THE MOON

The Moon: 79th Show

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:12:00 -0400

Cool is in.

It’s back in style and it won’t stop coming. Not cool like neat-o, cool like Cool. We’re talking Big Cool. The cool it takes to make it in this jive town full of false fronts and bogus backs. Moxie. Jimmy Carter had it, Taylor Swift has it and so does every single last one of our guests on The Moon this Tuesday, May 21, at 8PM at Union Pool!

Gaze Steadily at Our Ice-Cool Guests!

Har Mar Superstar (Cult Records Idol Performing Solo)
Cocoon Central Dance Team (Showgasm, Variety SHAC)
Marina Franklin (Chappelle’s Show, Inside Amy Schumer)
Mark Normand (CONAN, Gotham Comedy Club)

Nod Knowingly at Our Famous Features!

The Forbidden Planet NYC Comics Give-A-Way
All-New Music from Camille Harris
The Moon Library
Free Tequila!

Kick it with The Moon Players: Jordan Clifford, Camille Harris, and Tim Skinner! No big deal.

Hosted by Bob Walles and Nat Towsen

Streaming LIVE if you’re too cool to live in NYC. We understand.

$5, 21+

at Union Pool
484 Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan. If you’re driving, please be sure to keep the top down and the music bumping.

Photos from our 78th Show Pro photographer Anya Garrett came to...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:22:00 -0400

Photos from our 78th Show

Pro photographer Anya Garrett came to last month’s show and took these gorgeous photos of us in action.

Look at the full gallery of photos on Facebook or Flickr.

Introducing : Nat Towsen’s Downtown Variety...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:01:00 -0400

Introducing : Nat Towsen’s Downtown Variety Hour

Don’t worry, The Moon isn’t going anywhere. Join Nat Towsen, co-host of The Moon, this Friday, May 3 at 7:30 as he welcomes old friends and new favorites to a theatre around the corner from the building he grew up in. Enjoy an hour packed with eclectic entertainment, educational segments, and giveaways from local businesses. A hip time is ensured to be had by all.

Featuring:

Janeane Garofalo, standup comedian
Dave Hill, solo guitar/erotic flash fiction
Will Hines, improvisor in cognito
Micah Sherman, character in character

Plus:

A “Downtown History” presentation
Free comics from Forbidden Planet

$5
All ages of New Yorkers are welcome.

Reserve your tickets today!

at UCB East

153 E 3rd Street
Manhattan

Help support cool music. If you were at our last show, you know...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:59:50 -0400

Help support cool music.

If you were at our last show, you know that our friend Kenny Pickett is recording his first real, fully-produced album. Why don’t we let him tell you a bit more about it himself…

Click here to watch Kenny’s Kickstarter video.

Anyone who donates at least a dollar will receive a digital copy of the album. But a pledge of $25 or more will get you a physical copy of the album plus a print of the awesome album art above, designed by The Moon’s graphic designer, Tad Kimball.

At any level of donation, you can’t go wrong supporting independent artists. Pledge a donation to ARTpocalypse today!

Thank you.We had a great time on Tuesday and we hope you did...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:29:00 -0400

Thank you.

We had a great time on Tuesday and we hope you did too. Whether you were watching at home or streaming the show online, thank you for tuning in and supporting us.

Thank you to our fantastic guests, Kevin Allison, Mike O’Brien, Union Street Preservation Society, and Will Shaw. You were all more enthusiastic than we could have asked for.

Thank you to our crew: Tech director Lee Goffin-Bonenfant, live stream director Josh Grob, live stream cameraman Dan Zimmer, merch lady Brandi LaCen, and tickettaker Peter Naas.

Thank you to our sponsors, Forbidden Planet and Prestone Printing. Thanks to our streaming partners DailyMotion. And thank you to the good people at Union Pool (especially Ed, Leah, and Bravo).

Thank you to Anya Garrett for taking the photo above and many more excellent photos (coming soon, watch this space) of our show.

Lastly, we would like to thank James T. Beard (the T stands for “The”). James was a member of The Moon long before our first show and has been with us ever since. He has contributed characters, props, costumes, videos, and formidable beards. He is soon leaving for Los Angeles, so he was sent off on Tuesday (pictured above) with the traditional incantation:

James T. Beard, you will live on in our history, in our memories, in our minds, and on our website, but will always be dead to us in our hearts.

Thanks, James.

