Sure, it’s off topic, but I can do that — it’s my blog.
I have been impressed with Bo Burnham. I like seeing artists who I first found on YouTube “making it” — and love promoting them to others (like Ben Deignan, who I met down in Atlanta in 2007). Bo has a Comedy Central special coming up at the end of the month, and — although he definitely has no concern about lines of propriety — he far more often than not finds a great way of balancing cutesy puns, poking mockery and tough satire.
He’ll make some people uncomfortable and others will find him plain old unfunny, but I think he’s got some real talent. With more than 60,000 views in the twelve hours since he posted his most recent video, his explicit, not-safe-for-most-workplaces video is worth checking out before his Comedy Central special airs on March 27.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found