The first issue of The Dark Comedy Review, “The Fantasy Economy”, is circulating now. It features our picture of some of the darker forces of recession America. Click here to download the issue, and here for writer bios.

For our fifth Podcast, we present Salvatore Vito Geloso. Sal does some swinging tunes on the ukulele, accompanied by harmonica, kazoo and his own unique voice. His music reflects his travels around the country, with influences from the San Francisco folk scene to New Orleans jazz. We ran into Sal at Jalopy Theater and School

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Hello Ladies and Gentleman, On this dapple day, when you need to close your eyes walking into the wind, when the rain falls at odd angles making the buildings seem particularly steadfast, when umbrella is but a battered refrain to a tedious song, the Dark Comedy Hour spreads a tarp taught between boughs and beams

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We’re ridiculously fortunate to have some new music from the Dark Comedy Hour studio: Dana Athens stopped by the other day and played a few songs for us. Dana has an incredible vocal range, bluesy and captivating, I urge you to listen now! On a much darker note, we also have new material in the

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The Dark Comedy Hour management is proud to announce the launching of our new online literary journal, The Basement Archive. For us, the goal of this new venture is to have a place where you can find stories on any topic and in any style whatsoever, organized by judicious tagging and spanning the range of

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We’re hard at work finishing the editing and publishing process for our first issue of the Dark Comedy Review, our print companion journal dedicated to exploring the dark undercurrents of current events. Issue one, entitled “The Fantasy Economy”, explores the current economic malaise and the pressures of the world of work. The issue features an

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We’ve got a new podcast up, featuring Gann Brewer. Gann came by the studio the other day and shared some original songs; he also did a reworked traditional about one Stagger Lee, about whom he told the tale. From Gann’s website: “Gann Brewer has been traveling the world since he graduated from college, playing tunes

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Rox Sirand and the assorted management of the Dark Comedy Hour will be hosting our second annual winter festival this Saturday at the Triskelion Arts Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (118 North 11th Street, (williamsburg), Brooklyn, NY 11211-1914, 3rd floor), from 11pm-3am. The show will feature performances from Gann Brewer, Brother Han, and our musical director

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We’ve rolled off the couch at the Dark Comedy Hour; slapped ourselves in the face; punched ourselves in the gut; picked ourselves up and dusted ourselves off: Sylvia Hardy now offers a sampling of her photography at Burns Hot, Cold and Chaotic , Bye Bye Blue Smoke has begun chronicling the innovative guitar work of

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