Alt LA Comedy Comes to Indie Atl

A group of performers centered on an alt comedy show in LA are playing the Eyedrum tonight.

On their website they note the inspiration for their regular stage show:
"THE SHOW was born from co-creators Val Myers and
Kulap Vilaysack’s frustration with having no place to perform comedy
that wasn’t stand up. At the time, if you were a struggling
non-standup comedian, you either had to suffer through horrible open
mikes, improv school shows or try to organize a sketch group. There
wasn’t a stage where you could just throw something up and push
boundaries."

That's the kind of regular laboratory scene I've been looking for. Too bad I'm 2220 miles away and have a shitty car. (I've got a gig in Athens this month I might have to cancel for fear of a 2 a.m. breakdown on 316.)
Watching a video podcast of one of their shows, the LA comics have an obsession with show biz--understandable in an industry town--and a love of characters premised with having far too much confidence for their limited abilities. I suppose with a famously oblivious president the default satirical impulse these days is to mock cluelessness. But why all the yelling? Throw a little lyrical deadpan in the mix.

But I quibble. An outsider to outsider comics can't complain too much when they stop by to visit.