July 2009
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Sometimes life gives you lemons. And sometimes it chucks them at your face, and you’re like “what the fuck, life?!”
When I see a man laying on the sidewalk, I wonder if he’d been walking home and that’s just the spot where he decided to give up on everything.
4/21/09 - "is there anybody out there????"
If I don’t owe this to YOU, I at least owe it to myself. I haven’t heard from me in quite some time, as well. Update since our last correspondence: I live in New York now. I’m writing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, so yes, if you’re counting (not because you care, but because you have an obsessive compulsive disorder which causes you to fixate on patterns) this marks my...
2/2/09 - "short and suite"
hello. it’s been an interesting 09’. i went to sundance in support of bobcat goldthwait’s movie. i went to a party where they served absinthe and left after 20 minutes. I shattered my iphone screen. i played video games with a 10 year old and was badly beaten. i played pool with a grown man, and I won. i’m headed to NY this week for a job interview. who knows…maybe...
12/24/08 - "Murphy/Kirkman in 09"
12/23/08 - "xmas tour 08 pictures!"
a still from the spike lee movie, “get on the bus” I have a problem. paul and aimee hiding from the soul-stealing beams of the camera sad snow-woman my feets and sound check when in rome…take photos with roman set pieces. fred a sign I found awwww… dressing rooms whatnots Reno in Los Angeles Jebin is this cool my portrait of him… grant? or grant? I am...
12/23/08 - "rather becoming"
hi everyone! It’s me, Morgan Murphy. You remember me, don’t you? Curly hair, a bit sad, occasional winner. In any case, I just got home after two weeks on tour with Aimee Mann & Friends doing her “3rd Annual XMas Show.” I reprized my role as the Hannukah Fairy. Paul F. Tompkins, Todd Barry, and Patton Oswalt did comedy (traded off…different comic in each city)....
10/22/08 - "dont be belater hater. pics from...
The 2008 Vancouver Comedy Festival… I always like this festival. I’ve only been once, but I enjoyed myself. Couldn’t go last year because I had to shoot a tv show that never made it to tv. And so, with my dreams sufficiently crushed, I couldn’t wait to return to Vancouver, “the city that feels just a little off.” Tig Notaro and I are now a comedy team. But we...
8/28/08 - "I’m back in America, but here are the...
I’m back from Edinburgh…exhausted but happy to be home…a simple congrats to David O’Doherty for winning the big ol’ award at the Festival. And some pictures: the grv my corner store. Leon @ Spank crowd @ Spank carol in her element: waiting for me to do 10 minutes in a loud, sweaty basement speaking of carol…she said daniel...
8/20/08 - "what’s that? more pictures from...
just finished season 3 of the wire. haven’t used my new pink boxing gloves. only 5 more shows left, hard to believe. the “nominees” came in today, which I would be remiss to give a shit about , except some pals were nominated so now I HAVE to care. Been taking more pictures of people rather than places. Maybe that’s because I’m not really going anywhere, or MAYBE...
8/13/08 - "making lemonade out of rain and haggis...
1:39 am. Cumberland Street. Edinburgh, Scotland. Things are better than they were, but isn’t that always the case? I’m watching The Wire…season 2…episode 5. It’s what I do here at night, for the most part. There are live shows that go well into the night…3am…4am…but I’m too old/tired/unmotivated/excuse-riddled/bored to do anything much besides...
8/12/08 - "panic attacks in edinburgh are prettier...
Not quite sure how to sum up my trip thus far…it has been fun at times, miserable at times, and consistently uncomfortable to some degree. I’ve been away from home, more or less, for a few weeks. I usually love being away. From anything. I like to get the fuck out as often as possible from whatever it is that I’m in. It’s a bit different this time. I think I’d like to be...
8/10/08 - "a one photo summation of edinburgh"
THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL AS TOLD BY THREE FACES
7/19/08 - "you can skip the writing and just watch...
I feel old. I still don’t understand what twitter is. I’m writing this on an unfamiliar page I’ve manged to make appear on my laptop screen. I’m not even sure if my minimal efforts will end with any results, worthwhile or otherwise. Blogger. Flock. Digg. They are all just new words. It adds a whole new element of confusion to the entire concept of journaling, which...
7/19/08 - "pictures from the past month"
San Francisco with Greg Fitzsimmons and Reggie Steele, Seattle at Ross Parson’s BDay show, some other stuff…
7/19/08 - "nothing for you to see here"
Went out last night…took a lot of pictures…I’m on a photo bender…it’s not healthy but I might as well do something with them. Is a blog “something?” First stop: Booze Clues, a pub quiz my friends run in Silverlake. Second stop: The Griffin, a bar in Atwater Village that, like any bar, is great when it’s not packed with assholes. Third stop: It’s a secret....
