LORD CARRETT Unsweetened Kool Kat ________________________________________________________
Lord C is a
pompadour-stricken ‘billy who eschews the rattlesnake strut of primitive
rock n’ roll for an even more retro venture: gag-heavy stand-up comedy. Of
course, if he didn’t mention his ‘do (“Guy came up to me and asked, ‘Are
you gay?’ I said no, and he said, ‘Well, your hair is!”) you wouldn’t
even know he was a retro-rocker, because his act is pure observational
schlock, albeit delivered with a slight country twang. That’s not to say
he’s not funny (“Butter killed my uncle. My aunt smeared it on the
stairs.”), but for an alt-comedian, he’s pretty old-timey. Ya figure he’d
at least thrown in some jokes about fat rockabilly girls with Betty Page
bangs or something. Still, the dude knows how wrangle with a semi-hostile
audience, and as the title implies, he lets fly in one take here, with no
post-gig editing. There’s a handful of laughs and just as many groans, but
hey, you can play this in front of your mom, if ya want, because Carrett
don’t work blue, baby. And I know how much you like listening to fuckin’
comedy albums with your mother.
Lord C is a
pompadour-stricken ‘billy who eschews the rattlesnake strut of primitive
rock n’ roll for an even more retro venture: gag-heavy stand-up comedy. Of
course, if he didn’t mention his ‘do (“Guy came up to me and asked, ‘Are
you gay?’ I said no, and he said, ‘Well, your hair is!”) you wouldn’t
even know he was a retro-rocker, because his act is pure observational
schlock, albeit delivered with a slight country twang. That’s not to say
he’s not funny (“Butter killed my uncle. My aunt smeared it on the
stairs.”), but for an alt-comedian, he’s pretty old-timey. Ya figure he’d
at least thrown in some jokes about fat rockabilly girls with Betty Page
bangs or something. Still, the dude knows how wrangle with a semi-hostile
audience, and as the title implies, he lets fly in one take here, with no
post-gig editing. There’s a handful of laughs and just as many groans, but
hey, you can play this in front of your mom, if ya want, because Carrett
don’t work blue, baby. And I know how much you like listening to fuckin’
comedy albums with your mother.