The Moon: 78th Show

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:56:00 -0400

We all have issues.

Some issues we deal with on a day-to-day basis, others we only encounter once in a blue moon. Whether we face these issues head-on or let them well up inside to the size of a staggering behemoth, hell-bent on destruction and chaos, we all must battle them eventually. Luckily, The Moon hereby issues you one invitation to quit worrying and come on down to Union Pool on Tuesday, April 16th at 8PM!

Amaze at our Super-Guests!

Kevin Allison (Creator of Risk! True Tales, Boldly Told)
Mike O’Brien (Saturday Night Live, 7 Minutes in Heaven)
Will Shaw (World-Class Vaudeville Entertainer)
Union Street Preservation Society (American Roots Music Live!)

Be dazzled by our Fantastic Features!

Music from Camille Harris (Deluxe Silly-Jazz)
The Moon Library (Bring a book or comic-book or take one!)
The Forbidden Planet NYC Comics Give-A-Way
Free Tequila (really)

Glow in the Warm Company of The Moon Players: Camille Harris, Jordan Clifford, and Tim Skinner!

So stuff your issues in a cardboard box and give ‘em to your little brother, truth-believers! We’ll see you at The Moon.

Hosted by Nat Towsen and Bob Walles

Streaming LIVE on Dailymotion USA

$5, 21+

L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan. If you’re web-slinging, make sure you don’t run out of skyscrapers to thwip.

See Emily Heller on CONAN!The hilarious Emily Heller stopped by...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:52:00 -0400

See Emily Heller on CONAN!

The hilarious Emily Heller stopped by The Moon last week to work on her set for CONAN. One week later, she appeared on CONAN and killed!

Watch the video above and visit Emily on Tumblr.

See photos of Emily on our last show here.

Photos from our 77th ShowHot-shot cameraman Steve Conrad stopped...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:38:00 -0400

Photos from our 77th Show

Hot-shot cameraman Steve Conrad stopped by The Moon on last Tuesday and took some nice photos of the show.

You can see the full gallery on Facebook or Flickr.

Thank you from The Moon. We had a great time on St....

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:42:00 -0400

Thank you from The Moon.

We had a great time on ~~St. Patrick’s Day~~ Tuesday and we hope you did too. We would like to genuinely thank everyone who helped to make that show possible. We couldn’t, probably wouldn’t, and definitely couldn’t have done it without you.

Thank you to our fantastic guests, John Flynn, Emily Heller, Leo Allen, and The Gregory Brothers. You were all hilarious, and occasionally touching.

Thank you to our crew of skilled professionals: our tech director Lee Goffin-Bonenfant, Brandi Lacen at the merch table, Peter Naas at the door, and photographer Steve Conrad, who took the above photo (and many more, coming soon!).

Thank you to the good people at Union Pool: Taylor on sound, Ed behind the bar, and Johnny and Bravo on security.

Lastly, thank you to our sponsors, Forbidden Planet, Prestone Printing, and Herradura Tequila.

The Moon: 77th Show

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:26:00 -0400

The ides of March are upon us and you know what that means: You still have a month to file your taxes, but you should probably stab Julius Caesar if you haven’t gotten around to it yet. Don’t worry, though. The Julian calendar is 13 days behind ours, so you still have plenty of time to get to Union Pool for The Moon this Tuesday, March 19 at 8PM!

Our friend Julian from high school was always 13 minutes behind, and he says “Killer lineup, man.”

Our Special Guests:

The Gregory Brothers (Auto-Tune the News)
Emily Heller (Comedy Central, Montreal Comedy Festival)
Leo Allen (Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Comedy Central Presents)
John Flynn (Nights of Our Lives)

Plus:

Music from Camille Harris
Good Parts in Cinema History
The Moon Library (bring a book or take one!)
Free comics from Forbidden Planet
Free tequila (really)

And the Moon Players: Camille Harris, Jordan Clifford, and Tim Skinner

Hosted by Nat Towsen and Bob Walles

$5, 21+

Union Pool
484 Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan. If you’re driving, make sure to sober the fuck up first.

Respected composer Kenny Pickett recorded the official Max...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:48:00 -0500

Respected composer Kenny Pickett recorded the official Max Jupiter theme song for our 76th Show: Astonishing Adventures, Starring Max Jupiter. For more entertainment from Mr. Pickett, you can check out his cool pics and hot tweets.

