NOTE:I'm probably not going to continue to update this at all. I'm sick of entering my schedule into multiple websites. As of April 28, 2009, I'm only going to enter show dates into my Google calendar, which should also display in the widget below. Thanks, and I hope to see you at these shows:

The schedule is available in iCal format, or see it at Google Calendar or enjoy it at my website, ChadRiden.com. Hope to see you out at these shows:

Jan 4 2009 6 PM The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Jan 4 2009 8 PM Music Row Bar & Grill (Nashville, TN)
Jan 7 2009 7:30 PM Zanies (Nashville, TN)
Jan 9 2009 8 PM South Beach Bar & Grill (Cookeville, TN)
Jan 10 2009 8 PM private corporate show (Murfreesboro, TN)
Jan 11 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Jan 14 2009 7:30 PM Zanies (Nashville, TN)
Jan 17 2009 8 PM Paddy McGee's Irish Pub & Grill (Union City, TN)
Jan 18 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Jan 23 2009 8 PM Crossbright (White Bluff, TN)
Jan 25 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Jan 26 2009 9 PM Tin Roof (Nashville, TN)
Jan 31 2009 8 PM Camden Country Club (Camden, TN)
Feb 1 2009 11 PM Music Row Bar & Grill (Nashville, TN)
Feb 4 2009 8:30 PM Sywanyk’s Scarlet & Gold Traditions (Jacksonville, NC)
Feb 5 2009 8:30 PM Goodnight’s (Raleigh, NC)
Feb 6 2009 8 PM Diana Wortham Theatre / "Laugh Your Asheville Off" Showcase (Asheville, NC)
Feb 8 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Feb 11 2009 7:30 PM Zanies (Nashville, TN)
Feb 15 2009 8 PM The Comedy Catch (Chattanooga, TN)
Feb 17 2009 7:30 PM Zanies w/ Jeff Dye (Nashville, TN)
Feb 20 2009 9 PM South Beach Bar & Grill (Cookeville, TN)
Feb 22 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Feb 24 2009 7:30 PM Zanies (Nashville, TN)
Feb 28 2009 10 AM "Killers Of Comedy Road Show" Taping for Howard TV (Long Beach, CA)
Feb 28 2009 10 PM The Bar Show @ Magicopolis (Santa Monica, CA)
Feb 28 2009 11 PM The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ The Sunset Gardner Stages (Hollywood, CA)
Mar 1 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Mar 8 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Mar 12 2009 8 PM The Loft (Columbus, GA)
Mar 14 2009 10 PM Pour Haus w/ Doug Stanhope (Louisville, KY) (tickets)
Mar 15 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Mar 22 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Mar 29 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Apr 1 2009 10 AM Ms. Chavez' Kindergarten Class, Dodson Elementary (Nashville, TN)
Apr 3 2009 10 PM Ramada Inn (Morgantown, WV)
Apr 4 2009 9 PM Lafayette Hotel (Marietta, OH)
Apr 5 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Apr 10 2009 9 PM Exit/In w/ Doug Stanhope & The Mattoid (Nashville TN) (tickets)
Apr 12 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)
Apr 17 2009 9 PM Music City Bar & Grill (Nashville, TN)
Apr 18 2009 10 PM MangyDog Whoop-Dee-Doo Sketch Show / Podcast Recording @ Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN)
Apr 19 2009 7:30 PM The Stardome (Birmingham, AL) (tickets)
Apr 23 2009 9 PM Jesse Zane’s Nashville Nights (Nashville, TN)
Apr 23-26 2009 Zanies w/ Jeffrey Ross (Nashville, TN)
Apr 26 2009 6 PM Improv Nashville Comedy Theater (Nashville, TN) (tickets)


NOTE:I'm probably not going to continue to update this at all. I'm sick of entering my schedule into multiple websites. As of April 28, 2009, I'm only going to enter show dates into my Google calendar, which should also display in the widget below. Thanks, and I hope to see you at these shows:

View all Nashville events at Eventful

Tickets are selling fast for Doug Stanhope's one and only stop in Nashville this year (April 10th at Exit/In with The Mattoid and Chad Riden). This will sell out, so buy your tickets now while you still can. The Facebook event is here.

Stanhope's material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for everybody. He started his career in Las Vegas doing jack-off jokes for free drinks. Not much has changed, save for the mullet.

Here is a short video from Doug's  "Deadbeat Hero" dvd:

A review:
"Ask anyone whose opinion matters, and they'll tell you Doug Stanhope is one of the top ten stand-ups in the world today. Stanhope's confrontational stance comes from the rough, blistered underbelly of America 's trailer parks; he's a feral, aggressive man full fuelled by primal urges to drink, fight and screw -­ and the corrosive material has all the venomous aggression you might expect from that background. But what underlines it, and makes it so untouchably good, is the passion and conviction with which he holds his intelligent beliefs, informed by sensibilities that might seem alien to such a no-nonsense, pig-headed persona." - Chortle, UK

Get more infos about Doug at:
DougStanhope.com
MySpace.com/DougStanhope

THE MATTOID: An ever roving cast but one solid constant, the Mattoid (Ville Kiviniemi) hails from the cold morelle land of Finland. After traveling the countries of Western Europe, Mexico, Thailand, India, and Egypt the Mattoid decided to spread his message amongst his fine American friends. A few years back he resides amongst the Anti-folk presence ala NYC, has had stints in Reno, San Francisco and Phoenix. Now resides in Nashville, (Jiaaaaaa!) Tennessee. Who knows where next! GLORY HOLY THE EP IS NOW AVAILABLE!

MySpace.com/theMattoid

Doug Stanhope, The Mattoid, Chad Riden
9pm, April 10th, 2009
Exit/In
2208 Elliston Place
Nashville, TN 37203
615-321-3340

$20 -
tickets are on sale now

I just uploaded another stand-up video to the YouTubes:




For more crap like that, visit ChadRiden.com!

A lot of big time performers have one of those "Demand Me!" widgets where (I'm assuming) you can DEMAND that they come and perform live in your basement. I think that's awesome. I don't have the fanbase that Jim Gaffigan or Maria Bamford has, but I never want to miss a promotion opportunity, so I just signed up for Eventful.

The very best benefit, so far, is the widget that says, "Chad Riden: Demanded by 0 people in 0 places!"



Sounds just about right.

I realize the widget is 30 seconds old and there is no way there could be any demands, but they encourage you to post this everywhere.. myspace, facebook, my site, twitter, whatnots..  and why wouldn't I!? Why would I not want to show everybody just how in demand I am? O people in 0 places, bitches! Suck on THAT, Gaffigan!






View all Nashville events at Eventful

It's the moosssst nauseating tiiiime of the year. Well, almost.. Valentines Day is hard to beat. The December Holidays are second in the race for most depressing season only because there isn't heart-shaped crap in your face everywhere you go. Instead, it's the cliched Christmas garbage that has been crammed down our throats so many times that we're fooled into thinking it's tradition.

This continued complete bastardization of the true meaning of the season has permeated every aspect of our daily lives. Everywhere you go.. what do you see? It's out there in the malls.. it's all over radio, television and the internet. It's even inked all over that pathetic, old-world, dead medium, print.

Will we ever be able to escape from it all and get back to the basics? Or have they permanently altered our concept of what the meaning of this season is? What values and customs will our children pass on to theirs? I wonder if the old ways I know and love will be forgotten. Will the ways of my ancestors eventually wither and die from lack of interest like the wonderful Police Academy franchise? I'd like to bring Christmas back to what I refer to as the "Police Academy 1 - 4" era.. the glory years.. the way it should be. As it stands, our holidays are stuck somewhere in the "Police Academy television series" era.. a total disgrace.

More than anything else, the one thing that really burns me is the way the religious zealots keep trying to sneak God, Jesus and The Bible into this once-sacred celebration. Always pushing their wacky ideas on everybody.. trying to make religion the focus instead of the one thing that we hold near and dear as holy: commercialism.

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It just makes me sick to think that consumer spending is down so low this quarter. How can you call yourself an American if you're not out there buying big ticket items like the Nintendo Wii? Don't you care about the economy? Don't you care about your kids? The only way to let your friends and family know that you love them is to buy them something impersonal and expensive. Roses and X-Boxes are good, but diamonds and SUV's are better.

When will we all wake up and realize that self-reflection, worship and spending time with loved ones wastes precious time when we could be watching Coca-Cola polar bear commercials? While Satans little helper, Martha Stewart, pushes her wreaths and wassail, true traditionalists like myself know that nothing says "peace on earth" quite like over-extending your credit to buy the latest disposable-fad products at your local Wal-Mart.

Maybe I'm being too critical. It's just that when I hear all this junk about the so-called "true meaning of the season" it really burns my brownies. I'm just thankful that when I get depressed about the way the world is heading, I can go into any Quickie-Stop-N-Shop and see Santa endorsing cartons of Lucky Strikes. That always cheers me up.

Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kooky Kwanza, Funky Festivus, or whatever the hell it is you celebrate. I'll help spread a little holiday cheer.. here's a classic clip of my cameo appearance as Tiny Tim in George C. Scott's "A Christmas Carol." Clip courtesy of WBXX-TV:

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I spend a lot of time reading and discussing news stories about comedy, interviews with comics, reviews of shows & cd's and whatnot. For a long time, I've seen sites like SlashDot.org and Digg.com and Fark.com and thought there should be a site just for COMEDY news. It's not "here's a funny thing I found on the internet" it's the stories from behind the scenes.

So here's what I did:

ComedyNews.Org is a socially-powered comedy news site featuring interviews, reviews and news stories from around the world. It's a web application that allows you to submit an article that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page. When a user submits a news article it will be placed in the "unpublished" area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page. Users can comment on each article in threaded discussions.. and there's a bunch of social network-y crap going on, too.

If you're a comedy nerd looking for comedy nerd news, stop by and chime in. If you see a comedy-related story out there, please submit it!

ComedyNews.Org

Sunday Stand-up Showcase Showdown and Stuff
6pm every Sunday night

"America's Favorite Comedian Of All Time," Chad Riden, hosts a showcase of touring, professional stand-up comedians plus random guest sets from Nashville-based comics and surprise, impromptu sets potentially available for anybody who brings fresh Funny with 'em.

The show starts at exactly 6pm and ends at 7:30pm - so if you have stuff to do Monday morning, this shouldn't interfere at all!

Dec 21: Dave Young, Brad Edwards, SPECIAL GUEST: Billy Wayne Davis;
Dec 28: Renard "Ray-Nard" Hirsch, Danny Limor;
Jan 4: Jesse Perry, Christy Eidson;
Jan 11: Kevin "Renegade" Green, Sean Parrott;
Jan 18: Monty Mitchell
Jan 25: Wynn Reichert, Brian E. Kiley;
(more TBA)

They do not sell booze yet, BUT: feel free to brown bag whatever you want. ALSO: I will bring whatever leftover booze I have in my house to each show so if you want a drink, SOMETHING will be available for free.

ALSO: please note the new, lower door fee!

$5 ($2 with student ID)
Tickets available at the door, or in advance online at Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/49595

The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater
2907 12th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204
615.418.0905
http://www.improvnashville.com/



NashvilleStandUp.com

I've been growing my mustache out to be even creepier looking all month long to help Movember raise money to fight prostate cancer. Please help:



Then, RSVP to come to the Team Nash Stache party:
http://urlzen.com/3d8

All donations are tax deductible!

I had a lot of fun in 2008.. here's where I did shows:


Feb 10 2008 8:30P Howl @ The Moon Ft. Walton Beach FL
Feb 13 2008 7:30p Zanies Nashville TN w/ Ralphie May
Feb 19 2008 9pm Bar Car Showcase Nashville, TN
Feb 20 2008 7PM Zanies Nashville TN
Feb 26 2008 8p Bar Car Nashville TN
Feb 27 2008 7 PM Zanies Nashville TN
Feb 28 2008 9pm "MangyDog Whoop-dee-doo" live taping @ Bongo Java Nashville, TN
Mar 3 2008 Last Comic Standing Audition Zanies Nashville, TN
Mar 4 2008 8pm Spanky's Nashville, TN
Mar 5 2008 8pm Punchline Atlanta, GA
Mar 6 2008 8pm Whiskey River Macon, GA
Mar 27 2008 8pm Music City Bar & Grill Nashville, TN
Apr 8 2008 7:00P Electric Cowboy Jonesboro AR
Apr 9 2008 7:00P Electric Cowboy Fayetteville AR
Apr 10 2008 7pm Electric Cowboy Ft. Smith AR
May 14 2008 7:00P Woody's Smokes & Brews Franklin TN
Jun 22 2008 7:00P Zanies (June 18-22) Nashville TN
Jun 12 2008 9:00P Jesse Zane's Nashville Nights Nashville TN
Jun 16 2008 7:00P Zanies (w/ Mike Birbiglia) Nashville TN
Jun 18-22 2008 7:00P Zanies Nashville TN
Jul 5 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Greensboro NC
Jul 6 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Fayetteville NC
Jul 8 2008 9:00P Wild Wing Cafe Winston-Salem NC
Jul 9 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Hilton Head Island SC
Jul 10 2008 9:00P Mango's Orange Beach AL
Jul 20 2008 7:30p Zanies Nashville, TN
Jul 25 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Harrisburg PA
Jul 26 2008 8:30P Comedy Zone Harrisburg PA
Jul 29 2008 8:00P Tipper's Clarksville TN
Aug 1 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone @ Holiday Inn Johnson City TN
Aug 2 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone @ Holiday Inn Johnson City TN
Aug 6-10 2008 7:30p Zanies (w/ Daniel Tosh & Jasper Redd) Nashville, TN
Aug 21 2008 8-9A "Get Up, Stand Up" Radio Show WRVU 91.1 FM Nashville TN
Aug 21 2008 7:30P Zanies Nashville TN
Sep 3 2008 7:00P Eclipse Knoxville TN
Sep 4 2008 8:00P The Pond Franklin TN
Sep 9 2008 6-7A "Get Up, Stand Up" Radio Show WRVU 91.1 FM Nashville TN
Sep 9 2008 7:30p Zanies (w/ Mike Birbiglia) Nashville TN
Sep 18 2008 8:30p Music City Bar & Grill Nashville TN
Sep 21 2008 8:00P Spanky's Nashville TN (buy tickets)
Oct 26 2008 07:30 P Zanies w/ David Alan Grier
Oct 30 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Prestonsburg KY
Oct 31 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Charleston WV
Nov 1 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone Charleston WV
Nov 4 2008 8P Spanky's w/ "Druncle Sam"
Nov 5-6 2008 7:30P Zanies w/ Maria Bamford Nashville TN
Nov 5 2008 10P Springwater
Nov 7-9 2008 7:30P Zanies w/ Nick Griffin Nashville TN
Nov 18 2008 8:00P Galway Hooker @ Lake Norman Cornelius NC
Nov 19 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone @ GOLDSboro Community Multiplex goldsboro NC
Nov 21-22 2008 8:00P Comedy Zone @ Alive Charlotte NC
Dec 3 2008 8:00P Club Jet Cookeville TN
Dec 4 2008 ?p State Street Pub Bowling Green, KY
Dec 7 2008 6:00P The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater Nashville TN
Dec 14 2008 6:00P The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater Nashville TN
Dec 19 2008 9:00P South Street Comedy Jackson TN
Dec 20 2008 9:00P South Street Comedy Jackson TN
Dec 21 2008 6:00P The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater Nashville TN
Dec 28 2008 6:00P The Improv Nashville Comedy Theater Nashville TN
Dec 28 2008 8:00P Music Row Bar & Grill (Nashville, TN)


