If this doesn't make you want to purchase your ticket RIGHT NOW, I don't know what will!
See you in CHICAGO!
September 30, 2011
August 24, 2011
ZANETOBERFEST IS BACK!
And for the 3rd year in a row and we're getting all Deutsch-ified to celebrate. Join us this year in Chicago on Saturday, October 15th from 2-6pm at Joe's Bar on Weed Street for the party of the year!
Grab your lederhosen, clean out that liter beer glass you stole from the Hofbrau Haus in Munich, and get yourself to Chicago.
All of the party details can be found by clicking here, but some of the highlights include:
- OPEN BAR (for FOUR HOURS)!
- Live music by the rockin' German band Die Musikmeisters
- Steve McKenna in an inappropriate German Bier Maiden outfit
- Me, rocking out on stage, answering questions, taking photos...
- German beer (or any beer, wine or booze you choose!)
- A stein holding contest, or perhaps a variation that includes chugging liters of beer
- Oh, did I mention OPEN BAR?
We also have VIP tickets and Ski Patrol tickets available, which include some pretty awesome extra things. These tickets are only available in advance and tend to sell out, so get yours early!
July 21, 2011
July 17, 2011
My LIVE music/comedy album, Sing the Booze, 'hits the streets' on August 5th, the day before my launch party in Seattle.
On July 22nd, I'll be releasing two of the songs here, for free. Feel free to download them, share them, and encourage radio stations to play them... Although, a song about making love to beer isn't exactly suitable for the radio.
THE ALBUM
Last summer, I traversed our beautiful country on my "Drinking Made Easy" tour. By day, I shot 24 episodes of the show by the same name for Mark Cuban's HDNet. By night, I took to the stage on his stand-up comedy show, also by the same name. This album is not that...
While on that tour, I was completing my music album with Justin Sheehy, my band leader, who traveled with us on the DME tour. By late fall, I was back on the road with my "Sing the Booze" tour. We hit 30 cities as we toured the country. That tour ended with a live show in San Diego. The "Sing the Booze" album is a live recording from that show. We had honed the act, polished the songs, and Steve McKenna, who was on stage with us, had almost learned all of the words to the songs (after being on the road for over a month...)
There are 11 original songs on the album, including "Beer, I Love You", "Wine in a Box", "Foo Foo Drinks", and "Baby, You're Beautiful (When I'm Drunk). Between the songs is banter between Steve and me. If you don't know who Steve is, you're one of the lucky ones. He's my friend, co-host of the TV show, "Drinking Made Easy", and my stunt-drinker.
July 07, 2011
June 30, 2011
Zanepalooza from my face!
Last year, I did 75 concerts on two tours. The first one was a stand-up comedy tour, where we shot "Drinking Made Easy" (the TV show) during the day, and went on stage at night. It was an insane amount of fun, and an insane amount of work. When we got home, after being on the road for three months straight, I said "I'm never doing that again!". But, after about a month, I started putting together another tour... What can I say? I like putting on a show.
My second tour was called "Sing The Booze". I got the band together and hit up about 30 cities across the country. We sang about 10 original songs, told stories about how stupid Steve is, and drank beer... On the last stop of our tour, in San Diego, we recorded the show. That's the LIVE album that we're launching. It "hits the streets" on August 6th.
Right now I'm on the road with the TV crew. I'm writing this from my hotel room in Nashville (fun city by the way). I love doing the TV show for HDNet, but I miss being on stage...
So! I'm doing an album launch + "unplugged" concert + party thingamaroo called Zanepalooza. The name popped into my head. It sounded fun. I went with it. Click the Zanepalooza tab at the top of my page for details on the party. Steve will be there, Pleepleus will be there, the band will be there, the "Drinking Made Easy" crew will be there, the "Three Sheets" crew will be there. It'll be fun. It's a party. That's what parties do. They have fun.
June 02, 2011
Chilled Magazine. I'm all up in it!
Click the cover to read the article!
May 05, 2011
April 24, 2011
April 21, 2011
Drinking Made Easy: Maui
We just got done shooting the "Drinking Made Easy" one-hour special in Maui. Wanna see it? Get HDNet!
You'll have to wait a few months to see it. The new season premieres in September. But, along with burying Steve in the sand (see photo), we had a stand-up paddle board race for the six-pack challenge, took a catamaran ride to look for whales, had a bike race down Haleakala, which ended at the Kula Lodge, drank Island 808 vodka at Lelani's, dove into some Okolehao at Tropica, brewed some beer at Maui Brewing Company, drank Mai Tais (and ate great food) at Mala, drank six cups of kava at Wow-Wee's Kava Bar, threw back cocktails at Monkeypod, and ate like kings at the Westin's Luau. Oh, and Steve juggled fire.
We threw in a stop at the kava bar, not expecting much. How can something that is not brewed, but is mixed from powdered form, get you buzzed... right? Well, I drank six cups of it, and all I can say is that I needed to sit down. So, half-way through the standing interview, I sat down, and finished talking about it as I was seated and my hosts were standing. Now THAT'S good kava!
