. (As Rogan does) You want to scream and reach in to the TV and say “THAT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN SAYING!!!”
Who are all these people and how can nobodies afford $5100/month rent in Venice, CA?
Bill Burr is the only one I can tolerate.
He is a liberal. The problem is that the liberals like him are too slowly realizing that liberalism is dead in the Democratic party today. It’s all collectivist totalitarianism, bordering on religious rigidity of thought.
The middle class Republicans of Trump’s base are far more “liberal” than the Democrat party is today.
Dave Chapelle has popped into Houston comedy clubs with little or no fanfare.
Has this happened in Austin?
What is Austin comedy these days?
Bill Hicks (and Sam Kineson and other “Outlaw Comics”) were an 80s Houston fixture.
One of the “old outlaws” is still around and mentoring the new comics.
But do any of these cities really have “strong” comedy scenes? Seems to me that Austin has too many people walking softly on eggshells to really go for broke.
Austin is too Californicated now.
For later.
Listen to his podcasts every week (twice a week). Being from Boston it hits home for me.
Alan King is one of my favorites from the bygone era.
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