by Slade | Apr 16, 2024 | Everyday Philosophy, Kicks in the Ass, Stand Up
My new stand-up show talks about how being in survival mode and being happy are mutually exclusive. In the show I use wildlife and relationships as illustrations, but it probably applies more to an artist’s career. You want to be happy? You have to take yourself...
by Slade | Jul 13, 2022 | Comedy, Everyday Philosophy, Kicks in the Ass
Comedians are solo artists by nature. Us and our microphones, taking the lumps and the victories and putting them in our front passenger seats when we leave the show. I’m used to doing the whole thing, no matter the thing. Corporations have departments to handle...
by Slade | Nov 26, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
I talk a lot about comfort zones and getting out of them, but I realize that I don’t often expound on my own adventures outside the wire. By the time you read this I should be well on my way to being comfortable again, but as I type it, I’m in a hotel in Ft....
by Slade | Sep 17, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
Objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they are. I feel like the warning works better this way. I cannot speak for every other profession, but in my realm, the one unavoidable tool of the trade is a notebook. I’ve been filling them up with stories,...
by Slade | Sep 3, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
I’m inviting you to go on a pheasant hunting experience, one to purge an invasive species from your world. Our minds, for all of their wondrous intricacies, are really just electrical computers running if/then statements. Social comparison is how we navigate the...
by Slade | Aug 21, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
I follow a lot of comic book artists on Instagram. As a doodler with a childhood full of superheroes, I sketch them all the time. It’s a wonderful distraction before shows, and if you look around the back of the club on any night I’m performing, you can probably find...
by Slade | Jun 11, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass, Travel
We’ll do an easy one.Those were the words used to describe plans for a low-key mountain adventure and the intent to climb one of Colorado’s 14ers. Believe it or not, there are easier 14,000 foot mountains than others, but those difficulty ratings depend on ideal...
by Slade | May 28, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
If you’re not watching Jeopardy! right now, you should be. I’m obsessed with stories like this one, stories that throw a champion your way when you least expect it. We’ll get to James Holzhauer, who we’ll call James from here on so I don’t have to copy/paste his last...
by Slade | May 14, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
Sing along, everybody!Mm ba ba deUm bum ba deUm bu bu bum da de There’s a reason why couples who meet during traumatic situations stay together. Those scenarios are proving grounds, and it goes for our more platonic relationships as well.We could expedite a lot of...
by Slade | Feb 5, 2019 | Kicks in the Ass
I have a lot of conversations about my process, or more specifically, about the amount of time I spend on different facets of what I do. I used to take a lot of it for granted before I realized that our process is everything. The space we work in, the amount of time...
