Brainyaxe Mind Comedy

Upcoming Shows

 

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Thursday, August 21st @ 8 p.m.

Brainyaxe @ The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery - $5

… and a couple surprises….

 

Brainyaxe

smart stand-up comedy - mostly

Thursday July 17th @ 8 p.m.

$5

@ The Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212.614.0505

At the foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker
across the street from former CBGBs
F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker

Here's a Map

Doors Open @ 7:30

 

 

Future Shows...

Thursday, September 18th

Thursday, October 16th

Thursday, November 20th

Thursday, December 18th

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

...... and on and on....

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Past Shows

Thursday, July 17th @ 8 p.m.

The summer is sizzling and satire is succulent. So slide on over to..... don't let me do that ever again.

We're back, with another killer line-up of brilliantly hilarious comedians. This month...

Pete Holmes - http://www.peteholmes.com/

He's been on over three seasons of VH1's "Best Week Ever" and VH1's All Access television programs as well as Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and "Honesty" series. He's published cartoons in The New Yorker, and he can eat more chicken than any man on this earth.

 

Hannibal Burress - http://www.myspace.com/comedianhannibal

Our old friend from Chicago is back in town. He's been to Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and a million other things. This guy is trippy as hell and will take you on a journey to the center of your mind.

Joselyn Hughes - http://joselynhughes.com

Formerly a classically trained dancer, Joselyn is another of our friends from Chicago. She must have been a really good dancer to leave it to become such a freakin' funny standup comic.

Will Franken - http://willfranken.com/

"Imagine a surreal-estate agent guiding you through some Escher-like architectural marvel, where each room is its own deeply funny, satirical dream, every passageway a verbal wormhole, and in the corner a shaggy high priest of nothing's-sacredness is fiddling with a bunch of knobs on what looks like an espresso maker. Suddenly you wake up and remember that the lanky comedic heavy-lifter who put the abs on absurdity with last year's Good Luck with It returns to the Marsh for a one-off. . . . The moral? Existence may be fleeting, but Franken is not to be missed."
- San Francisco Bay Guardian

 

Jesse Popp   - http://www.myspace.com/jwpopp

Representing the great state of Michigan, Jesse has been on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, runs a weekly show at the Beauty Bar on 14th Street (where you can get your nails done or whiskey neat.) and is busy gentrifying Bushwick. He's a friend of the show and freakin' funny.

Christopher Michael Wilkes -     http://www.myspace.com/lumpycomic  

Christopher used to host Brainyaxe before he moved on to other things, including offering tours of New York City with a British accent, performing improv, and lobbying to turn the "Freedom Hole" into a wishing well. We're glad to have him back.

 

Sven Wechsler - http://svenwechsler.com

 

Your host and Brainyaxe producer, the official reining Mr. Lower East Side, a man who has been on the National Geographic Channel wearing a Nazi uniform for very little money. Hey, it’s showbusiness.

 

… and a couple surprises….

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Thursday, June 19th @ 8 p.m.

It got hot dudes and dudettes. Really freakin’ hot and muggy. Hot enough for a lot of people to mention Global Warming in casual conversations about the weather. Besides polar bears dying, floods in Burma and the inevitable end of civilization as we know it, the most annoying thing about Global Warming is people bringing up Global Warming in casual conversations about the weather and then looking smugly like they’ve just marched in a protest against Hummers and panda murderers. Then they go back to watching Fox News and reality television….

 

Sorry. The heat is getting to us too…. we’re cranky and need another shower.

 

Anywho…

 

BRAINYAXE IS BACK!!!!!!

Thursday June 19th @ 8 p.m. - $5

@ The Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012

 

What a killer line-up we have for this month….

 

Dan Allen – He’s bee on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, He wrote a book about Pawn Shops (His family owns a few of them (stay tuned for the T.V. show – seriously). Look for yourself. He’s got a website. http://taoofdan.com/

 

Mark Normand – He’s fond of burgers and Larry David. He just recently returned from the New Orleans Comedy Festival.  We’ve heard people call him a sophisticated Jerry Seinfeld, and we agree.

 

Jacqueline Novak – Look, we could have written her accolades here, but you should just go check out the “slideshow of praise” on her website http://jacquelinenovak.com/.

 

 

Remy Benice - At the time of publication, we don’t seem to have a photo of Remy, which is a shame, because he’s extremely handsome. He will be answering questions for the audience on behalf of the African American community (Really. He does that.). If you have something you’ve been dying to know about being black, black culture, black science or black magic, Remy will educate and illuminate, especially if you’re white and from the suburbs and just don’t have a clue.

 

 

 

Sven Wechsler - Your host and Brainyaxe producer, the official reining Mr. Lower East Side, a man who has been on the National Geographic Channel wearing a Nazi uniform for very little money. Hey, it’s showbusiness.

 

… and a couple surprises….

 

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Thursday May 15th @ 8 p.m.

Great lineup this month:

Baron Vaughn - HBO Comedy Festival, Comedy Central

 

Dan Goodman - Last Comic Standing, and a salty dog from Philly.