Composition, vocals, and instrumentation by Kenny Pickett
Lyrics by Nat Towsen

Thank you. We would like to thank everyone who came out to The...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:50:00 -0500

Thank you.

We would like to thank everyone who came out to The Moon on Tuesday. You were a wonderfully supportive audience. We would also like to thank everyone who watched online, whom we assume were also supportive. Special thanks go out to the five brave audience members who volunteered to be a part of the show.

Thank you to our fantastic guests, Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Agostino, Tammy Hart, Damien Lemon, and Iron Curtain. And thank you to Kenny Pickett for writing and recording the Max Jupiter Theme Song (available online soon; watch this space!).

Thank you to our crew, including tech director Lee Goffin-Bonenfant, live stream director Preston Allen, camera operator Steve Conrad, Peter Naas in the ticket booth, and Paul and Brandi Lacen at the merch table/Moon library.

Thanks to the good people at Union Pool, including Taylor on sound, Ed at the bar, and Johnny at the door.

Thank you to our sponsors, Prestone Printing and Forbidden Planet. And thank you to our streaming partners, DailyMotion.

Lastly, thank you to the talented Alex Fischer, who took the photo above. Many more of his photos will be available soon.

The Moon: 76th Show

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

The Countdown is about to prepare for commencement, Moongazers!

The time for another The Moon adventure is at hand, and that hand is holding up five fingers! Set your handsets to alert and get ready to prepare. Meet at the Usual Coordinates on February 19, 2013 at 8PM for this month’s thrilling engagement, and who knows what could transpire!

With Special Guests:

Janeane Garofalo (The West Wing, Air America)
Christopher Agostino (Facepaint Storyteller)
Damien Lemon (MTV, Comedy Central)
Tammy Hart (Super Show)
Iron Curtain (Chiptune music composed on a Game Boy)

And Featuring The Out-Of-This-World Moon Players:

Strap yourself in and hold onto your helmets. Then, when it’s time for The Moon, unstrap yourself, take off that crazy helmet and come on down to Union Pool!

Hosted by Nat Towsen and Bob Walles

$5/21+

Union Pool
484 Union Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan. If you’re driving, keep all four wheels on the road at all times.

TUNE IN ON YOUR INTERNET DIAL!
Catch the entire show broadcast live from Union Pool at 8:30pm EST on http://bit.ly/LiveMoon

Get last-minute announcements and updates by following @themoonshow on Twitter.

Photos from our Season 5 PremiereHot-shot photographer Alex...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:40:00 -0500

Photos from our Season 5 Premiere

Hot-shot photographer Alex Fischer took some cool pics of our first show of the year. You can view the full galleries on Facebook and Flickr.

Thank you, everyone! Tuesday’s show at broke our ticket...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:59:00 -0500

Thank you, everyone!

Tuesday’s show at broke our ticket sales record at Union Pool by a whopping forty-four tickets. We would like to thank everyone who made this possible, starting with all of you who came out to the show. Thank you so much. And thank you to the thousands of people who tuned into our live stream.

Thank you to our amazing guests, Reggie Watts, Rob Cantrell, Chris Rozzi, and People vs. Larsen!

If you like Reggie Watts, check our his newest endeavor, Jash.com, with co-founders Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Daniel Kellison, Tim Heidecker, and Eric Wareheim!

Thank you to our tech and production staff, Lee Goffin-Bonenfant, Preston Allen, Steve Conrad, Brandi Lacen, Paul Lacen, and the one and only Timothy Whitney.

Thanks to the great people at Union Pool, including Taylor on sound, Ed at the bar, and Johnny at the door.

Thank you to our sponsors, Prestone Printing and Forbidden Planet. And thank you to our streaming partners, DailyMotion.

And thank you to all of the press outlets that recommended our show, including the skint, BrooklynVegan, NYC.com, and HyReviews.

Lastly, thank you to the talented Alex Fischer, who took the photo above. Many more of his photos will be available soon.

The Moon: Season Five Premiere

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:15:00 -0500

Let’s face it: We’ve all broken our New Year’s resolutions by now. So why not make a new resolution to see at least one Moon this year? Come to Union Pool on Tuesday, January 15 at 8PM and you’ll have accomplished goals for the entire year. Then you can just float downstream to December, naked and carefree. Can’t you just see it?

