Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
Science Comedy at the Purple Onion, San Francisco
August 9th, 2010
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
An evening of science comedy – and a couple guests on the show. More details coming soon!
San Francisco’s Purple Onion, in North Beach, is an awesome venue with a lot of history.
140 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 956-1653
Sacramento Comedy Spot
August 8th, 2010
Friday, Sept. 24, 2010
Science Comedy at The Sacramento Comedy Spot
1050 20th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 444-3137
More details soon!
Green Vanity License Plates
April 1st, 2010
I’ve been performing stand up comedy for two decades. I get all the stage time I need. But I realize not everyone has such an outlet. And, yet, humans are such complicated, emotional creatures. They have so much to express!
That’s why I’ve always been fascinated with vanity plates and bumper stickers. And I’ve always lumped them in with answering machine outgoing messages and Karaoke. I think, for some people, these might be the only outlets they have through which to express themselves to the world. They have so much to say – and so little space! But humans are creative.
And humans that drive the Toyota Prius Hybrid Vehicle in the San Francisco Bay Area… well, they are particularly creative. And consistent with their message. I keep seeing hybrids with green-themed vanity plates. Not every one below is a Prius, but most of them are.
Have you seen any other vanity plates with environmental themes or messages? Let me know!
Thanks, as always, to Tara for photo touch-up and editing!
Science Cookies
December 13th, 2009
Awesome science cookies in a series of posts to a food blog by a biological anthropologist.
Aren’t all anthropologists biological? I’m a biological comedian.
Ooh, she also has Space Invaders!
Current.com Science Comedian Interview
June 12th, 2009
Someone I met via Twitter – Delia the Artist – just interviewed me for Current.com. Current has a shorter, edited version of the interview but Delia is hosting the full interview on her own site.
And, oh look! Here comes the full version now…
Where does science meet comedy?
Somewhere in Brian Malow’s universe.
From museums to comedy clubs, Earth’s Premier Science Comedian brings the funny to the hilarious 5th installment of Science is Speaking!
Vega Next 3 Exits
March 17th, 2009
Oops… I must’ve taken a wrong turn at Arcturus…
From the Wikipedia entry on Vega:
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus. It is a relatively nearby star at only 25.3 light-years from Earth, and, together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the most luminous stars in the Sun‘s neighborhood.
Vega has been extensively studied by astronomers, leading it to be termed, “arguably the next most important star in the sky after the Sun”.[8] Historically, Vega served as the northern pole star at about 12,000 BCE and will do so again at around 14,000 CE. Vega was the first star, other than the Sun, to have its photograph taken and the first to have its spectrum photographed. It was also one of the first stars to have its distance estimated through parallax measurements.
Also: Vega became the first star to have a car named after it when Chevrolet launched the Vega in 1971.
Comedy.com Brian Malow Videos
February 23rd, 2009
Comedy.com has some videos of me on stage at the San Francisco Punch Line Comedy Club, from about two years ago, I think. If you follow the links to their website, you can also rate the video…
Brian Malow – Exit Strategy link:
http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-exit-strategy
Brian Malow – Canine Lives link:
http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-canine-lives
Brian Malow – Bed, Bath and Beyond Repair link:
http://www.comedy.com/video/brian-malow-bed-bath-beyond-repair
San Francisco Chronicle Features Science Comedian
January 9th, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature story on me today (the print version actually appears in the Datebook section, Sunday, January 11, 2009):
Making Science Funny: Brian Malow
It’s written by Nick Thomas, who we love! Last year, Nick did a Q&A with me for Nature:
In addition to being a prolific freelance writer, Nick is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama.
The article comes out in time to promote my upcoming Bay Area shows – Tuesday at the San Francisco Punch Line, and Wednesday in Sunnyvale at Rooster T. Feathers. Also, a week later at the Sacramento Punch Line on January 22.
P.S. The book I’m holding is Cosm by Gregory Benford, one of my favorite reads of 2008.
SF Chronicle Best of 2008 Portraits
January 9th, 2009
This weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle should be running a story about me in conjunction with next week’s shows at the SF Punch Line Comedy Club (Tues, Jan.13) and Rooster T. Feathers (Wed, Jan.14), in Sunnyvale. See Upcoming Shows for details.
A Chronicle photographer, Paul Chinn, met me over at the new California Academy of Sciences several weeks ago for a photo shoot.
Apparently, even though the story hasn’t run yet, they’ve included a picture of me in their “Best of 2008 Portraits.”
They spelled my name “Brain” (I’m used to it) and called the show “Irrational Comedy for an Irrational Planet” (which is close – the planet is, indeed, irrational but the comedy is rational)… but it’s still pretty cool.
[In the comments, Jim Hardy brought it to my attention that they also misspelled "science-themd." Three mistakes in two sentences!]
The feature is dated 12/29/08. Nobody even told me it was online. I had to do a vanity search on the Chronicle site. Interestingly, it only works if you search on “Malow” or “Brain Malow.” A search on “Brian Malow” returns no relevant results.
Anyway, nice pic…
Transporter Pie
December 23rd, 2008
Thanksgiving in Atlanta. My sister served up a picture-perfect slice of apple pie for Tara.
Mine looked like a transporter accident:
It was still delicious, of course. The replicator just needs a little tweaking, is all.
