Let's wreak havoc on a slightly suspicious college town. Hope you can join us!

Crisman's Comedy Soundcheck at J+J's on Monday, Feb. 20

Live from the basement -
Come on over and laugh at (and hopefully with) us!

Monday, February 20, 2012, 8-10 PM – $1
J+J’s Pizza (Ye Ol’ Dirty Basement)
118 West Oak Street, Denton, TX 76201-4134

Sarah will be hosting and we’ll be recording a live episode of The Crisman Show podcast, so you should be there! Plus you can see these fabulous friends of ours:

Josh Johnson (@JoshtheSandwich)
Paco Werth (@ihatecomedy)
Nathan Guerra (@Nathan_Guerra)
Scott Crisp (@scott_m_crisp)
Jeffrey Jay (@heyjeffreyjay)
Dominic Harris (@DomComedy)

We miss you and we’d love to see you!
Thanks, again, for all your love and support!

Get used to it.

Hello from Los Angeles!

We are kicking up a fuss in Hollywood for Season Two of the podcast this week.  We’re in town for NAMM, getting the skinny on all the gadgets you sexy music nerds and savvy broadcasters need.  Our guests are  out of control, running the foolish gamut of producers, comedians, broadcast legends, and an alarming roster of musicians.  It’s Comic-Con for the road dogs and session cats, and I’ll be smack dab in the middle.  You will be overwhelmed by the deluge of madness ahead, musical and otherwise.

Stay tuned!

Ever wander right into a music video?

We are so proud to bring you the dopest podcast episode yet, with more guests and new music.  This show is sick and hot all at the same time.  Sarah gets her interview on with renowned producer/performer Deonis, the incomparable artist Chelsea West, and panels stylist Mattie Michelle and urban legend, Keite Young.   Hear music from Pumah, Chelsea West, Snarky Puppy, and BRAND NEW Deonis.  That’s not all, folks!  We are honored to premier the Black and Blue’s first single LoveCrazy.

Now let’s get to the meaty part of this message: Premier Variety Showcase Presents: X-Mas Subscribonation, the Enfoodening of the Masses is on for 5 more days.  We’ll donate $1 to the North Texas Food Bank for every new podcast subscriber between now and Christmas; so please tell ALL your friends to click subscribe. Tell your cool friends to actually listen.  Each subscription feeds three people in North Texas.

Connect with us on Facebook, follow Sarah on Twitter, and share our site with others you think might be interested in what we’re doing. We just love you for listening and coming with us on this ride.

Happy Holidays from the Crisman Show team.  We love you!

We like to keep our fingers on the pulse of the greatest music on the planet. This venture would be frankly remiss without Adam Schatz at Search and Restore (check his interview on Episode 5 of The Crisman Show). I want to share with you a letter from our friend on how you can help further the cause of living jazz. Please take a moment to enjoy his hard work, and consider throwing monetary love their way.

Thanks,  Sarah

Schatz Sez:

This year has been madness for me with Search & Restore, last year’s fundraiser allowed me to focus on running the non-profit full time, and we just launched the new website as a result.  Search and Restore is loaded with awesome videos we’ve shot throughout scene this year. It’s a dynamic point of discovery for the new jazz & improvised music community, and I’d love to know what you think of it!

Crisman’s Note:  Search and Restore provides hours of entertainment and musical discovery.  These guys are not kidding around.

Now we’re fundraising for 2012, with a tremendous goal of $200,000 which we’re trying to reach by December 19th. Aside from helping the organization and community grow tremendously, the funds raised will also save my life, because I’ll be able to hire a few full time employees before I explode from doing the work of 5 people. The fundraiser is happening online and it lives at Jazz2012.com

If you’re down to contribute, it would mean the world to me, a $25 or more donation will get you a unique download compilation featuring music from artists throughout the scene as a reward.

Some amazing artists have contributed 25 second videos to encourage everyone to donate, you can check some of them out here:
Joshua Redman
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Chris Dingman
Deerhoof

Thanks so much for checking this out, I wouldn’t be reaching out unless this was something that I truly believed it, and I’d love it if you were a part of it all! Word of mouth is supreme as well, so if you feel like sending the http://Jazz2012.com link to anyone who you think might me interested, or throwing it up on Facebook, I would appreciate it.

You'd be surprised of the Power that flows from Dallas

Like to avoid things like Cyber Monday and “family”?  Keep your sanity afloat with this very special Minisode featuring one of the most influential producers in the music industry today — Symbolyc One.  He can teach you everything you need to know about the business during an online seminar TODAY; and you can catch him in your city this fall with the Cannabinoids featuring Erykah Badu.  Not enough S1?  Scope the documentary, Symbolyc Reflectionz by Dallas filmaker, Jeff Adair.

