Fred Armisen @ Black Cat = Shit Show

[RustyOrgan]

Anyone else want their $25 back??

[serpent boy]

Why did it suck so much? I was curious to know how this was since I like his SNL work.

[kosmo vinyl]

Well considering how lame Portlandia is.... i think i chuckled a one bit so far..

[RustyOrgan]

Well considering how lame Portlandia is.... i think i chuckled a one bit so far..

Portlandia is sick!  You just have really shitty taste Kosmo Vinyl

[blipvurt]

I almost went to this...curious what made it suck?

[dyecraig]

Well considering how lame Portlandia is.... i think i chuckled a one bit so far..

well, that's one bit more chuckle than me
not funny at all, pity

[reggie]

I had a great time. The crowd was kind of hostile.

He started the set playing some songs - a few have appeared on SNL (Brendan Canty and Mary Timony were in his band)

Then he did some impressions, some q and a, showed clips of Portlandia, a drum set, and it was all kind of unstructured.

I don't know if people were expecting stand-up or what, but there were some people in the crowd who clearly have never been to the Black Cat and acted like real douches.

It's the kind of thing that would have gone over well at a venue like the Largo in LA, but I'm not sure it was suited for the DC crowd.

 

[James Ford]

You mean it was a show suited for douches?

It's the kind of thing that would have gone over well at a venue like the Largo in LA,
 

[bellenseb]

Yeah, the whole thing had a loose, "not sure what to do but I want to entertain you!" vibe. He clearly doesn't tour or have an "act", but was very game to do whatever impressions the audience wanted and have fun with it. I really enjoyed it. There are plenty of professional "stand-up" performances.

[godsshoeshine]

i saw him open for les savy fav around 5 years ago and he was awful

[killsaly]

Sounds like it would have been a great Baltimore show.

[sweetcell]

Sounds like it would have been a great Baltimore show.

this gets my vote for POTD.

[notme]

looks like he had a great back up band.  i thought he played drums? what did canty do?

[Markus]

looks like he had a great back up band.  i thought he played drums? what did canty do?

Canty played drums for a couple songs. Fred played a drum solo and did drummer impersonations.

All in all, I thought it was an great show and everyone around me seemed to love it too.

It should be noted that Fred recently broke up with his Scientologist girlfriend and Scientologists are imfamous for their smear campaigns against those they see as "enemies".

I've already seen blogs where people have started leaving comments about how Fred is a womaniser who mistreats his girlfriends and that this Black Cat show was awful.
I wouldn't be surprized if those blogs were all written by scientologists.
There is a good reason the members of Anon hide their identities when they protest scientology. it is one scary outfit

[sweetcell]

RustyOrgan is a scientologist?

would explain a few things...