Jared Logan - "Best Comedian" - Chicago Comedy Awards, Winner - Comedy Idol competition - Detroit. He can be seen on this season of Comedy Central's Live at Gotham

 

Becky Ciletti - Carolines, in your closet , right now... seriously go look.

 

Lloyd Floyd - The voice of DJ Hans Oberlander in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, and a man of a 1000 other voices.

 

Sven Wechsler - Your Host, The official "Mr. Lower East Side", Time Out NY "Joke of the Week".

 

 

Thursday April 17th @ 8 p.m.

 

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Thursday March 20th @ 8 p.m.

 

Keith Alberstadt
http://www.keithcomedy.com/ - Keith Alberstadt is a "hidden gem" according to The Boston Globe. While on stage, he embraces his "inner dork" and proudly displays it with clever wit and subtle charm. He's been featured on CNN Headline News, Country Music Television and VH-1, along with being a regular on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. He also writes for National Lampoon and regularly entertains U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"He's funny, and it's a smart funny!" --Kathleen Madigan

Thomas McCaffrey
http://www.tommccaffrey.net/ - Tom McCaffrey has been on Comedy Central and is featured on the Invite Them Up Compilation. http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/m/tom_mccaffrey.jhtml

Sean Patton
http://www.myspace.com/seanpatton - A strange life in the Big Easy made Sean who he is today, and that's a comedy acid trip. He sees the world through highly magnified glasses with crystal lenses, which is a prescription you can't get in contacts.. Check out this article in the Apiary for a more thorough understanding of what makes this guy tick. http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2007/11/character_sketc_1.html

Elon James White
http://elonjamesisnotwhite.com - Hailing from Brooklyn, Elon James White has performed through out NYC and has been featured in the New York Underground Comedy Festival, DC Comedy Festival and recently started working on “The Black Comedy Project”. Elon James founded the comedy production group “The Brooklyn Comedy Company” spawning successful comedy shows through out New York including the critically acclaimed “4 Shades of Black”.

Sven Wechsler –
http://www.SvenComedy.com

Brainyaxe producer and inventor. As seen all over New York and Chicago comedy stages and very sporadically on television - once playing Hindenburg Captain Ernst Lehmann for a National Geographic Channel documentary. He is also the reigning "Mr. Lower East Side" after winning the Mr. LES Pageant in a landslide victory this past December.

Lumpy Wilkes –
http://myspace.com/lumpycomic

He’s opened for David Cross, Nick Swardson and Dave Attell. He’s heard regularly on XM Radio and writes about sports for 850 TheBuzz.com. He’s a member of the sketch group “The Stuff” at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and he can be seen often guiding tours all over NYC on the double-decker busses, yet he still finds time to host our show. Our fearless leader through the maze of comedy, host Lumpy Wilkes will master the ceremonies.

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Thursday Feb. 21st @ 8 p.m.

The elections are in full swing, assuming you take two years to take a swing, and, in which case, never invite us golfing or to play baseball. Everybody seems to have forgotten about Iraq. We’re drowning in a haze of the media’s self-serving masturbatory celebrity gossip, so why not have a beer and listen to us be sarcastic? (Yes, you can still watch the Oscars. They’re not until Sunday.)

This month’s line-up incudes…..

Katina Corrao - http://www.katinacorrao.com/

Nomintaded for an ECNY “Best Emerging Comic” this year. Also seen on, One Life to Live, The Late Show with David Letterman, Cash Cab, Conan O'Brien, Current TV and Saturday Night Live. Katina is a commentator on VH1's Best Night Ever and is a featured style comic in the weekly magazine, Life and Style. Watch her as Lisa in the HBO short, Daddy.

Ross Hyzer - http://rosshyzer.com/

He’s been seen at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, his own show, Salty Cracks, hosted in Red Hook and all over NYC.

Ben Lerman www.benlerman.net

“ Lerman’s best asset is his stage persona... Take the droll presence of comedian Steven Wright, cross it with the deadpan delivery of Bebe Neuwirth’s Lilith on Cheers, give it a queer spin and you end up with Lerman.” —Jason A. Heideman, Time Out Chicago, December 13-26, 2007

Nate Bargatze - http://www.myspace.com/natebargatze

Originally from Old Hickory, TN and soon to be seen on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, Nate’s a friend of the show and going places. He also recently wrote and performed for the Video Game Awards on Spike T.V.

Sven Wechsler – http://www.SvenComedy.com

Brainyaxe Producer and perhaps the person writing this email. As seen all over New York and Chicago comedy stages and very sporadically on television.

Lumpy Wilkes – http://myspace.com/lumpycomic

Our fearless leader through the maze of comedy, host Lumpy Wilkes will master the ceremonies.

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Thursday Jan 17th @ 8 p.m.

We're back tonight with another festival of comedy brainyackery!!!!
This month's show is brilliantly funny. Don't miss it.

Brainyaxe (www.brainyaxe.com)
Thursday January 17th @ 8 p.m.

$5

Brainy comedy.

@ The Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212.614.0505

At the foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker
across the street from former CBGBs
F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker

This month, we're bring back Will Franken, cuz we liked him so much last time, plus, we've got your hosts, Sven Wechsler and Lumpy Wilkes with ....

