Stephen Lynch...yeah THAT guy

Last Saturday we went to see Stephen Lynch. For those who are not familiar with his work he's a comedian from America. The thing is his act is all songs that he's written. Really crazy, disturbing, obscene songs that are HILARIOUS. 

It was a lot of fun. He played Shepherds Bush Empire which is an amazing venue. Outside there is a traditional marquee that you just don't see a lot of in the States. Before the doors opened they had 2 lines and both were stretching clear to the back of the building. It was insane. You would have thought the Killers were playing or something. 

Stephen was geat. He did a lot of new material (hopefully he'll have a new cd out soon). I loved his song Waiting, about waiting for the results of his AIDS test. Yes, these are funny songs. He did old favorites like Craig Christ, about Jesus's lesser known brother. There was the Little Gay Robot song, which is really more of the beginning of a song he has yet to write. He brought out his friend David Josesberg to do the song Dirty Sanchez. 

The crowd was pumped. It was like we were at a Man U game the way the guys in the balcony were screaming. It was a lot of fun. Exactly what we needed to take our minds off of school work for a while. For the encore he came out and did Special Ed which is probably his most popular song. You know the one, 'Special Ed. Momma dropped him on his head. Now he thinks he's a piece of bread.' Yes...he's THAT guy.