What a line up: Culture Clash, Ollin, Zack de la Rocha, Marisela Norte, Dolores Huerta! That’s what I kept thinking as I explained to a friend of mine what kind of show we were heading to. We were on our way to the long anticipated, Culture Clash 25 at Royce Hall, presented by UCLA Live.

“It’s not a play, it’s a celebration of CC’s 25 years,” I told him as we jumped on the 10 west. I imagined it was gonna be like their CC Anthology: 15th Anniversary Celebration. Bits and pieces of all their shows presented to remind us of their older work and to display morsels of shows you might have never seen.

All of a sudden my thoughts go to: mother fucken traffic!! That was the worst part of the night. I hate being late to shows so I planned in advance and left my house at 6pm for an 8pm curtain. But looking at the lava flow of red lights I was a little worried that we would still be late.

I love Royce Hall and felt I shared pride in having Culture Clash perform there. Pero the pinche drive during Halloween eve rush hour. Fuggedaboudit! (more…)

El Rey de Latino Comedy

Thanks Rudy for sponsoring ESW for the month of October!

Don’t forget to check out Rudy Moreno Wednesdays and Thursday nights at the Ice House and Jokers!!

Wednesday Nights
LATINO COMEDY SHOWCASE
The Ice House Comedy Club
24 N. Mentor Ave., 
Pasadena, CA
www.icehousecomedy.com
CA   91106
626.577.1894

Currently in its’ 8th year, Latino Comedy Showcase is famous for discovering new Latino talent as well as hosting many celebrity drop-in sets. Future big stars JEFF GARCIA, GABRIEL IGLESIAS and “Latin Kings of Comedy’s” JOEY MEDINA and ALEX REYMUNDO are just a (more…)

This month Rudy hosts a Friday Night Special!

If you know anything about me, know this: I luuuuvz me some comedy. I’ve been hanging around the Ice House in Pasadena since I was 18. (Dang! That’s twenty years!) I’ve met those with names like Lopez, Garcia, Mencia, Rodriguez, Iglesias and others like Lampaneli, Bodden and Tucker. But there is one name that has always been a constant, Rudy Moreno.

Rudy has been hosting the best comedy nights in town for close to ten years. Every Wednesday at the Ice House in Pasadena and every Thursday at the Commerce Casino.

Rudy and I go back like ELAC!! Not that he went there. I was a student there in 1994 when I saw him and Gilbert Esquivel perform at the ASU. I’ve been a fan since!

Rudy started his career in show business at age 13 , when he formed his first ( of many ) garage bands, he then went on after high school  to be a radio disc jockey , also working as a DJ in many So. California nightclubs.  After years of performing as a mobile DJ, he was approached by Rudy Salas , the leader of the famed rock group TIERRA and was asked if he would consider doing stand up, and that he would let him get started by opening for the band at their gigs,  the response was huge . From there Rudy started to open for several different acts over time , including Ice Cube, Natalie Cole , Los Lobos ,  Lynyrd Skynrd , and the legendary Smokey Robinson to name just a few . (more…)