My first album was a used Lenny Bruce LP that my mom bought at DJ Sound City.
I was three. She bought me "Toledo Window Box" for my 7th Birthday. I memorized
the Whole album and would recite it, both sides, for anyone who would listen.
I really love making people laugh, and think, and sometimes feel uncomfortable.
I love Stand-Up. I love people who love Stand-Up!
Young Derek: George Carlin, Steve Martin, Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl,
Jonathan Winters, Richard Pryor, Dick Gregory.
Old Derek : Patton Oswalt, Louis CK, Brian Posehn, Morgan Murphy, Dave Attel, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Maria Bamford, Zach Galifinakis
TV Shows
"That's My Asshole!" ABC Pilot
"Actor-Cop" Fox
"When Sharks Attack People Who Had it Fucking Coming!" Discoverey-narrator
"Jim Jay Bullock's Super Gay Variety Pillow Fight" Comcast OnDemand
Derek Sheen's Interests
General
Music, Comedy, rapid weight loss programs, painless dental, things that smell like fruit but aren't??, anything to do with Horror-comics-toys-films,
the fine art of clearing a room, the finer art of creating uncomfortable silence... writing all my thoughts in thousands of tiny notebooks like the guy from "Se7en".
Music
Buckethead, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Porcupine Tree, Miles Davis,
The Long Winters, Mike Keneally,David Sylvian, Bloc Party, Kanye West, Missy Elliot,XTC
Death Cab For Cutie, The Arcade Fire, Cornbugs, real old swing music because it sounds kinda spooky??, Bill Laswell, Bill Frisell, David Torn,
Tony Levin, Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, King Diamond,Trey Gunn, Radiohead, Spook the Horse, Harvey Danger,Quasi, Last Crack (Burning Time-Best Metal Album Ever!)Living Colour,Amon Tobin, Dj Spooky
Movies
I love horror movies...but my three favorite films are:
Arsenic and Old Lace,
Citizen Kane, and
Harvey!
special mention: The Marathon Man, Straw Dogs, The Apartment, and Wait Until Dark.
Television
Lost, Simpsons, Reno 911, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Masters of
Horror, Arrested Development, Medium, CSI, Law and Order:CI, Comedians of Comedy, Project Runway, Americas Next Top Model and SOUTH PARK!!!
Books
Hellraiser: the original shooting script, The List of Seven-Mark Frost, The Texas
Chainsaw Companion, Analyisis of the Dirty Joke
Heroes
Vaclev Havel, Harry Truman, Gandhi, Frank Zappa, FDR, Churchill,
Gorbachev, Bono, Lech Walesa, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Dick Gregory
About me: I'm from Seattle. I'm a Comic. I write and perform all over the place. Here are some places you may have seen me: The Comedy Underground, The Paramount Theater, Laughs Comedy Spot, The Baghdad Theater in Portland, Bumbershoot, Sasquatch, Victor Stienbrueck Park, Laffhole, Loball, Dartmondo, Kirkland Performing Arts Center, Mt. Tabor Theater, Seattle International Comedy Competition, Admiral Theater, The Entertainment Show, the Films of Travis Vogt and Kevin Clarke, The Peoples Republic of Komedy.
Who I'd like to meet: Short list: Gail Zappa, Don Van Vliet, Al Gore, Dick Gregory, Patton Oswalt, Ed Brubaker, Mort Saul, Barack Obama, Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino, Alan Moore
Long List: Adrian Belew, Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Edward Norton, Brian Poshen, Zach Galifinakis,Bill Plympton, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Frank Miller,NickSwarsdon, Mia Farrow, Dave Chappelle, Al Franken, Bill Clinton
Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Bill Plympton, Ron Howard, Ahmet Zappa,
Buckethead, Bill Moseley, Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman,
Robert Fripp, Porcupine Tree, George Lucas, Clive Barker
It's Great to have you as a friend, Hope you enjoyed watching our Movie trailer of Resurrection Mary.Now Available on DVD The New web site is now up, You can see another clip of the film.
Hello you :). Thanks for the friendship! Come over and check our new tunes.
SEE YA ON THE ROAD!! Greets, Ceremony of Opposites.
5 december 2009 M.A.C.C. fest - Deerlijk (BE) 12 december 2009 Nederland Drie - Wateringen (NL) 9 january 2010 Nieuwjaarsbeuk - Alkmaar (NL) 30 january 2010 Metal Manifesto - Hoorn (NL) 20 february 2010 Wizzfest - Aalter (BE)
Thanks for supporting our Troops! I appreciate it and I know our Troops appreciate it.
If you would like to help us thank those still serving overseas and help those coming home wounded, please stop by the profile, read the latest blog and do what you can.
Hey! Thank you for supporting my music. Check out my web site at www.vanessathompson.net and my music videos at www.youtube.com. One of my youtube videos is below for you to hear. If you like it, feel free to put it on your page and share it with your friends. There are also some banners on my page if you want to use them on your page. If you have Facebook, please add me. Some are putting me in their top friends. The support is really appreciated. Hope you liked the cover on Hollywood Celebrity Magazine. If you like my music, please add it to your play list for others to hear. Thank you :)
My new music video to my song "Heartbreakin Game" should be coming out in the near future. There is also a fanpop page for me that has been set up. If you get a chance visit it at http://lnk.ms/0zvbC . You can also sign up to follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/vanessathompson :)
TALENT WANTED www.showbizzle.com showbizzle is looking for a video host to do our new behind-the-scene interviews and other humorous segments. It's paid! Do you or someone you know love to be in front of the camera? Are you funny? … Charming? Quirky? Cool? 1. Become a member on the showbizzle website (it's freeeee) 2. Post a sample video on your profile page that shows off your talents. All videos will be seen by our producers.
Antonio Hoyos will be joining us on the 16th of June, appearing as "The Great Antoine!"
We are delighted that this great comedic performer can join our line-up.
The Pop Haydn Post-Modern Medicine Show will be appearing at The Laugh Factory, 8001 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood! One show at 8:00 PM.
Pop will be joined by Professor Dave Bourne and the Medicine Show Band, Rob Zabrecky, Sophie Evans, Antonio Hoyos, Phil Van Tee and Pop's Candy Girls for a wonderful show of Old Time Music, magic, comedy and variety.
It'll make you feel better!
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
19th Century Attire Welcome!
You can buy tickets at LaughFactory.com or call: 323-6561336 ext 1.
For more information and video go to my Myspace Profile or:
