Leaving home

A while back some friends suggested I do a tour shirt to sell at my shows.  Just a regular t-shirt with all of the dates and places I have played this year.  I kind of laughed the idea off thinking no one in the right mind would really be interested in buying a tour shirt for a comedian they had never heard of in the first place.  Not to mention I'm not exactly at a point in my career where I know every date I will be playing for the entire year.  

But for some reason I thought of the idea again today and took a minute to right down all of the places I've been to this year and all of the people I've seen.  It may not mean a whole lot to anybody else but I felt like writing it out because I think sometimes I feel like although I'm driving alone on the road I have lots of people who have been there with support.

Irvine, CA - OC Comedy Contest 

Bishkek, Kyrgystan - Armed Forces Ent. Tour (AFE Tour) with Jody Fuller

Bagram AFB Afghanistan - AFE Tour 

FOB Lilley Afghanistan - AFE Tour

Kandahar MWR Afghanistan - AFE Tour

Camp As Sayliyah Doha, Qatar - AFE Tour

Al Udeied AFB  Doha, Qatar - AFE Tour

USS Teddy Roosevelt Dubai, UAE - AFE Tour

ESKON Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - AFE Tour

Hampton, VA - Phish

Salt Lake City, UT - Westminster College w/ Tyler Riggers

Santa Monica, CA - Comedy Car Hole CD/ DVD Taping

Tucson, AZ - Pick up brother Nick begin drive to Nashville, Broke down in West Texas

Nacogdoches, TX - Cousin Mike Tkacik & Family

Nashville, TN - Nick, Kris, Ella, Zanies in Nashville, Zanies manager biggest douche in comedy.  Jada Jones

Louisville, KY - Comedy Caravan w/ Rich Ragains & Andy Beningo

Bloomington, IN - Bear's Place w/ Will Hardesty

Baltimore, MD - Hightopps, Mom, Dad, Greg, Jessie, Jack, Brook, Jill, Kim, PJ, Jerry, Hilgy, Shea

Raleigh, NC - Courtney & Amanda

Gainesville, GA - Brad, Diana and the boys

Birmingham, AL - Stardome

Nashville, TN - Nick, Kris, Ella  

Oak Ridge, TN - The Mantooth's, Pat Sheehan

Arlington, VA - Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse Mom, Dad, Raquel, Slink & G

Baltimore, MD- Spotlighter Theatre Mom, Dad, Raquel, Brooks Jen, Todd, Colleen, Jerry, Cal, Char, Warren, Patsy, Katie, Amy

New York, NY - Bar4 David Alumbaugh, Raquel, Mary Ellen, Brian, Jean, Chris, Heather Pfaff

Timonium, MD- Hightopps

Pristina, Kosovo - USO Tour w/ Ferguson, Rebecca, Dana

Germany- Baumholder, Ramstein, Ansbach, Hohenfels

Winchester, VA - Zeropak Live

New York, NY - Gotham, 92Y Tribeca, Bar4, Comix  Tiana, Jen Schuler, Jen Kroger, 

Pat Goemen, Heather Pfaff 

Monkton, MD - Built the Great Wall of Monkton, aka The Wolf, aka Fuck John Candy

Branson, MO - White River Comedy Club, Chris Strait, Cleetus from Dukes of Hazard

Monkton, MD- Baetz Family Vacation

Spirit Lake, IA - Funny Barn w/ 

Boston, MA - Boston Comedy Festival Jason Oberle, Josh Beckett, Craig Noyes & wife, Cuz Stephen

Timonium, MD - Hightopps, Mom, Dad, Raquel, Date Me Baby One More Time, Mark, Jenn, Mike & Melissa, Elizabeth McAllen, Shane

New York, NY - Standup NY  Showcase for Letterman, Beauty Bar, Goodbye Raquel

Chicago, IL - Zanies, Tara, Jen, Kel, Meet baby PJ

Lewiston, ID - MJ Barleyhoppers w/ Kris Shaw, 

Richland, WA - Joker's Comedy Club, Lame

Spokane, WA - Goodtymes

Cheney, WA - Eastern Wash. Univ.  w/ Reggie Flenory Jr. Tim Young  Greg De Vries

Worcester, MA - City Lights 2pm on Sunday w/ Red Sox & Dodgers  

Bristol, CT - ESPN Joe Taylor, Kerry Callahan

Oak Ridge, TN - Buffalo Grill The Mantooth's

Winston-Salem - NACA South w/ Reggie and Q

Raleigh, NC - Courtney & Amanda

Timonium, MD - Hightopps, PJ, Elizabeth, Shane, Ray Lewis

Morgantown, WV - Mountain Lair WVU w/ Matt Davis

coming up... 

Raleigh, NC - Courtney & Amanda

Gainesville, GA - Brad, Diana & The Boys

Nacogdoches, TX - Mike & The Family

Ft. Worth, TX - NACA CENTRAL Tim and Ashley Mulvaney

Nashville, TN - Nick, Kris & Ella

Covington, KY - NACA MID-America

Lamar, CO - Sue Christy & Uncle Barry

Denver, CO- Works, Improv, Wits, Loonies, Rife, Ryan, Abby, Karla, Heather

It wouldn't even fit on a tour shirt anyway but I'm just happy with it.  I like lists I think and this is one that makes me very happy.  It's been fun so far this year seeing everybody and I hope you all have had as much fun as I have hanging out on the road.