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Well, we are happy to announce what is perhaps the biggest thing that has happened to A Week of Kindness. Namely, that The Profane Gourmet is going to be played on MTV on Thursday night as part of the sketch show Short Circuitz. That’s this Thursday, at 10:30 on MTV.
There’s also a new show!
A Week of Kindness at RiFiFi!
Saturday, July 21st, at 8 PM
Appearing with Slightly Known People
RiFiFi: 332 E. 11th St, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.
Cover is $5, and there’s a good chance of getting a free shot at the end!
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Urban Dance Squad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But it all started in the Netherlands on the initiative of musicians who refused to be curbed by the pigeon-hole mentality of the time. The non-committal character of a jam session soon grew into the fixed form of a close group that laid the foundation for the band’s later international success.UDS’s first two years were pretty chaotic. The band appears on a series of fascinating club performances, strategic supporting performances (with Red Hot Chili Peppers), well-chosen radio and TV performances and ‘special events’ (with Masters of Reality and De La Soul). The band’s live reputation grows. The word is out, there is a build-up of nervous commotion, everybody wants to be ‘on time’. In this ‘obscure’ period - no record yet, but live on MTV Europe - UDS sweeps the New Music Seminar NY (summer 1989) off its feet. Wherever the Squad appears there is disbelief and pure delight.
UDS’s first two years were pretty chaotic. The band appears on a series of fascinating club performances, strategic supporting performances (with Red Hot Chili Peppers), well-chosen radio and TV performances and ‘special events’ (with Masters of Reality and De La Soul). The band’s live reputation grows. The word is out, there is a build-up of nervous commotion, everybody wants to be ‘on time’. In this ‘obscure’ period - no record yet, but live on MTV Europe - UDS sweeps the New Music Seminar NY (summer 1989) off its feet. Wherever the Squad appears there is disbelief and pure delight.
The whole article is written in this tone. I have basically never seen a Wikipedia band article that was so obviously written by the band. Good show, Urban Dance Squad.
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Thanks to everyone who came to our show at SketchfestNYC this past week. It was a great crowd, a fun show, and the beginning of a really great weekend. On our end, we’re really grateful for all the great shows we got to see, and the new friends we got to make. Cheers!
Anyway, on behalf of AWOK, thanks to Alex, Becky, Biz, Carter, Keith, and Stefan for organizing such a sweet event, and to the amazing volunteers. Thanks to Drop Six for being part of such an awesome opening show, and thanks to all the incredible groups for kicking so much ass. It was an honor to make friends with you this weekend.
Anyway, now that that’s out of the way, here’s this other sketch festival we’re in this weekend:
AWOK in SKETCH-A-THON! Saturday, June 16th at 8 PM, we’ll be appearing in the Sketch-A-Thon, a 4-night comedy festival presented by the troupe Sketch This.
The Sketch-A-Thon runs june 13th through 16th at the Producers Club:
358 W. 44th Street, near the Times Square and Port Authority subway stations.
Shows start at 8 PM and feature three groups.
AWOK plays Saturday, June 16th, with two other groups TBA.
Cover is $10. Call 973-224-5183 for more information.
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There’s a new video, but first, a word from our sponsors, A Week of Kindness…
A WEEK OF KINDNESS OPENS SKETCHFESTNYC!
We are starting up the third annual New York Sketch Festival in a few short weeks, and you’re gonna want to be there!
A Week of Kindness at the 3rd Annual SketchfestNYC
Thursday, June 7th, at 7 PM
At the East 13th Street Theatre
136 E. 13th St
(Take the 4, 5, 6, N, Q, W, R, or L to Union Square station, walk south and turn left on 13th St.)
The festival runs Thursday through Saturday, June 7-9, with shows every hour on the hour from 7 PM until midnight.
A Week of Kindness and Drop Six are at 7 PM on Thursday the 7th.
Click the links for three different ways to get tickets:
Single ticket for this show: $10
Thursday night pass: $40
Full Festival Pass: $100
So, as you all know, Dan, Mike, and I are the third generation of A Week of Kindness. Our three grandfathers started this sketch group together at the turn of the century, playing music halls and vaudeville houses all over the world with their peculiar blend of sketch comedy and furniture humping.
So imagine our dismay when we find these kids stealing our grandfathers’ bit.
Here’s the original kinematoscope reel. You be the judge.
Like it? Leave a comment at this video’s YouTube page!
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