— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Should you have a spare $200 dollars lying around, you can catch a real life glimpse of Portlandia's sketch comedy at 826 Valencia's 10th anniversary fundraiser, which is hella peculiar since Valencia Street (and especially 826) is pretty much ground zero for the shit the show makes fun of. They might as well rename the show Valenciaia. Or something.
But I digress.
If you're anything like me, you probably scoffed at the $200 price tag. And maybe that's justified. But do keep in mind that this is a fundraiser for a noble non-profit that helps The Kids learn to write and get stoked about literature, so it's not like you're just dropping bank on something you could download for free.
Anyway, it goes down April 18th at the St. Regis Hotel downtown. Hosted by Dave Eggers and co-hosted by a dude actually named “Rich Kid Cool.”
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Sorry Carrie, I spent my last $200 on $14 pastrami and $15 burgers.
Saw Portlandia live at the Mezzanine in December. There was a lengthy slideshow featuring childhood photos of our heroes. Vintage Fred.
Oh yeah, then Dana Carvey showed up and performed what seemed to be an extremely improvised song, the highlight of which was his rhyming “eating snails” with “nine inch nails” … well played, Dana Carvey. Well played.