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I went to see the Daily Show yesterday. We had VIP tickets since we didn't get in the first time. It was really cool--we were right up front (front row, actually), on the left side of the room. Although unfortunately, Jon did the headlines facing away from us.

He was cool--came out and answered some questions beforehand, and was very friendly. It was clearly a matter of watching someone at work, though, going about his daily routine. Between segments he had a guy telling him sports scores, which was cute. At the end they kept us extra long in order to film the intro to the international version. Oh, and it was awesome to see Jon and Stephen chatting via the satellite link thingy.

It should be re-running today--look for my red hair for a fraction of a second during the opening. ;)

Also...

First round of Pig tour dates:

Jun 6 2006 PIG at La Diables Carnaval d'Erotique @ Orlando, FL
Jun 7 2006 PIG at Beta Bar @ Tallahassee, FL
Jun 9 2006 PIG at The Masquerade (Heaven) @ Atlanta, GA
Jun 11 2006 PIG at Tremont Music Hall @ Charlotte, NC
Jun 17 2006 PIG at Bottoms Up @ Flushing/Queens - NY
Jun 19 2006 PIG at Webster Theatre @ Hartford, CT
Jun 20 2006 PIG at Water Street Music Hall @ Rochester, NY
Jun 22 2006 PIG @ I-Rock Nightclub @ Detroit, MI
Jun 23 2006 PIG at Peabody's Down Under @ Cleveland, OH
Jun 28 2006 PIG at Logan Square Auditorium @ Chicago, IL
Jun 30 2006 PIG at High-Noon Saloon @ Madison, WI
Jul 6 2006 PIG at Club Vegas @ Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 9 2006 PIG at Studio Seven @ Seattle, WA
Jul 10 2006 PIG at Sabalas @ the Mt Tabor Theater @ Portland, OR
Jul 11 2006 PIG at DNA Lounge @ San Francisco, CA
Jul 15 2006 PIG at NAMM, Austin Convention Center @ Austin, TX
Jul 21 2006 PIG at Engine Room @ Houston, TX
Jul 24 2006 PIG @ Creepy Crawl @ St. Louis, MO

Queens? Are you fucking kidding me? I don't even want to go all the way out to middle of nowhere Queens. The place is going to be empty.

Meh. Whatever. Not my problem. :P

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Mt Tabor? That's kind of small. I think I saw a Black Sabbath cover band there once.

Slick Idiot is pulling 25-50 people at various small venues (according to ... I think I was reading reports on thesickcity). Is Pig going to pull more people than Slick Idiot...? Raymond did tour with KMFDM more recently ... BUT Slick Idiot has toured itself much more recently.... and even KMFDM's audiences have been drastically shrinking....

I am not hopeful. Even though I'm sure I'll work my ass off promoting this thing anyway, and feel like a fool when 30 people show up. *sigh* Fucking QUEENS, are you kidding me, on a Saturday night when everyone's going to be at Albion? GAAAAH.

Last time I went to Queens for a concert was Uranium 235, when I was a kid and thought I could singlehandedly prove to the world how wonderful the band was. I've long since realized what a waste of time such efforts are.

I think it'll sell well. Sabalo's isn't quite a hole in the wall, I'm just surprised that they're not at a larger venue like the Aladdin theatre. Music scene's quite varied here (though ever other hipster and their cousin is apparently a DJ. If I wanted to hear the same mix of shitty trance music twenty times over, I would have stayed in Ibiza), so there's a good chance Pig'll pull in a crowd.

You saw Jon in person! I'm so jealous. :/

It wasn't much different from seeing him on TV, alas. I don't think I gained any new insights. But it was cool to be in the same room with him.

SEATTLE DATES!!! WHEEEEEEEEEE

So is Jon Stewart as tiny in person as he's reputed to be?

Not that I'd mind. I think tiny ferocious men are sexy.

Hmmm, he didn't really seem tiny to me. He's always talking about how small he is; perhaps I was just surprised to see that he was bigger than 10 inches tall. He seemed pretty much what you'd expect from seeing him on TV....

EEP. I recorded the show last night - going to go thru now and see if I can find you and if so clip you out :D

Haha, thanks, but it's really just the back of my head for the barest fraction of a second.

So I saw - a flash of shiny red locks at the beginning! Nevertheless, I shrieked "It's Laura!" and MrVoodoo came in, and I rewound, and he was all "lucky bitch" :D (he loves TDS too)

what the fuck? up until now i was hearing the june 17th show was at albion. sod queens, man.

though there's still the webster in hartford, which is within walking distance to my house. oh yeah, baybee.

Honestly, I'm more enthusiastic about flying to Florida than I am about taking the subway out to some shithole in Queens. *sigh* But you know I'll go anyway....

My daughter would be so jealous that you got to see Stewart. Although she may get to meet him sometime herself, since she's going to attend his alma mater. I think she's more excited about that than the fact Thomas Jefferson went there.

Dude, Jon Stewart is MUCH more exciting than Thomas Jefferson. ;)