New York based comedian Victor Varnado is hysterical.  Check out this Village Voice article to see for yourselves.  He occasionally rolls into town courtesy of local comedian Gab Bonesso. 

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Disclosure and update:  Ledcat told me I wasn't being completely honest about this post.  We saw Victor a few weeks ago when he came to town for the anniversary tour we had caught the year before.  I introduced myself to him.  He gave me the limp, damp handshake and barely mouthed "nice to meet you" before sighing deeply and turning away to talk with his friends.  I was pissed.  Ledcat was more compassionate and assumed that he has an on-stage and off-stage switch.  I still say if someone shows up to see you perform, pays for it and learns that because of a screw-up on your end they have to wait an entire hour ... you could at least PRETEND to interact with them.  Acting.  Its called acting.  I fake being interested in people all the time.  At work.  At family gatherings.  Its called acting. 

Thus, Victor is funny but not very well-mannered.  It does matter.

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Well, I got one out of seven right.  LOL.  Sarah Claire will be part of the 2007 PrideFest Entertainment lineup.  Another local fav that I forgot to put in my list is Tracy Drach. 

Here's the rest of the lineup and it looks rather interesting ... a little reggae/ska, a little folk music and a comedian from the national scene. 

Dreams of Hope

Cindy Shaffer (organizer of Celebrate the Night)

Sasha - Miss Pittsburgh 2007

Renaissance City Choir

The Flow Band - what's better on a June afternoon than some reggae by the river?

Eric Himan  - a Pittsburgh boy done good on the national scene

The comedian is Poppy Champlin who is billed as the lovechild of Ellen Degeneres and Dennis Leary.  Hmm. Her website looks interesting, but I'm still torn. Tapping into local talent seems really important to building community, but tapping into national names is also important into building the event which builds community.  Decisions, decisions.

Overall, I'm looking forward to PrideFest.  That evening there's a sort of street festival planned (I think by the Tavern Guild).  Whole bunch of behind the scenes rumors floating around about that which I am investigating.  Apparently, they are bringing in Bruce Villanch and Tiffany (yes, the mall princess of the 80's). 

I don't think an alcohol laced street festival is my personal style, but at least its something ...and hopefully, there will be the 2nd Annual Dyke March Friday before PrideFest. 

I can't believe PrideFest is only two months away.

My favorite headline of recent days ...

Dennis Miller leads a pack of hosts pining for a fan base that's young, smart, sassy and male

Not sure how many yinzers want to be chalked up as sassy males, but you never know.  I've been wrong about these things before. 

Has anyone listened to the Zone?  Thoughts?  Comments?  I do have to point out that I made my break into Pittsburgh radio on the original The Zone 98.7 out of Charleroi.  I was on the sister AM station but occasionally sat in for a segment or two.  I digress.

I can't listen to McIntire's show b/c I'm at work and would get fired for hoo-haa discussions on my radio.  Plus Thom Hartmann is on during that time slot and I LOVE Thom Hartmann -- just picked up his new book at the library.  So in a sick sort of way the hoo-haa debate makes me choice easy.  LOL.   I'm not gonna listen to Dennis Miller. I did tune in to hear Scott Paulsen talk with Tom Sokoloski -- that was an interesting segment. 

Inquiring lesbians want to know if The Zone brings out the sassy in its listeners.  That's something we'd have to investigate.