A Night of Comedy or Funk Albums!

So last night I abused some free passes to Rumor's that Ryan had scored through, most likely, illicit means. There were 4 comics in all, only one of which was really any good. The mc guy was ok, if a little too giddy. The next guy, the winner of funniest winnipegger with a day job, was WAY out of his element. He was telling jokes about hotboxing and sodomy to a crowd of largely seniors (this was the 8 o'clock show after all). No one laughed... He had to explain what hotboxing was, the sign that your material is not going over. The next guy, Kelly Loewen, I've seen at open mic nights before and hated and his material last night did nothing to change my opinion. It was interesting to see him get mad at people talking during his set though... he did a good job of covering it with faux-laughter, but you could tell he was pissed.
The headliner guy, some dude whose name I forgot... was alright, if a little too focused on marriage jokes. All in all, I'm glad the night was free. Come to think of it, I've never actually paid to get into Rumor's before, I've always had free tickets. Not too shabby.
I've grabbed a bunch of funk albums recently, ones that are collections of obscure bands that never hit the big time and tracks that've been long forgotten. There's some super sweet stuff by people like The Detroit Sex Machines, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Funkhouse Express, Black Heat, and The Southshore Commission. Yay to the funk of yesteryear!