By Dan Cummins | February 27, 2012 at 1:13 pm | 5 comments
Aries:
You can’t break your mom’s back by stepping on a crack, but, this week you learn the hard way that you can break it by focusing so much on avoiding stepping on cracks that you inadvertently bump into her and knock her down a flight of metal stairs. Your unlucky...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 14, 2012 at 9:54 am | No comments
You may or may not have noticed that we here at Laughspin have been pushing the upcoming Gilda's Laughfest in Grand Rapids, Michigan pretty hard. I'm not about to try to convince you that we've been unbiased in our editorial coverage, our Tweets and our Facebook links; we're...
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By Dan Cummins | February 13, 2012 at 1:51 pm | No comments
Aries: Richard Gere is tired of the gerbil references. First off, it’s not true. Second, even if it was true, one crazy, private night with a gerbil isn’t anyone’s business other than Richard's, the gerbil and whoever helped the gerbil up the illegal, anal gerbil sex tube....
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By Laughspin Staff | January 30, 2012 at 6:34 pm | No comments
Hey, remember that time when the motion picture academy announced that none other than comedy icon Eddie Murphy was set to host this year's Oscars? But then Murphy's buddy, director Brett Ratner -- who was set to produce the Oscars -- said a bunch of absurd shit on television...
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By Laughspin Staff | January 27, 2012 at 4:41 pm | 29 comments
Reports surfaced this week that the stars of the uber-popular Hangover comedy franchise -- Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis -- were demanding $15 million each for their services in a third installment, which stalled contract negotiations with Warner Bros. The...
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By Jake Kroeger | January 17, 2012 at 9:05 pm | 2 comments
Often, the context in which poetry and comedy come together is one of ridicule. Many comedians will poke fun at the unchecked artistic license in being maudlin, depressing, alienating and overly political; these are things that poets are often guilty of. Yet, what's hardly seen...
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By Dan Cummins | December 13, 2011 at 2:01 pm | No comments
Aries: I’ve been listening to a lot of 90s semi-underground hip hop lately. Mostly Gang Starr and Mos Def. Not sure what that has to do with Aries, but, this week, I want you to find out. And, eat a lot of cheese before you go to bed each night. It’ll help take the edge off...
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By Theo Von | December 9, 2011 at 12:49 pm | 8 comments
I haven’t watched Rob Dyrdek on TV in years. My time for tele-viewing consists solely of NFL football, Dexter, and Criminal Minds DVR’d. (If I could have Shamar Moore and Lt. Deborah Morgan on my Fantasy squad, life would be complete.) So, I didn’t recognize his Rob-ness...
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By Dan Cummins | December 6, 2011 at 11:00 am | No comments
Aries:: A gypsy woman might steal your soul on Wednesday. OR, it’s going to be unusually warm and sunny. Your new word is abhorrent. You are abhorrent to me.
Taurus: Love is the most intoxicating drug in the world, especially combined with ecstasy and hallucinogenic...
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