Join us as we kick off our fifth year by welcoming back some of our all-time favorite guests:

And the Moon Players: Camille Harris, Jordan Clifford, and Tim Skinner

Hosted by Nat Towsen and Bob Walles

$5, 21+

Union Pool

484 Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan.
If you’re driving, make sure to put those weird little stickers on your license plate for the new year.

Photos of our Season Four Finale by Ryan Muir Ace photographer...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:39:00 -0500

Photos of our Season Four Finale by Ryan Muir

Ace photographer Ryan Muir stopped by The Moon on Friday, December 21 to take these great pictures and many more!

Check out the rest of the photos on Facebook or Flickr.

A sincere thank you. As another year comes to a close, so does...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:33:00 -0500

A sincere thank you.

As another year comes to a close, so does the fourth year of The Moon (we timed it like that on purpose). We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped us along the way, be they performers, bartenders, sponsors, friends, family, or (most importantly) audience members. The Moon has always been made possible by this support network, even before our first show, and for this we are deeply thankful.

We would like to thank everyone who helped us end this year with a bang (not a whimper), starting with the audience that came out and made this our biggest show at Union Pool ever!

We would like to our guests, Greg Barris, Jacqueline Novak, Brent Sullivan, and James and Crosby Romberger! And a big thank you goes out to our guest cast members, Joe Pera, Ishah Janssen-Faith, Steve O’Brien, Riley Soloner, Zack Bornstein, and Delilah Kistler.

Thank you to our Tech Director, Lee Goffin-Bonenfant, and to our video crew, Peter Naas, Timothy Whitney, Steve Conrad, and Preston Allen. Thanks to Paul and Brandi Lacen at the merch table. Thanks to Ryan Muir for taking beautiful photos like the one above (more coming soon!).

Thank you to the good people at Union Pool: Andy at the bar, Leah on sound, and Annie at the door. Not to mention Ed, Johnny, Bravo, and Taylor, as always.

Thank you to our sponsors, Prestone Printing and Forbidden Planet, and to our streaming partners, DailyMotion.

Once again, we’d like to thank anyone who has ever come out to a Moon and supported us. We’re already planning big things for early 2013, so have a safe New Years, and we’ll see you on January 15 for the Season Five Premiere.

Have you ever heard a song you hadn’t heard in a while and then all of a sudden you started...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:11:00 -0500

Have you ever heard a song you hadn’t heard in a while and then all of a sudden you started hearing it everywhere? Ever had an obscure detail surface repeatedly until it became a dub echo of synesthetic overload?

We here at The Moon know that can only mean one thing: It’s that time of the Penta-Millenium!

Happy Polydays! The Mayan Long Count is coming to an end, forging all kinds of metaphysical hocus-pocus. So quit worrying and head on down to The Moon!

With Special Guests and Children of Aquarius:

Brent Sullivan (Profiles in Cowardice, It Gets Betterish)
Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness)
Jacqueline Novak (DoucheChillz.com)
James and Crosby Romberger (Post York, comics/rap music)

And our guest cast:

Ishah Janssen-Faith (James and JF)
Zack Bornstein (NaSkeWriMo at UCB)
Joe Pera (Andy Kaufman Award finalist)
Riley Soloner (The Chris Gethard Show)
Delilah Kistler (Pirate Sugar Sketch Comedy)
Steve O’Brien (Team Sumbarine)

And The Moon Players: Jordan Clifford, Camille Harris and Tim Skinner!

Hosted by Bob Walles & Nat Towsen!

And so what if time is coming to a blinding halt and jerking into unfathomable acceleration at the same time? Head over to Union Pool on December 21st for the best show in this tendril of the omni-verse.

Union Pool

484 Union Avenue

Brooklyn

L to Lorimer/G to Metropolitan. If you’re driving be sure to listen to static. We’re told that it’s the resonating energy left over from the Big Bang.

$5/21+

Announcing our guest cast members! We are thrilled to announce...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:17:05 -0500

Announcing our guest cast members!

We are thrilled to announce that the following talented performers will be joining the cast of our Season Finale on Friday:

Ishah Janssen-Faith (James and JF)
Zack Bornstein (NaSkeWriMo at UCB)
Joe Pera (Andy Kaufman Award finalist)
Riley Soloner (The Chris Gethard Show)
Delilah Kistler (Pirate Sugar Sketch Comedy)
Steve O’Brien (Team Sumbarine)

(Listed from left to right, top to bottom)

Come see these fine performers, and so much more, at The Moon Season Four Finale, Friday at 8PM!