Matt McCarthy
http://mccarthy.blog.com/
Matt McCarthy, born in Providence, RI, is stand-up comedian in New York City. Also known in some circles as Bad Ass Larry. He's been to the Montreal Comedy Festival, runs a weekly show at Comix called Max! and puts up shows all over the city. He's also on television a lot in commercials you've probably seen.

Will Franken
http://www.willfranken.com
"If any comedian today could be said to embody the spirit of San Francisco, it's Will Franken. . . . Franken slaps his audiences about the face and neck with his cerebral, surreal blend of sketch comedy mixed with stand-up. Unlike most professional funnypeople, who specialize in one kind of humor or another -- political, gay, Jewish, whatever -- Franken makes it impossible to know what you're going to get at his shows."
--SF Weekly

Dan Curry
http://www.thedancurry.com/
As a featured stand-up on both east and west coasts, Dan has performed at some of the top rooms/shows in New York and LA. Dan was a regional finalist for Comedy Centrals Open Mic Fight in 2007. In addition to his rigorous performance schedule, Dan has also works as a freelance voice over artist and has just completed his first novel, "Drunk On a Bike." We took this bio off his website and mangled it. Dan is hilarious. You will find him funny.



Giulia Rozzi
http://www.giuliarozzi.com/
Giulia co-produces the popular sex-themed storytelling show Stripped Stories every month at Comix. She's been seen in sketches on Jimmy Kimmel, as a host on VH1.com's Best Night Ever and was recently featured in BUSTmagazine. Her monthly video series The Message Board which makes fun of stupid brides is currently featured on Comedynet.com. You can see her performing at clubs and shows all over NYC and beyond including her most recent collaboration 500% Italian and the east coast incarnations of the hit national show Mortified.


Pat O'Shay
http://www.myspace.com/osheacomic
Frequently appears on the BCAT show"Bush V.s Brooklyn,and I has a CD coming out soon. He runs the bi-monthly show Ed Sullivan on Acid at Freddy's Back Room and rocks out with his band the Umlautz. He's cynical, often drunk, and very funny.

and here's Lumpy and Sven, in case you forgot what they look like....



... we're charming....

 

 

Thursday Nov 15th @ 8 p.m.

Featuring the brilliant comedy of....

Lumpy Wilkes - M.C.
Former house M.C. of the famed Charlie Goodnight's comedy club in Raleigh, North Carolina, now he's ours.

Jay Bois
Frequent bather and host of The Comedy Clubhouse @ The Telephone Bar.

Jeff Kreisler
A writer for Comedy Central's Indecision2008 and winner of the Bill
Hicks Spirit Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, Jeff Kreisler has his
own political comedy tour (Comedy Against Evil), syndicated humor
column and video (Funny Money), a book about corporate crime (Get Rich
Cheating), recently performed with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and
John Edwards, is in the staff and cast of the new show from the
creator of The Daily Show (Shoot The Messenger) and had a 5-star show
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Matt Ruby
After winning the National League Cy Young Award in 1987, a few
cracks developed in Matt ‘Bedrock’ Ruby. The Philadelphia reliever
contracted "walking pneumonia" in spring training and missed the
first few weeks of the season. Whoops, wrong bio. (That's Steve
‘Bedrock’ Bedrosian.) Matt Ruby is a closer of hilarity. He hosts
Flying Carpet, a monthly comedy extravanganza, appears at clubs
around NYC, and is the author of comedy blog sandpapersuit.com.

Sara Schaefer
Sarah hosted AOL's on-line music/comedy show, The DL
( http://dl.spinner.com ), and was a featured
performer at the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. She received
acclaim for her stage show "Sara Schaefer is Obsessed With You" and
hosted a funny music video show, Video Gaga, at The Upright Citizen's
Brigade Theatre.

Victor Varnado
Victor Varnado performs, acts and directs from his secret alcove in Brooklyn New York. You may have seen him on Conan O'Brien, My Name is Earl and your mother.

Sven Wechsler
Brainyaxe producer and inventor. Also seen on Spike T.V. and as Captain Helmut Preuss (Hindenburgh Captain) on The National Geographic Channel - really... I speak a little German.

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Tom Shillue - Featured in his own Comedy Central Special, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and his new CD, "Tom Shillue: Overconfident". His podcast, available on itunes, has had hundreds of thousands of listeners.
http://www.tomshillue.com/

 

Roger Hailes - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
http://www.myspace.com/boognesh

 

Ophira Eisenberg - 2007 MAC Award Winner – Best Standup, Sweet Paprika
http://www.ophiraeisenberg.com/

 

Elon James White - Four Shades of Black, Brooklyn Comedy Company
http://www.myspace.com/elonjames

 

Lumpy Wilkes - Nick at Nite, XM and Sirius,
you might remember his episode of my Super Sweet 16
http://www.myspace.com/lumpycomic

 

Dan Allen - Comedy Central's Premium Blend
http://www.TaoOfDan.com

Sven Wechsler - Your Host and Master of Ceremonies

 

Tuesday, M

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April 12th, 2007

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