Birthday surprise from Erica Lawrence! A great night at Carnegie Hall for Comic Relief . I'd actually never been to this historic venue, and the comedy nerd in me was soaking up the vibes of Lenny Bruce and George Carlin. Sets from #johnoliver #trevornoah , #michaelche #ilanaglazer #mikebirbigia

Goat Song Records loves working with smart comics, and the proof is between hard covers. @margaretcho.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @jenafriedman.bsky.social #DLHughley #MargaretCho #PattonOswalt #JenaFriedman #satiristas #GoatSongRecords

My good friend, comic genius, and @goatsongrecords.bsky.social artist @emophilips.bsky.social came by the gallery in Nashville after his show at Zanies last weekend. Check out the album we recently released worldwide on all the streamers – link in comments. #EmoPhilips #goatsongrecords

Goat Song Records, Dan Dion, and Colin Short are honored to be releasing 3 albums by the great – and greatly missed – comic Jim Short. Available worldwide for the first time are Jim’s first two albums & a full album from a recording he did in Seattle at the Comedy Underground. Link in comments.

Thrilled that the outrageously original @emophilips.bsky.social is releasing his long-lost album “Emo” worldwide with Goat Song Records. Experience the playful, darkly absurd mind that @pattonoswalt.bsky.social called "the most brilliant joke-writer in the game". QR Code at the end of the reel.

So proud of Goat Song Records artist Jena Friedman @jenafriedman.bsky.social and her stellar reviews from Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. She’s one of the best contemporary voices, that always packs a wicked punchline. #EdFringe #EdinburghFringe #JenaFriedman #goatsongrecords

85 & 86 of #1001ComedianPortraits Happy 80th Birthday to Steve Martin! @stevemartinreally.bsky.social #SteveMartin Like many a comedy nerd, Steve Martin's comedy records to me were masterpieces to be memorized. Didn't realize it at the time, but he was really the first to break out with meta-comedy

79-84 of #1001ComedianPortraits I truly think we’re at a watershed moment in comedy, with @marcmaron.bsky.social at the Vanguard, challenging other comics by name. I’m a firm believer in freedom of speech, but some should be called out for the people they promote, and pal around with.

Love going to Second City whenever I’m in Chicago! @thesecondcity.bsky.social

73 of #1001ComedianPortraits- Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman at Zanies last night, and a portrait from Just for Laughs in Montreal, 2007. Same guitar 18 years later. @hardwick @mphirm @goat_song_records @dan_dion_photography @mikephirman.bsky.social

Today's a big day for Goat Song Records and Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social , with her takeover of SiriusXM. She'll be in-studio at Sirius all day, and SXM will begin paying "Best in Cho", her new collection, as well as full albums through the weekend!

69 of #1001ComedianPortraits - my friend Sarah Silverman, @sarahsilverman.bsky.social shot backstage at Just for Laughs Northwest in Vancouver, 2017. #SarahSilverman

68 of #1001ComedianPortraits- the inimitable Andy Dick , shot at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco in 2003. I'll post the naked photos later on. It was a wild shoot. #AndyDick #EverybodysGotAnAndyDickStory

67 of #1001ComedianPortraits- Steve Byrne, shot backstage at Lincoln Hall in Chicago before taping his Showtime special- 2016. #SteveByrne

65 of #1001ComedianPortraits - I saw Cake last night in Nashville, and as if I needed to be reminded, they're just so damn funny. This shot was taken at The Warfield in 2006. @thebandcake.bsky.social

64 of #1001ComedianPortraits- Bert Kreischer, shot below Cobb's Comedy Club. #BertKreischer

63 of #1001ComedianPortraits - My good friend Tom Rhodes, shot mid-Wilshire in Los Angeles in 2004

62 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Ryan Stout @ryanstout.bsky.social , shot in North Beach in San Francisco, 2004.

61 of #1001ComedianPortraits - My first portrait of @deannesmith.bsky.social , shot at Just For Laughs in 2007 #JFL #DeAnneSmith

60 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Damon Wayans Shot at Punch Line San Francisco in 1998.

Patton Oswalt's album We All Scream is available worldwide today! hypeddit.com/pattonoswalt... @pattonoswalt.bsky.social #PattonOswalt #GoatSongRecords

59 of #1001ComedianPortraits: The comic who changed everything - Mort Sahl. Photographed at The Purple Onion in SF.

BIG NEWS! I've signed with @goatsongrecords.bsky.social & we’re rolling out ALL my audio. Grammy-nominated WE ALL SCREAM audio drops next week, March 27th! Plus, 2 NEW albums dropping in 2025, & more of my catalog to come! Sign up here: goatsongrecords.com & check out their YouTube page!