5/27/08 - "**new video added** The Sasquatch...
The Sasquatch Festival… my home for three days (5 RV’s….3 people to an RV) the ampitheater. a guy rolling down the hill at the ampitheater. pretty pictures of the gorge. UCB folks getting ready… Jerry, Horatio, Jen. Some cool guy. Besser and Fulcher lovingly watching a sunset together. tim in the RV. Jerry playing guitar hero. Fulcher’s name in...
5/22/08 - "Next Murphy/Kirkman show June 14th!"
5/6/08 - "Steve Agee photos from Largo"
Largo at 432 Fairfax Ave. has closed its doors. Largo at the Coronet opens next month. The last night…last night. All photos by Steve Agee, a talented asshole. Thanks to Flanny. 5-5-08 Flanny Laura Kightlinger jim gaffigan doug and jon brion todd glass Greg Behrendt Dana Gould me Doug Benson Jon Brion Karen Kilgariff Todd Janeanne Garofalo jon and...
3/30/08 - "a ten min video of Tig and I to kill...
3/24/08 - "belated sxsw photos"
Arrival…getting one’s badge and wristband is less essential than we are led to believe. But ohhhh, the chatting that was had at the convention center! Tig and I took the bus, and met an intoxicated couple who, if you believe t-shirts as much as I do, would much rather be at the beach. Tig and Janeanne take a little walk-see. and see… My new comedy album cover photo… Line-ups for the nights...
3/8/08 - "pics from Portland, OR. 1 & 2"
my hotel room door Eddie and James Moshe and… Eddie Natasha and Duncan stayed at the.. hotel mint. James and Duncan @ breakfast caan you feel the sexual tension? Dwyer and Kyle making sweet kisses at the bar Kyle hotel door art: The Mt. Tabor The next day: Well, the final night of the festival may have been my favorite. “Why?” you ask. Was it because...
3/3/08 - "good ol’ fashioned photo blog of Tempe,...
me wishing someone a happy birthday or anniversary. me using a bottle of water as a crutch. this is stacy. we were best friends in 8th and 9th grade. when i had my first kiss, she jumped out from behind a moving truck and yelled “I see you, I see you!” This is my first kiss. He plays in the NFL. Yep. this is a pretentious photo i took while experimenting with the color pick-up...
2/27/08 - "Murphy/Kirkman show THIS SAT! (w/Mo...
2/21/08 - "horrible people"
I contributed some words to AD Miles web series, HORRIBLE PEOPLE. I think its really funny, and has a great cast. You might enjoy it. I hope.
2/20/08 - "buy something"
Drinking decaf. Buying plane tickets online. There’s a guy next to me who appears to be brushing his teeth with a straw. He has not purchased anything. He is on his third straw, the other two rest on a small table between us. He’s taken the consideration to wrap the “used” end of each straw in a napkin, so as not to contaminate shared surfaces (or so I’m assuming)....
2/19/08 - "too lazy to get a fork..."
Current mood:Peggy Lee that’s why the salad next to my sandwich hasn’t been touched. the forks are ten feet away. I would have to stand up, walk to the utensils, and walk back to my table. It seems arduous. Everything seems arduous. I watched an episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumble this morning. One story highlighted a...
1/21/08 - "fear not"
Don’t worry everyone, following a recent break-in in my apartment building, the management has made the necessary steps to make sure it never happens again. I can sleep at night, knowing that potential burglars will be frightened off by the demands of stickers.
1/14/08 - " number one (the number two of blogs) "
There’s a woman on Law & Order doing what I have dubbed (and copyrighted) the double-fuckup. A bad accent combined with a witness stand breakdown. Perhaps I’m judging too quickly. Maybe she’s just from that city in Russia where shitty actresses come from. There is also a girl in bed at 12:30 on a beautiful San Francisco afternoon. She has working arms and legs, and could be...
1/10/08 - "next Murphy/Kirkman talk show @...
Check out PAUL BRYAN’S music, and BEVERLY & RONNA’S videos.
1/2/08 - "when the tables are turned"
I had no idea, but I’m simultaneously honored and in fear of retribution for saying “fuck” in front of the secret service. From wonkette.com: “Saw Skeletor (Michael Chertoff) himself (with two secret service agents and some very Republican-looking companions in tow) at Aimee Mann’s Christmas show at the Birchmere last night. Tragically, once he sat down, I...
12/29/07 - " misplaced energy "
I went to the zoo yesterday with a baby, and a baby’s daddy. I saw a monkey pull poo out of it’s own rectum and eat it. A dozen or so boys between the ages of 3 and 10 looked on in awe. This was, one can bet, the greatest moment of their lives thus far. The monkey exhibit erupted with gasps of “Oh my Gawwwd!” and “Eeeeew” mixed with giggles. There was also a...
