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I have a few i like

A lot of popular comedians I’m not really a fan of. I’m not about ones that are way over the top. Show me your smarts! Josh Johnson is one I love getting the news from. He’s filling me in, in the funniest way. Plus, he’s coming up with new material every week without relying on crowd work. Another I really love is Nate Bargatze. He’s kind of wholesome??? Like, I could recommend him to all ages and he’d be funny. But he’s not innocent, if that makes sense. Chris Fleming is my favorite weirdo out there and I’ll always recommend 🫶 Anyway, I’m brain dead because I haven’t eaten enough today but I hope this helps!!! 💗

@mossyelfie

Jun 20, 2024

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Standup Suffers from the same thing all contemporary media does

The sheer amount of standup specials, YouTube/IG/TikTok stars, etc. oversaturate our brains, and I think it dilutes our experience. This is surely true of music for me lately - I need breaks from new things pretty often. I think another symptom of it being so abundant is the more you've seen, the harder it is to be surprised by new styles and personalities. I've been a life-long standup fan for as long as I can remember, and gimmicks and fads have always been a thing. But still, every year, something new grabs my attention. It just takes some digging to find the people that tell the kind of stories that make you laugh. Here are some ones I really liked recently: Kyle Kinane - Dirt Nap Jacqueline Novak - Get On Your Knees Sheng Wang - Sweet & Juicy Brian Simpson - Live From The Mothership Chris Fleming - Hell (As mentioned in other responses, just the best kind of weird) Taylor Tomlinson - Look At You Nate Bargatze (any of his many on Netflix)

@theclack

Jun 21, 2024

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Adam conover - unmedicated

I’ve followed Adam’s work for almost A decade now but was not familiar with his work as a stand up. Watched this over the weekend and it’s a lot of fun! If you’ve listened to his podcast or seen video of him on picket lines, it’s not surprising Adam is great at the performance of story telling and even just talking. Doubly recommend if you or someone you love has ADHD Side note - just a general recommendation for the streaming service it’s on, Dropout TV, if you’re a comedy fan!

@taysol

Sep 27, 2024

Top Recs from @marcus-maddox

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Night Walk by Ken Schles (2014)

Night Walk is one of my favorite photography books of the last decade. It’s an incredible document of the tumultuous Lower East Side in the 1980’s. Described as a “narrative of lost youth,” it incapsulates a raw energy in a specific moment in time. Rarely do I see still images so expressive, so intentionally chaotic but with an artistic authority. This book is a force, and it doesn’t have a lot of text which I love. Just purely moving imagery. The photos of the art scene resonate with me. It’s a reworking of the original book, Invisible City, which came out in 1988.

@marcus-maddox

Nov 15, 2022

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Photography Between Covers by Thomas Dugan (1979)

This is a book of interviews with 12 pioneering artists who create photo books. It’s a long discussion about two of my deepest passions: photography and bookmaking. I found it because of the curator David Campany, and it is a must have for those who take their photography seriously. The most visceral interview is with the photographer Larry Clark, who talks about getting sued by the grandparents of a baby he photographed, leaving out pictures of sawed off shot guns, and his commitment to never making his friends look bad. There’s a lot of passages about book design, a range of photography styles, and the meaning of success. This book is a gold mine of insight, and I carry it with me like a bible.

@marcus-maddox

Nov 15, 2022

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James Cowman’s YouTube

I’m a nerd when it comes to image composition, and James Cowman has a relatively obscure YouTube channel dedicated solely to the art of composition. His videos are amazing and some of them literally have less than 500 views. There’s some good writing on photography out there, but almost no good resources specifically about composition. I rarely get helpful information, with examples, that go beyond the rule of thirds. This guy is breaking that mold… by explaining the harmonic armature. I love James’ passionately critical attitude towards the medium. He might get some flack for it, according to the contact page on his website, but I love his work. His video about Henri Cartier-Bresson is so honest and insightful.

@marcus-maddox

Nov 15, 2022