PLACES TO STALK ME

Up to date dates. If you can't validate me in person then LIKE ME on FACEBOOK! www.facebook.com/mattkonastandup

I'm also on twitter! www.twitter.com/mattkona

send me an email: mattkonastandup at gmail dot com

I am the host of the Laugh Dungeon Open Mic Every Tuesday Night at 8:00pm at Roggie's in Brighton, MA (by Boston College at 356 Chestnut Hill Ave)

Friday 10/21 The Comedy Studio 1238 Massachusetts Ave Harvard Sq Cambridge, MA 8pm
Tuesday 10/25 OCCUPY BOSTON Rose Kennedy Garden Boston, MA EARLY SHOW 5pm-6pm
Friday 11/4 The Comedy Zone 1200 Quaker Lane Warwick, RI 8pm
Saturday 11/5 The Comedy Zone 1200 Quaker Lane Warwick, RI 8pm
(later) Saturday 11/5 The Comedy Zone 1200 Quaker Lane Warwick, RI 10pm
Thursday 11/10 The Comedy Studio 1238 Massachusetts Ave Harvard Sq Cambridge, MA 8pm
Friday 11/18 Will Noonan Headlines The Gas 1222 Commonwealth Ave Great Scott Allston, MA 7:30pm
Wednesday 11/23 improv Boston Thanksgiving Jam 40 Prospect st. Cambridge, MA 8pm
Friday 11/25 The Gas at Great Scott 1222 Commonwealth Ave Allston, MA 7:30pm
Thursday 12/1 The Comedy Studio 1238 Massachusetts Ave Harvard Sq Cambridge, MA 8pm
Wednesday 12/7 Dan Crohn Headlines Comix at Foxwoods 350 Trolley Line Blvd Mashantucket, CT 7:30pm
Wednesday 12/14 The Comedy Studio 1238 Massachusetts Ave Harvard Sq Cambridge, MA 8pm
Thursday 12/15 Beatnik's 433 Park Ave Worcester, MA 8pm

Night Cap Night Cap

I told a story about falling asleep on the T on the T after Night Cap last night.
Scrawled a website to a lucky overhearing fan. So hello Jessica/Jessie.

Come see a show.

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ok bye.

No Text.

PUGS ARE POPULAR

Sweet Home Chicago*

Thanks for coming out!




FRIDAY 6/10

8am-3pm : Wandering aimlessly. Sweating. Writing longhand tweets that I'll never type up. Pondering jetlag.

3:30pm: I'm a guest on The Visitor's Locker Room Podcast which is broadcast live and later archived.

http://visitorslockerroom.com/


8pm- Hosting The Friday Night Improv Showcase of SNUBFEST at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater 1420 W Irving Park Road


10pm- Competing in the "Last SNUB Standing" Competition at 10pm, also at the Chemically Imbalanced


SATURDAY 6/11

3pm I'll be a guest on Rye Bread Radio Podcast

http://ryebreadradio.com/

at 7pm I'm doing The Two Hour Comedy Hour at Gallery Cabaret 2020 N Oakley Ave

SUNDAY 6/12

Will's Northwoods Inn 3030 Racine Avenue Chicago, IL 8pm

Entertaining Julia at Town hall Pub 3340 N. Halsted Chicago, IL 9pm

MONDAY 6/13

Zanie's Comedy Club 1548 North Wells street 8pm


(potentially, if time allows) 6/13 The Shit Show Open Mic at The Shambles Bar 2050 West Division

*by home i mean "place I'm visiting for the weekend"

Air Sex'd

I judged (and was judged) at The Air Sex Championship last month.

My song was great, my moves well....

http://airsexworld.com/2011/05/22/video-from-the-boston-air-sex-championships/

I am a terrible person.

...but this guy was probably a terrible open mic'er

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_teenager_stabs_himself_to_death_onstage_at_open_mic_night_in_front_of_shocked_cr.html

some inappropriate thoughts...

i hope he wasn't followed by another prop comic.

"just trying out some new shit that will kill. or i might die on stage."

bloody brilliant!

the kid was kind of all over the place.

not only did he get the light, but he went towards the light.

open'd mic

he should have cut that last bit.

Friday the 13th Approaches....

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=212581705433308




Matt Kona hosts a great lineup of comics who have drowned in lakes.

Benny Bosh
Tom Dunlap
Kailey Godoy
Steve Mcconnon
Adam Newman
James Nixon
John Paul Rivera
Christa Weiss

830pm!
1271 Boylston St Boston, MA

Join the Grandma's Basement FB Group!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114063880735

Kissing Contest Episode #28

Forgot to mention this last week, but Ted Pettingell (@TedPettingell on twitter) and I did a podcast in Brooklyn. It's a comedy podcast about Movies and TV called Kissing Contest.

Check it out.


http://kissingcontest.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/episode-28/

A Journey into the Motel of Comedians on the Road

On merch...

I think that if you're actively looking to connect with an audience on a personal level beyond your comedy, having stuff like stickers/pins is a big help.

I've spent a lot of money to make stickers and pins (1,000 stickers Matt Kona stickers, a couple hundred related "Cohasset Beach" stickers, etc. plus several hundred pins and a small run of metal keychains I've made)

I would rather give this to someone over business cards, which can be forgotten/washed by accident and lost forever. People may put their stickers on their computer, in their room, on their car.
If it's memorable enough they will remember to add you on Facebook, or know to attend the open mic/showcase you run. Perhaps they may have some work for you somewhere down the line.
Their friends may see it and say 'whats that?' and then they may explain it was a comedian they saw, and show them a video of you and you may get a new fan that way.

I give out all my stickers for free, and try to bring them to out of town shows especially to attempt to build a following, hopefully get this person back in town (with friends they recommended it to in tow perhaps)

Also people like free stuff and it may lead to a conversation and a more personal connection which I think people appreciate and may be a little apprehensive to just strike up a conversation besides "that was funny."

It may be a little more money than business cards but it could pay off a lot more in the long run.

My friend Brooke makes stickers and pins here, tell her I sent you!

http://www.stickittomebuttons.com/stickittomestickers/

Harvard Square Up All Night

Hello.

My night started well last night, i told some jokes then headed over to Allston to see Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black in the Mr. Funnypants tour.

I got my book signed/my look validated.



Then I went out with my friend Matt to The Commonground to have some beers (they also sell tater tots but I held back)
It was a little past midnight so I headed for the public transportation.

I came to the crossroads where I could either take the 66 to Harvard and jump on the Red Line or I could take the Green Line to Park. The bus was there, so I took the bus.

I got to Harvard at around 12:40. And waited.



And waited.



And I had to pee.

So I saw an umbrella in the trash. And I thought I would pee in it.



It did not hold liquid in it as well as it prevents it from coming in.



I huddled myself into a pissed off little ball and kind of dozed off for a little while until I heard footsteps. Thankfully they were the footsteps of early morning commuters and not people that work for the T who should have noticed that I had been there for hours and kicked me into the cold unforgiving 'now you either have to take a $40 cab home or spoon a guy in an ATM' night air.



All my jokes are becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. Get fucked.

drawing by Will Novak done at Roggie's