58 of #1001ComedianPortraits - The very funny comic and writer Guy Branum, as scalpel-sharp and smart as they come. #GuyBranum

57 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Mike E. Winfield , shot at Just For Laughs in 2007. @mikeewinfield.bsky.social

56 of #1001ComedianPortraits - The cast of Family Guy, shot for Just For Laughs in 2007. Mila Kunis , Mike Henry, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Seth Macfarlane. #FamilyGuy , #MikeHenry , #AlexBorstein , #MilaKunis #SethMacFarlane

54 of #1001ComedianPortraits GINA YASHERE, shot in 2016 at the Punch Line San Francisco. @ginayashere.bsky.social

53 of #1001ComedianPortraits - the late, great Gary Shapiro, who left us way too soon. This was shot in 2013 when Paul Provenza and I did our ¡𝘚𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘚! show at The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas. @mariopro.bsky.social

52 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Pulled this one out of the deep archives the other day. Wayne Brady, shot on film at The Warfield Theater in 2003. @waynebradybaby.bsky.social

51 of #1001ComedianPortraits - The brilliant maniac Eddie Pepitone. If you've seen him, you know what I mean. If you haven't, do.

50 of #1001ComedianPortraits @bradwilliams.bsky.social , shot in 2018 after he just DESTROYED at the Just For Laughs gala. That's the face of a man who just stuck it to 'em.

49 of #1001Comedian Portraits - Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolenz. There was nothing funnier on TV when I was 7 than The Monkees, and honestly, even as a time-capsule, the show and music aged pretty well. Shot for SF Sketchfest in 2020.

48 of #1001ComedianPortraits - shot in 2017 at The Battery- my long-time friend Mary Lynn Rajskub. We've known each other from back in the San Francisco days circa 1993 when we didn't know that we were helping create what would come to be called "alt-comedy", me as producer, her as a unique voice.

47 of #1001ComedianPortraits, the late Mark Russell, mainstay of PBS, who passed away in 2023. Shot at the National Comedy Center at its opening in 2018.

46 of #1001ComedianPortraits- Trailer Park Boys, a very high-minded and sophisticated comedy act for only the most discriminating aficionado of satire.

45 of #1001ComedianPortraits- The late, great Canadian comic Mike McDonald, shot at Just for Laughs in 2006.

44 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Janeane Garofalo, shot backstage at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, 2001. When I posted this previously, I actually had someone OUTRAGED that she would be smoking while meditating. (That was the joke, lady.)

43 of #1001ComedianPortraits - the fabulous Randy Feltface BTS at Just For Laughs, 2017, getting a touch-up before his Gala performance.

42 of #1001ComedianPortraits Oliver Graves, shot at @ComedyDay in San Francisco, 2019. Oliver is having the same problem most comics on the rise have at some point- pissant newbies stealing his material.

41 0f #1001ComedianPortraits - Abbi Jacobson and Illana Glazer, multi-talented masterminds (pardon the unavoidable masculinized compliment) of Broad City. Shot for Clusterfest in 2017.

40 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Piff the Magic Dragon, shot for justforlaughs in 2018.

38 of #1001ComedianPortraits - my old friend Blaine Capatch , shot on actual film at Punch Line San Francisco back in 2002. @blainecapatch.bsky.social

37 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Cedric The Entertainer, shot backstage at the Gala for Just For Laughs in 2017.

36 of #1001ComedianPortraits - The very funny and irreverent Geoffrey Asmus, shot in the office during my time at 800 Pound Gorilla Media.

35 of #1001Comedian Portraits- the hilarious Satirist Andy Zaltzman. Photographed when Paul Provenza did an interview with him and John Oliver for SATIRISTAS, that went so off the rails it didn't make the book. @zaltzcricket.bsky.social @mariopro.bsky.social

33 of #1001ComedianPortraits -Middle Aged Dad Jam Band for SF Sketchfest. Including, but not limited to Ken Marino, Thomas Lennon, Kevin Allison, David Wain, Beth Dover, Kathryn Marie Hahn Official, Erinn Hayes, Jordan Katz, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Joe Lo Truglio, Jessica McKenna, and Nadia Quinn.

32 of #1001ComedianPortraits , getting close to wrapping up the @sfsketchfest.bsky.social shots for now...here's a diptych from the Wayback Machine, @thomaslennon.bsky.social and his son Ollie, from 2010 and 2025.

31 of #1001ComedianPortraits - The most original and amazing show I saw at @SF_Sketchfest this year was #Shamilton , an improvised musical. Such a talented young cast. Go see them in LA, NY, Chicago, or Edinburgh....anywhere you can. www.shamiltonmusical.com

30 of #1001ComedianPortraits - This is a big one for me. As a subject of my portraiture, #BillMurray has always been elusive. Bill couldn't have been a nicer guy, and we chatted for quite a while about Ray Charles. At the Great American Music Hall. @sfsketchfest.bsky.social for making it happen.

29 of #1001ComedianPortraits - Tonight I get to see my favorite comic. @mariabamford.bsky.social Do yourself the hugest favor and see her next time she comes through your town. This shot is from taping of Troy Conrad and Paul Provenza's Set List in LA, 2012. BAMFORD!!!