Verbally Vicious

I don't think I've ever witnessed a verbal beat-down on a disruptive audience member like the one Daryl Horner delivered last night at The Little Nugget in Danville, IL. The guy wasn't heckling Daryl, he was arguing with his girl or something, but it was annoying as hell, and even after a rousing chorus of the old "SHUT THE FUCK UP" from the entire audience, he (or they) just would not shut the fuck up. Then Daryl did something I've never personally seen a comic do. He marched into the audience and promised the offender no end of any kind of punishment necessary to silence his drunken, inconsiderate ass. I couldn't begin to reproduce it here, but it will suffice to say that in the end, Daryl won the night.

If you're in the Springfield, IL area, do yourself a favor and check out Daryl and Kevin Craft tomorrow, May 23. I don't know the venue. Look it up. Ask around. If a rock show is what you're looking for, make the short trek to The Dragon Inn in Sullivan, IL - where I stupidly agreed to host The Porn Again Christians, Soy City Stranglers, and Blower (ex-Didjits). It's stupid because The Dragon Inn (I discovered after agreeing to the gig) has no stage, and few things are more awkward than telling jokes to a standing crowd of drunk rock club patrons at eye level. Then again, it could be the greatest, most cathartic ten minutes of all of our lives.