12/18/07 - " Lofty idea dies. Return to Los...
I was going to stay on the east coast through new years, a plan that included stops in a few towns and cities…some introspective nights in unfamiliar places, checking off solitary travel clichés one by one - journaling, bedding strangers, finishing the novel I haven’t started yet, taking pictures of things with snow on them…but when this kind of travel puts you in the proximity...
12/9/07 - "1st blog about 2nd annual xmas show"
I’m in a hotel room in Lincoln, Nebraska. True Story. Been on the road for Aimee Mann’s 2nd Annual Xmas show. Yesterday we played Boulder, CO. Lincoln is just a stop on the way to the next gig in Minneapolis, MN. Our first show was in San Diego at a room called The Belly Up. Last Friday we played the El Rey in Hollywood, to a great crowd. Grant Lee Phillips played at The Belly Up and...
11/8/07 - " crucial information on the strike and...
A ha! I reeled you in by promising you information on the history of the free market economy, but I’m not even going to touch the issue. You’ve been had! How does it feel? Not too great, I bet. So…the WGA is on strike. What a pity. I myself have been on strike for two years and it has received absolutely no attention in the media. But that’s something I don’t have...
11/5/07 - " caffeeeeeeeen "
I wrote this last night at 3am and forgot to post it: I don’t drink caffeine. I can’t. I think I’ve written that before, but I’m sure I’ve acquired three new readers since my appearance on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. In any case, I have had two thirds of a 20oz cup of coffee from 7-11, complemented with two packets of Splenda and two “shots” of...
10/29/07 - "halloween spoooooooky pics"
I’m on an old desktop because my computer is in the shop…that’s no excuse for why there are no captions and the pictures are too big, but I thought I’d preface this by explaining one way in which I am marginalized. Things you should know: -Jane got egged in the face in front of the 101 Diner…see smilin picture at the end, taken seconds after the attack. -The guy with...
10/28/07 - " a homeless person ate off my plate at...
…the busboy had just cleared the table and had a stack of plates in his arms. A homeless man (I’m just guessing…I mean, maybe he wasn’t homeless, given that he could afford lipstick) leaned over the railing of the outdoor patio and started picking at the plates. “Oooh, seaweed,” he declared. The busboy told him to leave, and eventually he did. But not before...
10/21/07 - "sick jew ** sick jew ** mommy, help!"
thought i was just “down” today. got a late start. wandered through town for hours in a fog. full of lethargy, a headache, and an inexplicable willingness to watch, in it’s entirety, “The Family Stone,” a heartfelt romantic/family comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Craig T Nelson, Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, and other adorable people who squint. I...
10/21/07 - "sick jew ** sick jew ** mommy, help!"
thought i was just “down” today. got a late start. wandered through town for hours in a fog. full of lethargy, a headache, and an inexplicable willingness to watch, in it’s entirety, “The Family Stone,” a heartfelt romantic/family comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Craig T Nelson, Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, and other adorable people who squint. I...
10/20/07 - "paper blog with all sorts of mistakes"
10/15/07 - "two days in one"
Sitting in JFK airport on my way home from the trip-to-clear-my-head (it didn’t work, but in not reaching my goal of returning in perfect form, I learned a valuable lesson: you can’t fly away from your own thoughts…you can however place those thoughts against a whole new backdrop. For example, on my first day out, I saw a diarrhea in the subway. I suppose I should write, “I saw...
10/6/07 - "nonsense, you know?"
At the Coffee Bean instead of Starbucks, which may come as a shock to the three people who have recognized that I’m always at a Starbucks. To you, “the devoted three” (as you’ve been referred to recently on many cable news outlets for having beaten up that white boy after nooses were hung from a tree at your school in Jena, Louisiana) I apologize, and give you time to rise...
10/3/07 - "Comedian of Comedy: Live at the...
Buy it HERE, Fancy pants! The DVD features: Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Zach Galifianakis, Maria Bamford, David Cross, Sarah Silverman, Blaine Capatch, Jon Benjamin, Jasper Redd, Andy Kindler, me, Bob Odenkirk, Doug Benson, Dana Gould and Eugene Mirman.
10/2/07 - "self-promotion directed towards...
I got a couple “things” in some magazines you can find if you live in Silver Lake or Williamsburg… In “Heeb” I’m listed in the top 100 Jews you should know about (or something like that). Other Jews in the comedy section are: Seth Herzog, Brett Gelman, Judah Friedlander, Josh Fadem, Joe Mande, Rob Tannenbaum, Jenny Slate, Jay Oakerson, and Adira Amram. For...
