Re-live #occupywallst overnight raid: acoustic weapons, police wagons and more

Photo uploaded by Rebecca Trent to Facebook

For three hours (0120 to 0420), I remotely covered the middle-of-the-night police action against the peaceably assembled at Zuccotti Park in New York. My sources were location-based twitter search, citizen and reporter tweets, live web feeds, the NYPD police scanner and traffic cams. Here is everything I tweeted in a pretty Storify slideshow. (you can see the flat version here) 

Tweetable Moment: NJ Gov says "stay away from Jersey Shore" because of Hurricane Irene

I met someone with my exact bike! Pink Schwinn cruiser named Roxie!

Last weekend I biked down to Coney Island to partake of the delicious crustaceans at Clemente's Maryland Crab House in Sheepshead Bay. It's an 11-mile journey and completely worth it. One my way, racing down Ocean Ave, I spotted another pink bike. The woman who owned it, Noha, was sitting on a bench and screamed, "Hey, we have the same bike!" I slammed on the breaks and walked back to her. 

Sure enough, we both have pink Schwinn Cruisers named Roxie. We couldn't believe it. I've seen other pink bikes and even cruisers but never another Roxie. Mine was given to me by my Dutch friend and superstar Kirsten Van Den Hul. We're thinking of starting a Roxie biking club. Seems like the Brooklyn thing to do, right? 

What will happen to lemonade stand prices in America?

Video by the NYC-based sketch group Political Subversities. 

Announcing The #BaconWhiskeyFreedom Party & free tickets for Laughing Liberally tonight in NYC

 The Bacon Whiskey Freedom Party (by Baratunde) by baratunde

I am tired of all this U.S. debt ceiling talk. Let's just default already and start a #NewAmerica somewhere else. We'll need bacon. And whisk(e)y. And freedom. I recently asked Twitter about the pros and cons of forming a #BaconWhiskeyFreedom party.

All pros. So let's start building it.

Tonight I'm performing in the final Laughing Liberally show of the summer in NYC. The first 50 people to email laughingliberallynyc-AT-gmail.com (and get a confirmation) will get in for free. Either way, you should come. I'll talk about bacon and whiskey and freedom. 

We can heal America guys.

For those of you living in unbearable heat, this is a must-see, helpful video

I shot this with my iPhone 4 back in March during a massive, surprise hail storm in New York City. I was in Times Square. Listen closely to the audio. Play the video fullscreen. Allow mind to go somewhere much cooler and more refreshing.

You're welcome.

My standup: You're just like the white guys

NYC standup comedy shows worth checking out

People often ask me what shows, besides my own, they should check out in NYC. I'm posting this entry to satisfy that need and will update regularly. Much of this list was informed by my friend and comedian Myq Kaplan.

One-stop shopping for good NYC shows: The Comic's Comic blog.

specific shows to check out (starting with free ones):

• Whiplash at UCB, 11pm mondays (hosted by Leo Allen)
• Sage Standup at Bar 82, 9pm tuesdays (hosted by me!)
• Big Terrific at Cameo, 8pm wednesdays (hosted by Max Silvestri)
• Comedy As A Second Language at Kabin, 9:30pm thursdays (hosted by Sean Patton and Chelsey Calloway)
• Hannibal Buress's show at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, 9pm sundays

other cheap shows:

• Tell Your Friends at Lolita Bar, 8pm tuesdays (hosted by Liam McEneaney)
• Punch Up Your Life at Housing Works, 8:30pm tuesdays (hosted by Joe Derosa and Jared Logan)
• anything at UCB

other free shows:

• Hot Soup, 8pm fridays
• Too Cool For School, 8pm fridays 
• Bar 4 in park slope, 9pm sundays (hosted by Yannis Pappas)

other great shows:

• Moonwork, some saturdays in the village ($20 to get in, worth it, great shows, includes free beer)
• Sacapuntas!, first wednesday of every month at Bower Poetry Club. (hosted by Dan Allen)

Fellas, listen to Bill Cammack. Ladies love voters.

In this two-year-old video, Bill Cammack is right. Voting is a representation of power. Let's do it fellas. Step up ya game and vote!

A very nice review of Sage Standup at Bar 82, which I host every Tuesday

Me messing around with some experimental glasses at Bar 82 one night this past summer.

Many thanks to Diamond, who wrote a flattering piece about our now-three-year-old show. Yep, I've been hosting this show for three years! Here's an excerpt of the review:

The atmosphere at Bar 82 is unlike any other. It’s intimate and compact. In a sense, the acts have no choice but to interact with the crowd, whether it’s tough or not. But hey, it’s New York, what do you expect?

A lot of pressure is put on the host to keep the crowd awake in between acts but bearded Baratunde Thurston enjoys the challenge, especially at Bar 82.

“I love performing. I also write and have done on-air work, but there’s nothing like performing,” said Thurston, clad in a gray sports coat and burgundy glasses. “Performing in front of people brings an energy that you can’t get on Twitter. This is like coming home. Even though I perform a lot of places, I don’t miss many shows here.”

Bar 82 is definitely worth a look-see. Their prices are reasonable for drinks and the Sage Comedy Show is free of charge with no drink minimum. Why wouldn’t you?

Tomorrow night we have the amazing W. Kamau Bell in the lineup, and I'll be out of town the rest of the week, so it's your last chance to see me until next week, New York! Full info at SageStandup.com