Check for my current schedule up at www.ChadRiden.com

as part of Mo'vember, team Nash Stache is raising money to fight Prostate Cancer.. wanna help?

http://us.movember.com/mospace/1869631

I hate two things about stand-up: comedy competitions & whoring myself. Just my luck, a lot of both is necessary. If you want to help, please go here and vote for me:

http://www.gotcast.com/chadriden

Last night I opened for Maria Bamford at Zanies & it was a ton of fun.. but the place wasn't sold out the way I automatically assumed it would be. It absolutely astounded me that tickets were available.. still does. I wasn't even going to bother to tell people to come out, I thought it was universally understood that this was a DO NOT MISS event. Her Comedy Central Presents specials are both at the top of my list of ones I'll watch every time they come on tv, no matter how many times I've seen them. Her cd's get more plays in my house than any other comic's cds. I went to see her and the rest of the Comedians Of Comedy any time they were within two states of where I was at the time. She's that good. If you're six hours away from Nashville right now, you should get in your car and start driving.

If you haven't seen her, check her YouTube clip on the front of NashvilleStandUp.com right now. She is crazy funny and does a few voices and act-outs and is sweet and wonderful and a perfect example of everything that is GOOD in the world. I realize I gush about her, but I love this woman. LOVE HER. I just want to hug her and squeeze more funny out. It's ok, my wife knows.. she loves Maria probably more than I do, if that's possible. Bamford is one of those people who is NOT extroverted. She's not dominating conversations, interrupting your story with something better or funnier.. she's a quiet listener. An absolute sweetheart who listens to what people say and watches how they say it and pays attention to the world.. and then goes on stage and reproduces the funny absurdities of how people act and talk and turns the everyday mundane into the "holy shit" hilarious. She is amazing.

Sometimes people say, "women aren't funny" and I ALWAYS reply, "wrong. Maria Bamford." There are other funny ladies out there, too.. but I challenge anybody to watch The Bammers and then say women aren't funny. It simply does not happen.

I'm just saying that she's only in town for two shows - last night and tonight at 7:30. Tickets are $18 each (if you are on Zanies email list, which I highly recommend, you can get them for cheaper). Come on out. If you pay to get in because of what I just said and at the end of the show you aren't totally smitten with Maria, I, Chad Riden, will personally refund the cost of your tickets out of my own pocket. We can then no longer be friends, of course.. but you'll get your money back.


Friday thru Sunday the headliner is Nick Griffin, as seen on Letterman.. I'm sure those will be great shows too.. but I've never met him or seen his act yet. Friday I might just send an email talking about how much I love him, too, for all I know.. but I'm tellin' you. Don't miss tonight.

Get your tickets now!

www.MariaBamford.com
MySpace.com/TheRealMariaBamford


The wifera & I with The Bammers at the Comedians Of Comedy show in Louisville a while back.

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I'm pretty sure this is the greatest spam email I've ever gotten:



Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!

Don't forget to vote, bitches.

"REGISTER TO VOTE AT... ROCKTHEVOTE.COM"

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Tim Harmston
Date: Sep 20, 2008 5:23 PM


I'm trying to get people to change their myspace/facebook profile pics to the word "VOTE" until the election as a voter awareness idea. I want to see how far it will go and how many people will do it! If you can help, that'd be great and pass it along!

Thanks,

Tim
http://www.myspace.com/timharmstoncomedy