Award-winning actor from Harmony Korine’s “Trash
Humpers” to record 100th episode of namesake podcast live.
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Chris
Crofton as photographed by Dave Dawson.
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“…it wasn’t
much of a surprise to see him turn up in Harmony Korine’s ‘Trash Humpers.’” – The
Onion A.V. Club
Nashville-based comedian Chris Crofton on ethnic cuisine served by white people out of
trendy food trucks: “Have you had Lindsey’s soul food? It’s incredible!” Listen to “Food Trucks” here: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/chris-crofton-food-trucks.
Crofton’s debut comedy album Pearls Before Swine: Live at The
Springwater is an audio verite comedy suicide bomb detonated in
Nashville’s most notorious shithole, The
Springwater. It’s that rare comedy
album that hits on both the crude and cerebral, mixing the social commentary of
Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks, the absurdity of Steve Martin, and the pacing and stage
presence of Lenny Bruce into an
audience torturing tour de force.
The album is out now on Austin-based Chicken Ranch Records as a vinyl LP
that comes packaged with download codes good for an entire additional Crofton performance (Slime
Before Swine: X-rated at The Basement) as well as a full “director’s commentary”
track to accompany the Springwater
set. Nashville Scene editor Jim Ridley comments that Pearls
“...captures [Crofton’s] nervy,
abrasive act on crackling vinyl before an audience that’s by turns incensed,
indifferent and doubled over in hysterics.”
Exactly.
Of course, man cannot live on torturing audiences in
concert alone. Crofton has also been crafting a popular podcast for years called “The
Chris Crofton Show”. The podcast
will celebrate its 100th episode with a live taping at The High Watt in Nashville this Tuesday, August 7th. Previous
episodes of “The Chris Crofton Show”
are available via iTunes at: http://itun.es/i6jm7k5. Crofton will be
return to The Springwater for a
Sunday residency throughout August.
More about
Chris Crofton:
In addition to his work as a stand-up comedian that
has earned him opening slots with Louis
CK, Bob Odenkirk and Neil Hamburger, Chris Crofton is also an award-winning actor who has appeared in
numerous independent films including Harmony
Korine’s “Trash Humpers” and the
short film “Thanksgiving” which
earned him a Best Actor award at Seattle’s Bumbershoot
Short Film Festival. Additionally, Crofton
plays music with his group The Alcohol
Stuntband, known as much for Crofton’s
between-song banter as its songs. The
Alcohol Stuntband has performed with The
Black Keys, Richard Lloyd, Lucero, Danko Jones and more.
Chris Crofton’s Pearls
Before Swine: Live at The Springwater is out now via Chicken Ranch Records. Chris Crofton is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Chris Crofton
Pearls Before
Swine: Live at The Springwater
(Chicken Ranch Records, Out Now)
01.
Intro
02.
1930’s Farm Humor
03.
Food Trucks (STREAM)
04.
Boutique Drink Joints
05.
Why Do People Get
So Mad When You Kill Their Mom?
06.
Sonar Noises With
Someone Mumbling
07.
White Men Prancing
Around Arts Neighborhoods
08.
Gluten Is Affecting
My Backhand
09.
Halfway House Bit
Take 3
10.
“It’s in
character.” “It’s not in my character, though.”
11.
Do Black People Like
Burt’s Bees?
12.
Composting To Stop
The War
13.
Confirmation Numbers
14.
Uncle Jack
15.
The Wilson County
Fair
16.
The New Sex Bases
17.
Is Pat Boone in
Wavves?
18.
Piccolo Songs About
Fishes
19.
Food Trucks Part
3
20.
Farm Humor Redux
21.
“The Seasons”
22.
How Many Blondes Does
It Take To Change a Lightbulb?
23.
The Difference Between
Whites and Mexicans
24.
How Many Black People
Have Been on the Moon?
25.
Remember Meet Joe
Black?
26.
Old Times Square
27.
Short Attention
Span Internment Camp
28.
Look Both Ways Before
You Cross The Tweet
29.
The Statue of
Liberty’s Vagina
30.
Rheingold Beer Promotions
31.
Nobody Cares How
YOU Cure a Cold
32.
Women Who Marry Gay
Guys
33.
Something Is The New
Something
34.
One Liner
35.
One Liner?
36.
Wrestling
37.
42
38.
Bear Defense
39.
Boxing
40.
Springwater,
September, 2011
41.
“Traditional Blues
Song” by Chris Crofton (Performed by Chris Crofton and The Alcohol Stuntband)
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Chris Crofton Links
INFO : PODCAST : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : CHICKEN RANCH RECORDS
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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