Have yourself a merry half hour with music byCarl Thomas, Betty Wright, and Strange Fruit Project.  We’re talking the Premier Variety Showcase Presents: X-Mas Subscribonation, the Enfoodening of the Masses.  We’ll donate $1 to the North Texas Food Bank for every new podcast subscriber between now and Christmas; hop on the food wagon and join us for a benefit variety show in Denton, December 7th!  It’s full of summer sausages and Boy Scout Popcorn (if it looks anything like our studio).  Also be sure to check out the story behind the spark and evolution of The Crisman Show as told by Womenetics (a savvy site for entrepreneurials of feminine persuasion).

Thank you for making us a success story — we just love you for listening!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Madison Barras
337.781.4441
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Premier Variety Showcase Presents announces
The Crisman Show Special X-Mas Subscribonation: The Enfoodening of the Masses
Podcast subscription drive and comedy show to benefit The North Texas Food Bank  

DALLAS — For each new subscriber gained by a Premier Variety Showcase Presents podcast between now and December 25, 2011, one dollar (up to $100) will be donated to the North Texas Food Bank.  Premier Variety Showcase Presents podcasts include: The Spotlight Follies Special, The Crisman Show Podcast, and Scott By The Bell.  Subscriptions are available via iTunes and RSS Feed.  Subscribers do not need to listen to the program for the $1 to be donated.  Simply click “subscribe” and be on your merry way.

We invite DFW business to match subscriber donations dollar-for-dollar, and join us for a benefit variety show:

Premier Variety Showcase Presents
The Crisman Show Special X-Mas Subscribonation
The Enfoodening Of The Masses – Live And In Person! 
Wednesday, December 7th, 8:00-10:00 p.m.
J+Js Pizza
118 W. Oak Street
Denton, Texas 76201

About Premier Variety Showcase Presents
Premier Variety Showcase Presents is an excuse to cull together comedy(?) type pedantry and podcastulation.

About Spotlight Follies Special
A comedy, variety podcast type show in true-ish vaudevillian form hosted by Nathan Guerra. Hip music, stream of consciousness comedy, noir comedy, and comedy interviews….comedy!

About The Crisman Show
The chatty, disruptive hybrid of Soul Train and Conan.  The Crisman Show, produced by Sarah Crisman and Nathan Guerra is already turning heads and piquing ears of tastemakers the world over as a platform for the bleeding edge of comedy and music today.

About Scott By the Bell
Nathan Guerra, Scott Crisp, and Sarah Crisman enjoy and subsequently roast a riveting 22 minutes of television gold: Saved by the Bell.

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The Crisman Show is so happy to share with you Episode Six: This One Goes Up to 11. Follow our guest Chris Darden on Twitter to get your daily dose of funny. He’s hilarious and keeps the back of his jeep relatively tidy. Want to support our other guest’s cause? Help Corn Mo kickstart .357 Lover’s vinyl album, The Purchase of the North Pole. You’ll be that much closer to having an album that’s sure to be fantastic and have access to goodies from the band like digital downloads, a signed copy of the complete album, t-shirts, thank-you cards, and more! If you like what you hear on The Crisman Show, subscribe to the podcast, rate it, and leave us all the rave reviews you want. Your love is much appreciated!

Consider funding The Crisman Show through our secure FundRazr page. Your donations can be as large or as small as you like and you can rest assured that each dollar you donate will go straight to producing more podcasts and even video episodes for your enjoyment. Your support makes The Crisman Show possible.

We hope you have a wonderful week. Feel free to take some time to give us some feedback. Like the podcasts? Want more of something in particular? Just leave us a comment or send us an email and we’ll make sure to get back to you!

Oh look, Dear! It's a teeny-tiny Faerie door with itsy-bitsy stairs.

And some priceless modeling advice from Sarah Crisman.

The Crisman Show is proud to present: The Crisman Show Podcast, Episode Five: What Weird Edit. In this episode, we hear from Adam Schatz about Search & Restore, an “organization committed to bringing the artists and audiences of new jazz and improvised music together in new ways, while never forgetting it’s DIY roots.” We love them and you should, too. Also, settle into the backseat while Sarah and Mark Lettieri cruise around suburbia blaring Mark’s new (fantastic!) album, Knows. And of course there’s also the usual nonsense we all love. Don’t use iTunes? You’re still welcome to enjoy The Crisman Show through Feedburner. If you like what you hear, share it with your friends and foes and leave us reviews!

Are you ready for your close-up? Sarah Crisman recorded a video full of modeling advice for everyone who is willing to watch. (That should include you. Trust us, you don’t want to miss this!) Also, she has some upcoming gig news for you Dentonites.

If you want to give a little more love than your usual ratings and comments, consider donating to The Crisman Show through our FundRazr page. Your donations can be as large or as small as you like and you can rest assured that each dollar you donate will go straight to producing more podcasts and even video episodes for your enjoyment. We love what we do and we love to share it with you. Your support makes The Crisman Show possible.